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Will Trump’s DOJ actually take on Ticketmaster?

  • Technology
  • Lauren Feiner
  • Feb 23, 2026

In mid-February, the Department of Justice lost its head antitrust enforcer - just weeks before it was scheduled to argue one of the year's biggest anti-monopoly cases in court. Antitrust Division chi...

Billions of dollars later and still nobody knows what an Xbox is

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • Feb 23, 2026

The last few years of Xbox have been expensive. Under Phil Spencer's leadership, Microsoft has spent billions of dollars in an attempt to build an ambitious future for gaming that looks a lot like Net...

Anthropic accuses DeepSeek and other Chinese firms of using Claude to train their AI

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Feb 23, 2026

Anthropic claims DeepSeek and two other Chinese AI companies misused its Claude AI model in an attempt to improve their own products. In an announcement on Monday, Anthropic says the "industrial-scale...

Apple’s newest AirTags are already on sale if you’re looking to upgrade

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Feb 23, 2026

Less than a month after making their debut, Apple’s second-gen AirTags are already receiving their first discount. Right now, Costco members can buy five location trackers for $99.99 ($29 off) either...

The creators of Dark Sky have a new weather app that shares multiple predictions

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Feb 23, 2026

After selling their popular weather app to Apple in March 2020, where some of its core features were incorporated into Apple Weather, the creators of Dark Sky have left Apple to create yet another alt...

Discord distances itself from Persona age verification after user backlash

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Feb 23, 2026

Discord is attempting to distance itself from the age verification provider Persona following a steady stream of user backlash. In an emailed statement to The Verge, Discord's head of product policy,...

Kohler’s new shower reuses dirty water to get you clean

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Feb 23, 2026

Kohler claims its new Anthem EvoCycle smart shower system can deliver "up to 80% water savings" without the use of showerheads that limit flow or pressure. The system instead relies on a reservoir in...

If Big Tech cared about fighting AI slop, it wouldn’t be drowning us in it

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Feb 23, 2026

As 2025 drew to a close, Instagram head Adam Mosseri ended the year by doom-posting about AI. "Authenticity is becoming infinitely reproducible," Mosseri lamented. "Everything that made creators matte...

Yep, it’s fast: Donut Lab’s solid-state battery gets its first test result

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • Feb 23, 2026

Since announcing earlier this year that it was on the cusp of a major battery breakthrough, Finnish startup Donut Lab has faced a lot of questions, and plenty of skepticism, about its production-ready...

AOC’s 27-inch 1440p QD-OLED gaming monitor is down to $380

  • Technology
  • Cameron Faulkner
  • Feb 23, 2026

It’s tough not to gush about a 27-inch 1440p QD-OLED gaming monitor that costs under $400 (I’ve done it before!). AOC’s G-Sync-compatible model with a 240Hz refresh rate and a near-instant response ti...

Hank Green will gladly take billionaire money for education videos

  • Technology
  • Nilay Patel
  • Feb 23, 2026

Today, I’m talking with Hank Green, a longtime friend of Decoder and the cofounder and now former owner of Complexly, an online education company he started with his brother John in 2012. I say former...

Inside Microsoft’s big Xbox leadership shake-up

  • Technology
  • Tom Warren
  • Feb 23, 2026

Xbox fans had been anticipating the retirement of Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer for years, but what most hadn't expected was the departure of Xbox president Sarah Bond too. For many outside the co...