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The gen AI Kool-Aid tastes like eugenics

  • Technology
  • Charles Pulliam-Moore
  • Mar 21, 2026

Like many people, director Valerie Veatch was intrigued when OpenAI first released its Sora text-to-video generative AI model to the public in 2024. Though she didn't fully understand the technology,...

Oeuf is a punishing platformer in a cozy shell

  • Technology
  • Geoffrey Bunting
  • Mar 21, 2026

The funny shape of eggs is the curious lifeblood of Oeuf, the new physics platformer by prolific developer Increpare Games. In a gaming landscape saturated with complex systems dropped into simple gam...

Dreame’s self-cleaning L10s Pro Ultra is nearly $1,000 off its original list price

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Mar 21, 2026

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale doesn’t kick off until next week, but the retailer is already dropping a host of good deals, especially on robot vacuums. We recently saw Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 and X9 Pro Omni dr...

An early contender for movie of the year

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Mar 21, 2026

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 120, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, get ready for Pen Opinions, and also you can read all the old edition...

The new MacBook Pro is still fast as hell

  • Technology
  • Antonio G. Di Benedetto
  • Mar 21, 2026

Apple's flagship 16-inch MacBook Pro has reigned supreme in the world of creator-focused laptops since its M-series processor overhaul in 2021. Since then, we've mostly seen the same design with year-...

Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive

  • Technology
  • Allison Johnson
  • Mar 21, 2026

I've been testing out Gemini's new task automation on the Pixel 10 Pro and the Galaxy S26 Ultra, which for the first time lets Gemini take the wheel and use apps for you. It's limited to a small subse...

Kodiak CEO says making trucks drive themselves is only half the battle

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • Mar 21, 2026

This year is shaping up to be a big one for self-driving trucks. In addition to Aurora's plan to deploy hundreds of autonomous big rigs and Waabi expanding into robotaxis, you've also got Kodiak AI ai...

The improved battery-powered Starlink Mini is here

  • Technology
  • Thomas Ricker
  • Mar 21, 2026

My Starlink Mini has radically changed the way I live. It's the biggest reason I can work remotely from my converted van, providing fast and reliable internet in places that traditional 4G and 5G data...

U.S. judge rules against Pentagon restrictions on press coverage

  • Business
  • Jason Breslow
  • Mar 21, 2026
  • US

The policy required media organizations to pledge not to gather information unless Defense officials formally authorized its release. A U.S. judge said the rules are at odds with the First Amendment.

Jury finds Elon Musk’s ‘stupid tweets’ caused Twitter investors’ losses

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Mar 20, 2026

A California jury determined that Elon Musk misled Twitter investors before making a $44 billion deal to buy the company in 2022, reports CNBC. The New York Times reports that Musk had testified this...

Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

  • Business
  • The Associated Press
  • Mar 20, 2026
  • US

A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company fo...

An automated moderation error left Tumblr users panicked

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Mar 20, 2026

Tumblr users were left scrambling on Wednesday after dozens of accounts were banned in the same afternoon by an automated system. Numerous users contacted The Verge about the incident, claiming that t...