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OpenAI just bought TBPN
OpenAI has purchased TBPN, the viral online talk show that often interviews AI executives and other tech leaders. The show - which goes live every weekday, often for a three-hour duration -...
Verge subscribers: Join us for a movie night in New York City, hosted by The Vergecast
The Vergecast is hosting a special in-person screening of Sneakers in partnership with IFC in New York City, and we're opening presale tickets exclusively to Verge subscribers. Who: You! What: A...
Indie Pass is a forthcoming subscription service exclusively for indie games
Publisher and game management platform indie.io just announced the pending launch of something called Indie Pass. This is a subscription service, so it's sort of like Game Pass but for indie...
Russia closes loophole to fully block payments for Apple services
Russia has closed a loophole that allowed its citizens to pay for Apple digital services. "As of April 1, 2026, payment processing is no longer available for purchases made on the App Store or other...
Hisense’s art-inspired CanvasTV has hit a new low price
Hisense’s CanvasTV offers a surprisingly good experience for the price. | Image: Hisense Samsung’s releasing a new version of The Frame sometime this year, though the exact date is still unknown...
Flipboard just launched Surf, its new social app and feed reader
Surf’s main idea is about feeds. Everything is feeds. | Image: Flipboard Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It's sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a...
Google releases Gemma 4, a family of open models built off of Gemini 3
When Google released Gemini 3 Pro at the end of last year, it was a significant step forward for the company's proprietary large language models. Now, the company is bringing some of the same...
New York lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the creation of ‘ghost guns’
A collection of 3D printed guns and guns that have been modified using 3D printed parts. | AFP via Getty Images Governor Kathy Hochul and other New York state lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to...
Razer gaming accessories include a $25 Taco Bell gift card at Best Buy
Razer is summoning hungry gamers to Best Buy, where shoppers can get a free $25 Taco Bell gift card with the purchase of a gaming accessory today only. A whopping 41 items are eligible, ranging from...
It’s not easy to get depression-detecting AI through the FDA
For the past seven years, the California-based startup Kintsugi has been developing AI designed to detect signs of depression and anxiety from a person's speech. But after failing to secure FDA...