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The Trump phone starts shipping this week, CEO claims
The Trump phone may finally be here: Trump Mobile's CEO told USA Today that the phone will begin shipping to buyers this week. The announcement comes as reports have gone viral this week alleging...
How old am I supposed to look?
A few months ago, while engaging in one of my more recent pastimes (or compulsions), I verbalized a fear I’d long kept buried, perhaps out of shame or denial or some combination of both. First, the...
We’re asking the wrong question about the hantavirus outbreak
Medical staff direct some of the last passengers to be evacuated from the MV Hondius on May 11, 2026 in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. | Chris McGrath/Getty Images Should you be...
The Apple Studio Display could have been so much more
The Studio Display looks great next to a MacBook, but its aging display technology holds it back. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge For the better part of 12 years, Apple owned the 5K monitor...
Trump’s China policy is nearly the exact opposite of what everyone expected
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands as they depart following a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025, in Busan, South Korea. | Andrew Harnik/Getty...
Liberals can’t eliminate Trump-style politics — but they might be able to beat it
Pete Buttigieg, former US secretary of transportation, speaks during the Global Progress Action Summit at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada. | Soeren Stache/Picture Alliance via Getty...
Data centers are coming for rural America
At its peak, the Androscoggin paper mill in Jay, Maine, a rural town about 67 miles northwest of Portland, employed about 1,500 people - until a pulp digester exploded in 2020, forcing the mill to...
Amazon’s Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone rumors
Amazon's head of devices and services, Panos Panay, says that the company is "not necessarily" planning to release a smartphone, but has stopped short of denying it outright. It was previously...
Family sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT advice led to accidental overdose
The complaint says ChatGPT started giving Sam Nelson advice about drug use with the launch of GPT-4o.
Sony’s new Xperia phone gets an overdue redesign
Sony’s new flagship doesn’t look much like its predecessors. | Image: Sony / The Verge Sony's Xperia 1 flagships have looked more or less the same since 2020, but that's finally changing with the...