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Dreame — the vacuum company — just ‘launched’ its own phones

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • May 1, 2026

Dreame, a Chinese manufacturer best known for its robot vacuums but with ambitions to do much more, says it's making smartphones now. I'm not sure I believe it. The company showed off two phones at it...

This accessory can snap a Steam Controller to your phone — or almost anything else

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • May 1, 2026

Valve's new Steam Controller goes on sale on Monday for $99, and accessories-maker Mechanism will be ready. As far as we know, Mechanism's new Basegrip is the very first way to attach a Steam Controll...

Players from the NBA, NFL, and MLB call for a ban on betting ‘unders’

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • May 1, 2026

The unions backing professional NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and MLS players are calling on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to ban prediction market platforms from allowing users to bet on a pl...

Severe Linux Copy Fail security flaw uncovered using AI scanning help

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • May 1, 2026

Nearly every Linux distribution released since 2017 is currently vulnerable to a security bug called "Copy Fail" that allows any user to give themselves administrator privileges. The exploit, publicly...

Dreame’s rocket-powered car can do 0–60 in 0.9 seconds because you can just say things now

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • May 1, 2026

When I first heard that a vacuum company had released a rocket-powered electric vehicle with physically impossible-sounding performance specs, I immediately thought James Dyson was up to his old trick...

We just got a new reason to believe the Trump phone is real(ish)

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • May 1, 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 we've discovered a little more evidence tha...

Aurzen’s tiny trifold projector is almost 40 percent off right now

  • Technology
  • Brandon Widder
  • May 1, 2026

Not all trifolds are created equal — just ask our own Allison Johnson, who recently spent time with Samsung’s ill-fated Galaxy phone. Aurzen’s Zip projector is the kind of trifold gadget we can fully...

Some of Xteink’s credit card-sized e-readers are losing their best feature

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • May 1, 2026

The Xteink X4 and X3 are excellent alternatives to Kindles and Kobos if you want an e-reader that's as easy to slip into your pocket - just not out of the box. Both devices come with stock firmware th...

Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not Anthropic

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • May 1, 2026

The Pentagon has struck deals with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Elon Musk's xAI, and the startup Reflection, allowing the agency to use their AI tools in classified settings, according t...

My $5K smart bed needs to shut the hell up

  • Technology
  • Victoria Song
  • May 1, 2026

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life...

Elon Musk had a bad week in court

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • May 1, 2026

Elon Musk is the one who wanted this trial. He has spent months claiming OpenAI "stole a nonprofit," and saying he was the actual driving force behind one of the most important companies currently in...

Your guide to sci-fi streaming season

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • May 1, 2026

I haven't quite figured out the reason why, but for the last few years, summer has become the moment for new science fiction shows on streaming services. And 2026 isn't any different - aside from the...