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Betting on the news raises ethical questions for journalists

  • Technology
  • Mia Sato
  • Apr 17, 2026

Prediction market exchanges have created an environment where just about any piece of information is potentially monetizable: How well will BTS's new song perform this week? How hot will Los Angeles g...

This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry

  • Technology
  • Allison Johnson
  • Apr 17, 2026

I've never been as charmed and frustrated by one gadget as I have with the Poetry Camera. It's a delightful object. White and cherry red with a color-matched woven strap, it looks playful and adorably...

Our new favorite budget phones

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • Apr 17, 2026

Over the last few months, every phone maker under the sun has refreshed its lineups, especially at the affordable end, with no major budget phone launches now expected until next year. That made it th...

Dairy Queen is putting an AI chatbot in its drive-thrus

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Apr 17, 2026

Dairy Queen is becoming the latest fast food chain to get in on AI, as it's bringing a chatbot to dozens of its drive-thrus across the US and Canada. It aims to help speed up drive-thru service and "e...

The AirPods Pro 3 are $50 off right now, nearly matching their best-ever price

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Apr 17, 2026

From OLED TVs to smartphones, Best Buy’s Upgrade Sale has slashed prices on all kinds of tech, including a wide range of Apple devices. We’ve rounded up the best deals from the sale here, but one of t...

Peloton, stay in your lane

  • Technology
  • Victoria Song
  • Apr 17, 2026

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life...

The South Korean president is doing quote-post diplomacy

  • Technology
  • Sarah Jeong
  • Apr 17, 2026

"This is no different from Comfort Women or the Holocaust," wrote South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on X last week, quoting a post with a video of Israeli Defense Forces soldiers throwing a body of...

Ghost orchid in the machine

  • Technology
  • Cath Virginia
  • Apr 17, 2026

Vacuum cleaners, personal massagers, electronic baby rockers, and walking pads: These are the secondhand machines Rachel Youn sources to create their kinetic sculptures. Made with artificial flowers,...

The ‘AI is inevitable’ trap

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Apr 17, 2026

In the latest sign of AI silly season, Allbirds, the shoe company, told the world it was now an AI company and briefly managed to septuple its stock price. The Newbird AI story is really just one of a...

The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Apr 17, 2026

All empires eventually fall, and it seems the creative software industry has collectively decided that Adobe's time has come. The Creative Cloud provider's suite of design tools have been considered t...

A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend

  • Technology
  • Thomas Ricker
  • Apr 17, 2026

This weekend's scheduled Blue Origin rocket launch is rather momentous. Success would signal an end to SpaceX's monopoly on reusable orbital launch vehicles, and set up a three-way race to make that "...

Spoofed Tankers Are Flooding the Strait of Hormuz. These Analysts Are Tracking Them

  • Technology
  • Aarian Marshall
  • Apr 17, 2026

Marine insurers and oil traders want to know what’s going on in one of the world’s most critical waterways. As the volume of disappearing ships in the area increases, analysts are getting creative.