Manchester City resume their defense of the English Premier League title on Wednesday with a potentially tricky test against top-four chasing Aston Villa at the Etihad Stadium. City were left frustrated after a goalless draw against rivals Arsenal at the weekend, and come into this match trailing league leaders Liverpool by 3 points. With fifth-placed
Month: April 2024
/ Google’s April updates also added Pixel Watch and Pixel phone updates and bug fixes. By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Share this story Now you can customize these bad boys.Photo by Amelia Holowaty
During March’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Nvidia set up a hotel room to show off demos of its generative AI-powered technologies. Some are available to try in beta while the more complex ones aren’t ready to implement in games just yet. They all harness generative AI in different ways, ranging from dynamically creating
Artificial Intelligence Humane, Rabbit, Brilliant, Meta, and countless other companies are just about to launch AI-first gadgets. AI hardware may not be as big as the smartphone, but it’s going to be big. By David Pierce, editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street
If 2023 was the year of AI, then it’s looking like 2024 will carry on the trend. You may not have tried out one of the many AI chatbots that hit the scene over the last year, but you’ve probably heard a thing or two about them. How could you not? OpenAI’s ChatGPT gained 100 million users
In 2019, Prince Andrew, son of Queen Elizabeth, sat down for an exclusive interview with the BBC. During the nearly hour-long conversation, the British royal spoke with journalist Emily Maitlis about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. What ensued — not surprisingly — was public outcry and, ultimately, the prince’s stepping down from
In what has to be one of the more annoying battle sequences of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, President Rufus Shinra shows up to take Cloud on in a one-on-one match in the Gold Saucer in Chapter 12. As in Final Fantasy VII Remake, Rufus is a fast and deadly opponent. Yet he’s very beatable if
The nearly $700 Limited Edition Steam Deck OLED was released in November 2023 and came with all the improvements found in the normal OLED Deck, but also sported a translucent plastic shell. But this pricier, limited variant seems to be cracking due to overly-tight screws and possible issues with the special plastic used to create
Microsoft has been adding artificial intelligence to nearly all its products, from Bing search to PowerPoint. Now it’s testing AI for customer support on its Xbox. “We are testing an Xbox Support Virtual Agent, an internal prototype of an animated character that can query Xbox Support topics with voice or text,” Haiyan Zhang, general manager of
/ How did it come to this? By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Share this story Phones need to go to notification jail.Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Feel that? Your
/ This is Google’s final warning to y’all. By Joanna Nelius, laptop reviewer. She has covered consumer technology, with an emphasis on PC gaming, since 2018. Previous bylines: USA Today, Gizmodo, PC Gamer, Maximum PC, among others. Share this story If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See
/ The podcast app is only the latest good Google thing to die. And if Google ever wants us to buy into its promises again, this has to stop. By David Pierce, editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Share
On April 1, Twitch streamer and content creator MeltIsLIVE, aka Melt, was involved in a car crash while driving and using his phone during an “in real life” (IRL) stream. While it appears nobody was seriously injured, Melt was seemingly banned from Twitch due to his behavior. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s Air Combos
Pros High-quality dual-cam design with excellent resolution Grat pan/tilt/zoom functions Quiet, speedy movement Local and cloud storage options Accurate object detection with tracking Good two-way audio Customizable alerts and routines Cons Janky app Poor Google Home support Eufy’s wired S350 dual-cam indoor camera is meant to stand out in a crowded field of options —
Between farming crops and picking up random doodads you find around the titular village in Stardew Valley, there are a lot of possible ingredients you can use to craft and cook new items. With this in mind, one modder has decided to challenge players of ConcernedApe’s farming sim RPG to create a bagel with everything
Warning: If you keep reading, you’ll see the Wordle answer for Tuesday, April 2. That could be a devastating spoiler for some players. But if you just need the answer — maybe you’re on your last guess and just don’t want to see an 800-game streak go poof — keep reading. We’ll start you off
/ The company is working on improving its voice assistant with generative AI instead of replacing it. By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Share this story Are you there, Bixby?Photo by Allison
Standalone MP3 players dominated pop culture for a long time, but in 2023 almost no one needs one. Any iPhone or Android phone is an audio player that works with subscription music apps like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music and YouTube Music. You pay your $5 to $10 a month, and you get access
The New York Times might be best known for its long-running newspaper. But new data shows that thanks to popular games like Wordle, Strands, Connections, and more, the Times has quietly become a video game company that just so happens to have a newspaper subscription, too. What Is Dragonsplague? Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Devastating Contagion Explained
Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom’s latest high-fantasy action role-playing game, lets you romance all sorts of non-player characters. From a city leader to a town fool, a brothel host to a young blacksmith, there’s plenty of love in the air between you as the Arisen and the game’s many NPCs. You can’t romance the Pawns, though,
/ It’s part of a proposed class action settlement filed with a California federal court. By Lauren Feiner, the senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. Share this story Illustration:
At CES, the crowded consumer tech trade show held in Las Vegas every January, it’s all about energy. Some booths have it and some don’t. Smart ovens, once a darling of the convention floor, were everywhere in 2024 but excitement for them was scant. Oversaturation could explain the waning enthusiasm for smart kitchens — they’ve
Warning: If you keep reading, you’ll see the Wordle answer for Monday, April 1. That could be a devastating spoiler for some players. But if you just need the answer — maybe you’re on your last guess and just don’t want to see an 800-game streak go poof — keep reading. We’ll start you off
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