Mysterious new Vision Pro retail app appears in the App Store Apple has quietly released a new app that suggests it may soon allow third-party retailers to sell its Vision Pro headset. The “Vision Pro Demo Fit” app was spotted in the App Store Preview by Apple firmware detective Aaron Perris (seen via 9to5Mac), and includes various features for matching customers to their required Vision Pro

Vision Pro launch: all the news about Apple’s pricey new headset Apple’s Vision Pro is finally here. Tim Cook arrived at Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York City to greet the crowd of customers at the doors who were waiting to try out the headset or buy one for themselves. The Vision Pro is Apple’s take on a mixed-reality headset, which, according to our review, ”feels like

iPhone AI features will be powered by Alibaba in China Alibaba has announced that it is partnering with Apple to provide artificial intelligence features to iPhones in China. Apple Intelligence features have not yet been enabled in China, which is thought to have contributed to the company’s local decline in smartphone sales. “They talked to a number of companies in China. In the end they

Honda and Nissan cancel their proposed $60 billion merger Honda and Nissan have announced they are calling off a $60 billion plan to merge their two companies. The pair were in talks for just over a month trying to join forces, a plan that was especially important for Nissan, since it reportedly would only survive another year due to nosediving profits. The merger could

Elizabeth Holmes’ bizarre PR campaign continues I have heard it said that fame is the most addictive of all drugs. I have been skeptical about this, but Elizabeth Holmes’ ongoing PR saga makes me wonder if it is, in fact, true. Holmes has appeared in People magazine to tell us that prison is “hell and torture,” in the same way that

Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison for her Theranos fraud Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of disgraced blood-testing company Theranos, has been found guilty on three counts of wire fraud, as well as a count of conspiracy to commit fraud along with her co-founder Sunny Balwani. On November 18th, 2022, she was sentenced to 135 months, or about 11 and a half years, in

You can now get one of Apple’s best Macs for just over $500 Apple has just added its redesigned Mac Mini to the Certified Refurbished store and is knocking as much as $210 off some base models. To begin with, you can get the M4 (non-Pro) base model with 16GB of RAM for just $509, a $90 discount from the $599 retail price of the brand-new one. That

Returnal studio Housemarque is back with a haunting new shooter Housemarque, the PlayStation-owned studio that made the excellent sci-fi roguelike Returnal, has just announced its next game: Saros. The game will launch on PS5 in 2026. Here’s a brief description of the game from its reveal trailer: Set on the planet Carcosa under the threat of an ominous eclipse, take on the role of Arjun

Trump’s January 6th Twitter lawsuit settled for ‘about $10 million’ Elon Musk’s X has agreed to pay President Donald Trump “about $10 million” to settle his lawsuit against Twitter, reports The Wall Street Journal. The settlement would come on top of an estimated $250 million that Musk, who now seemingly has broad authority over government agencies as the head of DOGE, put toward helping Trump

New trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale’s final season teases the war to come Though the hype around Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale gradually faded as time went on, the show’s final season looks like it’s going to be a sobering and timely reminder of what made Margaret Atwood’s story so powerful in the first place. Though June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) seemed ready to put Gilead behind her

Amazon’s app will start listing items Amazon doesn’t sell Despite the way it seems, Amazon doesn’t sell everything. To fix this, the company is beta-testing a new shopping feature that will include products it doesn’t sell in search results on its app, and then send you to the brand’s website to purchase them. In a blog post published this week, Amazon announced that this

OpenAI is rethinking how AI models handle controversial topics OpenAI is releasing a significantly expanded version of its Model Spec, a document that defines how its AI models should behave — and is making it free for anyone to use or modify. The new 63-page specification, up from around 10 pages in its previous version, lays out guidelines for how AI models should handle

Popcorn brand distances itself from DOGE employee ‘Big Balls’ after backlash Popcorn brand LesserEvil is the latest group caught up in the chaos of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s whirlwind of action over the past couple of weeks. The company recently sent a cryptic email to customers after the brand owner’s connection to a DOGE staffer became public. LesserEvil CEO Charles Coristine is reportedly the

Apple TV Plus is finally coming to Android today Apple is starting to roll out its Apple TV Plus app on Android phones and tablets today. If you want to try and install it for yourself, you can try from the Google Play listing here, though the listing may take some time to fully roll out to everyone. In the Android version of the

Jeep’s Wrangler-like Recon EV is ready to launch this year Jeep quietly launched a new landing website for its upcoming all-electric Recon and teased the vehicle in a Super Bowl ad last Sunday in anticipation of its arrival later this year. Jeep’s commercial stars Harrison Ford, and it flashed models such as the Wrangler 4xe Plug-in Hybrid — but if you blink, you might have

PS5 State of Play February 2025: the best trailers and biggest reveals Sony is starting out 2025 by sharing exactly what it has in store for the PlayStation 5 this year. The company will be streaming a 40-minute State of Play event on February 12th, which is aimed at showcasing upcoming PS5 titles, so you can expect a mix of new reveals and closer looks at previously

Overwatch 2 is adding a CS:GO-style mode and bringing back loot boxes Overwatch 2 is getting quite the shakeup in 2025 as it faces growing competition from other online shooters. It starts with the season 15 update that’s coming on February 18th that’ll tease a new hero and introduce an in-game Perks system for existing ones, plus the return of the 6v6 competitive queues Blizzard tested late

Apple TV Plus is reportedly about to debut on Android Apple is going to launch its Apple TV Plus app on Android phones as soon as today, according to Bloomberg. An Apple TV Plus app is already available for Android TV, but this expansion would make the app available on Android phones, too. Apple didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment from The Verge.

Scarlett Johansson calls for deepfake ban after AI video goes viral Scarlett Johansson is calling on the government to pass a law limiting the use of AI after a video featuring an AI deepfake of the actress circulated online. In a statement to People, Johansson said, “It is terrifying that the U.S. government is paralyzed when it comes to passing legislation that protects all of its

The Titan’s implosion: the latest news on the Titanic wreckage tourist sub On June 18th, 2023, a small sub called the Titan was lost about an hour and forty-five minutes into its voyage carrying five people on a tourist visit to the wreckage of the Titanic. After days of searching in the North Atlantic, the Coast Guard confirmed it found debris showing the sub suffered a “catastrophic