/ The CFPB placed Google under federal supervision over Google Pay fraud and issue resolution complaints. 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 Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge The Consumer Financial
Month: December 2024
Notable Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator held a Demo Day for its inaugural Fall cohort this week. The 95 startups in this latest batch looked quite similar to recent YC cohorts in the sense that it includes many AI startups. If I did my math right, 87% of the startups in this batch are
The influential accelerator Y Combinator made a splash in Africa in 2020 when it shined its light on the market and began to accept startups from the region into its cohorts. The move was huge: in this nascent market, startups especially rely on programs like these to find their feet and connect with investors, and
This week, a low-quality video may have given us our first look at the Joy-Con that will be used by the successor to the Nintendo Switch. Also, Sony celebrated the 30th anniversary of PlayStation by putting the original console’s boot-up sound on PS5, along with customization options that let people apply the familiar sounds of
/ The company says its AI model outperformed a traditional forecasting system. People shelter under umbrellas from the wind and rain as they cross a road near Shinjuku train station on October 12, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan ahead of Typhoon Hagibis’ expected landfal later in the evening.Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images GenCast, a new AI
One of 2024’s biggest disappointments in movie theaters will soon be able to try and redeem itself in your homes. Before you and yours get into the holiday spirit on Christmas Day, Joker: Folie à Deux will be available to stream on Max on December 13. Suggested Reading 6 Things To Know Before Starting Persona
If you’re one of the estimated 67 million Americans over the age of 65 who receives health coverage through Medicare, the open enrollment period is now in effect and it’s the best time of year to make changes to your coverage. However, with a study of the 2021 open enrollment period finding that 69% of respondents didn’t
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles. The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword is an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier
Folks, it’s December. That means that unless you live in a part of the world where the weather is nice all the time (or you’re in, like, Australia), you’re likely doing your best to keep the frigid temperatures at bay. And hey, if you’re looking at a weekend of being stuck indoors, I can think
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a lot of fun. The new game from MachineGames and Bethesda lets you step into the (I assume very muddy and warm) boots of the famous adventurer for an exciting new journey around the world. Along the way you solve ancient puzzles and riddles and, of course, fight
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is about to head into season 4, and the players who remain are relieved to see that the newest character joining the multiverse fray is Deathstroke, and that he actually looks cool. Whether he’ll arrive solo or alongside the live-service game’s promised offline mode remains to be seen. Suggested
Grand Theft Auto 6‘s first trailer arrived a year ago this month on December 4 following a leak. Like hyenas scavenging a dead elephant, in the days and weeks that followed fans picked it apart for every possible detail. Advertisement Now, after a year, and with no new trailer from Rockstar, we look back at
Whether you want to learn a new language or are looking for a unique holiday gift idea for a travel buddy, you’ll want to hop on this Cyber Monday deal from Babbel, one of our favorite language-learning apps. Babbel is offering a lifetime subscription for all languages at an impressive 78% off, or $130 total. Normally, this subscription
Hazelight Studios, led by the colorful Josef Fares, might be revealing its latest game very soon. A new report suggests the upcoming project is called Split Fiction and will release sometime in March 2025. Suggested Reading The Week In Games: Reignited Rivalries And More New Releases Off English Suggested Reading That’s according to Dealabs’ billbil-kun.
Google/ Tech / The feature, initially announced earlier this year, lets you create a digital ID from your passport. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Share this story Illustration: The Verge Google is now rolling out
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. The week after Thanksgiving is usually rich in announcements, and this year was no exception. Blame it on the holiday season, but we would even go as
They say history is written by the victors. And often times it’s written in blood. The second season of Apple TV+’s hit sci-fi series Silo has been inching toward a rebellion, and the latest episode featured a shocking death that will set up the biggest conflict the series has ever seen. Suggested Reading Live Forever
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been out for about a month now, and with the holidays approaching, BioWare and EA have put the game on sale for consoles. So if you’ve been waiting to try the fourth entry in the fantasy RPG series, you can get it for a bit cheaper at the moment. However,
2024 was a year filled with good games, especially if you looked beyond the biggest AAA releases and played some of the amazing indie titles and smaller games we got over the last 12 months. But there were some bad ones, too. Advertisement Light and dark. Left and right. Pepsi and Coke. One needs the
/ Has computational photography reached a point where Google can stick with smaller camera sensors? By Chris Welch, a reviewer specializing in personal audio and home theater. Since 2011, he has published nearly 6,000 articles, from breaking news and reviews to useful how-tos. Share this story Illustration: The Verge There’ve already been renders of Google’s
Not even the people inventing AI always know what it’s good for besides writing emails. But there are seed-stage companies, like Y Combinator grad and 2024 Disrupt Battlefield participant Nowadays, that are doing something mind-blowingly useful with AI. Nowadays uses LLM AI to automatically plan large, expensive events. Using its own database of 400,000 global
AI agent startup /dev/agents announced a massive $56M seed round, putting the company’s valuation at a whopping $500 million. The amount is impressive given the company won’t have a first version of its product available until at least early next year. The reason behind investors’ trust, however, becomes a bit clearer when you consider the
Google/ Tech / The 2024 Recap feature showcases your memorable snaps alongside insights into your photography habits this year. By Jess Weatherbed, a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Share this story Every company is trying to copy Spotify these
If you’re someone who spends a lot of time commuting or in the gym, then you’ll likely want a high-quality pair of wireless earbuds to get you through. It’s even better if they’ve got powerful active noise canceling as well, because focus is important. Well, the Jabra Elite 10 are currently on sale at Best Buy
MobiKwik, an Indian financial services startup, has cut the size of its planned IPO for the third time, setting a price band of ₹265-₹279 ($3.1-$3.3) that values it at $250 million — down sharply from its last private valuation of $924 million in 2021. The Gurugram-based fintech, backed by Peak XV and ADIA, is seeking
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands and Connections puzzles. The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword is an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier
OpenAI finally released the full version of o1, which gives smarter answers than GPT-4o by using additional compute to “think” about questions. However, AI safety testers found that o1’s reasoning abilities also make it try to deceive humans at a higher rate than GPT-4o — or, for that matter, leading AI models from Meta, Anthropic,
Google/ Tech / Look for the option to ‘Try without personalization.’ By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Share this story Illustration: The Verge Google is making it easier to switch off personalized search results thanks to
Turning sunflower seeds into sustainable, cocoa-free chocolate has netted Munich-based B2B food tech startup Planet A Foods (formerly QOA) a $30 million Series B funding round. Now, the Y Combinator alum is gearing up for industrialization, with the funds set to be deployed to scale its production capacity by around 7.5x. The round fast follows
/ Google is extending more updates to some phones than originally promised. 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 If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may