Tag: Column

How Gorilla Tag is weathering the VR winter

Monke gather in Gorilla Tag. | Another Axiom This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the...

Why I wish I hadn’t bought my Samsung OLED TV

A Samsung OLED TV of the same vintage as my S90C. | Photo: Chris Welch / The...

Bezos could have saved The Washington Post’s local news and sports reporters

Demonstrators hold a "Save The Post" sign next to a cutout image of Jeff Bezos during a...

You need to listen to the new Mandy, Indiana record: URGH

Often, I focus on recommending older media that isn't currently getting a ton of attention. But this...

Netflix’s Warner Bros. merger puts rival streamers in survival mode

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AG1 is a lot less science-y than it sounds

Science washing is afoot. | Image: The Verge, AG1 This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday...

This Town, 2.0

The US Capitol is seen ahead of a possible government shutdown in Washington, DC, January 29, 2026....

You need to listen to M83’s icy post-rock record Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

New York City got hit with a hell of a snowstorm last week. And, inevitably, when I'm...

The telephoto is the only phone camera that really matters

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The lonely promise of cute robots

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects...

I wear lots of technology for a living, ask me anything

Hello, friends. It's time for another exclusive AMA for Verge subscribers, and this time, I'll be your host....

The crypto bill is falling apart in Congress

Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA), from left, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) Sen. John Boozman (R-AK), Rep. French Hill...

The great e-bike crackdown has begun

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Influencers are pushing suspicious peptides. How much are you willing to risk?

This vial has haunted me since the day it arrived. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every...

Free TV startup Telly only had 35,000 units in people’s homes last fall

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One year in, Big Tech has out-maneuvered MAGA populists

Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump...

You need to listen to the cosmic horror-comedy podcast Welcome to Night Vale

It's relatively rare for a podcast to last 14 years, especially a fiction one. In fact, as...

This 3D-scanned insole is another example of placebo tech

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Casting is dead. Long live casting!

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Inside the White House shitposting machine

Screens at the White House display AI-modified videos of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S....

You need to listen to Billy Woods’ horrorcore masterpiece for the A24 crowd

Billy Woods has one of the highest batting averages in the game. Between his solo records like...

Will you have to show your ID at the app store?

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Reality still matters

The first video I saw of the Minneapolis shooting was bad enough. Shortly after I saw it,...

I’m The Verge’s Senior Internet Typist, ask me anything while Nilay’s away!

Hello from the dead week of the year, when all sane people have logged off to spend...

Watch lists are broken. Federation could fix them.

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You need to listen to these Christmas deep cuts

Santa knows how to boogie. | Image: AFP via Getty Images It's the holiday season, and Christmas music...

The wellness wild west is back on its bullshit with unapproved weight loss drugs

The craze around “GLP-3” online is a peak example of the wellness wild west. This is Optimizer, a...

Threads wants to be the app you can’t wait to open in the morning

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry,...

How Atlas Obscura plans to embrace the 3D web

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You need to listen to Sudan Archives’ violin opus for the club

My introduction to Sudan Archives was the song "Nont for Sale" from her first EP Sink in...

You need to watch the modern horror masterpiece, His House

There's an argument to be made that "the real monster is trauma" has become an overused trope...

Starlink made ‘work from home’ possible from anywhere — now, I’m ready for a change

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