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You can still grab great deals on Bose headphones and Astro Bot this weekend

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Feb 28, 2026

Welcome to the weekend, friends! While the rest of our team was checking out Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup and prepping for Apple’s “special experience” next week, we’ve been sifting through...

Xiaomi 17 is a small(ish) phone with a big(ish) battery

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • Feb 28, 2026

Xiaomi has just given a global launch to two of its latest flagship phones, the Xiaomi 17 and 17 Ultra, along with a Leica-branded Leitzphone edition of the Ultra. There's no sign, however, of the 17...

Xiaomi’s Leica Leitzphone mostly earns the name

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • Feb 28, 2026

Xiaomi and Leica's long-running phone partnership just got a little closer. Alongside the new international release of its 17 Ultra flagship, Xiaomi has been entrusted with manufacturing a separate ve...

Xiaomi’s tracker doesn’t need a case to clip to your keys

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Feb 28, 2026

Xiaomi has announced its first Bluetooth tracker, and while the Xiaomi Tag has a more elongated design than the Apple AirTag, that lets you use it in more places right out of the box. On one end of th...

The Witcher is a perfect fit for Reigns’ Tinder-like roleplaying

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • Feb 28, 2026

I never knew how easy it was to die in an orgy. But that's just one of the many threats facing Geralt of Rivia in his latest adventure. The studio behind the Reigns series of Tinder-like choose-your-o...

A legendary weather app makes a comeback

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Feb 28, 2026

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 117, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, please send Android tips, and also you can read all the old editions...

Tenways nearly perfects the shareable city e-bike

  • Technology
  • Thomas Ricker
  • Feb 28, 2026

Good electric bikes are expensive. So why not buy one and share it? That's the idea behind the Tenways CGO Compact e-bike I've been sharing with my wife and teenage daughter for the last two weeks. It...

NASA is pushing back its plans for a Moon landing

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Feb 27, 2026

NASA announced at a press conference on Friday that it's delaying its plans for a Moon landing until Artemis IV in 2028. The Artemis III mission, scheduled for 2027, was originally going to attempt to...

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk

  • Technology
  • Tina Nguyen
  • Feb 27, 2026

Nearly two hours after President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was banning Anthropic products from the federal government, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took it one step further a...

Warner Bros. Discovery agrees to $110 billion Paramount merger

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Feb 27, 2026

Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance's merger agreement is now official. On Friday, the two companies announced plans to merge into a massive media company that will fold WBD's studio, linear...

Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic’s AI

  • Technology
  • Hayden Field
  • Feb 27, 2026

On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, accusing Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, of attempting to "STRONG-ARM" the Pentagon and directing federal agencies to "IMMEDIATELY CE...

OpenAI says it shares Anthropic's 'red lines' over military AI use

  • Business
  • Shannon Bond
  • Feb 27, 2026
  • US

OpenAI's Sam Altman says he shares the "red lines" set by rival Anthropic restricting how the military uses AI models, amid Anthropic's escalating feud with the Pentagon.