This smart lock is the first with Matter-over-Thread baked in The Nuki 4.0 comes in a Pro and Standard version; both work with Matter over Thread and are designed for European-style doors. | Image: NukiAfter teasing it for over a year, Austrian smart lock maker Nuki has launched its Matter-over-Thread smart lock. The Nuki Smart Lock 4.0 is the company’s fourth generation of its retrofit smart lock for Euro…

Latest US climate assessment shows the extreme toll taken by climate change Homes and businesses in Lahaina, Maui, are in ruins on August 16th, 2023, after a devastating wildfire swept through town. | Photo by Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesClimate disasters are costing the US billions of dollars a year, and the damage isn’t spread out evenly, according to a new national climate assessment. The ass…

Threads finally lets you delete your account separately from Instagram Image: The VergeMeta is rolling out a way for you to delete your Threads profile without having to delete your Instagram account, too. You’ll be able to access the new feature from the settings menu in a new “Delete or Deactivate Profile” section, according to a post from Instagram boss Adam Mosseri. I don’t have the feature yet myself, but I su…

A Google witness let slip just how much it pays Apple for Safari search Illustration: The VergeGoogle gives Apple a 36 percent cut of all search ad revenue that comes from Safari, according to University of Chicago professor Kevin Murphy. Google had fought to keep the number confidential, but Bloomberg reports that Murphy shared the figure while testifying in Google’s defense today at the Google antitrust trial. Go…

Einride’s drone truck has its first full-time job moving GE appliances around There is no calling shotgun in this truck because there are no seats for humans. | Image: EinrideThe Swedish autonomous trucking company Einride is using its cab-less electric delivery vehicles in Selmer, Tennessee, to move items from GE Appliances’ manufacturing plant to a warehouse. This operation can run up to seven shuttles per day, Monday t…

Rick and Morty’s Dan Harmon and Scott Marder are trusting the process for season 7 Image: Adult SwimRick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon and executive producer Scott Marder say that being in a healthier space personally is a big part of what’s making the new season so sharp. Continue reading…

Amazon’s latest Fire TV Stick 4K Max is on sale for a new low price The new Fire TV Stick 4K Max looks just like any old streaming stick from Amazon, but its upgrades are most prominent on the inside. | Image: AmazonAs Black Friday deals continue trickling in early, more recent devices are going on sale for the first time or for new lows. One example is Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K Max, which came out just a co…

Amazon is getting rid of its gaming content channel amid larger games layoffs Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeAmazon is cutting “just over” 180 jobs in its games division and making some changes to its games initiatives, according to a memo sent to employees by VP of Amazon Games Christoph Hartmann. The changes include shutting down its Crown channel that streams on Twitch, closing its Game Growth effort that helps…

Netflix says the cloud will let it expand beyond mobile games A mobile version of Hades is coming to Netflix in 2024. | Image: Supergiant GamesAs Netflix’s foray into cloud gaming expands, so, too, will the kinds of games the company offers. “We feel like there is a real big opportunity with cloud to create a certain type of game experience that really is tailored to Netflix on TV,” says Leanne Loombe, Net…

We only get one planet Illustrations by Nico H. Brausch for The VergeSustainability is one of those words that has lost most of its meaning thanks to a steady drumbeat of corporate marketing and greenwashing. “Going green” often means buying some useless carbon credits or slapping a few choice buzzwords on a label. Rarely does it seem to hold any value anymore. But a…

ExxonMobil is a lithium company now Image: GettyExxonMobil is getting into the lithium production business. The company announced on Monday that it’s going to become a “leading producer of lithium” by opening its first drilling operation in southern Arkansas. The demand for lithium has grown in the past couple of years, with the metal serving as a key ingredient in the rechargeabl…

Nvidia is launching a new must-have AI chip — as customers still scramble for its last one Nvidia’s HGX H200. | Image: NvidiaNvidia is introducing a new top-of-the-line chip for AI work, the HGX H200. The new GPU upgrades the wildly in demand H100 with 1.4x more memory bandwidth and 1.8x more memory capacity, improving its ability to handle intensive generative AI work. The big question is whether companies will be able to get their h…

Zelle banks have been paying back scam victims after government pressure Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeThe banks that participate in the Zelle payments app owned by JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and others have relented in their refusal to pay back victims of imposter scams. Reuters reported today that the repayments started on June 30th and were a response to lawmaker pressure on the Consumer …

WhatsApp is adding a new way to voice chat with large groups Voice chats don’t automatically ring everyone in a group. | Image: WhatsAppWhatsApp is rolling out a new voice chat feature in the coming weeks that’s designed to be a less disruptive way to conduct voice calls in large groups. The feature was previously spotted releasing in beta, but WhatsApp has now made the news official. Although it’s long …

The Garfield Movie’s new trailer will put you in a real Monday kind of mood ColumbiaChris Pratt’s turn as Mario worked because Illumination and Nintendo took care to make sure The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s red-hatted plumber sounded distinct yet enough like Charles Martinet’s take on the character to pass the smell test. For fans of Jim Davis’ Garfield comics, there was hope that Columbia might take a similar approach w…

Remedy Entertainment’s newest game pivots away from free-to-play Image: Remedy EntertainmentRemedy Entertainment, the studio behind that one game that’s having a moment right now, has announced that its upcoming game, codenamed Vanguard, is pivoting from a free-to-play model to a premium one. Vanguard had been announced in December 2021 along with the news that Chinese publisher Tencent would be brought on to…

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on cleaning up ‘clean’ energy Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Dee Dwyer for The VergeThe US is the world’s biggest producer of oil and gas. Can Granholm chart a path to a more sustainable future? Continue reading…

The right-to-repair movement is just getting started Illustration by Nico H. Brausch for The VergeApple stunned the world when it came out in support of California’s right-to-repair law. But software locks and other obstacles seem to signal that the fight is far from over. Continue reading…

Sony’s PlayStation Portal gives a confusing first impression The Portal boots up and prompts you to connect to your PlayStation 5. Beyond that, there’s not much going on.Sony’s new PlayStation Portal that launches November 15th is a $199.99 device that does just one thing: it streams games via Wi-Fi off of your home PlayStation 5, requiring that you already own Sony’s pricey console. It doesn’t do any kin…

The fight to save old video games Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeWhen I ask Frank Cifaldi, the founder and director of the Video Game History Foundation, to explain the importance of preserving and maintaining old video games, he answers with a movie analogy. Imagine, he said, “if movies were only released on, like, VHS, ever. You want to watch Back to the Future? All r…