Americas News
Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself
- Technology
- Robert Hart
- Apr 9, 2026
YouTube Shorts is rolling out a new AI-powered feature giving creators an easy way to realistically clone themselves on camera. The launch, hinted at earlier this year, reflects the platform's fraught...
Spotify now lets you turn off all its videos
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- Apr 9, 2026
Spotify is adding new toggles to stop any and all video from playing inside the app, for both music and podcasts. The controls are rolling out worldwide, work across all platforms and devices, and can...
Why high oil prices are good for oil companies — until they aren't
- Business
- Camila Domonoske
- Apr 9, 2026
- US
Yes, higher crude oil prices mean a multibillion-dollar cash infusion to the oil industry. But volatility is bad for business, and sustained high prices come with very serious drawbacks.
Amflow’s latest e-bikes raise the bar again
- Technology
- Thomas Ricker
- Apr 9, 2026
Amflow, the e-bike brand spun out of DJI, is back with two impressive electric mountain bike ranges built around its incredibly dense Avinox motors. The e-MTBs aim to break the traditional trade-off b...
Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Apr 9, 2026
Google's Gemini is getting a feature called "notebooks" to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. You can pull...
Dyson made a handheld version of its iconic fans
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Apr 9, 2026
Nearly 17 years after Dyson first announced its Air Multiplier fans - one of its first big consumer products after vacuums - the company has miniaturized their design to create a handheld personal coo...
OpenAI made economic proposals — here’s what DC thinks of them
- Technology
- Tina Nguyen
- Apr 8, 2026
Happy ceasefire day and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech's rocky journey through the world of politics. If you're not a subscriber yet, you can do so here, but m...
I finally get the iPhone Air
- Technology
- Allison Johnson
- Apr 8, 2026
I saw a lot of weird phones at Mobile World Congress last month: robot phones, cameras disguised as phones, phones for dogs. But the one that caught me most off guard was the one my friend (and Verge...
The AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Apr 8, 2026
I thought the WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD in my gaming PC was pricey when I bought it for $173 in 2024, but now that same SSD costs $649, more than what I paid for most of the parts in my PC combined. The...
The Neo Effect: How Apple’s cheapest Mac is changing the PC game
- Technology
- Antonio G. Di Benedetto
- Apr 8, 2026
The MacBook Neo is disrupting the laptop space and putting Apple into the conversation as a value option like it’s never been before. With a price starting at $599 (or $499 for students and teachers),...
Microsoft’s executive shake-up continues as developer division chief resigns
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Apr 8, 2026
Microsoft is losing another veteran executive. Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft's developer division (DevDiv), is resigning from the software giant after 34 years. Liuson spent the past 12 years leadin...
Meta is reentering the AI race with a new model called Muse Spark
- Technology
- Hayden Field
- Apr 8, 2026
Meta Superintelligence Labs is launching its first model since Mark Zuckerberg spent billions overhauling the company's AI efforts. Called Muse Spark, the model now powers the Meta AI app and the Meta...