The farce of Musk v. Altman
…You get to publish it. We published it. Was that the goal? Was Elon just saying, “I only knew about this when Sam Altman got fired,” in order to put all of…
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User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way
…For years there was ambiguity about how these two sets of regulations would interact, but in a notice published last year the EU confirmed that the existing smartphone and tablet rules “prevail…
Xbox is in danger. Will Microsoft fix it or kill it?
…right now, but Microsoft has a longstanding habit of disrupting his well-earned time off with major news. So, Tom was gracious enough to come on the show after he published a…
Call of Duty never made much sense for Xbox Game Pass
…The concept dates back much further, though, as Microsoft has said that Game Pass is the main reason it spent $68.7 billion to acquire Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard in…
Apple wants Europe to blink
…The company took the unusual step of dedicating part of its WWDC 2026 keynote to explaining why Siri AI won’t be coming to Europe, then published an icily titled blog post…
How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
…Right? So as to AI, I think you’re right that without the limitations on liability, we wouldn’t have AI, particularly the fair use stuff. But if you think about what…
It’s a bad time to want a new computer
…The MacBook Neo, which was a steal at its original $599 price, now starts at $699, for example. (We’ve got a list of all of the new prices right here, and…
Verge Product Updates
…Verge writers can now publish the quippier stuff directly from Slack (like I’m doing right now!). The result should be more quick hits from your favorite Verge voices. Danielle Steussy Feb…
With GTA looming, consoles are getting expensive at the worst possible time
…The launch, on November 19th for the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S, is expected to be so big that other game publishers are moving out of the way for fear of…
Microsoft AI chief on why it’s ‘dangerous’ to call AI ‘alive’
…It is actually pretty hard to make the very careful and deliberate choices to get things right, and take the right approach to make sure we produce high-quality models, because our…