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MAHA wants to make cotton the new beef tallow
In between beef tallow fries, raw milk, and vaccine denialism, Make America Healthy Again figureheads have set their sights on another slice of life: our clothing. "The MAHA movement doesn't stop...
What do you mean my new smart scale is ‘built for GLP-1 users’?
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in...
This AI startup says it can tell if a script will make a hit film
When Quilty hit the industry trades earlier this year, the AI startup promised that its tool could accurately predict a film's success just by reading the script. When people actually got a chance...
Why isn’t the Trump phone made in the USA?
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This week, I'm investigating where it might have...
This chunky little tablet got my kid to clean up his toys
Just a cute little guy. Never underestimate the power that a cheap tablet holds over a kid under six. The Skylight Buddy is a device with one job: to be a cute little guy that helps your kid track...
OpenAI will let the US government review its AI models before release
The company said this week it would comply with President Trump's voluntary AI executive order.
I customized a MacBook Neo with colorful spare parts
Indigo, citrus, and a touch of blush. It’s a Neo cocktail. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The MacBook Neo is Apple's cheapest laptop, its most colorful, and its easiest to repair in...
NVIDIA’s RTX Spark chip could give Windows its true Apple Silicon moment
Arm CPU cores, a powerful GPU and gobs of unified RAM? That sounds familiar!
The Morning After: NVIDIA thinks its new chip will revolutionize PCs
NVIDIA launches a powerful AI-ready notebook chip, NASA ends a Mars mission and Meta's still looking into glasses-based facial recognition.
AI is ruining children’s books
Forty-one years ago, the late singer, songwriter, and education activist Whitney Houston urged us to teach children and let them lead the way. Decades later, some believe that this means...