Americas
Latest news and updates from Americas.
Resident Evil Requiem is the best of both terrifying worlds
Resident Evil has always been a strange creature: Like many of its most notable monsters, it has shifted and evolved into various forms. From its blocky days of...
Xiaomi’s magnetic power bank is incredibly thin
It was originally teased to be announced at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, Spain, this weekend, but Xiaomi has already shared all the details for its...
Does Anthropic think Claude is alive? Define ‘alive’
Over the past several weeks, as more and more Anthropic executives do interviews on a publicity blitz for Claude, one thing has gotten increasingly clear: Anthr...
Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta
Apple is bringing age verification to the UK, as the latest iOS 26.4 beta prompts users to verify that they're over 18 following installation. As shown in scree...
You can now make Alexa’s AI personality more friendly, blunt, or chilled out
Amazon is giving you more control over how Alexa behaves during conversations and responses. Three "personality style" presets are launching today for Alexa Plu...
Adobe’s new AI video editing tool stitches clips into a first draft
Adobe is launching a new Firefly tool that helps video editors to focus on storytelling by creating a first cut to refine and build around. The Quick Cut featur...
Amazon continues retreat from games by ending publishing deal for open world racer
Amazon continues to scale back its gaming efforts, this time by ending a notable publishing deal. The Game Business reports that Amazon will no longer be the pu...
Honor’s new MagicPad 4 is the world’s thinnest Android tablet
Honor has announced a new version of its already slim MagicPad tablet that's now even thinner. Last year's MagicPad 3 was just 5.8mm thick, but the new MagicPad...
Trump's many tariff tools mean consumer prices won't go down, analysts say
The Supreme Court struck down President Trump's signature tariffs. But the president has other tariff tools, and consumers shouldn't expect cheaper prices anyti...
How Mexico's ‘CJNG’ Drug Cartel Embraced AI, Drones, and Social Media
Drug kingpin Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes may be dead, but the Jalisco cartel he ran for years will likely outlive him—thanks, in part, to the crimina...
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon AI bro squad includes a former Uber executive and a private equity billionaire
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers covering the broligarchs, the influencers, and the (potentially conscious) artificial intelli...
Apple’s new age verification tools block underage app downloads where required by law
Apple, like many others, has had to launch age verification features in response to new requirements for age checks in many regions, and on Tuesday, the company...