Americas News
Windows Update will soon automatically roll back faulty drivers
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- May 14, 2026
Microsoft is on a mission to fix Windows 11, and part of that involves improving the often-frustrating Windows Update experience. While you'll soon be able to pause updates indefinitely, Microsoft is...
The MAHA movement is coming to school cafeterias. Here's what that means for kids
- Business
- Joe Hernandez
- May 14, 2026
- US
U.S. school districts worry it could get even more expensive to prepare a meal under new federal dietary guidelines, as they also contend with cuts to programs that helped them buy local food.
Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- May 13, 2026
Microsoft Edge is adding a new feature that will allow its Copilot AI chatbot to gather information from all of your open tabs. When you start a conversation with Copilot, you can ask the chatbot ques...
Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- May 13, 2026
The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit betwe...
YouTube is courting creators — and sponsors — with streaming shows
- Technology
- Mia Sato
- May 13, 2026
In the ongoing fight for content and talent, YouTube is pitching itself as the connector between the creators and advertisers - and marketing its creators not just as the future of social media, but a...
AMD’s best CPU tech for gamers is coming to workstations too
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 13, 2026
For the first time, AMD is including its 3D V-Cache tech in its commercial workstation processors with a refreshed line of Ryzen PRO 9000 series chips. Up until now, AMD's 3D V-Cache chips have mainly...
Foreign ticket holders from World Cup teams' countries won't have to pay bonds to enter U.S.
- Business
- The Associated Press
- May 13, 2026
- US
The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that visitors from countries that have qualified for the World Cup and bought tickets for the tournament pay as much as $15,000 in bonds to enter t...
The crypto Clarity Act returns to the Senate this week. The banks are already trying to kill it.
- Technology
- Tina Nguyen
- May 13, 2026
Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers that goes into tech shenanigans that take place in the backrooms of Washington. Really, it sometimes does feel like the online seri...
Fighting Trump will make or break Disney’s new CEO
- Technology
- Charles Pulliam-Moore
- May 13, 2026
A week ago, newly appointed Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro was busy regaling investors with plans to turn Disney Plus into the company's "digital centerpiece." By last Friday, though, his attention had presu...
Netflix’s ad ambitions just keep growing
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- May 13, 2026
For the second year in a row, Netflix's ad-supported tier more than doubled its monthly viewerbase. During its 2026 upfront presentation, Netflix revealed that its $8.99-per-month plan reaches more th...
Everything at The Criterion Collection is 30 percent off right now
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- May 13, 2026
If you’ve been meaning to grow your physical movie collection, now’s a good time to do it. Through May 25th, The Criterion Collection is taking 30 percent off every disc on its site, including standar...
Instagram hits the copy button again with new disappearing Instants photos
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- May 13, 2026
Instagram is once again cribbing from competitors like Snapchat and BeReal with a new photo-sharing format it calls "Instants," which are ephemeral photos that you can't edit and that you can only sha...