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GE made a smaller version of its nugget ice maker that needs less counter space

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Feb 19, 2026

GE has announced two new versions of its popular Opal nugget ice machines with smaller footprints that take up less counter space, and more affordable price tags. Like GE's larger and pricier Opal 2.0...

Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Feb 19, 2026

New users on the decentralized social network Mastodon could soon have an easier time getting started. Mastodon is running "onboarding experiments" to test ways to improve the new user experience, sta...

Xenoblade Chronicles X is $20 off in time for its Switch 2 upgrade

  • Technology
  • Cameron Faulkner
  • Feb 19, 2026

Nintendo just released a Switch 2 upgrade for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. The upgrade is $4.99 for owners of the Switch game, or $64.99 if you buy the Switch 2 version. Don’t buy the S...

The speech police came for Colbert

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Feb 19, 2026

Generally speaking, arcane and mostly unenforced FCC rules are not the province of late night talk shows. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr seems intent on changing that, though; not long after causing a...

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...