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AI is now part of the culture wars — and real wars
Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers that goes inside Washington's increasingly existential clashes between tech and politics. I...
PlayStation is reportedly moving away from PC ports
It sounds like PlayStation is putting its focus back on console exclusives. According to a report in Bloomberg, Sony's gaming division is moving away from porti...
Raycast’s Glaze is an all-in-one vibe coding app platform
AI tools like Claude Code have made it possible for users to build software with no coding knowledge whatsoever. That's not to say the process is easy, though:...
How a prize-winning cartoonist brings hand-drawn comics to the web
Jailed during the 2021 coup in Myanmar, American journalist Danny Fenster spent six months as a political prisoner. For much of his incarceration he battled bor...
How Vulnerable Are Computers to an 80-Year-Old Spy Technique? Congress Wants Answers
A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks—a spyin...
I’m not ashamed to admit the Kobo Remote is the best gadget I’ve bought this year
Does anyone really need a remote for a device you’re already either holding or using at arm’s length? E-readers have saved us from the risk of paper cuts and th...
Inside the secret meeting that led to the AI political resistance
In early January, a group of 90 or so political, community and thought leaders gathered in a New Orleans Marriott for a secret conference on artificial intellig...
How Is Kalshi Not Gambling?
Kalshi lets you place bets on everything from football games to foreign invasions. The prediction market’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, says this doesn’t count as gambli...
Activision silences trusted Call of Duty leaker
One of the most trusted leakers for Call of Duty will no longer share confidential information about the gaming franchise after being hit with a cease and desis...
Anker’s last-gen sleep buds are nearly 40 percent off ahead of daylight saving time
Bad news: most Americans are about to lose an hour of sleep next week. Good news: if you have trouble falling (or staying asleep), Newegg is currently selling A...
Does Ticketmaster have a stranglehold on concert ticketing — or is it just ‘bringing joy’?
In a downtown Manhattan courtroom on Monday, lawyers for the US Justice Department and 40 state and district attorneys general warned a jury that the concert in...
What Trump’s war on Iran means for the US energy crunch
Fuel prices surged after the Trump administration launched strikes against Iran on Saturday, immediately raising questions about whether the war would increase...