/ Meta, Microsoft, and Opera are on board with the initiative, which aims to support Chromium projects. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Illustration: The Verge Google is partnering with
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/ Tech leaders are lining up — and paying up — to curry favor with Trump. By Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter. Her past work has focused on immigration politics, border surveillance technologies, and the rise of the New Right. Share this story Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Google and Microsoft
/ Daily Listen creates a roughly five-minute audio summarization of search topics you’ve expressed interest in. 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 Illustration: The Verge Google is testing an experimental AI feature that
/ Google also announced its smart home APIs are now available to all developers. By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, a smart home reporter who’s been testing connected gadgets since 2013. Previously a contributor to Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, and US News. Share this story If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a
/ Google says affected Pixel 4A owners can claim a free battery replacement or a $100 credit for a new phone from its store. 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 A
/ The new DeepMind team will build AI models that can simulate the physical world and advance AGI development. 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 Image: The Verge Google DeepMind is assembling a
/ We expect to find out more about Samsung’s new flagship phones and features starting at 1PM ET on January 22nd. 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: Samsung Samsung has
/ A new certification is coming for Qi2 devices that need a case to add magnetic alignment. 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 Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The
/ Newer Google TVs will come with far-field microphones, allowing you to talk to your TV without speaking into your remote. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Photo by Jennifer
/ It’s the latest attempt to get people to use Bing and Edge instead of Google and Chrome. By Tom Warren, a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Share this story Image: The Verge Microsoft is pulling yet another trick to
/ Samsung’s 2025 TVs and soundbars will be ready for YouTube videos that use the Eclipsa Audio format for 3D sound experiences. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Image: Samsung
/ It’s basically the YouTube equivalent of Google’s ‘I’m feeling lucky’ button. 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 Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is testing a new floating “Play
/ A phishing attack that put malicious code in the Cyberhaven data protection extension appears to be part of a broader campaign. 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 Illustration by Carlo
/ It’s “economically risky” to compete directly with Google instead of cooperating. By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support before joining The Verge. Share this story Illustration: The Verge Apple senior VP of services Eddy
/ Google is offering a far more pared-down solution to the court’s ruling that it illegally monopolized search. By Lauren Feiner, a 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
Despite loud proclamations, AI on smartphones is still mostly a sideshow. 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. I’ve spent the past year covering every major phone launch in the US, and each
/ Google’s Files app is rolling out a Gemini screen awareness feature that offers to answer questions about open PDFs. 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 Illustration: The Verge In the
/ Here’s how Google would fix its monopoly on search. By Richard Lawler, a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Share this story Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The Department of Justice’s list of solutions for
/ The platform will begin removing clickbait in India before rolling out the change to more countries in the ‘coming months.’ By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Illustration by Alex
/ Google and other tech companies are spending millions to clean up their carbon pollution using rocks. Terradot’s pilot program in Brazil involves spreading crushed basalt over farmland.Image: Terradot To try to counteract the impact their pollution has on the climate, Google and other big companies have bought into a plan to trap carbon dioxide
/ The company has rolled out new Core 1 Gig, Home 3 Gig, and Edge 8 Gig plans in two cities. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Image: The Verge
/ The new option will open an interface similar to Google’s Gemini chatbot, The Information reports. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Illustration: The Verge Google is planning to add
/ An image seeming to show the victim’s body being moved is still visible on Google Maps. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story A Google Street View image played in
/ The note-taking app is now considered a system app on Android 16 Developer Preview 2. By Sheena Vasani, a writer covering commerce, e-readers, and tech news. She previously wrote about everything from web development to AI at Inside. Share this story Illustration: The Verge Google Keep is being upgraded to a system app on
/ The experimental Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model details the steps it takes to find answers. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Illustration: The Verge Google has introduced a new
President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is a regulatory wild card hanging over Big Tech. Share this story Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images On today’s episode of Decoder, we’re talking about antitrust policy and tech, which is at a particularly weird moment as we enter the second Trump administration. A lot of tech
/ Orders from 50 retailers and takeout providers can be flown to eligible locals at launch. 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 Image: Wing Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is
/ One explanation for the change: updated Google Search rules around “parasite” SEO. By Mia Sato, platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Share this story Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Forbes will stop using freelancers for
/ Without them, Gemini isn’t much more than a nice voice to chat with. By Barbara Krasnoff, a reviews editor who manages how-tos and various projects. She’s worked as an editor and writer (and occasional sci-fi author) for more years than she cares to admit to. She can be found on Threads as @barbarask. Share
/ On The Vergecast: this year’s AI, next year’s games, and some serious Figma gardening. 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 this story Google announced a bunch of new stuff last week, from Gemini 2.0