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Dreams of Another feels like a fever dream
Dreams of Another is like playing an art-filled dream. It's filled with unexpected events, disjointed acts, and hazy landscapes. Scenes end abruptly, and then you unexpectedly pick up the thread...
Windows 10 support ends October 14, but here's how to get an extra year for free
You'll get access to Windows 10 a little longer by doing this. (Getty Images) You've known it for a while: Microsoft has determined that it's moving Windows 10 to "end of life" status starting on...

The world is producing more food crops than ever before
If you ever find yourself in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan, turn down Vesey Street toward North End Avenue. You’ll arrive at something unusual: a collection of stones, soil and moss, artfully...

Is the Coros Nomad really an adventure watch?
Coros' Nomad is marketed as a "go-anywhere, do-anything" adventure watch. It's got GPS and offline maps and will track a lot of activities, from yoga to bouldering. There's an "Adventure Journal,"...
Stylish beat-'em-ups, platformers and RPGs, and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. Some gorgeous new games arrived this week, and we've got some demos and reveals from upcoming projects to take a...

Hollywood has no idea what to do about AI
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. This week, I got an up-close look at how far apart...
Instagram tests new layout that puts the spotlight on Reels and DMs
Instagram head Adam Mosseri has announced that as part of a test, some Instagram users will be able to try a new menu bar in the app with a different arrangement of tabs. Notably, the new menu bar...

OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocate’s door
Will OpenAI send police to your door if you advocate for AI regulation? Nathan Calvin, a lawyer who shapes policies surrounding the technology at Encode AI, claims OpenAI did just that. “One...

Bose is yanking key features from its SoundTouch speakers
Bose is discontinuing support for the cloud-based features available on its SoundTouch products on February 18th, 2026. “After February 18, certain features — including access to integrated music...

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT
“ChatGPT shouldn’t have political bias in any direction,” OpenAI wrote in a post on Thursday. The latest GPT-5 models come the closest to achieving that objective goal, according to results from an...