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How X became a one-stop shop for deepfake harassment

How X became a one-stop shop for deepfake harassment

Since the launch of its new “spicy mode” image generator, xAI’s Grok chatbot has begun to spit out about one nonconsensual deepfake every minute. | Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto What happens when you merge...

All the tech trends we saw at CES 2026

All the tech trends we saw at CES 2026

A close up photo of an Asus monitor showing its RGB stripe sub pixel layout. CES is a lot — a deluge of consumer tech surrounded by lots of bad carpeting. The Verge’s on-the-ground team of...

Reality still matters

Reality still matters

The first video I saw of the Minneapolis shooting was bad enough. Shortly after I saw it, I had the terrible realization that there were multiple people in the clip holding their phones up - another...

The Verge Awards at CES 2026

The Verge Awards at CES 2026

Every January, the world of consumer electronics heads to Las Vegas to spend the first full week of the year in the desert presenting, prodding, and gawking at all the new gadgets and gear debuting...

Xbox is bringing Avowed to PS5

Another first-party Xbox game is making the leap to PlayStation 5. This time around, Obsidian’s Avowed — one of our favorite games of last year — is crossing the great divide. The fantasy action RPG...