This week, Microsoft took a huge ax to its Xbox business. The company announced that it would be laying off 1,600 workers now, 1,600 more over the next fiscal year, and that it would be shedding four studios. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma hasn't been shy about why she's making such dramatic cuts, saying i...
Twelve South’s AirFly Pro is just $5 more than the SE model. | Image: Twelve South If you’ve got a summer trip coming up, the last-gen Twelve South AirFly Pro is one of those gadgets that can make a long flight feel a little shorter. It lets you use your wireless headphones with in-flight enter...
OpenAI's new voice mode for ChatGPT will acknowledge you as you speak, and slow down if you ask it to.
It allows you to reimagine videos stored in Google Photos using Gemini Omni.
OpenAI is overhauling ChatGPT's voice mode with a new model that it says is more like "talking to another person." The new GPT-Live-1 is designed to interrupt you less and will also wait for you to continue speaking if you pause mid-conversation. During a press briefing, OpenAI research lead Kund...
Amazon is working on a project codenamed 'Moonraker' that would enable the AI assistant to handle multi-step tasks more effectively.
Renders of multiple new Samsung devices have arrived a few weeks before the company's next Unpacked event.
The Mondo Robotics Beni. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge What if you had a drone that wasn't a buzzy, annoying fly people wanted to swat - but rather a cute dog that runs and jumps? What if it could do tricks on command, and film your tricks as well? What if it could get right back up aft...
The Google Pixel 10 lineup. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Google's upcoming Pixel lineup might cost more than last year's. A report from Dealabs spotted by 9to5Google suggests that Google could raise the starting price of its 41mm Pixel Watch 5 to $399, while adding LTE could bump the pr...
It’s not a great time to shop for a gaming laptop. The unprecedented rise in cost for RAM (and storage to a slightly lesser extent) has made laptops with low-to-midrange specs cost much more than they should. Recent deals on gaming laptops worth your attention have been uninspiring, but one recen...
The company doesn't plan to release an offline version.
Apple's program to invest in US manufacturing sees it spend $30 billion on Broadcom chips.
If you indulge in late-night binge-watching on your Roku, Fire Stick or Google TV, you're going to want to enable this feature.
Fi's latest dog tracker uses Starlink satellites for rural areas.
Gus, the wirehaired pointing griffon, models the Fi Ultra while overlooking Charleston Harbor. Fi Ultra is the first Starlink-enabled pet tracker you can buy. It expands on GPS and LTE trackers, adding automatic failover to T-Mobile's T-Satellite-branded direct-to-cell service when venturing in...
DuckDuckGo will now block video ads by default in its browser.
For the last couple weeks, I've been in an extremely lucky position: I've been spending a lot of time playing games on Valve's Steam Machine. We gave the Steam Machine a 6, and I don't disagree with my colleague Sean Hollister's review. But even though I already own a PS5 and an Xbox Series X, a...
Apple has lost its court challenge against EU rules forcing it to open up its platforms to third parties.
Apple is testing devices with Chinese-made DRAM made by CXMT, which reportedly has ties to the People's Liberation Army.
US companies are increasingly turning to Chinese-made AI models to cut costs, something the government isn't happy about.