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Sony is buying Peanuts
Sony is paying approximately $460 milliion to purchase Peanuts [PDF] and its characters, including Snoopy and Charlie Brown, created by Charles M. Schulz. That’s a 41 percent stake Sony is buying...
Trump's TikTok deal is another step closer to finally actually happening
Remember back in September when President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seemingly finalized some of the terms of a deal to spin off TikTok's US business? Three months later, that...
Trump’s attack on trans health care, briefly explained
A protester holds a sign in support of gender-affirming care for transgender youth outside of the US Supreme Court on June 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images This story...
The TikTok US sale is finally happening
TikTok has finalized the deal to sell its US business, according to reports from Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, and CNBC. They report that a memo from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to employees on...
Steam Winter Sale discounts Clair Obscur, Silent Hill f and more
Holiday shopping is in full swing, which means it's about time for the Steam Winter Sale. This go-around, Valve’s sale runs from December 18, 2025 through January 5, 2026, and includes...
Google’s NotebookLM introduces Data Tables feature
Google's latest addition to its NotebookLM artificial intelligence research platform is a feature called Data Tables. The tool can collect and synthesize information across multiple sources...
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, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. By all measures, Meta's Threads app had a very good...
What you need to know before the Epstein files come out
A man holds a sign that reads “Release the files now!” outside the US Capitol on November 18, 2025. | Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images The “Epstein files” are maybe, finally, coming out — or at...
Oh snap, I have a new favorite phone grip
The OhSnap Snap Grip 5 next to a Syncwire magnetic ring. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge In 2022, we called a simple magnetic ring from Anker the best MagSafe phone grip, but things have...
Steam’s annual winter sale is here — these are the best games to get
If you’re lucky enough to have a bit of time off around the holidays, we have great news: Steam’s annual winter sale kicked off today, and will run through Monday, January 5th at 1PM ET. Now’s a...