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Twinkly’s smart holiday string lights have dropped to a new low price

Twinkly’s smart holiday string lights have dropped to a new low price

Twinkly’s colorful string lights are more than half off at Amazon. Believe it or not, but it’s almost time to put up the holiday l...

Fortnite’s new TMNT roguelike shows the potential for user-made games

Fortnite’s new TMNT roguelike shows the potential for user-made games

Image: Epic Games Fortnite’s next big partnership with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is here. Epic Games already lets players dress...

Spotify’s Push for More Video Podcasts Puts Networks on Defense

Spotify’s Push for More Video Podcasts Puts Networks on Defense

Co-President Gustav Söderström explains why the Swedish streaming service is wooing YouTubers while rolling out an ad-free video p...

Amazon Questioned by Congress Over Growing TikTok Relationship

Amazon Questioned by Congress Over Growing TikTok Relationship

Retail giant was summoned to Washington in September to speak to House Committee on China

CFPB is reportedly trying to put Google under bank-like supervision

CFPB is reportedly trying to put Google under bank-like supervision

Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking to put Google under federal su...

Ford penalized $165 million over moving too slowly on a rearview camera recall

Ford penalized $165 million over moving too slowly on a rearview camera recall

The 2020 Ford Explorer is one of the vehicles affected by the recall. | Image: Ford Ford has agreed to pay a fine that could go up...

Nike’s new easy open backpack was designed to prioritize accessibility

Nike’s new easy open backpack was designed to prioritize accessibility

The fabric interior of Nike’s Elite EasyOn backpack is printed with instructions on how to use and customize it. | Image: Nike Nik...

Bluesky has been acting up today

Bluesky has been acting up today

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Bluesky is growing quickly in popularity, but if you’re trying to use it today, the site might be...

Google says it will stop serving political ads in the EU

Google says it will stop serving political ads in the EU

Illustration: The Verge Google has announced it will stop showing political ads to users in the European Union next year due to un...

Mythic Quest is getting spinoff anthology series

Mythic Quest is getting spinoff anthology series

Apple TV Plus Mythic Quest’s upcoming fourth season finally has a release date, but Apple’s future plans for the series aren’t sto...

Threads grew by a Bluesky this month

Threads grew by a Bluesky this month

Illustration: The Verge Bluesky might be on the rise, but Instagram and Threads boss Adam Mosseri wants you to know that Threads i...

Arc’s mobile browser is now available to everyone on Android

Arc’s mobile browser is now available to everyone on Android

Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge After an open beta that rolled out last month, Arc Search is now available to all Android ...

Diamond Sports Wins Court Approval of Amazon-Aided Restructuring

Diamond Sports Wins Court Approval of Amazon-Aided Restructuring

Diamond Sports Group won court approval of a restructuring plan that hands control of the bankrupt sports broadcaster to lenders a...

Pro-Harris TikTok felt safe in an algorithmic bubble — until election day

Pro-Harris TikTok felt safe in an algorithmic bubble — until election day

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images In the weeks leading up to the US presidential election, Kacey Smith was feeling ho...

Xbox continues its push beyond consoles with new ad campaign

Xbox continues its push beyond consoles with new ad campaign

Image: Microsoft Microsoft has been trying to expand Xbox to multiple devices for more than five years now, and now it’s launching...

Not even Spotify is safe from AI slop

Not even Spotify is safe from AI slop

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images How fake music targets real artists. Continue reading…

Meta hit with $840 million fine for linking Facebook and Marketplace

Meta hit with $840 million fine for linking Facebook and Marketplace

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Almost two years after EU regulators first accused Meta of “abusive practices” that gave ...

Owner of Ukraine’s Largest Mobile Operator Calls for End to War

Owner of Ukraine’s Largest Mobile Operator Calls for End to War

The parent company of Ukraine’s largest mobile provider called for an end to the war, pointing to the spiraling human cost of Russ...

The Onion just bought Infowars

The Onion just bought Infowars

Alex Jones in 2022. | Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images The satirical news outlet The Onion has acquired Infowars, the conspirac...

Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now?

Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now?

Alex Parkin / The Verge Cassette tape sales are at a 20-year high, the vinyl market is on a 17-year growth streak, and CDs have ca...

The Verge’s 2024 holiday gift guide for tinkerers

The Verge’s 2024 holiday gift guide for tinkerers

Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Whether you’re assembling a PC, planning an epic Etsy crafts store, or just fixing a squ...

YouTube is getting in on the digital gifting game

YouTube is getting in on the digital gifting game

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is taking a page out of the TikTok playbook by adding “jewels” you buy to exchange...

Disney’s streaming business is finally finding its footing

Disney’s streaming business is finally finding its footing

Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge Disney made money off its streaming business for the second time in a row. During Q4 2024, profit ...

Amazon announces its first Mini LED Fire TV — and this one’s also built for gaming

Amazon announces its first Mini LED Fire TV — and this one’s also built for gaming

Image: Amazon Amazon is today introducing its latest Fire TV Omni TV series, and it’s the first to feature Mini LED backlighting f...

Words With Friends takes on Wordle with new single-player daily puzzles

Words With Friends takes on Wordle with new single-player daily puzzles

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Wordle’s success has caused an explosion in newspaper-style puzzle games, and now Word...

Apple faces a new $3.75 billion antitrust lawsuit over iCloud storage

Apple faces a new $3.75 billion antitrust lawsuit over iCloud storage

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple is facing a £3 billion (about $3.75 billion) lawsuit from a consumer group that alleges the...

Meta Fined €798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance

Meta Fined €798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance

Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a €798 million ($841 million) fine by European Union regulators by tying its Facebook Marketplace...

Snapchat will let parents request their teen’s real-time location

Snapchat will let parents request their teen’s real-time location

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Once known only for its self-destructing pics, in recent years Snapchat has sneakily evolv...

How to Not Die in Silicon Valley

How to Not Die in Silicon Valley

Here’s what Silicon Valley’s moguls are doing to beat death.

NATO’s Tech Scouts Are Fortifying Europe for a World With Donald Trump

NATO’s Tech Scouts Are Fortifying Europe for a World With Donald Trump

The new NATO Innovation Fund started as a way to combat flagging US interest. Now, its staff are scouring Europe to find the compa...

Parcel-Locker Billionaire Dares Budget Airlines Over Luggage Fee

Parcel-Locker Billionaire Dares Budget Airlines Over Luggage Fee

Polish billionaire Rafal Brzoska is challenging airlines’ policy of charging extra fees for luggage.

Google’s Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app

Google’s Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app

In the AI chatbot world, ubiquity is everything. Companies have raced to build desktop and mobile apps for their bots, in order to...

Meta’s Week of Setbacks Suggests Tough Times Ahead

Meta’s Week of Setbacks Suggests Tough Times Ahead

It’s been a rough week for Meta, but first…

Google will let you search for products on Maps to help with holiday shopping

Google will let you search for products on Maps to help with holiday shopping

The Verge Google has added some new travel and shopping features to Maps that aim to make it easier to find local products and sta...

‘Squid Game’ Returns in Test of Netflix Global Marketing Muscle

‘Squid Game’ Returns in Test of Netflix Global Marketing Muscle

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk discusses making season two of the dystopian thriller, which debuts Dec. 26

The Great American Microchip Mobilization

The Great American Microchip Mobilization

Under Donald Trump and Joe Biden alike, the US has been determined to “reshore” chipmaking. Now money and colossal infrastructure ...

PayPal will let you pool money for group gifts and shared expenses

PayPal will let you pool money for group gifts and shared expenses

PayPal is making it easier to collectively pool together funds on the platform. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images P...

Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Bringing AI Into the Physical World

Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Bringing AI Into the Physical World

Physical Intelligence has assembled an all-star team and raised $400 million on the promise of a stunning breakthrough in how robo...

JD’s Revenue Growth Quickens in Positive China Economy Signal

JD’s Revenue Growth Quickens in Positive China Economy Signal

JD.com Inc.’s quarterly revenue rose 5.1%, suggesting Chinese consumers are cautiously spending again as Beijing tries to revitali...

MultiChoice Chief Says Canal+ Deal Will Help it Take on Netflix

MultiChoice Chief Says Canal+ Deal Will Help it Take on Netflix

MultiChoice Chief Executive Officer Calvo Mawela is preparing to take on US streaming giants as the African TV company works to ge...

Apple Faces UK Class Action Over Data Storage Allegations

Apple Faces UK Class Action Over Data Storage Allegations

Apple Inc faces a lawsuit from a UK consumer group over allegations its monopoly on data storage breaches competition law, in a fr...

IPhone Maker Hon Hai’s Profit Beats Estimates On AI Demand

IPhone Maker Hon Hai’s Profit Beats Estimates On AI Demand

Key iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. reported a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on persistent demand for se...

ASML Upholds 2030 Sales Forecast in Bet on AI-Driven Demand

ASML Upholds 2030 Sales Forecast in Bet on AI-Driven Demand

ASML Holding NV, the Dutch maker of advanced chip-making machines that are critical to the world’s supply chains, reaffirmed its b...

Deutsche Telekom Earnings Boosted by Momentum in US and Germany

Deutsche Telekom Earnings Boosted by Momentum in US and Germany

Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe’s largest telecommunications operator, increased profitability in the third quarter through cost disci...

Merck KGaA Beats Estimates on Boost From Life Science Unit

Merck KGaA Beats Estimates on Boost From Life Science Unit

Merck KGaA posted earnings that topped estimates as its life science unit recovers from its post-pandemic slump alongside positive...

Taiwan Says TSMC’s US Investments Help with Trade Balance

Taiwan Says TSMC’s US Investments Help with Trade Balance

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s tens of billions of dollars of investments in the US help reduce the archipelago’s trade ...

Singapore Tech Firm Circles Is Said to Weigh Sale of Digital Arm

Singapore Tech Firm Circles Is Said to Weigh Sale of Digital Arm

Circles Global, a technology company whose backers include private equity firm Warburg Pincus, is considering a sale of its digita...

Thrive Capital in Talks to Invest About $1 Billion in Databricks

Thrive Capital in Talks to Invest About $1 Billion in Databricks

Thrive Capital is in talks to acquire a roughly $1 billion stake in analytics software maker Databricks Inc. in deal that would va...

How Bluesky, the Rival of Elon Musk’s X, Is Seizing the Moment

How Bluesky, the Rival of Elon Musk’s X, Is Seizing the Moment

Donald Trump’s US election victory — and Elon Musk’s role in helping to get him elected — has sent some users of Musk’s social net...

Australia to Make Big Tech Liable for Citizens’ Online Safety

Australia to Make Big Tech Liable for Citizens’ Online Safety

The Australian government plans to enact laws requiring big tech firms to protect its citizens online, the latest move by the cent...

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on sta...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Join...

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After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Joins Joins Irvine Police Department's Fleet, Will Be Used For Community Outreach Efforts

Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East d...

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Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East day after Biden said he wouldn’t add combat troops

Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both...

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Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both sides go high and low

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