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Sonos’ big sale on refurbished speakers is about to end
The green model of the Move 2 shown here is sold out at Sonos’ refurbished site, but the black or white models are up for grabs. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Portable audio and home theater...
Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff
Mark Zuckerberg presenting at Meta Connect on September 17th, 2025. | Bloomberg via Getty Images Meta is planning to layoff around 10 percent of employees in May, according to a memo from the...
Meta is downsizing by about 10 percent
Meta is making another steep cut to its staff, this time to the tune of a 10 percent reduction in its workforce. About 8,000 people will be laid off and about 6,000 open jobs will also be...
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
Asha Sharma. | Image: The Verge, Microsoft Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has laid out a new strategy for what she describes as a "return of Xbox." In a joint memo with Xbox Chief Content...
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief is ‘reevaluating’ exclusive games
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma held an all-hands meeting this morning and laid out her strategy for a "return of Xbox" with employees. While rebranding Microsoft Gaming back to Xbox was part of the agenda,...
Titanium Court mashes together genres and cultural references to tell a strange, funny tale
I would love to tell you everything about my favorite game of the year so far. But that would be doing a great disservice to Titanium Court. I'm not even sure I could explain it all,...
Democrats want to ban ICE from turning warehouses into detention centers
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - Amid an expansion of federal immigration enforcement operations, ICE has reportedly purchased a 833,000 square foot warehouse in Salt Lake City, paying well above its assessed...
X is shutting down its Communities feature
X is closing its Communities feature in May, X Head of Product Nikita Bier has announced. Communities were introduced before Twitter was acquired and rebranded by Elon Musk, and act as a way for...
Spirit is broken
The bright yellow livery of Spirit Airlines may soon disappear from the skies. The country's seventh-largest airline has been in financial trouble for years: It hasn't turned a profit since 2019 and...
Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating
Anthropic's tightly controlled rollout of Claude Mythos has taken an awkward turn. After spending weeks insisting the AI model is so capable at cybersecurity that it is too dangerous to release...