Americas News
Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- May 22, 2026
Google's AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. As of this writing, if you search for the term "disregard," instead of showing the usual AI-generated summary of search results...
Shein buys Everlane, which sold millennials the dream of ethical, affordable luxury
- Business
- Alina Selyukh
- May 22, 2026
- US
Everlane's finances have faltered in recent years. But will the merger alienate Everlane's existing shoppers — or sway droves of Shein fans to trade up?
LG’s 77-inch B5 OLED TV is down to $1,500 and comes with a $200 gift card
- Technology
- Cameron Faulkner
- May 22, 2026
Best Buy’s Memorial Day sale includes a good deal on a massive OLED TV. The 77-inch LG B5 is down to $1,499.99 (originally $2,999.99), and the purchase includes a $200 Best Buy gift card. I’m a 55-inc...
The Trump phone is not here
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- May 22, 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. It's now been more than a week since Trump Mobile ann...
The literary world isn’t prepared for AI
- Technology
- Gaby Del Valle
- May 22, 2026
Since 2012, the British literary magazine Granta has published the regional winners of the annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize. This year, however, there was something off about one of the selection...
Why would you disrespect your favorite artist with an AI remix?
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- May 22, 2026
AI covers and remixes of songs are already a blight on the internet. Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are awash in flat reggae versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," dinky country renditions of...
Tesla recalls thousands of Model Ys at risk of… missing a sticker
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 22, 2026
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a recall for 14,575 Model Y vehicles over an issue that Tesla can't fix with its usual software update: a missing label. According...
Boots Riley turns class struggle into comedy with I Love Boosters
- Technology
- Charles Pulliam-Moore
- May 22, 2026
Before Boots Riley became the writer / director / musician behind Sorry to Bother You and I'm a Virgo, he was a young community organizer fighting for social justice as part of the Progressive Labor P...
The post-search Google era begins
- Technology
- David Pierce
- May 22, 2026
Google is many things, but most of the time it's a verb: It is what it is to search the internet for information. But what if it's an AI agent doing the searching? And it's doing it proactively? Witho...
If I could only have one laptop for work and gaming, I’d get this one
- Technology
- Antonio G. Di Benedetto
- May 22, 2026
I've loved the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 since it launched in 2020. I bought one for my wife after reading about how awesome it was on a little site called The Verge dot com. Since then, the G14 has gotte...
The Boys limped through its last season, but made up for it with the finale
- Technology
- Tauriq Moosa
- May 22, 2026
It's hard existing in a world seemingly designed for the undeservingly powerful and painfully boring few. They have been gifted what many of us only dream of: the ability to effectively do whatever th...
Samsung’s memory chip employees negotiated $340,000 bonuses this year
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- May 22, 2026
Details have emerged about a tentative deal struck between Samsung and semiconductor employees who had threatened to strike. The deal reportedly makes some workers eligible for average annual bonuses...