AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation hit new all-time low with $40 off You should definitely skip the base AirPods 4, which are only $9 cheaper right now. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeThe AirPods Pro stole the spotlight recently with an incredible discount that made them even cheaper than the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation. But now the script is flipped and the AirPods 4 are currently discounted to $…

X’s Grok AI chatbot is now available to all users The VergeElon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is now available to free users on X. Several users noticed the change on Friday, which gives non-Premium subscribers the ability to send up to 10 messages to Grok every two hours. xAI launched Grok last year as a “humorous AI assistant,” but it was only available to Premium subscribers. In August, xAI added a…

Google Photos now has its own version of Spotify Wrapped Every company is trying to copy Spotify these days. | Image: GoogleThe Google Photos app is rolling out a throwback experience that highlights some of your most memorable moments from this year. The “2024 Recap” presentation feature announced today combines a collection of photos and insights with graphics and cinematic effects that summarize wh…

Microsoft ends Surface Studio 2 Plus production with no successor in sight The original Surface Studio. | Photo by James Bareham / The VergeMicrosoft is ending production of its Surface Studio 2 Plus all-in-one PC two years after introducing the latest model. Surface Studio 2 Plus stock started running out in recent weeks, and now Microsoft has confirmed to Windows Central that it’s no longer manufacturing the device. …

AGI is coming and nobody cares Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for The New York TimesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been saying for years — years! — that artificial general intelligence, or AGI, would be something like a singularity. When we achieve AGI, Altman and others have said, it will fundamentally reshape society. At the New York Times DealBook Summit this week in N…

Uber’s first international robotaxi service is live in the UAE Image: UberUber launched a robotaxi service with its partner WeRide in Abu Dhabi, its first international effort to make a wide number of autonomous vehicles from different operators available on its platform. Customers who use Uber to book a ride will be presented with the option to hail an autonomous vehicle from WeRide. Fares will be upfront…

US phone companies could face fines for weak security under a proposed new rule Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeFollowing news that foreign hackers may still be in US telecom networks, the Federal Communications Commission proposed a new rule that would require telecom companies to secure their networks from “unlawful access or interception of communications.” It would also force providers to submit an annual cer…

Google just made it easier to turn off personalized search results Illustration: The VergeGoogle is making it easier to switch off personalized search results thanks to an option that sometimes appears at the bottom of the results page, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable. After searching for something, scroll all the way down and look for a link to “Try without personalization.” Click or tap that and Googl…

Google will support the Pixel 6, 7, and Fold with two extra years of OS updates Two more OS upgrades are on the way for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The VergeOwners of Pixel 6-series, 7-series and Pixel Fold phones can look forward to a couple extra years of OS upgrades than initially expected, as discovered by Android expert Mishaal Rahman and confirmed by Google on X. When they were introduced, …

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would’ve been better as a movie Image: BethesdaThe game’s most interesting bits are trapped in cutscenes while its boring bits are the stuff you actually have to play out. Read the full story at The Verge.

Riot is making a League of Legends card game Image: Riot GamesThe League of Legends universe is expanding once again — this time with a physical card game. Riot Games announced today that it’s developing a physical trading card game set in the League universe. The game is currently known as “Project K,” and Riot says it’s working with an unnamed partner in China to release the game there i…

iFixit now sells official Xbox parts Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeiFixit now sells genuine Xbox parts you can use to repair your Xbox Series X or S and offers official guides to help with fixes. You can browse what’s available from iFixit’s Microsoft Repair Hub. “We’re excited to be working with Microsoft to keep Xboxes running longer and out of the waste heap,” Elizabeth Chambe…

Donald Trump says David Sacks will be the ‘White House A.I. & Crypto Czar’ Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty ImagesPresident-elect Donald Trump says that VC and All-In Podcast co-host David Sacks will be the “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar.” The appointment of Sacks, who hosted a $300,000-a-person dinner at his mansion to fundraise for Trump’s campaign this past July, follows fellow PayPal Mafia member …

Spotify suddenly cut off app developers from a bunch of its data Image: Nick Barclay / The VergeSpotify pulled the rug out from developers last week, announcing sudden changes to its API policies just before Thanksgiving that cut new apps and apps in development off from access to the platform’s data. As of November 27th, the day Spotify revealed the changes, new “Web API use cases” will lose access to certai…

NASA’s mission to return humans to the Moon has been delayed again until 2026 Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty ImagesNASA has, once again, postponed the Artemis missions that will return humans to the Moon. The Artemis II mission, which will have astronauts orbiting the Moon, had already been pushed from 2024 to September 2025 but is now planned for April 2026. Artemis III, which will return astronauts to the surface o…

Nearly 80,000 Anker speakers recalled due to fire hazard Anker’s Soundcore Bluetooth Speaker was recalled due to a fire hazard.Anker is recalling its Soundcore and PowerConf Bluetooth Speakers after receiving 33 reports of the speakers’ lithium-ion batteries overheating and, in some instances, emitting smoke or causing small fires. The affected models — A3102016, A3302011 and A3302031 — were sold exc…

PUBG’s creator has an ambitious plan for multiple new games Prologue: Go Wayback. | Image: KraftonIt’s been a while since we heard from Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene, best known as the creator of the global battle royale hit PUBG. But now, Greene’s studio, PlayerUnknown Productions, is detailing what it’s working on — and there are multiple games in the works, all pointing toward a big final project. Fi…

Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025 Image: Laura Normand / The VergeGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai says the company’s search engine will “change profoundly” in 2025. “I think we are going to be able to tackle more complex questions than ever before,” Pichai said during the NYT’s DealBook Summit on Wednesday. “I think you’ll be surprised, even early in ‘25, the kind of newer things Sear…

The PC Gaming Show’s best trailers: creepy aliens, strategic turtles, and desktop platformers MainFrames. | Image: The Arcade CrewBefore we all settle in for The Game Awards next week, this year’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted had its own assortment of interesting reveals and excellent trailers. It was an indie-focused showcase, which means that there was quite a bit of inventiveness on display; everything from a unique take on TMNT to a p…

The pope goes electric with first EV popemobile from Mercedes-Benz Image: Mercedes-BenzPope Francis will be riding in a new, all-electric popemobile after receiving a modified G-Class vehicle from Mercedes-Benz, the company announced Wednesday. It’s the first electric popemobile from the luxury German automaker, which has been manufacturing vehicles for the Vatican for the last 90 years. For half that time, th…