AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key
Over the past 18 months, the largest AI companies in the world have quietly settled on an approach…
I’m obsessed with Redfin’s AI search
Look, I’m as fed up as the next guy with AI chatbots stuffed into every app. I don’t…
Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025
Preface In 2020, The Pew Charitable Trusts and Systemiq published a groundbreaking report, “Breaking the Plastic Wave,” amid…
The tech world is sleeping on the most exciting Bluetooth feature in years
It’s been a few years since the official introduction of the Bluetooth technology Auracast, which allows devices like…
Trump Mobile’s refurbished iPhones are an unsurprisingly bad deal
It’s been well established that the Trump Phone doesn’t exist. But that isn’t the only phone Trump Mobile…
13 years later, the bold and terrifying sci-fi game Routine is finally here
It has been 13 long years since Aaron Foster last spoke to The Verge. Back then, Foster’s tiny,…
Sony is slowly improving the ergonomics of its cameras, but it’s still not enough
I was stoked to learn that the recently announced Sony A7 V had improved ergonomics. Just like I…
Google is experimentally replacing news headlines with AI clickbait nonsense
Did you know that BG3 players exploit children? Are you aware that Qi2 slows older Pixels? If we…
Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow
It’s a big deal that Valve is making a game console. But I’m beginning to think the Steam…
My AI shopping assistants are stuck in the past
All I wanted was a new smartwatch. I had a couple in mind, like the Google Pixel Watch…
Why can’t ChatGPT tell time?
ChatGPT, like many chatbots, is pitched as a hyper-competent personal assistant. But among the many things that confuse…
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake
“Developing superintelligence is now in sight,” says Mark Zuckerberg, heralding the “creation and discovery of new things that…