Articles from: The Verge
Showing 1–24 of 244 articles
Sort
Page 1 of 11
per page
WeatherTech founder might be the newest US consumer protection official
Lauren Feiner, The Verge
President Donald Trump made an unconventional pick for his nomination to the Federal Trade Commission: WeatherTech founder and CEO David MacNeil. MacNeil founded the company, which makes weather-resistant car floor mats, in 1989, according to its website, and…
Jan 13, 2026, 10:28 PM
Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers
Justine Calma, The Verge
It looks like the wave of campaigns against data centers are getting under big tech companies' skin - and Microsoft is the latest giant to promise to address frustrations on the ground in communities around their data centers. The company announced a five-poi…
Jan 13, 2026, 3:33 PM
Democrats should reject tech influence to win elections, Warren says
Lauren Feiner, The Verge
The path forward for the Democratic party after its 2024 defeat includes less tech influence and more populist policies, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Warren delivered this message in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Monda…
Jan 12, 2026, 6:44 PM
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge
Since X's users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable: X getting booted from Apple's and Google's app stores. The fact that it hasn't happened yet tells me something …
Jan 9, 2026, 9:24 PM
I can’t find the Trump phone at America’s largest tech show
Dominic Preston, The Verge
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, it's nowhere to be found at CES 2026. CES isn't a…
Jan 9, 2026, 6:08 PM
America’s new era of energy imperialism is about more than oil
Justine Calma, The Verge
President Donald Trump has no shame in admitting what he wants to get out of attacking Venezuela and threatening other energy resource-rich nations. "We're gonna get the oil flowing the way it should be," he said January 3rd, soon after his administration stu…
Jan 8, 2026, 6:10 AM
X’s deepfake machine is infuriating policymakers around the globe
Lauren Feiner, The Verge
X's Grok chatbot hasn't stopped accepting users' requests to strip down women and, in some cases, apparent minors to AI-generated bikinis. According to some reports, the flood of AI-generated images includes more extreme content that potentially violates laws…
Jan 7, 2026, 9:09 PM
Grok is undressing children — can the law stop it?
Hayden Field, The Verge
Grok began 2026 as it began 2025: under fire for its AI-generated images. Elon Musk's chatbot has spent the last week flooding X with nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors. Circulating screenshots show Grok complying with requests to put re…
Jan 6, 2026, 8:08 PM
The robots, phones, and Lego of CES 2026
David Pierce, The Verge
This year's Consumer Electronics Show is only just getting into full swing, and we've already seen a deluge of gadget announcements. There are the staples, of course: gigantic TVs, smart home sensors, phone accessories, weirdly elaborate ways to charge your d…
Jan 6, 2026, 3:03 PM
The Trump phone just missed another release date
Dominic Preston, The Verge
Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, it's missed yet another of its promised release d…
Jan 2, 2026, 8:56 AM
Samsung adds much needed brightness to its Freestyle projector
Thomas Ricker, The Verge
The Freestyle Plus all-in-one portable projector features 430 ISO Lumens, or "nearly twice the brightness of the previous generation," according to Samsung. Great! But also a little strange since both the original and second generation Freestyle projectors li…
Jan 2, 2026, 8:30 AM
Trump’s war on offshore wind faces another lawsuit
Justine Calma, The Verge
Dominion Energy, an offshore wind developer and utility serving Virginia's "data center alley," filed suit against the Trump administration this week over its decision to pause federal leases for large offshore wind projects. The move puts a sudden stop to fi…
Dec 26, 2025, 10:14 PM
Trump administration bars former EU official and anti-disinformation and hate researchers from US
Richard Lawler, The Verge
On Tuesday, the Trump Administration followed through on a threat of retaliation targeting foreigners who are involved in content moderation. The State Department announced sanctions barring US access for former EU commissioner Thierry Breton, as well as four…
Dec 24, 2025, 12:11 AM
The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge
Yesterday, Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News, censored a segment of its newsmagazine 60 Minutes about men who had been deported to an El Salvador prison. Today, it's popping up online. 60 Minutes had already begun promoting the now-censored segm…
Dec 23, 2025, 12:06 AM
Next-generation nuclear reactors could get a boost from the National Defense Authorization Act
Justine Calma, The Verge
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 Thursday with measures that further the bipartisan push for next-generation nuclear power plants. The Trump administration has embraced the technology as a new energy so…
Dec 19, 2025, 10:04 PM
Don’t expect Trump Media’s nuclear fusion power plant to generate electricity soon
Justine Calma, The Verge
Trump Media - yup, the parent company of Truth Social - is the latest entrant in the near century-long race to develop a nuclear fusion power plant. It announced a merger agreement with fusion company TAE Technologies on Thursday, and a bold plan to break gro…
Dec 19, 2025, 6:05 PM
Trump Media is merging with a nuclear fusion company
Dominic Preston, The Verge
Trump Media, the company that runs social network Truth Social, is pivoting to nuclear fusion. It has announced a merger with California-based fusion power company TAE Technologies, and plans to start construction on a fusion power plant in 2026. Trump Media …
Dec 18, 2025, 1:06 PM
Billionaire Jared Isaacman confirmed as new head of NASA
Emma Roth, The Verge
The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman's appointment as the head of NASA on Wednesday, a decision that comes just months after President Donald Trump pulled his nomination before picking him yet again in November, as reported earlier by CNBC. Isaacman, the found…
Dec 17, 2025, 11:36 PM
Brendan Carr doesn’t regret his threats to broadcasters
Lauren Feiner, The Verge
A defiant Brendan Carr testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday in his first public appearance before lawmakers since threatening broadcasters who aired comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show. Over the course of nearly three hours, the Federal Commun…
Dec 17, 2025, 10:35 PM
Jimmy Wales trusts the process
Joshua Dzieza, The Verge
Wikipedia will be 25 years old in January. During that time, the encyclopedia has gone from a punchline about the unreliability of online information to the factual foundation of the web. The project's status as a trusted source of facts has made it a target …
Dec 17, 2025, 4:46 PM
Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son
Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge
Media is a business about dreams, and Larry Ellison's son is dreaming big. This might explain why the case for Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros. Discovery is so incoherent. In October, Warner Bros. put itself up for sale, leading to a number of bids. The…
Dec 16, 2025, 6:25 PM
What 1,000 pages of documents tell us about DOGE
Lauren Feiner, The Verge
Months after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency were found in the Federal Communications Commission directory, the FCC is being accused of slow-walking demands for information about what they did there. On February 24th, advocacy group Freq…
Dec 16, 2025, 5:55 PM
Ford’s big bet on EVs didn’t pan out — now its pivoting to hybrids and energy storage
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge
Ford announced a series of changes to its gas- and electric-powered vehicle business aimed at dramatically increasing hybrid vehicle production in the face of slowing EV sales. The automaker also introducing some new products as part of this plan, including a…
Dec 15, 2025, 9:04 PM
Trump is recruiting Big Tech workers for the government
Emma Roth, The Verge
President Donald Trump will recruit workers from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants to form the US Tech Force, a new program that aims to "modernize the federal government," according to an announcement on Monday. Under the new prog…
Dec 15, 2025, 7:18 PM
Page 1 of 11
per page