Americas News
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
- Technology
- Robert Hart
- Apr 30, 2026
Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build them one, the...
Cricut’s Joy 2 makes creating stickers easier for beginners, and it’s on sale
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- Apr 30, 2026
If you’ve ever thought about making your own stickers for Etsy or just for fun but don’t know where to begin, I’d recommend taking a look at the Cricut Joy 2. I’ve been testing one for a couple of wee...
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Apr 30, 2026
Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI has always been complicated, so I expected the close partnership-turned-situationship to end in tears. After all, executive disagreements, rearranged contracts, an...
Gemini is rolling out to cars with Google built-in
- Technology
- Jess Weatherbed
- Apr 30, 2026
Google is preparing to update vehicles that have Google built-in with its Gemini AI assistant. This will be an upgrade from the current Google Assistant according to Google's announcement, and promise...
Microsoft’s DLSS competitor is now available on the Xbox Ally X handheld
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Apr 30, 2026
Microsoft is starting to test its Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) feature with the Xbox Ally X. Auto SR first debuted on some Copilot Plus PCs nearly two years ago, improving visual quality and f...
Now California’s cops can give tickets to driverless cars
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Apr 30, 2026
Autonomous vehicles roving California's roads will no longer be immune to traffic tickets starting on July 1st. New regulations announced by the California DMV this week allow law enforcement to give...
After working on the Vision Pro, this AR veteran is going back to phones
- Technology
- Janko Roettgers
- Apr 30, 2026
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. When Mark Drummond was working on t...
$100 Nintendo gift cards are $20 off at Newegg today
- Technology
- Cameron Faulkner
- Apr 30, 2026
Nintendo eShop gift cards can be used to buy games, apparel, and even hardware or accessories from its online storefront. No matter what you want to get, you can save a fairly substantial amount by pu...
Subnautica 2 launches soon after lengthy legal dispute
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Apr 30, 2026
After some protracted legal drama, Subnautica 2 is finally about to launch. The game, which is currently Steam's most-wishlisted title and was caught up in a dispute between top executives at develope...
Anbernic’s new rotating screen handheld will start at less than $100
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Apr 30, 2026
Following its sliding screen handheld that debuted last June with a design that some reviewers found to be too chunky and thick, Anbernic has shared more details about its new rotating screen handheld...
All these smart glasses and nothing to do
- Technology
- Victoria Song
- Apr 30, 2026
I'm currently wearing a pair of smart glasses called the Even Realities G2. Another two pairs, from Rokid, sit on my desk. A few feet away, I've got the Meta Ray-Ban Display charging alongside their N...
How Adam Scott became an accidental horror movie star
- Technology
- Andrew Webster
- Apr 30, 2026
Adam Scott grew up watching horror movies at, as he describes it, "probably too young" an age. But he never set out to work specifically in the genre. Even still, horror seemed to follow him around fr...