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How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026
Downey at home in LA with one of his channel’s frequent guest stars. | Image: The Verge; Shutterstock It's not hyperbole to call DualShot Recorder an overnight sensation. It took only 12 hours from...
AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how AI is changing music and the music industry, follow Terrence O'Brien. The Stepback...
What’s more likely to be sentient: an ant or ChatGPT?
Sentience is hot these days. | Pete Gamlen for Vox Sentience is hot these days. Partly because of the development of impressive new AI systems, everyone seems to be asking: How do we know if...
How weddings got (even more) expensive
A bride and groom stand at the altar. | Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images I have been a bridesmaid six times. I’ve traveled across the country and outside of it to see my friends get...
OpenAI introduces AI-generated pets for its Codex app
It's like Microsoft's Clippy, but useful.
Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million
Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez won a historic sum of $375 million in a landmark child safety case against Meta...
Spirit Airlines shuts down after Trump’s war on Iran doubled jet fuel prices
Spirit Airlines planes are parked on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 02, 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. | Getty Images The ultra-low-cost air carrier...
Tesla starts selling Chinese-made Model 3s in Canada at the EV’s lowest price ever
The cars made at the Giga Shanghai factory start at $39,490 CAD, or roughly $29,000 in USD for a Model 3 Premium Rear-Wheel Drive variant.
Aura’s delightful Aspen photo frame is on sale for $30 off this weekend
The Aura Aspen offers a bright, vivid display that looks surprisingly lifelike for a digital photo frame. | Image: Aura Aura’s digital frames are kind of like living photo albums that get better...
Meta acquires robotics AI startup as it makes the push into humanoid machines
The company has purchased Assured Robot Intelligence, whose staff is joining Meta's Superintelligence Labs.