Sec. Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump, and David Sacks during The White House Digital Assets Summit in Washington, DC, on Friday, March 7, 2025. | Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the politics of technology and the technology of politics – now landing in your…
Robinhood is now beta testing a Twitter-like social media platform it calls Robinhood Social. The trading-focused platform was announced last September at the company’s HOOD Summit, but it’s rolling out to 1,000 people who attended the event and will expand to “an additional 10,000 customers over the coming weeks,” according to Robinhood. On Robinhood Social,…
When an Australian tech entrepreneur with no background in biology or medicine said ChatGPT helped save his dog from cancer, the story spread with the kind of validation Big Tech has long craved: proof that AI will revolutionize medicine and take on one of its deadliest diseases. The reality, as usual, is more complicated. The…
With the smart plugs, you can schedule lights to turn on and off while you’re away on spring break. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’re looking for an easy and affordable way to add smarts to your home, you can buy two Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Slim smart plugs on…
FBC: Firebreak. | Image: Remedy Entertainment Remedy is winding down its team shooter FBC: Firebreak with a big update that launches today. But while the game won’t be getting any new content going forward, the studio intends to keep it alive for the foreseeable future. It’s yet another example of a live-service game struggling amidst…
Starting Tuesday, Spotify users will have access to “Exclusive Mode,” a new feature in the streaming service’s Windows app that can help maximize audio quality by giving the Spotify app full control over your device’s audio processing. According to Spotify, “your computer may alter audio before it reaches your DAC by resampling it, mixing other…
Ikea’s new smart bulbs, sensors, and remotes use Matter-over-Thread to connect to any compatible ecosystem — including Apple Home and Amazon Alexa. In theory. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Ikea’s new Matter-over-Thread products were supposed to prove that the smart home could be cheap, accessible, and reliable. The highly anticipated line…
Yesterday Nvidia revealed its latest upscaling tech called DLSS 5, which it described as “the company’s most significant breakthrough in computer graphics since the debut of real-time ray tracing in 2018.” Sounds good, until you actually see it. According to Nvidia, the tech “infuses pixels with photoreal lighting and materials,” but all anyone seemed to…
Insta360’s Antigravity A1 is one of the most interesting drones on the market thanks to its included Vision Goggles, which provide a 360-degree first-person view through the drone’s cameras (a screen on the outside of its lenses shows what the pilot is seeing). Its cameras can shoot 8K video at 30 frames per second, or…
Sony’s upgraded PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) technology is rolling out to several titles on the PS5 Pro, including Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Silent Hill 2, and more. Digital Foundry got a chance to test some of them and found that the “new upscaler delivers the kind of upgrade we were looking for…
