Americas News
How to Ding, Dong, Ditch Ring’s surveillance network
- Technology
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- Mar 11, 2026
Recently, Ring ran a Super Bowl ad for its Search Party feature showing how it uses AI to scan footage from Ring cameras and video doorbells to help find lost dogs. It sounds neighborly — until you co...
You can’t replace the battery in Lego’s Smart Bricks — and many of its sensors aren’t available yet
- Technology
- Sean Hollister
- Mar 11, 2026
The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren't quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that's down to programming. But the Smart Bricks may also have some technical limitati...
Godzilla Minus One, a very good movie, is $15 on 4K Blu-ray
- Technology
- Cameron Faulkner
- Mar 11, 2026
I love Godzilla Minus One. Granted, it’s only the second Godzilla movie that I’ve watched, the other being 1998’s terrible Godzilla featuring Matthew Broderick (the soundtrack has bangers, though). Wh...
Countries agree to historic release of stockpiled oil to ease the global disruption
- Business
- Camila Domonoske
- Mar 11, 2026
- US
Members of the International Energy Agency have announced a coordinated release of 400 million barrels of stockpiled oil in an attempt to counter the disruption in oil trade triggered by the Iran war.
I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job
- Technology
- Hayden Field
- Mar 11, 2026
Millions of people are on the job hunt right now - and for many people, landing a job in the AI era feels more intimidating than ever. That's why the onset of AI avatars running your job interview via...
Tembo is a playful drum machine that thinks it’s a checkerboard
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Mar 11, 2026
Tembo looks like a toy, but one of those bougie wooden toys you get on Crate & Kids, not some cheap plastic garbage. Despite its appearance, it is a fully functional drum machine and sampler. Rather t...
Framework raises RAM and storage prices again
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Mar 11, 2026
For the fourth month in a row, Framework is increasing prices on RAM and storage for its modular PCs due to ongoing shortages from suppliers. An update to Framework's blog on Tuesday states that DDR5...
The mysterious case of the DHS white supremacist memelord
- Technology
- Tina Nguyen
- Mar 11, 2026
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter that takes Verge subscribers into the smoke-filled back rooms of Washington as they become the Zyn-filled back rooms of Washington. (Although Tucker Carlso...
ChatGPT, Gemini, and other chatbots helped teens plan shootings, bombings, and political violence, study shows
- Technology
- Robert Hart
- Mar 11, 2026
AI companies have repeatedly promised safeguards to protect younger users, but a new investigation suggests those guardrails remain woefully deficient. Popular chatbots missed warning signs in scenari...
You can soon listen to Apple Music inside of TikTok — and artists get paid for it
- Technology
- Jess Weatherbed
- Mar 11, 2026
Apple Music subscribers will soon be able to listen to full-length music tracks on TikTok without having to leave the TikTok app. The platforms have teamed up to launch two new features - Play Full So...
Intel announces Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus, its ‘fastest gaming desktop processors ever’
- Technology
- Sean Hollister
- Mar 11, 2026
Intel hasn't made it easy to buy a flagship desktop chip. The company's 2022 and 2023 Raptor Lake chips ran hot, power-hungry, and had those infamous crashes, while 2024's Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra...
Testing Lego’s Smart Bricks with my two kids
- Technology
- Sean Hollister
- Mar 11, 2026
I was about to be the coolest dad ever. I'd prepared the magic words: "Do you want to help daddy test the new Lego Smart Bricks? I can pick you up from school early!" It worked. My kids literally jump...