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Back seats aren't as safe as they should be. A crash test is trying to help

  • Business
  • Camila Domonoske
  • Feb 3, 2026
  • US

Better engineering has made the front seat much safer in head-on collisions. But the back seat hasn't kept pace. It's a problem one vehicle safety group is trying to solve.

The best deals on MacBooks right now

  • Technology
  • Cameron Faulkner
  • Feb 3, 2026

Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series processors in a wide range of sizes and price points, all of which run the company’s newest operating system, macOS 26. Purchasing a new M...

French police raid X’s Paris office as UK investigation continues

  • Technology
  • Stevie Bonifield
  • Feb 3, 2026

A raid on X's Paris office was carried out by the Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit on Tuesday with Europol and French police, as part of an ongoing investigation that expanded in July to include Gro...

The Switch is Nintendo’s best-selling console — and its most transformative

  • Technology
  • Andrew Webster
  • Feb 3, 2026

Nintendo has had plenty of highs over its few decades in the video game industry. Popularizing home consoles with the NES, introducing new audiences to games through the Wii's motion controls, and the...

Claude Code is down, forcing developers to take a long coffee break

  • Technology
  • Tom Warren
  • Feb 3, 2026

Anthropic's Claude AI models are currently experiencing a major outage, impacting products like Claude Code. Developers are currently seeing a 500 error when trying to use Claude Code, and Anthropic h...

I didn’t expect to love Dyson’s PencilVac Fluffycones – but I did

  • Technology
  • Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
  • Feb 3, 2026

As The Verge's resident robot vacuum reviewer, I don't have a lot of time (or space) in my life for stick vacs, and frankly, the ones I have used have largely disappointed me. Top-heavy, bulky, always...

Apple’s tiny but mighty iPad Mini is $100 off in every storage configuration

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Feb 3, 2026

If your phone feels too small but most tablets feel too big, Apple’s latest iPad Mini functions as a nice in-between. Thankfully, if you’ve been waiting for a discount, the base model with Wi-Fi and 1...

Millions of books died so Claude could live

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Feb 3, 2026

When ChatGPT launched, in November of 2022, it started a race that almost immediately consumed the tech industry. OpenAI didn't invent the concept of AI, but most of the state-of-the-art technology wa...

China is banning hidden electric door handles for EVs

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Feb 3, 2026

China is banning Tesla-style concealed door handles on electric vehicles to address safety concerns regarding people getting trapped inside their cars. The ban will take effect on January 1st next yea...

Fitbit’s founders launch a new platform for monitoring your entire family’s health

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Feb 3, 2026

James Park and Eric Friedman, the co-founders of Fitbit who left Google two years ago, have announced a new venture called Luffu. Described as an "intelligent family care system," Luffu collects and l...

Humans are infiltrating the Reddit for AI bots

  • Technology
  • Hayden Field
  • Feb 3, 2026

Ordinary social networks face a constant onslaught of chatbots pretending to be human. A new social platform for AI agents may face the opposite problem: getting clogged up by humans pretending to pos...

Disney says Josh D’Amaro will replace Bob Iger as CEO

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Feb 3, 2026

Disney has picked a successor for longtime CEO Bob Iger. On Tuesday, the entertainment giant announced that its theme parks head, Josh D'Amaro, will take over for Iger on March 18th, 2026. Rumors abou...