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Ghost orchid in the machine

Ghost orchid in the machine

Perfect Lovers II | Photo: Nik Massey Vacuum cleaners, personal massagers, electronic baby rockers, and walking pads: These are the secondhand machines Rachel Youn sources to create their kinetic...

Peloton, stay in your lane

Peloton, stay in your lane

People keep trying to make Peloton more than what it is, when the product itself is enough. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that...

The ‘AI is inevitable’ trap

The ‘AI is inevitable’ trap

In the latest sign of AI silly season, Allbirds, the shoe company, told the world it was now an AI company and briefly managed to septuple its stock price. The Newbird AI story is really just one of...

TCL’s RGB-Mini LED TVs will start at $8,000

TCL’s RGB-Mini LED TVs will start at $8,000

TCL introduced its new flagship X11L SQD-Mini LED TV at CES 2026, and now a few months later, the company is ready to expand its lineup with more SQD-Mini LED models and its first RGB-Mini LED TV....

Engadget Podcast: Allbirds goes from shoes to AI

So a shoe company turned into an AI company…. That’s it, that’s the joke. In this episode, Devindra chats with Engadget’s Daniel Cooper about Allbirds’ sudden transformation and what it says about...

A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend

A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend

This weekend's scheduled Blue Origin rocket launch is rather momentous. Success would signal an end to SpaceX's monopoly on reusable orbital launch vehicles, and set up a three-way race to make that...