This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry
…an AI-generated poem inspired by the scene, printed on thermal receipt paper. But after printing dozens of poems, I can only report feeling frustrated instead of inspired. [Image: Poetry according to…
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Sony’s new 1440p OLED gaming monitor seems a lot better than its first
…Its .02-millisecond response time is, like other recent high-end WOLED monitors, just a little bit faster than previous generations. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026…
Acer’s answer to the MacBook Neo is a $699 laptop with Intel chips and 8GB of RAM
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Acer-Swift-Air-14-SFA14-I31-Family-01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads…
Did Microsoft just tease a new Xbox UI?
…Jason Ronald, VP of next generation at Xbox, showed off the UI while mentioning that players had been noticing “a lot of fragmentation within the experience” across devices, and an overall lack…
Alexa is moving into Amazon․com
…one continuous shopping experience,” he said, complete with product comparisons and AI-generated overviews from customer reviews. [Image: A new, more interactive Amazon.com experience is now available on the Echo…
AI-generated research papers are overwhelming peer review
…Generative AI was a boon to the mills, helping them to skirt plagiarism detectors by creating wholly new images and text. Still, the technology’s telltale hallucinations meant that publishers could at…
Audio and Podcast News
…After launching the Verified by Spotify badge for musicians a few weeks ago, the service now has a sticker for podcasters who actually exist in real life, as AI-generated podslop floods…
Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons
…general approach. As one Reddit user pointed out, though, the Sheets and Slides icons were switched to landscape mode, which is also how most people use both of those apps. [Image: https…
ISS astronauts are getting new laptops
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/nasa-astronaut-chris-williams-unpacking-computers-4-15-26.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content…
Does Trump Mobile know how many stripes are on the American flag?
…video — incompetently handled, badly filmed — but likely mixed into a sea of AI-generated clips alongside it. [Image: I might be wrong, but I doubt AI added this scratch. https://platform.theverge…