Trump says Elon Musk will lead ‘DOGE’ office to cut ‘wasteful’ government spending Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by STR / NurPhoto, Getty ImagesPresident-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency — yes, the acronym is DOGE — to “pave the way” for his administration to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wa…

Monster Hunter is getting an open-world RPG spinoff for mobile Image: CapcomThe Monster Hunter franchise is bringing, well, monster hunting to your smartphone. Capcom has announced that it’s teaming up with TiMi — the studio behind games like Call of Duty: Mobile and Pokémon Unite — for a spinoff called Monster Hunter Outlanders. It’s described as an “open-world survival game” that’s playable either solo or…

MKBHD got himself in trouble again A screen grab of the video titled “How My Video Gear is Changing!” | Image: MKBHDMarques Brownlee is dealing with another commenter backlash. Fans of Brownlee are furious that his latest video, titled “How My Video Gear is Changing!” on the MKBHD YouTube channel, is a fully sponsored segment for DJI, rather than an editorially independent review…

YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube is testing a new feature that will let creators use AI to “restyle” licensed songs for their shorts. The small group of creators with access can enter a prompt to change up different elements in a song, such as its mood or genre, and the expansion of YouTube’s Dream Track AI feature will generate a …

SBF to get the Girls treatment in Going Infinite film adaptation Image: The VergeApple and A24 are working on a new movie about imprisoned crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried based on The Big Short writer Michael Lewis’s book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon. Variety reported their arrangement and that Girls creator and star Lena Dunham is set to write the film. Going Infinite is Lewis’s chronicl…

Apple’s rumored six-inch ‘AI wall tablet’ could control your smart home by March 2025 Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeFor months now, there have been rumors about a smart home display Apple is supposedly working on. Now Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says the display will be wall-mounted and control smart home devices, attend video calls, and more, similar to the Amazon Echo Hub, and works on its own but requires an iPhone to complete t…

Dragon Age: The Veilguard has fantastic hair tech thanks to FIFA and Madden Image: BioWareEA has shared a lengthy blog detailing all the technical work that went into rendering hair in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. While it used to be, and in some cases still is, a struggle to find a game with a character creator that included a diverse range of hairstyles, newer games are getting better at providing styles to represent f…

VW and Rivian officially kick off $5.8 billion joint venture, announce leadership Image: RivianVolkswagen and Rivian have crossed all their T’s and dotted all their I’s in their new $5.8 billion joint venture, which officially kicks off its work on November 13th, the companies announced today. Last June, VW said it would invest $5 billion in Rivian as part of a new joint venture that’s focused on developing a new electrical …

Eufy’s new floodlight cam will watch over your backyard in HD for $150 Eufy’s new hardwired floodlight camera can record all day long. | Image: EufyEufy’s new Floodlight Camera E30 attaches a 2K camera that can tilt and pan 360 degrees to a pair of 2,000-lumen LED floodlights and throws in local video capture without subscription fees. Although Eufy, the smart home brand of Anker, sells similar products with batter…

Nintendo’s Black Friday sale has discounts on Switch games and controllers Image: NintendoNintendo games rarely see big discounts, but the holiday shopping season always proves a good opportunity to save on some contemporary classics. After initially offering special holiday bundles of its Switch consoles, Nintendo has also announced a Black Friday sale on various games and controllers set to begin November 24th and ru…

Starbucks now offers delivery in its own app Get your red cup delivered straight to your door. | Photo: StarbucksA new way to spend $10 on a 12-ounce coffee just dropped. Starting today, Starbucks is accepting delivery orders right inside its app. Delivery is handled by DoorDash, and right now, it’s limited to “participating stores” in the US and Canada. But if you’re in the delivery area …

Turn your smartphone into a playable wind instrument with this USB-C mouthpiece The Zefiro is a tiny USB-C MIDI controller that can be played like a wind instrument. | Image: KickstarterAn Italian startup called Artinoise has created an unusual USB-C accessory for mobile devices that turns them into playable musical instruments. The Zefiro looks like a flash drive or a tiny vape, but by gently blowing into one end, it can b…

The slim PS5 is getting a price cut for the holidays Image: SonySony is cutting the price of the “slim” PS5 digital edition by $70, making it more affordable for the holiday season. Typically, that PS5 model costs $449.99, but it will start at $379.99 through December 24th, according to a new ad. This holiday deal brings the slim PS5 digital edition just under the original $399.99 price of the la…

VMware Workstation and Fusion are now free for everyone The “Pro” versions are no longer available for purchase. | Image: VMwareVMware made its Fusion and Workstation software that creates and manages virtual machines free for personal use earlier this year. Now, the company announced that as of Monday, it’s free for everyone, including commercial customers. Also, the Fusion (for Macs) and Workstatio…

Apple could launch a smart security camera in 2026 Logitech’s Circle View is one of only a handful of security cameras that work with Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video service. The rumor is Apple is now developing its own. | Photo: LogitechIt appears Apple’s rumored push into the smart home will include an Apple smart security camera. Supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports the company is planning …

Donald Trump’s EPA pick wants to ‘make America the AI capital of the world’ Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) on October 29th, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. | Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence is top of mind for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY). Zeldin pl…

Chrome on your iPhone can search using pictures and words at the same time Illustration: The VergeThe iOS version of Google’s Chrome browser is getting upgraded with several features from the Android iteration, including simultaneous Google Lens image and text search. Chrome for iOS could already use Google Lens to search for a picture on your iPhone or one taken from the camera, but now you can add words along with it…

Now there’s an ‘anti-AI’ camera app for Android, too Photo by Allison Johnson / The VergeIf you’ve been looking to replace your Android phone’s camera app with one that doesn’t overprocess photos to alter lighting and detail in sometimes extreme ways, now there’s an option. Zerocam is a barebones app that promises to “shoot in RAW and process your photos to remove all artificial effects, deliverin…

Hyundai’s touchscreen honeymoon is over because sometimes buttons are just better The interior of the Hyundai Ioniq 6. | Photo by Patrick George for The VergeHyundai, a company that has been just as guilty in the past of spreading the touchscreen scourge in cars as any other, has been course-correcting lately, putting more buttons and knobs into its cars. The reason isn’t surprising: people hate touchscreens, at least for cer…

Apple’s third-gen AirPods are on sale for under $100 ahead of Black Friday There’s no better pair of AirPods you can buy for under $100. | Image: Chris Welch / The VergeIf you’re looking for a good opportunity to upgrade from an older pair of AirPods, then some of the early Black Friday sales going on right now are where you want to be. Walmart, for example, has chopped down the price of a pair of Apple AirPods (third-…