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A messy lesson for the post-woke left
Francesca Hong during an election night watch party at Atwood Music Hall in Madison, Wisconsin, on August 11, 2026. | Talia Sprague/Bloomberg via Getty Images This story appeared in Today,...
How an AIPAC endorsement became a liability
Pro-Palestinian Jewish American demonstrators rally in Manhattan on February 22, 2024. | Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images The American Israel Public Affairs Committee — better known by its short...
The next big indie game publisher is taking some exciting swings
Promotional artwork for Sam Barlow’s Precognition. Looks trippy. Kinetic Publishing, a new indie publisher from the development team behind the co-op horror game Phasmophobia, just hosted its first...
It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year
The iPhone 17’s successor might not arrive until 2027. | Photography by Allison Johnson / The Verge According to an Economic Daily News report spotted by MacRumors, executives for Apple supplier...
ChatGPT: What’s free in 2026 and what isn’t?
As of August 2026, you can send unlimited texts to ChatGPT.
Who gets to freeze their eggs?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s freezing her eggs. But barriers remain for many Americans. | Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images Over the weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announced...
Google’s Pixel 11 phone preorders come with up to $350 in gift cards
The Pixel 11 Pro in matte obsidian. | Photo: David Imel / The Verge Looking to get your hands on the latest Pixel devices? After weeks of leaks and rumors, Google has officially announced its next...
Twitch streamers can now refuse to let Amazon train its genAI models on their content
There's now an opt-out toggle for something that should have been opt-in to begin with.
Honor launches its long-awaited Robot Phone and yes it can wiggle at you
The big news with Honor's latest is the automated pop-up camera gimbal.
Twitch streamers can now opt out from training Amazon’s AI
Twitch users can now opt out of allowing their content to be used to train Amazon's generative AI models. Opting out means that "your streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on...