Americas News
Money no longer matters to AI’s top talent
- Technology
- Nilay Patel
- Feb 19, 2026
Today on Decoder we’re going to talk about the war for AI talent. Right now, the hottest job market on the planet is for AI researchers. The vast majority of these people are concentrated into a small...
Abxylute’s new Switch 2 controller prototype has one big problem
- Technology
- Cameron Faulkner
- Feb 19, 2026
Gaming accessory company Abxylute has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming N6 and GameCube-style N9C Switch 2 dock-style controllers. If the ergonomics of Nintendo's Joy-Cons don't jibe wi...
It’s MAGA v Broligarch in the battle over prediction markets
- Technology
- Tina Nguyen
- Feb 19, 2026
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the love-hate (but mostly hate) relationship between Silicon Valley and Washington. I hope everyone got to celebrate George Was...
Google adds a camera to Snapseed on iOS
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- Feb 19, 2026
Google has updated the iPhone version of its photo editing app Snapseed with its own camera, including a suite of manual controls and retro film emulation effects. It's the second major update to the...
The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about
- Technology
- Sean Hollister
- Feb 19, 2026
Maybe you've heard: Memory is expensive now. The price of RAM has tripled, quadrupled, even sextupled depending on the type of chip, all because AI companies are gobbling it up. But maybe you've thoug...
The biggest app in the whole wide world
- Technology
- David Pierce
- Feb 19, 2026
Last summer, Bria Sullivan was getting ready to launch her app, an adorable companion called Focus Friend meant to help people manage their screen time. Her outlandish dream was to get 100,000 downloa...
U.K.'s ex-Prince Andrew is released after his arrest over Epstein revelations
- Business
- Lauren Frayer
- Feb 19, 2026
- US
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the British former prince, was released after spending the day in police custody but is still under investigation on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage have their day in court
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- Feb 19, 2026
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered a downtown Los Angeles courthouse in largely the same way as all the attorneys, reporters, and advocates who'd come to watch his landmark trial testimony, but with one...
The RAM crunch could kill products and even entire companies, memory exec admits
- Technology
- Sean Hollister
- Feb 19, 2026
Phison is one of the leading makers of controller chips for SSDs and other flash memory devices - and CEO Pua Khein-Seng has just become a leading voice for just how bad the RAM shortage might get. Co...
Zuckerberg grilled about Meta's strategy to target 'teens' and 'tweens'
- Business
- Bobby Allyn
- Feb 18, 2026
- US
The billionaire tech mogul's testimony was part of a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. The jury's verdict in the case could shape how some 1,600 other pending cases from families a...
Dyson turned its skinny PencilVac into a lightweight wet floor cleaner
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Feb 18, 2026
Dyson has announced an alternate version of its skinny PencilVac that's designed to clean spills and stains on hard floors instead of sucking up dirt and debris. Like the PencilVac, which Dyson called...
Meta is reportedly planning to launch a smartwatch this year
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 18, 2026
Meta is planning to launch a smartwatch with health tracking and AI features later this year, along with an updated version of its Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, The Information reports. The smar...