Deadpool & Wolverine is a desperate Hail Mary Image: Jay Maidment / Marvel StudiosBeneath the dick jokes and solid X-Men cameos, Deadpool & Wolverine feels like Marvel’s way of admitting how much of a mess its multiverse era has been. Continue reading…

The cheapest Wi-Fi 7 router is this $99 TP-Link Image: TP-LinkTP-Link has debuted the Archer BE3600, a $99 Wi-Fi 7 router that is the cheapest one we’ve seen released in the US so far since the first routers supporting the new standard started arriving last year. It doesn’t have the new 6GHz band like its pricier cousins or even many of the Wi-Fi 6E routers already on the market, though. As …

Elon Musk is not answering the most important questions about the Tesla robotaxi Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesWill the Tesla robotaxi have a steering wheel or not? Elon Musk won’t say. The Tesla CEO dodged several questions during an earnings call Tuesday about the status of the company’s long-promised autonomous vehicle, including whether it would have traditional controls like pedals and steering wheels. It’s an in…

KOSA sponsors urge ‘quick and clean’ Senate vote with less than two weeks until recess Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesThe Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) will finally get its moment on the Senate floor this week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced he’d move for a procedural vote on the bill as soon as Thursday. It fulfills a promise Schumer made to parent advocates who have championed the bill, which would…

X replaced the water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason Image: The VergeYears after Twitter replaced the pistol emoji with a green-and-orange water gun, X has decided to change it back to a regular handgun. An X employee announced the change in a post last week. The company hasn’t explained the change, but it feels on-brand for Elon Musk’s social network. Twitter originally switched its emoji to disp…

Stuff this trackable wallet with everything but an AirTag You won’t need to stuff an AirTag inside ESR’s Geo Wallet to find it. | Image: ESRWith its own integrated tracking module compatible with Apple’s Find My network and a traditional bifold design, ESR’s Geo Wallet can be located using an iPhone if it goes missing and without the bulge of an AirTag stuffed inside. There’s no shortage of wallets des…

Tesla’s profits sank sharply in the second quarter of 2024 Photo by Osmancan Gurdogan / Anadolu via Getty ImagesTesla published its second quarter earnings report, in which the company said it earned $1.48 billion in net income on $25.5 billion in revenue. That represents a 2 percent increase year over year compared to $24.9 billion in revenue in Q2 2023 but a 45 percent drop in net income. Tesla’s gros…

Google had a massive quarter thanks to Search and AI Illustration: The VergeGoogle made nearly $85 billion over the past few months as revenue from its Search and cloud computing businesses soared. That’s according to the quarter two earnings report released by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, on Tuesday, which says Search alone raked in $48.5 billion. Meanwhile, Google’s cloud division hit $10 …

Kamala Harris wants you to know she’s having a Brat summer Image: Kamala HQOn Sunday, President Joe Biden shocked the country with his announcement that he would not seek reelection in November. He threw his support behind vice president Kamala Harris. If elected, Harris would be the first Black and Asian American woman to become president, and her historic run is already creating excitement. Most Democ…

How K-pop might lead to the downfall of Korea’s richest self-made tech mogul Every Korean, Korean-American, or K-pop fan you know probably has the KakaoTalk app. | Image: GettyKakao Corp. founder Kim Beom-su was arrested Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea. That might not mean much to westerners, but the story is a bizarre tale of how a celebrated, self-made tech billionaire fell from grace… partly because he bought a scanda…

Spotify CEO confirms a ‘deluxe’ version with hi-fi audio is coming soon Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for SpotifyThe saga of Spotify HiFi has many twists and turns. First announced over three years ago, the music service’s higher-quality streaming tier has still yet to materialize. Recent reports have said lossless audio will be bundled together with other perks (like advanced library management,…

Wooting joins Razer with a speedy new keyboard feature for PC gaming Image: WootingEarlier this month Razer beat Wooting to a speedy new keyboard feature that lets players counter-strafe more quickly in a variety of competitive PC games. Now Wooting has implemented the same feature. Normally, to switch strafe directions in a first-person shooter, you have to fully release one key before pressing the other. If bot…

Amazon’s paid Alexa is coming to fill a $25 billion hole dug by Echo devices Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeAmazon’s plan to launch a paid version of Alexa is part of a strategy change to reverse the over $25 billion in losses that its devices business incurred from 2017 to 2021, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The AI-supercharged Alexa, which is rumored to cost up to $10 / month, could arrive…

Helldivers 2 is getting its biggest update very soon Image: Arrowhead StudiosThe team at Arrowhead Game Studios is working on the biggest Helldivers 2 update yet. On August 6th, the Escalation of Freedom update will offer players new game modes, enemies, mission objectives, and a much more punishing difficulty. In the announcement trailer, chief creative officer Johan Pilestedt and design director…

The 78 minutes that took down millions of Windows machines Photo by Diego Radames/Anadolu via Getty ImagesOn Friday morning, shortly after midnight in New York, disaster started to unfold around the world. In Australia, shoppers were met with Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) messages at self-checkout aisles. In the UK, Sky News had to suspend its broadcast after servers and PCs started crashing. In Hong Kong…

Declutter your desk with Sharge’s new 100W charging station You can power up to six devices with Sharge’s new charging station. | Image: ShargeSharge’s new 100W charging station falls somewhere between a compact multi-port USB charger and a plastic power strip. Designed with a small footprint so it can live on a desk and stay easily accessible, it delivers enough USB-C power to keep laptops charged while…

Microsoft is bringing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III to Xbox Game Pass Image: ActivisionMicrosoft is bringing last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III to Xbox Game Pass tomorrow. It’s the first time a Call of Duty game will be available on Game Pass, and it’s the last in Activision’s franchise to have PlayStation-exclusive content now that Microsoft owns Activision Blizzard. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III wil…

Netflix has a new gaming boss after hiring former Epic exec Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeThere’s a new name in charge of Netflix’s ongoing gaming efforts. As Variety reports, the streamer has hired Alain Tascan as the new president of its gaming division, after he previously served as executive VP of game development at Fortnite maker Epic Games. The news comes as the game division’s former bo…

Apple’s first foldable iPhone could arrive in 2026 Photo by Dan Seifert / The VergeApple continues to work on a foldable iPhone, which could arrive as early as 2026, according to a report from The Information. The phone is rumored to fold horizontally, like the clamshell-style Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. In February, The Information reported that Apple was in the early stages of developing two foldin…

Schumer plans to bring two major kids online safety bills to the Senate floor this week Photo by Alex Wong/Getty ImagesSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to announce in a speech that he will bring the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) to the Senate floor this week for a procedural vote. This tees up the biggest step yet on the federal level to move fo…