Apple reportedly has a deal to use Intel-made chips again
Apple and Intel reached a “preliminary agreement” for Intel to make chips for Apple hardware, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Apple had famously moved on from Intel-powered computers with…
Someone out-Trumped the Trump phone
It’s been another long week without the Trump phone, but it’s no longer the only nonexistent phone I have to worry about. Robot vacuum manufacturer Dreame has announced its own…
ABC and Disney accuse Trump admin of violating First Amendment rights
The network is asking the FCC to “affirm its long-standing approach to the bona fide news interview exemption” for daytime talk show The View and the agency’s support of “public…
DOGE used ChatGPT in a way that was both dumb and illegal, judge rules
After being deployed from DOGE to NEH, Justin Fox used search terms, which he labeled as “Detection Codes,” to identify grants that he dubbed the “Craziest Grants” and “Other Bad…
All the latest updates on AI data centers
A commercial ship is viewed anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Strait of Hormuz, Dubai, on March 2nd, 2026. Increased maritime traffic led to a…
Amazon is adding a vertical video feed to Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video is joining Netflix and Disney Plus in adding a vertical feed of videos to its streaming app. The new “Clips” feed will offer a stream of short-form…
Asus chases Elgato with its own secondary touchscreen display
Asus’s latest gaming monitor is a little smaller than usual. The ROG Strix XG129C, announced on Friday, is a 12.3-inch touchscreen IPS display that’s intended to be a sidekick for…
Here is Yarbo’s promise to fix the robot mower that ran me over
I’m writing this directly because the issues raised in the recent security report deserve a direct response, not a corporate one. On May 7, 2026, security researcher Andreas Makris published…
PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games
As part of an earnings presentation on Friday, Sony shared how it’s thinking about AI at the company, including many details about how it’s evaluating AI as part of making…
What’s the role of a simple fitness band in the AI health era?
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change…
