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This sleek alarm clock uses lights and sounds to help you sleep, focus, and wake up

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Mar 20, 2026

Dieter Rams already showed the world that something as mundane as an alarm clock can be beautiful. Balmuda, a Japanese company best known for its steam-infused toasters, has released a travel-friendly...

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Mar 20, 2026

Since roughly the turn of the millennium, Google Search has been the bedrock of the web. People loved Google's trustworthy "10 blue links" search experience and its unspoken promise: The website you c...

Much ado about protein

  • Technology
  • Victoria Song
  • Mar 20, 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...

Amazon is making an Alexa phone

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Mar 20, 2026

Over ten years after shelving the Fire Phone, Amazon is reportedly planning to launch another smartphone, this time focused on Alexa. According to Reuters, the phone, which is code-named "Transformer,...

Why people really hate AI

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Mar 20, 2026

There's a big, and increasing, disconnect in culture right now when it comes to artificial intelligence. Companies of all shapes and sizes are hunting for places to deploy AI and can't stop talking ab...

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale 2026: all of the latest deals

  • Technology
  • Cameron Faulkner
  • Mar 20, 2026

If you’re looking for the best time to get a deal this spring, it might very well be during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, which kicks off at 3:01AM ET on March 25th and runs through 2:59AM ET on April 1st...

‘Work from home,’ encourages the world’s energy watchdog

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Mar 20, 2026

Many organizations have called employees back to offices following Covid-related lockdowns, but the Iran war and ensuing energy crisis may quickly see workers returning to work from home. The Internat...

FCC approves merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna as two lawsuits seek to block it

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

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it had approved the merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna, the same day that two lawsuits trying to block the dea...

Valve’s huge SteamOS 3.8 update adds long-awaited features — and supports Steam Machine

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Mar 20, 2026

Valve has just released SteamOS 3.8.0 in preview, and it's a doozy. Not only is it the first release to support the upcoming Steam Machine living room gaming PC, it comes with long-awaited features fo...

OpenAI is planning a desktop ‘superapp’

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Mar 20, 2026

OpenAI is working on a desktop "superapp" that merges its ChatGPT app, the Codex AI coding app, and its AI-powered Atlas browser into one app, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company is making th...

Sony’s WF-1000XM6 wireless earbuds are on sale for the first time

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Mar 19, 2026

Sony’s WF-1000XM6 are the best noise-canceling wireless earbuds you can buy, but they’ve been hard to recommend over the last-gen model because of the price. While the older version is often on sale f...

Planned Parenthood chapter settles with EEOC over treatment of white employees

  • Business
  • Andrea Hsu
  • Mar 19, 2026
  • US

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Planned Parenthood of Illinois will pay $500,000 to end an investigation that found the organization's DEI practices violated federal civil rights laws