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How the World Cup became a US streaming success story

Guillermo Ochoa #13 of Mexico is tossed into the air by his teammates after the team's 3-0...

Cold Court’s debut EP is an infectious, glitchy genre mashup

Cold Court is a brother-sister duo from Philly that seems to love nothing more than shoving all...

Electric air taxis are stuck in the courtroom

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Our long national sunscreen nightmare is almost over

You need a quarter teaspoon for your face alone, a half teaspoon if you include the neck...

No more lightbulbs, much more sports: Five predictions for Roku’s future

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Conclave is the sound of a NYC summer block party

Unlock a party. | Image: Conclave I have this vivid memory of walking to pick up my oldest...

Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are

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Is Apple TV the new HBO?

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What do you mean my new smart scale is ‘built for GLP-1 users’?

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Feeble Little Horse leans into digital weirdness on bitknot

Even the cover revels in a low-bit digital aesthetic. | Image: Saddle Creek / Feeble Little Horse From...

User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way

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Welcome to Night Vale host Cecil Baldwin shares his tech pet peeves

Cecil Baldwin is a busy man with some dope boots. | Image: Cecil Baldwin Cecil Baldwin's résumé includes...

What would you be willing to put in your body?

The Enhanced Games last weekend featured athletes who took performance-enhancing drugs. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent...

The secret to Roku’s success: not being cool

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The man behind the legendary MPC, Roger Linn, stays focused with a single browser tab

Roger Linn lets his accomplishments do the talking. | Image: Roger Linn Roger Linn is a legend in...

Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the car crashes piling up on...

Oddity is masterfully tense horror from the director of Hokum

Kudos to the designer of that horrifying golem. | Image: Shudder Hokum recently hit theaters, and it's already...

NPR’s Manoush Zomorodi talks about living with too much tech

Manoush Zomorodi tackled tech’s effect on our brains, now she’s looking at our bodies. | Image: Tory...

Netflix is building an AI animation studio

Netflix’s job listings indicate an generative AI-heavy animation studio is coming. | Image: The Verge This is Lowpass...

The crypto Clarity Act returns to the Senate this week. The banks are already trying to kill it.

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Ashnymph’s Childhood EP is exhilarating dance goth rock

I can’t wait for a proper full length. | Image: Blitzcat Records I've got to thank my oldest...

Netflix may have finally figured out games

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What’s the role of a simple fitness band in the AI health era?

Fitness bands can’t be as simple as they once were before the AI health boom. | Photo...

Netflix has its own, impressive AI-powered voice search

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My $5K smart bed needs to shut the hell up

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After working on the Vision Pro, this AR veteran is going back to phones

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Grindr — yes, Grindr — won the WHCD party circuit

General atmosphere during Grindr White House Correspondents' Dinner Weekend Party 2026 at LXIV DC on April 24,...

Tomora’s Come Closer is an ecstatic love letter to 90s dance music

Before Coachella, Tomora wasn't on my radar at all. It's actually only by chance that I stumbled...

The plan to quietly kill Coyote v. Acme blew up in David Zaslav’s face

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I don’t think Gwyneth Paltrow knows what a peptide is

She’s definitely heard of a peptide. I don’t know if she understands what they are. | Photo:...

25 years later, is it time for a new iPod?

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Alexis Ohanian shocks Washington with pro-immigration remarks

Los Angeles Golf Club owner Alexis Ohanian looks on during the match against the Jupiter Links Golf...