Longtime Verge readers might recall the unusual story of how the music video for a Janet Jackson song, âRhythm Nation,â could cause certain Windows laptops to crash just by being around when itâs playing. Now, in a blog post spotted by PCWorld, Microsoft employee Raymond Chen has revealed that a filter created to deal with [âŠ] Read more âș
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Apple is planning to shuffle its iPhone release schedule next year as it releases the first foldable iPhone to make things more manageable, reports The Information. The plan is for the foldable to come out with the iPhone 18 Pro and âAirâ models, while the standard iPhone 18 gets shunted back to the spring of [âŠ] Read more âș
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The Trump administration has released a proposal to cut about a quarter of NASAâs 2026 budget, slashing both International Space Station crew sizes and the amount of research done there. At the same time, it sets up new funding that would likely benefit Elon Muskâs SpaceX by prioritizing human missions to Mars, and refocuses on [âŠ] Read more âș
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While we all wait to find out what effect the upcoming â well, maybe upcoming â tariffs will have on prices, many of us are making mental lists of some of the items we might need that, hopefully, wonât demand a bank loan to be affordable. Last year, we asked the staff members here at [âŠ] Read more âș
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The Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 is a gaming laptop, and it sure looks like one. It's an inch thick, weighs 5.5 pounds, and is awash in RGB lighting, stylized text, and curved plastic. This Aorus Master offers powerful hardware and a lovely high-res, high-refresh OLED display. It's the first of several laptops we're reviewing with [âŠ] Read more âș
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Polygon, The Verge's former sister site dedicated to covering gaming and entertainment, is now owned by Valnet, a company that owns more than 27 different brands covering gaming, entertainment, sports, travel, and more. The transition is, let's say, ongoing: a day after the acquisition, the site still said it was a Vox Media property, and [âŠ] Read more âș
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Google is notifying parents using its Family Link parental controls via email that their kids will soon be able to access Gemini AI Apps on their monitored Android devices, The New York Times reports. The company says kids will be able to use Gemini to do things like help them with homework or read them [âŠ] Read more âș
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Sam Altman and Elon Musk aren't just competing in the AI race; they both have ambitions to build Silicon Valley's holy grail: an "everything" super app encompassing finance, social media, gaming, and more. Earlier this week, I got a peek at Altman's plan from a cavernous event space on the northern edge of San Francisco. [âŠ] Read more âș
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If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Appleâs ever-expanding AirPods lineup. Both the new AirPods Max and AirPods 4 (with and without ANC) now consistently receive discounts, as do the latest AirPods Pro with USB-C. The same goes for the original AirPods Max, which are nearly indistinguishable from the last-gen [âŠ] Read more âș
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On the evening of April 30th, the hottest ticket in San Francisco was a buzzy crypto startup's coming-out party at a warehouse-like complex on the northern edge of the city. It had all the makings of an event you'd only find near Silicon Valley: Anderson Paak, champagne, and a bunch of eye-scanning orbs. Onstage, Sam [âŠ] Read more âș
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President Donald Trump proposed drastic budget cuts today that could stymie green energy projects, gut environmental protections, and further hobble health and climate research in the US. Topline budget proposals released today for the 2026 fiscal year would ax $15 billion in federal funding for renewable energy and new technologies to capture carbon dioxide emissions. [âŠ] Read more âș
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Firefox could be put out of business should a court implement all the Justice Departmentâs proposals to restrict Googleâs search monopoly, an executive for the browser owner Mozilla testified Friday. âItâs very frightening,â Mozilla CFO Eric Muhlheim said. The DOJ wants to bar Google from paying to be the default search engine in third-party browsers [âŠ] Read more âș
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Nothing cements your relationship status with a new hobby like buying a special bag for it. Hiking? Cycling? Photography? You bet there's a special bag designed for just that. Getting into a new thing and accumulating gear for it is a joy. An important and underappreciated subcategory of that enjoyment is finding a special bag [âŠ] Read more âș
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Apple and Anthropic are building an AI-powered coding tool that will work in Xcode, Appleâs code-writing tool, Bloomberg reports. A new version of Xcode will integrate Anthropicâs Claude Sonnet model to âwrite, edit and test code on behalf of programmers,â Bloomberg says. Apple is slowly rolling this new version out internally initially and apparently has [âŠ] Read more âș
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A beta build of Android 16 contains an early version of Googleâs new Android Desktop Mode that, in the future, could let users simply plug their smartphone into a monitor and use it like a laptop or desktop computer. The new feature was shared by Android tinkerer Mishaal Rahman reporting for Android Authority. Rahman manually [âŠ] Read more âș
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Microsoft increased the price of Xbox Series consoles by up to $100 earlier this week, but thankfully, not all retailers have raised the price (yet). Dell, for instance, is still offering the digital-only Xbox Series X (1TB) for $449.99, saving you $100 on the new MSRP. The smaller, 512GB Xbox Series S is also available [âŠ] Read more âș
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The end-to-end encryption (E2EE) available on the WhatsApp messaging app gets you off to a good start when it comes to privacy and security. It means no one else - hackers, law enforcement, or Meta staff - can see your chats. Your stuff stays just between you and the person or persons you're chatting with. [âŠ] Read more âș
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With President Donald Trump's new tariff plan, your online shopping packages coming directly from China are about to get much more expensive. In February, the Trump administration moved to get rid of a little-known rule that allows US consumers to avoid tariffs on low-value packages. The de minimis exemption meant that packages valued under $800 [âŠ] Read more âș
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The 8BitDo Ultimate C Wired Controller for Xbox and PC is on sale at Amazon for $19.61 (44 percent off), its lowest price to date. But the sale is only for the dark green model. The dark gray and orange alternatives are only available for $31.49 (10 percent off) at checkout. Donât get mad at [âŠ] Read more âș
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If you live in the US, congratulations - you are now a foot soldier in what has been called "the dumbest trade war in history." And if you live in one of the top three countries that trade most with the US (Canada, Mexico, and China), apologies: you are part of this as well. Donald [âŠ] Read more âș
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