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ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it's not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk's AI-generated encyclopedia are starting to appear in answers from Google's AI Overviews, AI...
A nice upgrade for Apple’s simplest gadget
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, send Arc Raiders tips, and also you can read all the old editions...
Trump’s polls are tanking. What does his base think?
Left: Host Astead Herndon. Center: John Fredricks. Right: Sarah Longwell Every good political journalist needs a good MAGA guy in their back pocket — someone you can call when things are looking...
How to turn on hypertension alerts on Apple Watch
Apple has steadily expanded the Apple Watch’s health monitoring features over the years, moving beyond fitness tracking into areas that can offer early insight into potential medical concerns. One...
Why is Gen Z so obsessed with the 2010s?
Why are we romanticizing 2016??? | Wundervisuals/Getty Images At the start of this year, it seemed like everybody was reminiscing about the year 2016. In January alone, Spotify saw a 790 percent...
Highguard, a hyperpop arena shooter and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. There are tons of interesting games out this week. But first, there's been some discourse around the Nintendo Switch version...
The dismaying response to a new Alex Pretti video
Flowers and candles make up a memorial to Alex Pretti on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Last Wednesday, a video surfaced of Alex Pretti kicking out the...
Germany’s online gambling reckoning draws closer with landmark Tipico case
In Germany, a landmark court case is unfolding, and it is one that will have great significance for the iGaming market in the country and across all of the European Union (EU). The case is...
The latest Instax printer is a pricey but worthy upgrade
Taping Instax Mini Link+ photos into a journal is just one use for the tiny prints. FujiFilm's Instax Mini Link 3 printer is a much-loved $100 accessory in my travel journal kit. I often tape a...
Senate passes budget with two more weeks of Homeland Security funding
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on January 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Getty Images The...