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Like trading cards, Lego figures, and even the coveted Labubu, you don’t know exactly what your Kodak Charmera camera is going to look like until you open the box. The anticipation and a $30 price tag helped the collectible camera sell out quickly and become nearly impossible to find over the holidays after its debut last September. The Charmera’s not going to replace your smartphone camera, or even a decade-old point-and-shoot buried in a drawer. But it’s got enough charm to earn it a place on your keyring, and enough novelty to occasionally use it to snap a lo-fi memory…
After Call of Duty, Death Stranding, and Far Cry collabs, Hamilton is heading back into the virtual world. The watchmaker has teamed up with Capcom for Resident Evil Requiem, creating two limited-edition watches that play an active role in the game – and will also be sold in the real world. Resident Evil Requiem is the latest chapter in the long-running series, set roughly 30 years after the Raccoon City outbreak. Players follow two intertwined stories: FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft, whose gameplay leans towards investigation and analysis, and series icon Leon S. Kennedy, back in the thick of brutal, high-stakes…
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here.I take my feet seriously.Which was why, in December, I found myself in an office, propping my leg up on a chair as a tech startup CEO used an iPhone to scan my bare tootsies from multiple angles. No, I wasn’t angling to become a saucy Victorian ankle flasher for OnlyFans. I…
If you’re planning on giving your pad a power up this year, look no further than the February issue of Stuff Magazine. We’ve got the lowdown on the latest robot vacuums, which can keep the place clean without you having to get off the sofa, as well as the best smart lighting, home security, sleep gadgets and kitchen kit worth spending your hard-earned on. The new issue is on sale now, and also sees top treadmills put to the test. You can pay thousands for a running machine, but which ones really justify ditching the gym subscription? TechnoGym, Wahoo, Life…
We know how the next-generation Siri is supposed to work. Apple showed it off in 2024, made commercials about it, and generally promised that AI would change the way we used our gadgets forever. And then, well, none of that came to pass. So Apple made a deal: It tapped Google’s Gemini technology to help it turn Siri into the assistant we were promised. This deal’s a big one, and it could change the landscape of the AI race going forward.On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay talk about the news that publishers are suing Google en masse…
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Elon Musk first sued OpenAI in February 2024. Despite OpenAI’s repeated attempts to throw it out, the case is now headed to a jury trial on April 27th in Northern California federal court. Musk’s main allegation is that OpenAI and its leaders abandoned the company’s original nonprofit mission that he funded. In turn, OpenAI has treated Musk’s claims as sour grapes. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers recently decided that the case warranted going…
• We request RTX 5070 Ti samples from Asus (and other partners)• An Asus PR rep looks into it, comes back and says they cannot provide 5070 Tis due to supply constraints, saying their models are “end of life.”• We ask Asus to clarify whether the RTX 5070 Ti is end of life. They confirm it’s end of life.• We reach out to retailers to see whether they can purchase RTX 5070 Ti stock for their stores, to fact check Asus’ claims. They say there is no supply.• Given we have received an on the record statement from Asus and…
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On Thursday, Hardware Unboxed reported that Asus is winding down production of its RTX 5070 Ti, saying, Asus “explicitly told us this model is currently facing a supply shortage and, as such, they have placed the model into end-of-life status.” They added that the same applies to Asus’s 16GB RTX 5060 Ti, and mentioned how retailers in Australia have had trouble sourcing the product.Nvidia’s director of global public relations for GeForce, Ben Berraondo, confirmed in a statement to The Verge that it’s still producing these GPUs: “Demand for GeForce RTX GPUs is strong, and memory supply is constrained. We continue…
Spotify is probably one of the most well-known music services available (if not the most popular) around — and it seems that the company it taking advantage of that. As of this month, Spotify announced that it was raising its prices, the third time since 2023.If that concerns you (especially if you’re a current Spotify subscriber), you’ll be glad to know that there are quite a few alternatives available for good music listening, some with free versions (and some not), and some that can help you find new and lesser-known artists. Several, like Spotify, also offer podcasts. If you’re someone…
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of X owner Elon Musk’s children, is suing his company for enabling its AI to virtually strip her down into a bikini without her consent.St. Clair is one of the many people over the past couple weeks who have found themselves undressed without permission by X’s AI chatbot, Grok. The chatbot has been gingerly complying with users’ requests to remove clothing from many women and some apparent minors, or put them in sexualized poses or scenarios. The feature has caused an uproar from policymakers around the world who have launched investigations and vowed…
Meta will also no longer sell its headsets and software as a service for businesses, another help page reads: “We are stopping sales of Meta Horizon managed services and commercial SKUs of Meta Quest, effective February 20, 2026.”Meta just laid off roughly 10 percent of its entire Reality Labs division, over 1,000 jobs. In the aftermath, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Zuckerberg has changed his mind about what the word “metaverse” actually means. Mobile yes, smart glasses yes, but maybe not VR.What’s next, Horizon Worlds? Maybe Meta will draw the line there, because it’s one of the few VR experiences…