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How Gorilla Tag is weathering the VR winter

  • Technology
  • Janko Roettgers
  • Feb 12, 2026

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. The VR industry has been on edge si...

The surprising case for AI judges

  • Technology
  • Nilay Patel
  • Feb 12, 2026

Today, we’re going to talk about the role AI might play in deciding legal disputes. Not just drafting memos and doing research — actually deciding who’s right and who’s wrong, and who should pay. My g...

DHS announces the end of its “surge operation” in Minneapolis, but not entirely

  • Technology
  • Gaby Del Valle
  • Feb 12, 2026

The government's siege of the Twin Cities is reportedly coming to an end. "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude," border czar Tom Homan announced Thur...

Spider-Noir looks like a hard-boiled thriller in first trailer

  • Technology
  • Charles Pulliam-Moore
  • Feb 12, 2026

Though it's going to be a while before we see more of Sony's animated Spider-Verse or Marvel's live-action take on Peter Parker, Amazon's Spider-Noir series is right around the corner. Today, Amazon d...

Waymo’s next-gen robotaxi is ready for passengers — and also ‘high-volume production’

  • Technology
  • Andrew J. Hawkins
  • Feb 12, 2026

After years of testing and validation, Waymo announced today that it's sixth-generation robotaxi technology is finally ready for passenger trips. The updated autonomous driving system will first be ro...

The Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds reclaim the noise-canceling crown

  • Technology
  • John.Higgins
  • Feb 12, 2026

Apple, Bose, and Sony are in a running battle for the best noise-canceling earbuds, and the Sony WF-1000XM6 put Sony back in first place - if you can get a good fit with the included foam tips. With e...

ByteDance’s next-gen AI model can generate clips based on text, images, audio, and video

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Feb 12, 2026

Big Tech's race to leapfrog the latest AI models continues with the launch of ByteDance's next-gen video generator. In a blog post, ByteDance - the China-based company behind TikTok - says Seedance 2....

Amazon’s Send to Alexa Plus makes the Kindle Scribe feel more like a productivity device

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Feb 12, 2026

Amazon's rolling out a new "Send to Alexa Plus" feature to the latest Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft owners starting February 12. The feature lets you send your notes or documents to Amazon...

This $7,999 robot will fold (some of) your laundry

  • Technology
  • Robert Hart
  • Feb 12, 2026

If you have a spare $7,999 (plus a $250 deposit), hate folding laundry, and happen to live in the Bay Area, one-and-a-half-year-old startup Weave has the robot for you: Isaac 0. It takes Isaac 0 aroun...

HP ZBook Ultra G1a review: a business-class workstation that’s got game

  • Technology
  • Antonio G. Di Benedetto
  • Feb 12, 2026

Business laptops are typically dull computers foisted on employees en masse. But higher-end enterprise workstation notebooks sometimes get an interesting enough blend of power and features to appeal t...

6 GOP reps defy Trump to block Canadian tariffs. And, student loan defaults rise

  • Business
  • Suzanne Nuyen
  • Feb 12, 2026
  • US

Six House Republicans joined Democrats to successfully block Trump's Canadian tariffs. And, roughly a million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans last year.

ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground

  • Technology
  • Gaby Del Valle
  • Feb 12, 2026

Minneapolis was not the war zone I expected to find. Depending on who you are and where you live, things can seem, for a few fleeting moments, almost normal, like a few blocks or neighborhoods over pe...