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GOG is already working on native Linux support
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Feb 7, 2026
GOG recently posted a job listing for a senior software engineer focused on porting its Galaxy desktop client to Linux. Now, in reply to a Reddit AMA, the GOG team has revealed that work on native Lin...
I went back to Linux and it was a mistake
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Feb 7, 2026
It's a complete coincidence that I installed Linux around the same time as my colleagues Nathan Edwards and Stevie Bonifield. A few months ago, I decided to breathe new life into a 2019 Dell XPS 15 th...
LG’s C5 TV and Anker’s powerful power bank are this week’s best deals
- Technology
- Cameron Faulkner
- Feb 7, 2026
It’s the first weekend of February, which can only mean one thing: The Super Bowl (or “Benito Bowl,” if you’re mainly tuning in for the Bad Bunny-led halftime show) is upon us. The game is Sunday, Feb...
The second-gen AirTags are a scatterbrain’s best friend
- Technology
- Victoria Song
- Feb 7, 2026
In a somewhat controversial Vergecast episode, I declared that AirTags are a superior product to iPads. The iPad lovers roasted me across social media. I have heard and respect their opinions. But, I'...
Anker’s new charger with a screen would feel less gimmicky if it did more
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Feb 7, 2026
The latest Anker 45-watt Nano charger, announced in January, which remains one of the smallest 45-watt chargers on the market, adds a full color screen displaying an animated character and a smatterin...
Cairn is a climbing journey about perseverance and obsession
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Feb 7, 2026
I'm an awful rock climber. Being scared of heights probably doesn't help. But when I've tried it, I've loved the slow, methodical work of moving from one ledge to the next. It reminds me a lot of why...
The best way to watch the Olympics
- Technology
- David Pierce
- Feb 7, 2026
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 115, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, go Seahawks I guess, and also you can read all the old editions at th...
We found 20 Verge-approved gifts on sale ahead of Valentine’s Day
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- Feb 6, 2026
Valentine’s Day is coming up fast, and if you haven’t started shopping yet, there are a lot of great gifts on sale that should still arrive in time if you order soon. Several Verge-approved gadgets ar...
Apple might let you use ChatGPT from CarPlay
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 6, 2026
CarPlay users could soon be able to use their chatbot of choice instead of Siri. As Bloomberg reports, Apple is working to add support for CarPlay voice control apps from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, an...
This is the Trump Phone
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- Feb 6, 2026
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time, surprisingly, we received a response - and...
There isn’t even a cynical explanation for Jeff Bezos destroying The Washington Post
- Technology
- Tina Nguyen
- Feb 6, 2026
300 journalists have lost their jobs at The Washington Post. Over 300,000 readers have canceled their subscriptions. Owner Jeff Bezos, who purchased the legendary publication in 2013, has driven his r...
The Jeffrey Epstein Fortnite account is fake
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Feb 6, 2026
Fortnite developer Epic Games says the account some people believed to be linked to Jeffrey Epstein is a "ruse." In a reply on X, the developer writes, "an existing Fortnite account owner changed thei...