Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT for $7.6 billion
The Joshua Kushner-led Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT in an all-cash deal valued at $7.6 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027 and will take ADT…
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Microsoft’s AI future has fewer jobs
To anyone listening closely to what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been saying over the past couple of years, this week felt like the clearest sign yet that AI is about to…
The NYT Cooking app is testing AI recipe modifications
The AI tool provides recommendations and adjusts the recipe accordingly. | Image: The New York Times The New York Times is testing a new AI feature for its Cooking app that helps…
There’s one week left to preorder the Ocarina of Time remake for $10 off
The long-awaited remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Switch 2 launches next Thursday, November 5th. In other words, you have a week remaining to secure…
Anthropic is asking Wall Street to believe in AGI
AI summary Anthropic filed an S-1 for a potential IPO, with a valuation between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion.
Amazon’s AI shopping assistant can now edit your grocery lists and gift registries
Amazon is adding several new features to its AI shopping assistant, including ways to create, edit, and move items between shopping lists and gift registries. As an example…
This $149 digital candle uses AI to accurately simulate a flickering flame
After engineering a flexible version of Tetris that could be wrapped around a magazine, Kevin Bates' latest creation is a digital candle that uses a custom AI model to accurately…
Anthropic’s business plan: Build God or die trying
The Anthropic S-1 seems to have provided the financial justification for the company to spend as much as it possibly can on compute. If you are the kind of person who wonders if…
Apple finally combined a toaster and a refrigerator
For more than 15 years, Apple has had a pretty simple answer to the idea of a touchscreen MacBook: no. Yesterday, Apple finally decided to think different and announce one…
DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for $17 billion
AI summary DoorDash is acquiring Instacart for $17 billion to expand its grocery delivery business.
AI has come for Arizona’s water
AI summary TSMC's Arizona operation uses 5 million gallons of water daily, straining the state's resources.
Anduril now says its BlueChip laptop will meet Buy American standards at launch
On Tuesday, defense contractor Anduril and chipmaker Qualcomm announced a partnership to build laptops entirely in the United States, starting with a single model in 2027. They…
Adam Mosseri says negativity around AI is ‘going to get worse’
Asked about AI and the trend of college students booing tech CEOs at graduation ceremonies, Instagram head Adam Mosseri acknowledged in an interview that a lot of people really…
A hacker stole more than 40,000 DHS employee records
A hacker stole a trove of personal information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The breach exposes the names, job titles, phone numbers, email addresses, and…
Akai is embracing vibe-coded mods with an open-source MPC
The MPC Sample Key looks like the MPC Sample just with keys instead of pads. | Image: Akai The MPC Sample Key isn't even formally announced yet, but Akai is already showing off…
Readwise is taking on Kindle and Kobo for ebook supremacy
For the last several years, Readwise has been building tools for power readers. There's the eponymous product, Readwise, which stores and categorizes your Kindle highlights to…
Google says its investments in AI are driving more searches
Google parent company Alphabet says that its AI investments are leading to a big growth in searches year-over-year, as noted in its Q3 2026 earnings today. "Our AI investments…
Microsoft reveals strong cloud growth amid financial reporting overhaul
AI summary Microsoft reported strong cloud growth with $92.3 billion revenue and 19% increase in Q1 2027 financial results.
Apple charges $14,549 for a fully specced touchscreen MacBook Pro
With an OLED display and touchscreen capabilities, it's no surprise that the new MacBook Pro Apple announced today is more expensive than the MBP announced earlier this year. But…
Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon with a ‘significant leap’ in cybersecurity
Google has released its latest frontier model, Gemini 4 Carbon, offering "significant gains" in coding, agentic tasks, and cybersecurity. In an announcement on Wednesday, Google…
Foreign gadget bans: all the news about the FCC’s clampdown on Chinese tech
AI summary The US government is banning Chinese consumer gadgets like drones and routers, citing national security concerns without evidence.
Hands-on with the new iPad Mini
AI summary Apple unveiled a new iPad Mini with a larger OLED display and a matte finish, featuring a repositioned front camera and Touch ID.
Brendan Carr plans to let prisons jam cellphone signals
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the agency will vote on November 19th on rules that would allow prisons to use signal jamming. Radiofrequency jammers are generally banned…
Microsoft is ending Copilot support on smart TVs
Nearly two years after LG and Samsung announced at CES 2025 that their latest smart TVs would include access to Microsoft's Copilot, the company is ending support for the AI…
Surprise: The Google Xreal glasses debut at a Meta-beating $1,099
In this economy, how often does a product get less expensive before its debut? That just happened with the Google / Xreal Aura, the lightweight 95-gram glasses with a tethered…
Here’s where to preorder the latest MacBook Pros
Apple finally showed off its 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops that have the PROLED XDR display at the October 2026 "Pro and Tell" event. The long-awaited laptops feature a…
You can see every red flag in Theranos 2.0
They’re getting the band back together for Theranos 2.0. Supposedly. | Photo: Getty Images This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song…
Here’s how macOS is changing for touchscreens
AI summary Apple's new MacBook Pro introduces touch controls, with macOS adapting mainly through apps rather than system-wide changes.
Apple ‘Pro and Tell’ event: everything announced this week
AI summary Apple revealed a touchscreen MacBook Pro, OLED iPad Mini, and M6-upgraded Macs during its 'Pro and Tell' event.
Watch Apple’s reveal video for the touchscreen MacBook Pro
Apple just announced its first touchscreen Macbook at its "Pro and tell" event on Wednesday. It showed off the long-awaited MacBook in a video during the event that you can watch…