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Facial recognition has been a requested feature for smart glasses, but the risks are high. Whenever I write about Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, I already know the comments I’m going to get. Cool hardware, but hard pass on anything Meta makes; will wait for someone else to come along. It’s hard to imagine that sentiment […]
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This isn’t one for the squeamish. | Image: Metrograph Pictures Let me just say that I highly recommend you go into Possession blind. Don’t watch a trailer. Don’t even finish reading this. Go watch it now over on Shudder, Criterion, or Metrograph. It’s also available through Kanopy or Hoopla if your library provides access. Then
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This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about video game industry’s pushback against generative AI, follow Jay Peters. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Long before the generative AI explosion,
AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to Read More »
Monke gather in Gorilla Tag. | Another Axiom This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. The VR industry has been on edge since Meta’s massive job cuts earlier this year: One exec called the layoff announcements “one
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A Samsung OLED TV of the same vintage as my S90C. | Photo: Chris Welch / The Verge In June 2024, in a dusty TV shop empty of customers save myself, my wife, and my kids, I stared deep into the LG C3 and Samsung S90C. I went back and forth between the two OLED
Why I wish I hadn’t bought my Samsung OLED TV Read More »
Demonstrators hold a “Save The Post” sign next to a cutout image of Jeff Bezos during a “Save The Post” rally outside the Washington Post headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. | Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politicking in
Bezos could have saved The Washington Post’s local news and sports reporters Read More »
Often, I focus on recommending older media that isn’t currently getting a ton of attention. But this week, I can’t stop listening to the new Mandy, Indiana album long enough to even think about anything else. It’s early still, obviously, but URGH is my favorite release of 2026 so far. The band that I fell
You need to listen to the new Mandy, Indiana record: URGH Read More »
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about the streaming wars, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started From 2019 to around 2021, we were in the midst
Netflix’s Warner Bros. merger puts rival streamers in survival mode Read More »
Science washing is afoot. | Image: The Verge, AG1 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 your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here.
AG1 is a lot less science-y than it sounds Read More »
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. It’s been a rough couple of days for gamers who also love to binge their favorite TV shows with their consoles: At the beginning of the week, Netflix began informing
Game consoles built streaming — until it outgrew them Read More »
