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‘Solve all diseases,’ you say?
- Victoria Song
- May 20, 2026
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that sw...
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Tech news, gadgets, and innovation
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Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections
- Tina Nguyen
- May 20, 2026
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the car crashes piling up on a daily basis at the Washington-based intersecti...
- Technology
Vibe coding is coming to your phone
- Allison Johnson
- May 20, 2026
"There's an app for that" was the promise of the App Store from the very beginning. The app that will get your phone to do the thing you want it to? I...
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Volvo is trying to put its EV stumbles in the rearview
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- May 20, 2026
Volvo once had ambitions to fully exit the gas car business. Now it's trying to keep its tenuous foothold in the EV market. It's not an understatement...
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You can now remix other people’s YouTube Shorts with AI
- Terrence O’Brien
- May 20, 2026
Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people's videos using Gemini Om...
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Xbox hires game industry analyst Matthew Ball to lead strategy
- Tom Warren
- May 20, 2026
Microsoft has recruited game industry analyst Matthew Ball as Xbox chief strategy officer. Ball publishes an annual state of video gaming report, whic...
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Google Search’s AI evolution includes more ads
- Emma Roth
- May 20, 2026
Google's AI-powered Search era apparently also extends to its ads. Now, when you search for a product, Google's Gemini AI chatbot will surface relevan...
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Anker’s travel-friendly Laptop Power Bank has returned to its best price of the year
- Sheena Vasani
- May 20, 2026
Whether you’re heading out for a quick Memorial Day getaway or preparing for summer travel, a reliable power bank can come in handy when there’s no ou...
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A feature-packed MagSafe power bank is 20 percent off for Memorial Day
- Cameron Faulkner
- May 20, 2026
Having personally recently tested a bunch of MagSafe power banks for an upcoming piece, let me tell you that it’s tough to find a low-cost model that...
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The Verge’s 2026 high school graduation gift guide
- Cameron Faulkner
- May 20, 2026
High school graduation is a time of change that might be felt more deeply by family members than by the grads themselves. While some grads may immedia...
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It’s make or break time for AI labelling systems
- Jess Weatherbed
- May 20, 2026
We're about to find out if the systems designed to make deepfakes and AI-generated content easy to spot are actually up to snuff. SynthID and C2PA Con...
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Trump Mobile may be leaking customer addresses
- Dominic Preston
- May 20, 2026
Just as the T1 Phone is seemingly on the verge of release, Trump Mobile has been accused of insecurely storing customer data, leaving addresses and ph...