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Score a discounted Xbox console before the prices jump
The Xbox Series S and Series X consoles together. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft announced today that the price of all Xbox models will rise in August, the second time in less than a...
Instagram wants to monopolize your attention
This week, Instagram launched a series of new features for its smart TV app that are all designed to get people to spend more time on the platform through the biggest screens in their homes. In...
RAMageddon just got extremely real
Even Tim Cook couldn’t supply chain his way out of the RAM crisis. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge As far as prices go, Apple is kind of a reverse canary in the coal mine. With its famously...
Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with toxins?
Americans are obsessed with toxins — it is a rare point of consensus in our increasingly polarized country. According to a Pew Charitable Trusts survey from earlier this year, more than 70...
There’s an escaped giraffe on the run in Texas. Why was she there at all?
A giraffe at the Houston Zoo. | Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images In mid-June, a giraffe named Gracie escaped from a ranch in Texas located about 100 miles west of San Antonio. An...
Notion Mail is shutting down
So long, Notion Mail.
Spain will require carriers to keep mobile networks live during power outages
Spain's mobile networks will need to stay live for at least four hours during power outages, per new rules.
Polestar won’t be able to sell its cars in the US next year
Polestar moved some of its production to the US, but it may be locked out from selling its cars here soon.
The Supreme Court lets Trump deport people back to war zones
The funeral of Jean Richecard Casimir, a first-class police officer with the Research and Intervention Brigade in the Haitian National Police, who died after a gang attack on May 29, 2026. |...
It’s a bad time to want a new computer
It's not exactly surprising that RAMaggeddon is making new tech hardware really expensive. But if you've been in the market for things like a new computer or tablet, this week has been filled with...