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Why OpenAI killed Sora
On Tuesday morning, everything was business as usual at OpenAI. By the end of the day, the company had announced that it would scrap its video-generation app, Sora, and reverse plans for video...
The contradiction at the heart of OpenAI
OpenAI announced plans to invest substantial amounts of money in AI-related causes this year through its nonprofit, increasing its philanthropic efforts months after restructuring with a new...
Beat-based dungeon crawlers, card-battling soccer sims and other new indie games worth checking out
Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As ever, we've got some new games for you to dive into this weekend, and a glimpse at some upcoming titles. But, first, a...
Oppo made the best foldable phone, again
Closed, the Find N6 is about as thin as any regular phone. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge There are always a few reasons people give for not buying a foldable phone. Some - price, battery...
Courts are finally punishing Big Tech for harming kids. Here’s the catch.
This week, juries in California and New Mexico dealt a pair of landmark verdicts against America’s social media giants. In Los Angeles, jurors awarded $6 million to a young woman who alleged...
Bluetti’s Sora 500 solar panel is incredibly powerful for its size
Those 12 panels generate over 500W and fold down very small. We don't review many solar panels at The Verge, but the tech inside Bluetti's incredibly portable Sora 500 panel makes it worth a deeper...
Sony temporarily suspends memory card sales due to shortages
Sony has announced that as of March 27th, 2026, the company is no longer accepting orders for nearly all the products in its CFexpress and SD memory card lines. The list of affected memory products...
Verizon waives late fees for federal workers affected by partial DHS shutdown
Verizon will waive late fees and offer flexible payment arrangements for workers affected by the partial government shutdown. The carrier has made similar offers in the past, like during the...
Kash Patel’s personal email account was accessed by hackers linked to Iran
A hacking group called Handala has gained access to FBI Director Kash Patel's email account, Reuters reports. The group published content from Patel's email on their website as proof,...
Mark Zuckerberg offered to ‘help’ Elon Musk with DOGE in 2025
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have a complicated history. In 2023, the two vowed to fight each other in a cage match that never happened. But by early 2025, when both were cozying up to the...