The best indie games we’re playing right now
Splashy blockbuster games are great, but there are there are a huge number of indie and smaller video games worth playing, too. Whether they’re pushing the boundaries of the medium and or offering a creative spin on classic ideas, indie games can be just as interesting as big-budget epics. Sometimes, though, indie games can fly […]
This bullet hell shooter mixes retro and modern in all the right ways
Star of Providence is like a retro game I would have loved as a kid. But the roguelike bullet hell shooter is also a modern twin-stick shooter, and the melding of the two eras results in a fun, fast, and challenging experience. In Star, you control a ship and explore randomly generated dungeons. As you […]
https://www.theverge.com/games-review/627954/star-of-providence-review-nintendo-switch-pc
Teeing off at the wildly high-tech future of golf
When you’re starting a new sports league, or really a new anything, you’re always praying for your first viral moment. For TGL, a new golf league hoping to reinvent the game for a new era and a new audience, that moment came before the first season ever started. In 2024, Tiger Woods, the golf world’s […]
https://www.theverge.com/sport/629858/tgl-golf-tech-espn-sports-future
House GOP subpoenas Big Tech for evidence that Biden made AI woke
On Friday, Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, upped his investigations into Big Tech by sending subpoenas to 16 major tech companies, asking whether the federal government had pressured them into using artificial intelligence to “censor lawful speech” – a new front in his long-running quest to prove the tech […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/629831/subpoena-ai-gop-political-bias
DeepSeek: all the news about the startup that’s shaking up AI stocks
DeepSeek is shaking up the AI industry with cost-efficient large language models it claims can perform just as well as rivals from giants like OpenAI and Meta. The Chinese startup says its flagship R1 reasoning model is capable of achieving “performance comparable” to OpenAI’s o1 equivalent, while the newly released Janus Pro multimodal AI model […]
https://www.theverge.com/24353060/deepseek-ai-china-nvidia-openai
The new M4 MacBook Air is already on sale
The new M4-powered MacBook Air only hit stores on March 12, but it’s already on sale. You can pick up the 13-inch entry-level configuration with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for $949 ($50 off) at Amazon (at checkout) and Best Buy if you’re a My Best Buy Plus and My Best Buy Total […]
https://www.theverge.com/good-deals/629882/apple-m4-macbook-air-13-15-inch-laptop-deal-sale
WinRing0: Why Windows is flagging your PC monitoring and fan control apps as a threat
On Tuesday morning, some PC gamers woke up to discover their computers were seemingly under threat. A “HackTool†called WinRing0 had suddenly started triggering a Windows Defender alert, as if their PCs were under attack. Some of those computers even began behaving oddly ​​— like blasting their fans at high speed — once the HackTool […]
The best Garmin watches for training and everyday life
Few brands are as synonymous with outdoor sports as Garmin. You’ll find these fitness trackers and smartwatches on dozens of wrists at any 5K, marathon, or Ironman. You’ll also find Garmin devotees among divers, thru-hikers, golfers, kiteboarders — you name it. But these devices aren’t just for athletes. The company’s made significant strides in its […]
https://www.theverge.com/23691498/best-garmin-smartwatch-fitness-tracker-wearables
The Olympics will stay on NBC for at least another decade
NBC will continue airing the Olympics in the US for the foreseeable future. Its parent company, Comcast, just announced a deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that will keep the games on NBC’s platforms, including Peacock, through 2036. As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, NBC’s previous agreement with the IOC gave it the rights […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/629377/olympics-nbc-peacock-rights-deal-2036
Flatiron Books says it will keep publishing book from ex-Meta employee
Flatiron Books, the publisher of a new book by an ex-Meta staffer alleging misconduct and harassment at the company, says in a statement that a recent arbitration order demanding that the book no longer be published has “no impact” on Macmillan. The ruling instructs Sarah Wynn-Williams, the author of Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/629347/meta-careless-people-flatiron-books-macmillan
Mercedes-Benz is hedging its bets with rebooted CLA sedan
Mercedes-Benz’s electric vehicles aren’t exactly selling like hotcakes. The EQS, EQE, and EQB have largely flopped, forcing the company to make significant changes to its electrification plans. While the automaker has scaled back its ambitions, it’s not abandoning them altogether. As Mercedes-Benz Group CEO Ola Källenius said during the company’s Tech Day in Stuttgart, Germany, […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/628464/mercedes-benz-cla-ev-hybrid-mma-platform
Android 16 is getting a major hearing accessibility feature
Android phones will soon support Auracast with Bluetooth LE hearing aids, letting people tune in to audio broadcasts in places where it’s otherwise hard to hear. Auracast is a Bluetooth Audio LE feature, and it allows one broadcaster to connect to a virtually unlimited number of Bluetooth LE devices. Among other things, the technology can […]
https://www.theverge.com/tech/628533/android-16-auracast-hearing-aid-support
Contentious Republican town halls are going viral
In a TikTok video from CNN that has been viewed more than 3 million times since late February, the voice of a voter in Roswell, Georgia, pierces through a town hall event held by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA). “Tyranny is rising in the White House, and a man has declared himself our king,” the woman […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/628284/republican-town-hall-videos-doge-musk-trump-tiktok
All the smart home news, reviews, and gadgets you need to know about
The smart home holds so much promise. It can make life more convenient with lights that turn on as you walk in a room, doors that unlock as you approach, and robots that clean your floors. It can also make your home safer, more energy efficient, and even a little more fun. (Have you tried […]
https://www.theverge.com/24190824/smart-home-news-reviews-guides-gadgets
Judge says she’s leaning toward temporarily saving the CFPB
A federal judge seems likely to temporarily block the Trump administration from dismantling a major consumer protection agency, fearing a delay could leave nothing for the court to save. This week, DC District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson sat through what she called an “illuminating two days” of witness testimony on the future of the […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/628327/cfpb-nteu-vought-shut-down
Trump’s first 100 days: all the news affecting the tech industry
President Donald Trump kicked off the first day of his presidency by signing a flurry of executive actions, including halting enforcement of the TikTok ban and rolling back the Biden administration’s artificial intelligence order. Having already run the country once before, Trump entered the presidency with the goal of hitting the ground running, having already […]
https://www.theverge.com/24348851/donald-trump-presidency-tech-science-news
Samsung launches $10,000 bundle of eight big TVs
Taking a page from Costco’s playbook, Samsung has announced a new Buzzer Beater Bundle that includes eight TVs sold together at a significant discount, as spotted by SamMobile. The bundle is aimed at college football fans looking to maximize their March Madness intake given the tournament’s busy schedule and overlapping games. The bundle includes a […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/628295/samsung-buzzer-beater-bundle-neo-qled
Sonos has canceled its streaming video player
Sonos has abandoned plans to release a streaming video player, the company’s leadership announced in an all-hands call today. The product, codenamed Pinewood, was set to be Sonos’ next major hardware launch. It was already deep into development and has spent months in beta testing. But now the team behind it will be reassigned to […]
https://www.theverge.com/tech/628297/sonos-pinewood-streaming-box-canceled
Trump’s first 100 days: all the news affecting the tech industry
President Donald Trump kicked off the first day of his presidency by signing a flurry of executive actions, including halting enforcement of the TikTok ban and rolling back the Biden administration’s artificial intelligence order. Having already run the country once before, Trump entered the presidency with the goal of hitting the ground running, having already […]
https://www.theverge.com/24348851/donald-trump-presidency-tech-science-news
FCC chairman asks the public to list every regulation he should remove
Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr is asking the public to help him identify “unnecessary” regulations created by the agency so that he can eliminate them. Carr announced “In re: Delete, Delete, Delete” on Wednesday, in response to President Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to remove regulations across the government. One order that the FCC […]
https://www.theverge.com/news/628288/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-deregulate-delete