Americas News
The new AirPods Max 2 are already on sale for $40 off
- Technology
- Brandon Widder
- May 5, 2026
In terms of pricing, the original AirPods Max remained stubbornly high even years after their debut, which made them hard to recommend over the Bose QC Ultra or Sony’s XM series headphones unless you...
Orchid, the buzzy Tame Impala synth, is back in a gorgeous clear colorway
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- May 5, 2026
The Telepathic Instruments Orchid has been unavailable for a few months now. But a new batch is ready to drop on May 5th for $649, and the company is celebrating with a limited edition clear Orchid: A...
OpenAI is reportedly launching a phone for ChatGPT
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 5, 2026
OpenAI's first hardware product might be a phone instead of a mysterious Jony Ive gadget. As reported by MacRumors, supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo shared details about the rumored phone, claiming O...
Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- May 5, 2026
Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Elon Musk's xAI have agreed to allow the US government to review new AI models before they're released to the public. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Commerce Depart...
New Mexico has a plan to overhaul Facebook and Instagram
- Technology
- Lauren Feiner
- May 5, 2026
Still fresh off its recent $375 million jury verdict against Meta, New Mexico attorney general Raul Torrez's office began arguing for even greater asks in the second phase of a landmark trial. On Mond...
Zombies, Run! is officially back from the dead
- Technology
- Victoria Song
- May 5, 2026
Starting tomorrow, Zombies, Run! fans will be able to download a new eight-part story for the fitness app. That's nothing short of a miracle. In 2012, Zombies, Run! was one of the first fitness apps t...
What an AI-designed car looks like
- Technology
- David Pierce
- May 5, 2026
The cars rolling off production lines right now are filled with old ideas. From beginning to end, the creation of a new vehicle can take five years or longer - which is plenty of time for a lot of tas...
Remedy’s new boss says the Control studio will ‘double down’ on what makes it unique
- Technology
- Andrew Webster
- May 5, 2026
It's a big year for Remedy Entertainment. Last year was marred by the ill-fated launch of the multiplayer shooter FBC: Firebreak, which was so disastrous it led to former CEO Tero Virtala stepping dow...
Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives
- Technology
- Robert Hart
- May 5, 2026
Anthropic has spent years building itself up as the safe AI company. But new security research shared with The Verge suggests Claude's carefully crafted helpful personality may itself be a vulnerabili...
Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head
- Technology
- Hayden Field
- May 5, 2026
About a week into the Musk v. Altman trial, we've heard from some of the most powerful people in tech - including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Elon Musk's fixer Jared Birchall, and Musk himself. Bu...
Inside the lab where Ford is trying to crack the code on cheap EVs
- Technology
- Peter Nelson
- May 5, 2026
Ford isn't sending the clearest signals regarding its EV future. We got a glimpse of its Universal EV (UEV) Project last February, but then it pulled the plug on the F-150 Lightning, which is regarded...
Bose takes a swing at Sonos with its new home speakers
- Technology
- John.Higgins
- May 5, 2026
Last Thursday, in a staged home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I sat on a couch that was a bit too low and a tad too deep in front of a small, beige-colored smart speaker sitting on the middle o...