FDA bans use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods Red Dye No. 3 is used in certain candy, desserts, frostings, and other treats. | Photo by Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty ImagesThe US Food and Drug Administration is banning the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, drinks, and medication, the agency announced Wednesday. The dye, which the FDA says gives certain candies, cakes, and frostings a “bright, ch…

Microsoft bundles Office AI features into Microsoft 365 and raises prices Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeMicrosoft is bundling its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions, but it’s also raising prices as a result. Previously, Microsoft 365 subscribers had to pay an extra $20 per month to get Copilot inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as part of a Copilot Pro subs…

All our unanswered questions about the Nintendo Switch 2 Image: The Verge, NintendoNintendo has finally revealed its new console, debuting the Switch 2 with a short video that went heavy on visuals but light on information. The video was paired with a brief follow-up press release from Nintendo that also didn’t go into much detail, with the company ostensibly saving all the juicy stuff for the Switch …

As Americans flock to RedNote, privacy advocates warn about surveillance Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeMore than 700,000 US-based users have downloaded RedNote, a popular Chinese social app, as the TikTok ban deadline looms — but they may find themselves looking for yet another TikTok alternative soon. A US official told CBS News that Xiaohongshu, the app more commonly referred to as RedNote, has many of the same i…

Tesla says the Cybertruck is ‘bestselling,’ so why is it offering discounts? Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesTesla is declaring the Cybertruck to be “America’s bestselling electric pickup truck in 2024.” And yet, for the first time, the company is offering discounts of up to $2,600 on the low-poly truck, a sign that demand may not be as strong as Tesla would like you to think. The discounts, which appear o…

David Lynch has died Photo by Amy T. Zielinski/Getty ImagesDavid Lynch, the director behind Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and other unsettling works, has died, his family confirmed in a post on his official Facebook page. He was 78 years old. The post announcing his passing didn’t list a cause of death. But last August, Lynch revealed that he had been d…

CFPB sued for trying to regulate digital payment apps more like banks Illustration: Hugo Herrera / The VergeTwo major tech trade groups are challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) effort to treat payment apps and digital wallets like banks. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, DC, NetChoice and TechNet claim that the CFPB’s digital payment regulation, announced on November 21st,…

Will RedNote get banned in the US? Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeI’m not the first to note the irony of TikTok users flooding RedNote this week. The TikTok divest-or-ban rule was supposed to drive Americans away from a foreign-owned social network that was subject to influence or data harvesting by the Chinese government. Instead, it pushed them onto a different foreign-owned s…

Tech’s shift to Trump: all the companies and execs kissing the ring Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesTech companies and their leadership are schmoozing Donald Trump ahead of the imminent administration switchup. Read the full story at The Verge.

Meet the brothers who built NYC’s favorite congestion pricing tracking tool Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu via Getty ImagesNow that New York City has finally flipped the switch on congestion pricing, the big question is: Will it work? And if so, how well? To find out, all eyes turned to an unassuming new web tool called the Congestion Pricing Tracker. The brainchild of two college-age brothers, the tracker uses …

The Switch 2’s bigger screen is just what I wanted Image: The Verge, NintendoNintendo has finally revealed the Switch 2 — but it didn’t reveal everything. Even still, the new console looks pretty much like a bigger, more refined Switch. Sure, that’s the straightforward and expected move from Nintendo. But it’s also exactly what I’ve been waiting for. The first Switch was a revelation. When it la…

The Roborock Q5 Max Plus drops to an all-time low of $280 The Roborock Q5 Max Plus can’t mop, but it’s great for dry spills on carpets and hard flooring. | Image: Roborock While you can pay close to $1,000 or more for a fancier robot vacuum with bells and whistles like mopping and AI object avoidance, sometimes, all you may need is a solid roamer with powerful suction. That’s exactly what the Roborock…

Time is running out in the Until Dawn movie’s new trailer SonySony has been saying that its upcoming Until Dawn feature — one of its new IP adaptations — is meant to channel the game’s spirit. But the movie’s latest trailer makes it pretty clear that this isn’t just going to be a one-to-one translation. Similar to the game, director David F. Sandberg’s Until Dawn revolves around a group of people who f…

Casio’s new Comfy calculator shifts its solar panel up for aesthetics The Comfy JT-200T calculator’s solar panel is located on its top edge where you won’t see it. | Image: Casio JapanCalculator aesthetics are apparently very important to some people, so Casio Japan has announced a new Comfy JT-200T solar-powered model that relocates its solar cell to the top edge keeping it out of sight while you’re crunching num…

The Switch 2 is boring — and that’s exactly what Nintendo needs Image: The Verge, NintendoYou can always count on Nintendo for a surprise. This is the company that followed the Game Boy with a strange dual-screened handheld and broke out of its GameCube slump with a console focused on motion controls. It’s the company that lost its lead with the Wii U and then gambled on another innovation — the portable hyb…

Nintendo teases a new Mario Kart for the Switch 2 Image: The Verge, NintendoNintendo is finally making a new Mario Kart. While the official announcement of the Switch 2 didn’t feature much in the way of game announcements, the company did tease the next entry in the Mario Kart series. We don’t know anything about it really, though. There’s currently no title or details about the game. That shou…

How to bulk download and save your TikTok videos Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeThere’s a general sense of doom on the TikTok feeds these days, and no wonder: it looks like the video service may be banned in the US as of January 19th. TikTok creators are offering satirical goodbyes to their Chinese spies and wondering how quickly they can download the several hundred — or thousand — v…

You’ll be able to try out the Switch 2 starting in April Image: The Verge, NintendoWe don’t know when the Nintendo Switch 2 will launch (aside from later this year), but we do know when you can get your hands on the hardware — at least briefly. Nintendo is taking the Switch 2 on tour with a series of events it’s called the “Nintendo Switch 2 Experience.” Players around the globe will be able to check …

Here’s the Nintendo Switch 2 Image: NintendoNintendo shared the first details about the Nintendo Switch 2 in a video published Thursday. Nintendo doesn’t give a specific release date for the console besides “2025.” The console looks a lot like the original, but it’s bigger. In the video, the Joy-Con controllers are black with colored accents, and they attach to the side of …

Everything we know about the Switch 2’s Joy-Con controllers Image: The Verge, NintendoThe arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2 heralds some much-needed improvements over its predecessor, especially its Joy-Con controllers. Here’s a quick breakdown of what the announcement trailer showed us about the Switch 2’s Joy-Cons. Before the official reveal of the console, there were rumors alluding to how the new Joy…