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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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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 14:13 EDT

The latest on Grok’s problem with gross AI deepfakes

The launch of an AI image editing feature on xAI’s Grok has caused chaos on X after it was used to generate a flood of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes. As Hayden Field wrote, “screenshots show Grok complying with requests to put real women in lingerie and make them spread their legs, and to put small children […] Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 13:53 EDT

Meta expands nuclear power ambitions to include Bill Gates’ startup

Meta has forged agreements with three nuclear power providers in an effort to secure the vast amount of electricity it needs to power AI data centers. The agreements with TerraPower (which is backed by Bill Gates), Oklo (backed by Sam Altman), and Vistra are expected to deliver 6.6 gigawatts of energy for Meta's projects by […] Read more ›

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 13:10 EDT

Black Mirror has been renewed for another season

In an interview with Netflix's Tudum, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker announced today that the sci-fi anthology series will be returning for an eighth season. "Well, luckily it does have a future, so I can confirm that Black Mirror will return, just in time for reality to catch up with it," Brooker said. "That chunk […] Read more ›

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 13:05 EDT

I can’t find the Trump phone at America’s largest tech show

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, it's nowhere to be found at CES 2026. CES isn't a big smartphone show, but there have been more […] Read more ›

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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 13:00 EDT

I’ve tested the latest Switch 2 controllers, and this one is the best

If you choose to get an extra controller for your Nintendo Switch 2, you can spend a lot — and get a lot in return. Buying Nintendo’s own $89 Switch 2 Pro Controller, for instance, will net you the console’s only wireless controller with a 3.5mm headphone jack for private listening, not to mention great-feeling […] Read more ›

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 12:31 EDT

The first sets with Lego’s new Smart Brick are now available for preorder

It may have been one of the smallest devices announced at CES 2026, but Lego's new Smart Brick was also one of the most talked about debuts of the show. We've recognized it as the "Best in show" in our CES 2026 awards, and following the Smart Play system's launch earlier this week, the first […] Read more ›

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Ash Parrish @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 12:20 EDT

Baldur’s Gate 3 studio says it won’t use AI for concept art or writing

Following some controversy, the developers at Baldur's Gate 3 creator Larian Studios have further clarified their use of generative AI. CEO Swen Vincke and other Larian developers held an AMA on Reddit where they answered users' questions about the team's next title, Divinity. They also fielded questions related to reports that the studio was using […] Read more ›

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 11:55 EDT

Democrats ask Apple and Google to remove X’s undressing bot from their app stores

Apple and Google are being dragged into the uproar around X's AI chatbot that has continued to virtually undress women in images without their consent this week. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Ed Markey (D-MA) wrote that "X's […] Read more ›

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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 11:04 EDT

Anker’s new AeroFit Pro 2 earbuds are already $30 off

We saw a ton of cool new products at CES 2026, but not all of them made the cut when it came to deciding what was best of show. One of those products that we nevertheless think holds promise is Anker’s AeroFit Pro 2, which are wireless earbuds that can double as open-ear headphones. You […] Read more ›

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 10:32 EDT

You can break apart and share this 10K power bank like a KitKat bar

Accessory maker Nimble announced a new power bank at CES 2026 that will appeal to anyone who's had to reluctantly share or loan their portable charger to someone else. The Champ Stack 10K looks like a typical 10,000mAh power bank that's jumped on the built-in charging cable bandwagon, but it has one interesting difference: you […] Read more ›

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 10:00 EDT

CES 2026 was awash in bodily fluids

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they're going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here. At CES 2026 this week, people […] Read more ›

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 09:23 EDT

The Vergecast Live at CES 2026: What is the point of a robot that falls over?

This year's CES was an odd one. This is a conference usually dominated by futuristic, expensive TVs and futuristic, expensive cars, but those things weren't what dominated CES 2026. Instead, Las Vegas was filled with new ideas about old gadgets, and showed us a whole lot of really impressive hardware waiting on software to catch […] Read more ›

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 09:07 EDT

Kia’s EV2 is its smallest and most affordable EV for Europe

Kia unveiled the EV2, a small and affordably priced electric vehicle built for the European market. The EV2 made its debut at the Brussels Auto Show, where executives touted it as its "most compact" EV to date. Of course, it was another in a long line of affordable, capable, and impressively designed EVs that won't […] Read more ›

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 08:53 EDT

The best tech announced at CES 2026 so far

The CES show floor officially closes its doors at the end of the day, but there's still a trickle of announcements and reveals coming out of Las Vegas. If you're struggling to stay on top of all the new tech, gadgets, concepts, and AI-powered devices as the final day of CES gets underway, we're still […] Read more ›

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 08:27 EDT

All the tech trends we saw at CES 2026

CES is a lot — a deluge of consumer tech surrounded by lots of bad carpeting. The Verge’s on-the-ground team of super nerds covered so many new products and technologies that it’s understandable if it was all a little overwhelming. That’s why we’ve gathered up a collection of trend reports from the show to help make sense […] Read more ›

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Robert Hart @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 08:09 EDT

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

Elon Musk's X has partially restricted access to Grok's image editing capabilities amid growing backlash to the flood of nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors generated by the platform. As of this writing, it no longer generates images as @grok replies for free, but Grok's image editing tools remain readily available for any X […] Read more ›

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Sarah Jeong @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 08:00 EDT

Reality still matters

The first video I saw of the Minneapolis shooting was bad enough. Shortly after I saw it, I had the terrible realization that there were multiple people in the clip holding their phones up - another angle was bound to surface. Within minutes, a second video was all over social media, and it was even […] Read more ›

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 07:00 EDT

The Verge Awards at CES 2026

Every January, the world of consumer electronics heads to Las Vegas to spend the first full week of the year in the desert presenting, prodding, and gawking at all the new gadgets and gear debuting at CES. The show has once again delivered an avalanche of products, both innovative and vaporous, that will shape the […] Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 01/09/2026 05:58 EDT

Microsoft is making it much easier to add hyperlinks in Word docs

Microsoft is making it a lot faster and easier to add links to text inside Word documents. Instead of having to open a menu item to insert a link or use the CTRL + K keyboard shortcut, you can now simply paste a link on top of the text you want to hyperlink. This new […] Read more ›

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 01/08/2026 20:05 EDT

Xbox’s Towerborne is switching from a free-to-play game to a paid one

Towerborne, a side-scrolling action RPG published by Xbox Game Studios that has been available in early access, will officially launch on February 26th. But instead of launching as a free-to-play, always-on online game as originally planned, Towerborne is instead going to be a paid game that you can play offline. "You will own the complete […] Read more ›

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