Netflix’s The Witcher will end with season 5 Henry Cavill as Geralt. | Image: NetflixWe still don’t know what Liam Hemsworth will look (or sound) like when he takes up the role of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher. But we do know how long he’ll be wearing the white wig: Netflix has confirmed that the show’s fifth season will be its last. The news comes as Netflix has confirmed that it has sta…

The future of the Xbox looks a lot like a PC Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeWhen I reviewed the Xbox Series X nearly four years ago, I called the console a “next-gen PC.” Not only did the Xbox look like a PC with its boxy, rectangular, tower-like case but it also felt like one thanks to hardware upgrades that allowed it to run games with a variety of PC-like graphical modes. Now, a…

Meta is adding real-time AI image generation to WhatsApp Illustration: The VergeMeta is rolling out real-time AI image generation in beta for WhatsApp users in the US. As soon as you start typing a text-to-image prompt in a chat with Meta AI, you’ll see how the image changes as you add more detail about what you want to create. In the example shared by Meta, a user types in the prompt, “Imagine a socc…

You should be playing Music League When was the last time your friends made you a playlist? | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty ImagesWriting about the decline of Pitchfork made me sad about the music industry — and also about the state of music discovery. Besides the fact that TikTok doesn’t prioritize music as anything other than background noise, it means that artis…

The Humane AI Pin is lost in translation As funny as it was when the AI Pin utterly failed at translating Korean and Japanese, it also broke my heart. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeOf all the things the Humane AI Pin promised, I was most intrigued by translation. In a demo, a man speaks to Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri in Spanish. The AI Pin automatically translates i…

The podcast industry keeps reinventing itself Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThis is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Today is my last day at The Verge, and this will be my final issue of Hot Pod. I’ll have one more story coming out in the next week or two. But until then, I wanted to offer some parting thoughts on the industry I have covered…

Transformers One turns Cybertron’s greatest warriors into bumbling youths in first trailer Paramount’s live-action Transformers movies have always made its alien robots seem like they were born ready for battle and knowing how to navigate the world, but the first trailer for director Josh Cooley’s Transformers One animated prequel reveals that to be anything but the case. Set in the distant past on the Cybertronian homeworld, Transfor…

Apple is making progress cleaning up its dirty supply chain Photo by Christian Charisius / picture alliance via Getty ImagesApple’s latest sustainability report shows that its greenhouse gas emissions are falling as it pushes suppliers to clean up their operations. Dig into the data in the report, and you’ll find that Apple’s gross carbon dioxide emissions dropped from 20.6 million metric tons in 2022 to…

8BitDo’s NES-inspired mechanical keyboard hits all-time low price It’s not an official Nintendo accessory, but everything about 8BitDo’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard screams NES regardless. | Photo by Jon Porter / The VergeIf you’re craving all things Nintendo after yesterday’s Indie World showcase event, right now, 8BitDo’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard has plunged to a new all-time low price. Normally $99.99, right…

Google is combining its Android and hardware teams — and it’s all about AI Illustration: The VergeAI is taking over at Google, and the company is changing in big ways to try to make it happen even faster. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced substantial internal reorganizations on Thursday, including the creation of a new team called “Platforms and Devices” that will oversee all of Google’s Pixel products, all of Android…

Stability AI lays off roughly 10 percent of its workforce Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty ImagesStability AI laid off 20 employees just a day after announcing the expansion of access to its new flagship model. This comes after weeks of upheaval that saw its founding CEO leave the company. CNBC reports that the layoffs at the UK-based AI company, which runs the Stable Diff…

Richard Linklater’s Hit Man looks like a goofy roleplaying romcom in new trailer A woman standing behind a man close enough to lean her head over his shouler as he stretches his arm outward. | Image: NetflixThe idea of pretending to be a contract killer while working undercover for the police sounds stressful as hell, but the first trailer for Richard Linklater’s Hit Man makes the gig seem like a fun way to work out those im…

US Air Force confirms first successful AI dogfight Image: DARPAThe US Air Force is putting AI in the pilot’s seat. In an update on Thursday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed that an AI-controlled jet successfully faced a human pilot during an in-air dogfight test carried out last year. DARPA began experimenting with AI applications in December 2022 as part of its Ai…

Apple’s new series Sunny pairs Rashida Jones with a mystery-solving robot Rashida Jones as Suzie. | Image: AppleApple TV Plus has been killing it on the sci-fi front lately, but this summer, the streamer’s taking another stab at the murder mystery genre with Sunny, a new A24-produced series from showrunner Katie Robbins, director Lucy Tcherniak, and executive producer Rashida Jones. Based on Colin O’Sullivan’s novel T…

Apple is finally rolling out AirPlay in hotel rooms Image: IHGAfter some delay, Apple is finally bringing AirPlay to hotel room TVs — but you can only use it if you’re staying in one of the “more than” 60 IHG hotels it’s available in starting today. Apple first announced the ability to use AirPlay in hotels with LG TVs during its Worldwide Developer Conference in 2023. The feature lets you stream…

Make robots hairy A less creepy iteration. | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos courtesy of Boston Dynamics and Getty ImagesOn Wednesday, Boston Dynamics announced the new version of its Atlas robot with a characteristically unsettling video. In it, a humanoid android lifts itself up from the floor by bending its legs backward and then swivels its fathomless void…

Chevy Silverado EV turns into a mobile generator with GM’s new home energy bundle Image: GMGeneral Motors’ initial new home energy products are now available to purchase, including the equipment necessary to turn your GM-made electric vehicle into a mobile power generator for your home. GM has been teasing its new home energy products for months, including a home EV charger and vehicle-to-home (V2H) kit that enables a home t…

Elgato won over creators — its new Neo line is for everyone else The Neo family of devices. | Image: ElgatoIf you watch a Twitch streamer, it’s almost guaranteed that they will be using at least one Elgato product. After dominating this part of the market for years, Elgato is now shifting its primary focus away from gaming with its new Neo line while also preparing a bevy of AI features to improve new and exi…

ChatGPT is coming to Nothing’s earbuds Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeNothing has announced that it plans to more deeply integrate ChatGPT with its smartphones and earbuds. The move will give the company’s customers quicker access to the service. “Through the new integration, users with the latest Nothing OS and ChatGPT installed on their Nothing phones will be able to pinch-to-spea…

Nothing’s new earbuds prove that it can (mostly) hang with the heavyweights Nothing is churning out new earbuds at a faster clip than smartphones. The company just introduced the Nothing Ear and Nothing Ear (a), priced at $149 and $99, respectively. Together, they mark Nothing’s fourth and fifth products in the headphone category. First came the original Ear 1, which stood out for its partly transparent design but suffe…