Noise from Universal’s latest ride made rich locals furious, fast
Don’t have too much fun, you’ll upset the neighbors. | Photo: Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Universal Studios Hollywood has pledged to erect another sound…
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Vivo’s X Fold 6 accidentally feels like a throwback
The X Fold 6 looks like foldables did three months ago. It's a quirk of the release calendar that when Vivo's X Fold 6 launched in China this June, it was just another foldable…
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design
Grokipedia, SpaceXAI's AI-powered competitor to Wikipedia, recently started incorporating edits again, and today, it got some design tweaks as part of a v0.3 update, including a…
The new and huger Paramount has a new co-CEO
Paramount is appointing a new co-CEO ahead of the close of its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Ynon Kreiz, previously Mattel's chairman and CEO, will be joining…
Neon sticks it to A24 by announcing a Creative Commons SCP Foundation movie
A24 pissed off one of the internet's largest horror communities when it announced it was working on an SCP Foundation film, but apparently hadn't bothered to contact the SCP Wiki…
Google announces Gemini 4 and says it’s so capable that only ‘trusted cyber defenders’ can have it right now
Google today revealed its next AI frontier model, which it's calling Gemini 4 Argon. The new model delivers "frontier performance in complex workflows across real-world software…
The AI Tamagotchis are coming
Sam Altman onstage at OpenAI’s DevDay 2026. | Photo: Hayden Field / The Verge While AI has made plenty of inroads on people's phones and computers, it's largely failed in…
Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots
Reddit is further limiting who can use the "Old Reddit" experience as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic. Reddit recently started forcing users to log…
Amazon’s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos ‘almost constantly’
Amazon deliveries could soon come with a new catch: the delivery driver's smart glasses will be snapping photos of anything they see while they're in use, including people and…
Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan
If you think this shot is amusing, check out the panicked look on Zuckerberg’s face when Trump calls on him to speak. | Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images After hosting a meal…
This blog could help you poop better
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change…