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Some of Xteink’s credit card-sized e-readers are losing their best feature

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • May 1, 2026

The Xteink X4 and X3 are excellent alternatives to Kindles and Kobos if you want an e-reader that's as easy to slip into your pocket - just not out of the box. Both devices come with stock firmware th...

Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not Anthropic

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • May 1, 2026

The Pentagon has struck deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Elon Musk's xAI, and the startup Reflection, allowing the agency to use their AI tools in classified settings, according t...

My $5K smart bed needs to shut the hell up

  • Technology
  • Victoria Song
  • May 1, 2026

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...

Elon Musk had a bad week in court

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • May 1, 2026

Elon Musk is the one who wanted this trial. He has spent months claiming OpenAI "stole a nonprofit," and saying he was the actual driving force behind one of the most important companies currently in...

Your guide to sci-fi streaming season

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • May 1, 2026

I haven't quite figured out the reason why, but for the last few years, summer has become the moment for new science fiction shows on streaming services. And 2026 isn't any different - aside from the...

Christian content creators are outsourcing AI slop to gig workers on Fiverr

  • Technology
  • Charles Pulliam-Moore
  • May 1, 2026

In the beginning, platforms like Fiverr were places where people could hire freelancers to do specialized creative labor using skills that took years to develop. In the age of generative AI, though, m...

Oura adds birth control support to its period tracker

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • May 1, 2026

Oura is launching a new reproductive health feature that takes hormonal contraception into consideration when tracking period cycles. The smart ring maker describes the Hormonal Birth Control update a...

Microsoft wants lawyers to trust its new AI agent in Word documents

  • Technology
  • Tom Warren
  • May 1, 2026

Microsoft is launching a new AI agent inside Word that's specifically designed for legal teams. Legal Agent handles document edits, negotiation history, and complex documents to help legal teams handl...

Dyson finally made a better robot, but a worse vacuum

  • Technology
  • Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
  • May 1, 2026

I'm deeply conflicted about the Dyson Spot + Scrub Ai robot vacuum and mop. It's the company's best robotic floor cleaner to date, with excellent mopping performance, good navigation and obstacle dete...

Dyson put someone else’s motor in its robot vacuum

  • Technology
  • Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
  • May 1, 2026

Dyson, a company built on engineering high-speed motors, has confirmed to The Verge that its newest robot vacuum doesn't use a Dyson motor. The recently launched Spot & Scrub Ai robot vacuum and mop w...

Trump gives the go-ahead for a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline

  • Business
  • The Associated Press
  • Apr 30, 2026
  • US

More state and federal approvals are needed for the 3-foot-wide Bridger Pipeline Expansion, which would stretch from the Canadian border with Montana down through eastern Montana and Wyoming, where it...

The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room

  • Technology
  • Elizabeth Lopatto
  • Apr 30, 2026

Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened. But I am fairly sure, given the context, that Elon Musk's lawyers may have just fucked up big. Jared "James Brickhouse" B...