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I’ve spent the last couple of weeks trying — and mostly failing — to test Ikea’s new Matter-over-Thread gear. These highly anticipated smart home devices include programmable buttons, smart bulbs, plugs, and temperature and motion sensors — all of which should work with any smart home platform and start at just $6.But I’ve hit several walls trying to connect them to any smart home platform, and I’m not alone. The Tradfri subreddit is filled with Ikea customers sharing similar frustrations, reviews on Ikea’s website point to issues, and colleagues at The Verge have also been having problems.Of the six devices…
Overwatch 2, the sequel to Activision Blizzard’s hit hero shooter Overwatch, was announced in 2019 but didn’t arrive for another three years, eventually bringing a shift to five-on-five matches in PVP, and a few new characters, including Overwatch’s first Black female hero. After canceling planned PvE content and unlocking its hero pool, the game’s developers eventually brought back a lot of things, like 6v6 gameplay, loot boxes, and, in 2026, its name. Overwatch 2 is now just Overwatch again. Catch up on The Verge’s coverage of the game right here. Overwatch 2 is gone — now it’s just Overwatch. Overwatch…
The next-generation Xbox is on track for a launch next year, according to the company in charge with powering the next major home games console. AMD CEO Lisa Su revealed that work on the custom processors that’ll do the donkey work for Microsoft’s next Xbox is going well. “Development of Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox featuring an AMD semi-custom SoC is progressing well to support a launch in 2027,” she said during the earnings call on Monday (via Engadget). While speculation has seen 2027 mentioned as a potential release date for the Xbox Series X|S, this is the first we’ve heard from…
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the most ambitious crossover event of all time: the infinity war between technology and politics. Not subscribed yet? Come on, do it!Washington might seem slower than Silicon Valley. But that’s because it’s more turbulent. In order to achieve anything, one has to navigate the sheer amount of chaos that emerges when thousands of federal elected officials, staffers, political appointees, lobbyists, corporations, lawyers, journalists, and influencers are trying to push their interests, often at the same time.For the past 20-odd issues of Regulator, I’ve written weekly about the big stories…
Google has revealed the Pixel 10a smartphone via a 15-second video teaser that showed-off the refined design and pre-order date, but had little to say about specs or pricing. The video published by Made by Google on February 4 promised “a phone with more in store, in store soon” and revealed Google is putting up the phone for pre-order on February 18. The brief video showcases the new (and previously leaked) flat camera system, replacing the raised bump we’ve seen on previous releases. In terms of the paint job, we’re seeing a nice blue colouring too, but there’s likely to…
Google has taken the wraps off the Pixel 10A, the latest in its line of budget-friendly smartphones. A teaser shared on Wednesday shows off the new device in a powdery blue color, which will be available for preorder on February 18th.Based on the teaser shared by Google, the Pixel 10A looks a lot like its 9A predecessor. It features two cameras inside a flat, oblong cutout on the rear of the device, and it looks like it comes with some similarly-sized bezels. Google didn’t share any more details about the device’s specifications, so we’ll likely have to wait a little…
The move from physical media to music streaming robbed some listeners of a simple joy. Settling in with the record, tape, or CD and reading the lyrics along from the accompanying sleeve booklet. No had to go around making a fool of themselves singing “feel the beat on the tangerine” to ABBA’s Dancing Queen when they bought the LP, did they? There were measures in place to ensure that kind of embarrassment could be avoided. Thankfully, the availability of lyrics is making a comeback in the streaming age. Apple Music has had them for a while, offers them in different…
Swatch has always treated technology as something playful rather than intimidating, and Carlo Giordanetti has been central to that mindset. As Swatch Creative Director, he’s spent decades exploring how design, art and tech can coexist without losing their humanity. In this interview, he talks to Stuff about discovering creativity through the internet age, staying proudly analogue, and why AI-DADA, Swatch’s new AI design service, is less about replacing designers and more about celebrating individuality. Stuff: Before we start talking about Swatch and AI-DADA, I’d like to get a sense of you and your relationship with technology. Do you remember the…
Microsoft has a new head of security. Hayete Gallot, who left Microsoft in October 2024 to become the president of Google Cloud’s customer experience, is returning to the software giant as the executive vice president of security, reporting directly to CEO Satya Nadella.The move means Charlie Bell, formerly Microsoft’s security chief, is taking on a new role at the company. “I’ve also asked Charlie Bell to take on a new role focused on engineering quality, reporting to me,” says Nadella, in an internal Microsoft memo. “Charlie and I have been planning this transition for some time, given his desire to move from being…
Apple Pay phishing scams are on the rise. The emails typically come posing as Apple invoices or pretending to prevent scams themselves. They often include bogus information such as a Case ID to appear legitimate and warn of an expensive Apple Pay transaction that’s happened at an Apple Store. They also pray on urgent language such as ‘don’t delay’ or similar. A legitimate email wouldn’t usually do this. What to do My advice to not get caught out? Don’t act on any emails like this you weren’t aware of and especially don’t phone any numbers on the email or make…
For much of its existence, Apple’s streaming service has seemed intent to focus on quality over quantity, offering some great shows but often feeling barren in comparison to competitors like Netflix and Disney. But as Apple TV looks to expand its reach to hit a larger audience, it appears the “quantity” part of that equation is being addressed to some degree. Fresh off detailing returning series Ted Lasso and Sugar, Apple just announced a deluge of titles that will be streaming this year.Here’s everything that Apple announced or detailed just yesterday:Oh, and season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters got…
On Tuesday, Rui-Siang Lin was sentenced to 30 years in prison for running “Incognito Market,” a dark web platform that prosecutors say “sold more than $105 million of narcotics—including more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine, over 1,000 kilograms of methamphetamines, hundreds of kilograms of other narcotics, and more than 4 kilograms of purported ‘oxycodone’,” between 2020 and 2024. Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the sentencing on Tuesday, calling Lin “one of the world’s most prolific drug traffickers,” taking a five percent cut from the crypto transactions as a “bank account” while keeping buyers…