If you can’t motivate yourself to exercise, try this app This is the Future app for iOS. | Image: FutureIf you’re anything like me, making yourself work out is hard. You set an alarm but then can’t convince yourself to get out of bed. You’re done with work and have your clothes and sneakers packed, but tasks that seem more pressing just keep coming up, and oh look, they just released another episode o…

1Password is offering Verge readers $20 off an annual membership Let’s face it: “12345” just doesn’t cut it anymore. | Image: 1Password1Password is currently offering new customers a $20 discount on a one-year subscription to its individual password manager plan, bringing the annual price down to $15.88 (about $1.32 a month). This deal is exclusive for Verge readers through the end of the year, with no need f…

Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere Illustration by Cath Virginia / The VergeThe US v. Google antitrust trial is about many things, but more than anything, it’s about the power of defaults. Even if it’s easy to switch browsers or platforms or search engines, the one that appears when you turn it on matters a lot. Google obviously agrees and has paid a staggering amount to make sur…

Disney says subscribers are happy to sit through some ads Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeThe ad-supported plan on Disney Plus is a little less than one year old, but it has already become just as popular as the ad-free version. From March to September 2023, Disney says that 50 percent of new subscribers chose the $7.99 per month plan over the pricier commercial-free one. That’s a sign that Dis…

Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome Image: MicrosoftThe fight to make Microsoft respect your browser choice. Continue reading…

Gaza Strip internet cut off following Israeli airstrikes Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib / Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe Gaza Strip is suffering a near-total connectivity outage as the Israeli Defense Forces announced Friday that it was “expanding ground operations” in the region. As of Friday, the connectivity tracker NetBlocks reported “a collapse in connectivity in the Gaza Strip,” with one of the larges…

Elon Musk’s Twitter, one year later Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty ImagesIt’s been a year of personal grudges, harebrained rebrands, and jolting policy shifts. And those aren’t even the worst parts. Continue reading…

Hertz is scaling back its EV ambitions because its Teslas keep getting damaged Photo by Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images for HertzRental car company Hertz once envisioned itself as the ultimate EV broker, doling out battery-powered vehicles to business travelers, ridehail drivers, and tech newbies in an ambitious plan to grease the wheels for the EV revolution. The company inked agreements with Tesla and Polestar to buy near…

After two seasons, Apple’s sci-fi drama Invasion is finally coming together Shioli Kutsuna as Mitsuki. | Image: AppleFor much of the first two seasons of Invasion, the show’s characters have seemingly been moving independently of each other. It’s clear that they were heading in similar directions, with paths that would converge in some way, but it wasn’t until the season 2 finale that Invasion finally started coming tog…

Sonos is taking up to $385 off Arc, Beam, and Ray home theater sets You can save $186 when you buy the second-gen Sonos Beam paired with a subwoofer and two Sonos Era 100 smart speakers. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeIt’s not often we see good deals land on new Sonos products, so the company’s early Black Friday sale is one to take a look at. Now through Sunday, October 29th, Sonos is taking up to 20 percent…

In Alan Wake 2, you will never feel safe Image: Remedy EntertainmentRemedy Entertainment returns to the franchise after more than a decade, with a survival horror experience that’s equal parts strange and terrifying. Continue reading…

Cruise halts robotaxi services nationwide in bid to ‘earn public trust’ Only supervised operations will go ahead while Cruise halts it’s autonomous robotaxi services across the US. | Image: CruiseCruise, the autonomous vehicle operator backed by General Motors, says it decided to “proactively pause” its fleet of driverless cars across the United States. The operations halt comes just two days after Californian regul…

Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era Image: GettyIn auto enthusiast circles, there have been two widely shared sentiments in recent years: auto shows are dying off, and the onset of electrification will bring about the death of sports cars and driving fun. While the latter statement is heavily debatable, the former isn’t. Even before the covid-19 pandemic, fewer and fewer automake…

What to expect from Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ Mac event Creepy Finder has something in store for us. | Image: AppleIt looks like some new Macs are on the way. Apple is holding an online-only launch event on October 30th, where it’s expected to introduce its next big chip updates and some Macs to go along with them. Apple is calling the pre-Halloween announcement the “Scary Fast” event, and its YouTub…

Windows 11 now lets you write anywhere you can type Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft is starting to roll out new changes to Windows Ink that let you write anywhere you can type in Windows 11. After months of previewing the changes, the handwriting-to-text conversion now works inside search boxes and other elements of Windows 11 where you’d normally type your input. Microsoft has started rolling out the …

Your Asus ROG Ally could be transparent with Jsaux’s RGB backplate Jsaux’s transparent RGB backplate for the ROG Ally. | Image: JsauxThe latest entry in the renewed transparent gadget craze: your Asus ROG Ally handheld gaming PC. Today, lauded Steam Deck accessory maker Jsaux is taking the wraps off a $40 frosted RGB rear shell for the Asus handheld that lets you see some of its delightful innards. It might giv…

Samsung shows off Zoom Anyplace camera likely coming to Galaxy S24 Ultra Samsung has released a demonstration of its ISOCELL Zoom Anyplace tech which uses the company’s high resolution 200-megapixel sensors to pull off some nifty tricks with video zoom. The feature can “simultaneously capture the full field of view and zoomed-in areas on video” and automatically track and film a moving subject within the frame. Samsu…

Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank Illustration: The VergeElon Musk wants X to be the center of your financial world, handling anything in your life that deals with money. He expects those features to launch by the end of 2024, he told X employees during an all hands call on Thursday, saying that people will be surprised with “just how powerful it is.” “When I say payments, I act…

Ford hits the brakes on $12 billion in EV spending because EVs are too expensive Photo by Scott Olson/Getty ImagesFord is postponing $12 billion in EV factory building, including a planned battery factory in Kentucky. The reasons given were an unwillingness by customers to pay extra for its electric vehicles. You see, they’re too expensive, and now Ford’s massive transformation into an EV company is now going to take a lot l…

Infiniti’s sleek Vision Qe concept is a reminder of the EVs it hasn’t launched Don’t expect Infiniti to make an EV like this any time soon. | Image: InfinitiInfiniti is looking to launch its first electric vehicle ever: a super sporty fastback sedan based on a newly revealed concept it calls the Vision Qe. The luxury brand of Nissan debuted the new concept at Japan’s Mobility Show 2023 this week and promised a production v…