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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 06/11/2026 13:14 EDT

Here are the price-matching policies for Best Buy, GameStop, and others

Nothing is more frustrating than buying a new pair of headphones, an OLED TV, or a laptop just to find out that you could have gotten it for cheaper somewhere else just a few days or weeks later. That’s why, in order to keep customers happy and prevent them from shopping elsewhere, some retailers offer […] Read more ›

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Nilay Patel @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 10:00 EDT

Reality is losing the deepfake war

Today, we’re going to talk about reality, and whether we can label photos and videos to protect our shared understanding of the world around us. No really, we’re gonna go there. It’s a deep one. To do this, I’m going to bring on Verge reporter Jess Weatherbed, who covers creative tools for us — a […] Read more ›

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 09:52 EDT

Nintendo reveals an impressive Switch 2 lineup with Indiana Jones, Fallout 4, FF7 Rebirth, and more

We just got through the Switch 2's first holiday season, which means that Nintendo has slowly started to reveal what 2026 will look like for the console. And while we already know about a bunch of upcoming first-party titles - including the Pokémon spinoff Pokopia, Mario Tennis Fever, and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book - […] Read more ›

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Robert Hart @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 09:00 EDT

OpenAI Frontier is a single platform to control your AI agents

Managing humans is hard. Managing AI agents is… also hard. That's why OpenAI is launching a new platform called OpenAI Frontier, which it says will help businesses "build, deploy, and manage" AI agents, even those not made by OpenAI itself. OpenAI's description of Frontier sounds something like HR for AI. "Frontier gives agents the same […] Read more ›

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 09:00 EDT

Can I offer you a tiny Bluetooth speaker in these trying times?

I knew as soon as I laid eyes on Vappeby that I had to have it. Sure, it would be right at home on my desk, given that everything in and around my workstation is from Ikea, from the Skadis on the wall right down to the Spänd desk legs. But there was something else […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 09:00 EDT

Senators ask Meta why it waited so long to make teen accounts private by default

A group of senators has written a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking why his company delayed launching key protections for users under 18. The letter, signed by Brian Schatz (D-HI), Katie Britt (R-AL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), James Lankford (R-OK), and Christopher Coons (D-DE), cites court documents unsealed late last year that revealed claims […] Read more ›

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 08:59 EDT

Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit over its electronic door handles

The mother of 20-year-old man who died after becoming trapped in his burning Tesla Model Y is suing the company over its electronic door handles. It's the latest wrongful death case centering on Tesla's door handles, which have triggered numerous customer complaints over the years and is now under investigation by the federal safety regulators. […] Read more ›

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Terrence O’Brien @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 07:00 EDT

Spotify is partnering with Bookshop.org to sell physical books

Spotify is going all in on books in 2026 and partnering with Bookshop.org to let you buy physical copies of audiobooks and support local retailers starting in the Spring. The announcement dovetails with the launch of Page Match, a new feature that lets you sync physical books and ebooks with audiobooks in the Spotify app […] Read more ›

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Terrence O’Brien @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 07:00 EDT

Spotify’s Page Match syncs your audiobooks and your physical ones

Spotify has launched a new feature called Page Match that lets you quickly sync your spot in a physical or ebook with an audiobook. Point your camera at a page, and the Spotify app uses computer vision to match text with audio. If you have to jump behind the wheel for a long drive, but […] Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 02/05/2026 05:55 EDT

Substack data breach exposed users’ emails and phone numbers

Substack is notifying some users that the email addresses and phone numbers linked to their accounts were exposed in a "security incident" last year. In an email to account holders, Substack CEO Chris Best said that a hacker had accessed internal data without authorization in October 2025, but that passwords, credit card numbers, and other […] Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 19:12 EDT

Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing

When Valve first announced its impressive-looking Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller hardware in November, the company said the products would begin shipping in early 2026. Some journalists were told "Q1 2026" specifically. But because of the ongoing memory and storage crunch, that launch has been delayed to sometime in the first half of […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 17:41 EDT

Google’s annual revenue tops $400 billion for the first time

Google's parent company, Alphabet, has earned more than $400 billion in annual revenue for the first time. The company announced the milestone as part of its Q4 2025 earnings report released on Wednesday, which highlights the 15 percent year-over-year increase as its cloud business and YouTube continue to grow. As noted in the earnings report, […] Read more ›

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 17:31 EDT

Senators grill Waymo and Tesla over robotaxi safety, liability, and China

During a two-hour hearing in the US Senate Wednesday, top executives from Waymo and Tesla urged lawmakers to take action on long-stalled legislation to speed the deployment of self-driving cars on public roads. But after two hours of Q&A around a number of hot-button topics, including robotaxi safety, legal liability, remote operation, and China, it […] Read more ›

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 16:37 EDT

Nintendo’s new Virtual Boy is more fun to look at than to play

Though the Virtual Boy was both a commercial and critical failure, the console's infamy is part of what has made it such a fascinating piece of Nintendo's history. Original units are still going for hundreds of dollars on bidding sites, and hobbyists have spent years keeping the Virtual Boy alive through emulation and homebrew games. […] Read more ›

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Richard Lawler @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 16:03 EDT

Sam Altman responds to Anthropic’s ‘funny’ Super Bowl ads

Sam Altman responded to Anthropic's new Super Bowl ad in an X post on Wednesday, saying the OpenAI competitor's campaign is "clearly dishonest," and called it "on brand" for Anthropic to "doublespeak." "We would obviously never run ads in the way Anthropic depicts them," he wrote. "We are not stupid and we know our users […] Read more ›

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Tina Nguyen @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 15:20 EDT

This Town, 2.0

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the most ambitious crossover event of all time: the infinity war between technology and politics. Not subscribed yet? Come on, do it! Washington might seem slower than Silicon Valley. But that's because it's more turbulent. In order to achieve anything, one has to navigate […] Read more ›

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 14:53 EDT

Overwatch: all the news about Blizzard’s hit hero shooter

Overwatch 2, the sequel to Activision Blizzard’s hit hero shooter Overwatch, was announced in 2019 but didn’t arrive for another three years, eventually bringing a shift to five-on-five matches in PVP, and a few new characters, including Overwatch’s first Black female hero. After canceling planned PvE content and unlocking its hero pool, the game’s developers […] Read more ›

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 14:35 EDT

Ikea’s cheap new smart home gear is struggling to get connected

I've spent the last couple of weeks trying - and mostly failing - to test Ikea's new Matter-over-Thread gear. These highly anticipated smart home devices include programmable buttons, smart bulbs, plugs, and temperature and motion sensors - all of which should work with any smart home platform and start at just $6. But I've hit […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 14:03 EDT

OpenClaw’s AI ‘skill’ extensions are a security nightmare

OpenClaw, the AI agent that has exploded in popularity over the past week, is raising new security concerns after researchers uncovered malware in hundreds of user-submitted "skill" add-ons on its marketplace. In a post on Monday, 1Password product VP Jason Meller says OpenClaw's skill hub has become "an attack surface," with the most-downloaded add-on serving […] Read more ›

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Brandon Widder @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 13:12 EDT

The best iPad deals you can get right now

While the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday, many great iPad deals are available outside of those times. The day-to-day discounts come and go like changing winds, so there’s often some amount to be saved, particularly on Apple’s most affordable iPad, the iPad Mini, and the latest iPad Air. Hell, […] Read more ›

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Gaby Del Valle @ The Verge · 02/04/2026 12:30 EDT

I was detained by federal agents in Minneapolis

In late 2025, the Department of Homeland Security zeroed in on the Twin Cities in Minnesota, supposedly in response to fraud allegations made by a right-wing influencer. In the months since, thousands of immigrants have been swept up by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. In January alone, two American citizens were killed while documenting ICE operations […] Read more ›

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