Americas News
YouTube Premium is getting pricier
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- Apr 10, 2026
YouTube Premium is getting more expensive in the US, with prices rising by $2 on standard individual accounts and as much as $4 for the family plan. The price hike is already in effect for new account...
Microsoft starts removing Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Apr 10, 2026
Microsoft is starting to remove "unnecessary" Copilot buttons from its Windows 11 apps. In the latest version of the Notepad app for Windows Insiders, Microsoft has removed the Copilot button in favor...
Women are getting most of the new jobs. What's going on with men?
- Business
- Andrea Hsu
- Apr 10, 2026
- US
Over the past year, the vast majority of new jobs have gone to women. One economist says to help men find work, we need to embrace ways to "make girly jobs appeal to manly men."
Nations tried to impose a digital fog of war in Iran. The results are mixed
- Business
- Geoff Brumfiel
- Apr 10, 2026
- US
Governments are blocking the internet, banning social media posts and cutting access to commercial satellite images. But experts say that efforts to censor information have had mixed results.
Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to the Iran war draw calls for investigations from lawmakers
- Business
- The Associated Press
- Apr 10, 2026
- US
Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a...
ChatGPT has a new $100 per month Pro subscription
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Apr 9, 2026
OpenAI has announced a new version of its ChatGPT Pro subscription that costs $100 per month. The new Pro tier offers "5x more" usage of its Codex coding tool than the $20 per month Plus subscription...
Florida launches investigation into OpenAI
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Apr 9, 2026
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is launching an investigation into OpenAI over public safety and national security risks, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a statement on Thursday, Uthmeier s...
The EFF is quitting X
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Apr 9, 2026
The digital privacy non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation will no longer be posting on X as of Thursday, largely due to a sharp decline in views on the platform over the past several years. In a b...
John Deere will pay farmers $99 million over right-to-repair lawsuit
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Apr 9, 2026
John Deere has agreed to pay farmers $99 million to resolve a class action lawsuit that accused the agricultural giant of preventing farmers and mechanics from accessing the materials needed to repair...
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 is easier to recommend now it starts at $260
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- Apr 9, 2026
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 is one of the best Android smartwatches you can buy right now, especially if you’re already using a Samsung phone. Right now the 40mm, Bluetooth-enabled version’s on sale for...
How an ancient resin traded for centuries got snarled up by the Iran war
- Business
- Scott Horsley
- Apr 9, 2026
- US
It's not just energy supplies that have been disrupted by the Iran war. It's also hitting frankincense, a commodity that's been defining trade routes in the Middle East for thousands of years.
NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly around the far side of the Moon
- Technology
- Verge Staff
- Apr 9, 2026
Humans haven’t set foot on the Moon since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Now, the space agency is racing to get back to the lunar surface under the umbrella of its Artemis program — a nod to the Gr...