General Tech
A college in Illinois tried to cancel its Flock contact and it refused
In April of 2025, Elgin Community College had six Flock safety cameras installed to “enhance the safety and security of students.”
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Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AI
When President Donald Trump announced his plans to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence,” you’d be forgiven for being skeptical that it would catch on.
Hardware
The new Apple TV could have a built-in mic and a remote with a speaker
The latest rumors are that the new Apple TV will have a built-in microphone, while the upgraded remote will get a speaker. The mic would let users control the set-top box using Siri without having to speak into the remote or a connected HomePod device.
General Tech
NASA dumped over 800GB of Artemis II data online
If you thought you’d seen all there is to see from the Artemis II mission, you’re wrong. This week NASA posted over 800GB worth of science data, images, and videos on the Artemis II: Sights & Sounds of Science site.
General Tech
George A. Romero’s Season of the Witch is a slow-burn feminist occult drama
George A. Romero is obviously best known as the father of the modern zombie movie.
Mobile
What to expect from Apple’s ‘Welcome Home’ event
We are quickly coming up on Apple’s “Welcome Home” launch event, where we expect a host of smart home-related announcements. We are expecting refreshes to Apple TV and HomePod Mini, as well as a brand new smart home hub.
Software
Vurt wants you to look at vertical videos as a genre of their own
From Disney Plus to HBO Max, almost every major established streaming service is experimenting with ways to get into vertical content. It’s clear that these companies see video-focused social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram as existential threats.
Mobile
Why the LeapPad couldn’t survive the iPad
For multiple years, the hottest toy in the United States was a book. But not just any book: a smart book that could play sounds and respond to taps and help kids learn to read. However, buying it came with a high price and big parenting questions.
General Tech
Horror is big business
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how pervasive horror has become, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback, arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here.
Artificial Intelligence
Learning to use local AI is exciting, overwhelming, and frustrating
I’m embarking on a journey I’ve so far been hesitant to go on: actually using AI on the regular. Giving my most personal data to cloud services has been a major hold up for me, but it’s increasingly possible to run powerful models locally to see what they’re capable of.
Artificial Intelligence
Satya Nadella says we should assume all AI models are ‘compromised’
In a lengthy post on X, Microsoft’s CEO laid out his views on the dangers posed by highly advanced AI models and how to confront those risks.
General Tech
DistroKid has been quietly taking down songs in response to UMG lawsuit
Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice. Now DistroKid has confirmed to The Verge that the takedowns are a direct response to claims made by UMG.
General Tech
Ledger wallet tampering suspected after reports of crypto thefts
Reports have been mounting that users of the Ledger crypto wallet have seen their accounts drained, and suspicion is that it’s related to reseller CryptoBillis and a bit of spy hardware. Ledger has asked CryptoBillis to pause all sales of its wallets while it conducts an investigation.
General Tech
K-pop star Sunmi loves Notion and ear cleaning videos
Sunmi is an undeniable force in K-pop. She first made her debut as a member of the Wonder Girls back in 2007, one of the first K-pop acts to really break through in the West.
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet
After a recent spate of high-profile incidents in which AI agents escaped containment, Anthropic is cutting off internet access for all internal evaluations.
General Tech
Will Warner Bros. kill Skydance — or will David Ellison kill Warner Bros?
Today, I’m talking with Peter Kafka, chief correspondent at Business Insider and host of the Channels podcast, about the gigantic Warner Bros.-Paramount merger and the future of the company now simply called Skydance.
Artificial Intelligence
AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?
At this year’s OpenAI DevDay, CEO Sam Altman unveiled the company’s new AI agent Dots - and told the crowd that the company wants to “set a new standard for privacy in frontier AI.”
Hardware
LG’s RGB LED TV is good for certain situations, but an OLED is better
When it comes to TVs, the LG name has long been synonymous with OLEDs, continually leading Samsung and Sony as the top OLED manufacturer. But 2026 is all about RGB LED TVs.
General Tech
The techlash has gone Hollywood
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 147, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I missed you all, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I’m back from parental leave! Part time, anyway.
General Tech
The director of Fjord takes the ‘risky position’ of moderator
Cristian Mungiu’s sixth feature, Fjord, concerns a family on trial. They seem like good people, God-fearing. They’ve just moved from Romania to a small hamlet nestled in the fjords of rural Norway.
General Tech
The Telo MT1 is a big truck trapped in a tiny truck’s body
I’m bouncing down the road in San Carlos, California, zipping past behemoth tech companies like EA and Oracle, in America’s smallest electric truck.
Artificial Intelligence
My brief romance with an AI bird feeder
It started off promising enough. Dozens of tiny, colorful birds were drawn to my garden just a few weeks after I mounted a $350 $269 Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro. “Looks like Great Tit!” read the first AI-driven alert sent to my phone. “Looks like Eurasian Blue Tit!” read another.
Hardware
Decade-old RAM is making a comeback
CPU makers have noticed that the seemingly unending RAM price hikes are making it tough for a lot of us to upgrade our PCs. Their solution? A return to last-gen DDR4 RAM. Intel and AMD are making new CPUs that’ll support the older, more affordable type of memory.
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic’s AI gave Philadelphia police a fake tip about an unsolved homicide
An Anthropic AI model provided false information about an unsolved homicide to a Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) tipline, according to a report from 6abc.
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