The AI spending frenzy is just getting started Sam Altman stands next to President Donald Trump during the announcement for Project Stargate. | Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images“All I know is I’m good for my $80 billion.” Rarely does a one-liner so perfectly capture the state of the moment. Here, you have Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella saying he’s “not in the details” about Stargate, the supp…

Chris Ware explains how to draw strangers on the bus without getting arrested Image: Pordenone Cartoon MuseumThe celebrated cartoonist talks anxiety, process, and the final installment of his Acme Novelty Datebook series. Read the full story at The Verge.

The Supreme Court’s TikTok ruling is an ominous turn for online speech Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesWhen the Supreme Court upheld a law that banned TikTok from the US, it seemed well aware that its ruling could resonate far beyond one app. The justices delivered an unsigned opinion with a quote from Justice Felix Frankfurter from 1944: “in considering the application of established legal rules to t…

Live translations on Meta’s smart glasses work well — until they don’t Live translations work decently well, but trip up on things like slang and faster speech. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeI was in middle school the last time I took a Spanish class. I remember enough for toddler talk — phrases like “Donde está el baño?” and “mi gato es muy gordo” — but having a meaningful conversation in Spanish wi…

2025 looks like a great year for Xbox Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeThere’s a long-running joke in the Xbox community that Microsoft will finally hit its stride with Game Pass and Xbox releases “next year.” The joke has been going around since 2018, when Microsoft made a series of big studio acquisitions to create more Xbox games and make Game Pass more appealing. Year after year,…

The Ram 1500 Rev’s 500-mile battery option is reportedly canceled Image: RamStellantis is reportedly canceling the 500-mile range version of the upcoming Ram 1500 Rev, leaving the electric truck with only one option that maxes out at an estimated 350 miles on a single charge. The news comes from Mopar Insiders, which got hold of internal emails telling suppliers to stop working on truck components for the larg…

Threads is offically getting ads Illustration: The VergeYour Threads feed will soon have ads. On Friday, Meta announced that it’s rolling out a “limited, early test of ads in Threads,” and the test will happen with a “handful of brands in the US and Japan,” according to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri. Image: Meta Ads on Threads will appear as images between posts in your home…

Meta’s censoring of abortion information is nothing new Illustration: Nick Barclay / The VergeEarlier this week, several posts on the Instagram page of Aid Access, an abortion pill provider, were inaccessible to the public. Some images were blurred out, with no option to click through and view the post. Others appeared simply as a gray square with nondescript alt text, as if the image didn’t load. A…

Mark Zuckerberg wants you to know he has a big AI data center, too Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImagesMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expects to spend as much as $65 billion on AI in 2025 as part of a “massive effort” to further the company’s AI ambitions. Part of the plan includes a Louisiana data center that Zuckerberg says “is so large it would cover a significant part of Manhattan,” he wrote on Threads …

Sony’s next flagship noise-canceling headphones might be close to launch The WH-1000XM5s launched almost three years ago. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeIt’s been three long years since Sony launched its flagship WH-1000XM5 headphones, our pick for the best wireless headphones for most people, so we’re due a follow-up — and a regulatory filing indicates that the XM6 cans might nearly be ready to launch. The Federa…

Apple finally admits next-gen CarPlay isn’t coming in 2024 Better late than never. | Image: AppleNow that we’ve almost hit the second month of 2025, Apple has finally updated its CarPlay webpage to say it won’t be arriving in 2024. As noted by MacRumors, the 2024 timeframe for the first vehicles to support CarPlay 2 has been removed from the website without adding a new launch date. Apple first announce…

Google agrees to crack down on fake reviews for UK businesses Annoyed by fake reviews on business pages? So is the CMA. | Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeGoogle will take firmer action against British businesses that use fake reviews to boost their star ratings on the search giant’s reviews platform. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Friday that Google has agreed to improve its …

Microsoft is closing its British flagship store in London Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeMicrosoft says it’s shutting down its UK “experience center” in London next month, nearly six years after it first opened as a 21,000-square-foot Microsoft store. “To better align with its focus on digital growth, Microsoft has decided to exit the lease at the Microsoft Experience Centre in London early,” says an u…

Netflix’s cloud plans include co-op and party games Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeNetflix plans to offer couch co-op and party games that it will stream over the cloud to TVs, co-CEO Greg Peters said as part of the company’s Q4 2024 earnings announcements this week. The company has offered cloud gaming as a beta to a “subset” of subscribers since 2023, so this news from Peters indicates …

Tesla brings its redesigned Model Y to the US, but keeps selling the old one too The New Tesla Model Y | Image: TeslaJust a couple weeks after launching the refreshed “Juniper” Model Y in China and other Asia-Pacific markets, Tesla has started taking orders in the Americas (US, Canada, Mexico, and Chile) and Europe. The Launch Series is the only trim level currently available to order in the US, offering a “fully loaded” set…

Gamers are already using Nvidia’s DLSS 4 tech in Cyberpunk 2077 Image: CD Projekt RedYou may have to wait until January 30th to buy Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 graphics card, but owners of last-gen Nvidia 40-series GPUs can already download and install DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation software via the Nvidia app. And if you want a compatible, graphically-intense game to test DLSS 4 out, Cyberpunk 2077’s newly-launche…

Google’s Gemini AI smart home controls are rolling out to everyone Google’s Nest Learning thermostat. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The VergeGoogle is bringing smart home controls in Gemini to everyone. The Google Home extension in the Gemini app is adding a few new features, in addition to letting you adjust your smart lighting, thermostat, speakers, and other compatible devices as long as they’re conne…

Heat pumps in EVs are making a big difference in cold-weather driving This icy 2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron has a heat pump. | Image: Umar Shakir / The VergeMany EV manufacturers have leaned heavily on energy-gulping resistive heaters to keep the cabin and battery warm in the winter time. But heat pumps, which can cut down on battery range losses in the cold, are becoming more prevalent in EVs, and they could help EV owner…

Threads now lets you schedule posts Image: The VergeFollowing last month’s test, Threads will now let everyone schedule posts, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Thursday. You can use the feature by creating a new post, selecting the three-dot menu in the top-left corner, and selecting “Schedule.” Once you get your post timed up, you can view, delete, or edit it from your dr…

Doom: The Dark Ages looks metal as hell and launches in May Image: id SoftwareAfter revealing its next Doom game last summer, id Software is almost ready to release it: the studio announced that Doom: The Dark Ages is launching on May 15th. The news came as part of Xbox’s most recent Developer Direct livestream, which provided the best look yet at the prequel. As the name implies, The Dark Ages is set in…