Americas News
OpenAI’s Codex is now in the ChatGPT mobile app
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- May 14, 2026
OpenAI is going to let users access Codex, its desktop AI tool that can write code and use apps on your computer, from the ChatGPT app on your phone. Following the surge in popularity for Anthropic's...
Meta’s summer sale drops Ray-Ban’s new smart glasses to record-low prices
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- May 14, 2026
If you’ve been curious about Ray-Ban’s Meta smart glasses, right now they’re on sale in Meta’s biggest deal event outside Black Friday. As part of the company’s Summer Sale event, which runs through M...
Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories
- Technology
- Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger
- May 14, 2026
Today on Uncanny Valley, we discuss how Donald Trump’s visit to China could influence conversations between world leaders at a moment when the economic and foreign policy stakes couldn’t be higher.
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- May 14, 2026
Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic's AI coding tool daily. It was part of an effort to get project managers...
Linux devs are fighting the new age-gated internet
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 14, 2026
In January, Colorado lawmakers introduced a proposal to make operating systems collect users' ages and pass them to app developers. The bill, SB26-051, had clearly been designed for commercial platfor...
Jury orders Boeing to pay $49.5 million to family of 737 MAX crash victim
- Business
- Joel Rose
- May 14, 2026
- US
A federal jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of Samya Stumo, a young woman who was killed in the second of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes within months of each other in 2018 and 2019.
Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard
- Technology
- Gaby Del Valle
- May 14, 2026
When Oregon resident Isabelle Reksopuro heard Google was gobbling up public land to fuel its data centers in her home state, she didn't initially know what to believe. "There's a lot of misinformation...
Subnautica 2 is already having a huge launch on Steam
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- May 14, 2026
Subnautica 2, the new underwater survival game from Unknown Worlds, took less than an hour to rocket up Steam's charts. The game has already sold more than 1 million copies, according to a press relea...
Leaked images show Microsoft’s new Xbox Cloud Gaming controller
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- May 14, 2026
I revealed earlier this year that Microsoft was working on a new Xbox controller that includes Wi-Fi to connect direct to Xbox Cloud Gaming servers. It now looks like that controller has leaked, thank...
Netflix’s new INKubator studio will produce animated shorts with AI
- Technology
- Janko Roettgers
- May 14, 2026
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Netflix has been building a new int...
Americans do not want AI data centers in their backyards
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 14, 2026
Over 70 percent of Americans oppose AI data center construction in their area, according to a new Gallup survey. Just seven percent said they were "strongly" in favor of new data centers. According to...
The Beats Solo 4 have returned to their best price of the year
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- May 14, 2026
If you want a pair of Apple-made wireless headphones that work just as well with Android as with iOS, the Beats Solo 4 are down to around $129.95 ($70 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. That matche...