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New Mexico goes to trial to accuse Meta of facilitating child predators
Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images At the center of a consequential case about social media liability is a key question: did Meta lie or mislead the public about the saf

Need a Splashy Last Minute Valentine’s Day Gift? Try This Dessert Box
I tried Boarderie’s new sweets-only board, which ships overnight, to see if it’s impressive enough for your valentine.

Just look at Ayaneo's absolute unit of a Windows gaming "handheld"
In 2023, we marveled at the sheer mass of Lenovo's Legion Go, a 1.88-pound, 11.8-inch-wide monstrosity of a Windows gaming handheld. In 2026, though, Ayaneo unveiled details of its Next II handheld, w

MrBeast just bought a banking app
Beast Industries, owned by YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson, announced on Monday that it has acquired Step, a banking app designed for teens and young adults. The move comes a couple of months after

ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads
Ads will appear as labeled “sponsored” links. | Image: OpenAI ChatGPT users may soon start seeing ads in their chats, as OpenAI announced on Monday that it's officially beginning to test ads on its AI

FCC accused of withholding DOGE information ‘in bad faith’
One year and nearly 2,000 pages of documents later, a group suing to uncover what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was doing at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says the agenc

Riot is already cutting staff on its new fighting game
Riot Games is already "reducing the size" of the team working on its recently-released free-to-play fighting game 2XKO, according to a post from executive producer Tom Cannon. The game, set in the Lea

No humans allowed: This new space-based MMO is designed exclusively for AI agents
For a couple of weeks now, AI agents (and some humans impersonating AI agents) have been hanging out and doing weird stuff on Moltbook's Reddit-style social network. Now, those agents can also gather

The Verge’s 2026 Valentine’s Day gift guide (for her)
Valentine's Day often comes with more pressure than it needs to. At heart, though, February 14th is about showing appreciation for the people you care about in ways that feel thoughtful and sincere. A

Google experiments with locking YouTube Music lyrics behind paywall
Google continues to turn the screws on free YouTube users, expanding a test that restricts access to song lyrics on YouTube Music. Users without a premium subscription have found that Google's streami

Trump FCC investigates The View, reportedly says "fake news" will be punished
The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly investigating ABC’s The View in what FCC Democrat Anna Gomez called an attempt to intimidate critics of the Trump administration. “Let’s be clear on

Toyota made a game engine
A screenshot of a demo from the Fluorite engine. Using a game engine in a "digital cockpit" is useful for things like step-by-step 3D tutorials about a car, mapping the environment around your car, an

Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
Discord is facing backlash after announcing that all users will soon be required to verify ages to access adult content by sharing video selfies or uploading government IDs. According to Discord, it's

Apple is killing the old HomeKit tomorrow
If you haven't yet updated to the new Apple Home, your smart home devices may no longer work in the Home app on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch starting tomorrow. On February 10, 2026, Apple wi

Save $100 On Our Favorite Home Printer
The Epson ET-2980 is a great value at its full price, and the discount sweetens the deal.

NIH head, still angry about COVID, wants a second scientific revolution
At the end of January, Washington, DC, saw an extremely unusual event. The MAHA Institute, which was set up to advocate for some of the most profoundly unscientific ideas of our time, hosted leaders o

AI-generated ads dropped the ball at this year’s Super Bowl
It feels like everyone who produced ad spots for this year's Super Bowl with generative AI failed in terms of making gen AI seem useful or like something worth getting excited about. Though we've seen

Ferrari’s first EV will have an interior designed by Jony Ive
Ferrari released the first interior images of the company's first all-electric supercar, called the Ferrari Luce ("light" in Italian). This is the second time the Italian automaker has teased the Luce

Disclosure Day Super Bowl trailer: Could it be... aliens?
Steven Spielberg directed two of the best alien films of all time: E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Now he's going back to those roots, as it were, with his latest blockbuster film, Disclo

Ive and Newson bring old-school charm to Ferrari's first EV interior
Ferrari has published images of the interior of its forthcoming electric vehicle, which it designed with LoveFrom, the new firm of former Apple star Jony Ive and another legendary designer, Marc Newso

Report: Imminent Apple hardware updates include MacBook Pro, iPads, and iPhone 17e
Apple's 2026 has already brought us the AirTag 2 and a new Creator Studio app subscription aimed at independent content creators, but nothing so far for the company's main product families. That could

Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?
As more than 120 million people tuned in to the Super Bowl for kickoff on Sunday evening, SpaceX founder Elon Musk turned instead to his social network. There, he tapped out an extended message in whi
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Ferrari’s New Jony Ive–Designed EV Is Swathed in Glass and Aluminum
We got a peek at the interior of Ferrari’s new Luce electric car, which was dreamed up by famed ex-Apple designer and his firm, LoveFrom. It looks and feels a whole lot like an Apple product.

Best Ebike Locks (2026): Kryptonite, Litelok, Abus, Hiplok
These are our favorite ebike locks for every ride, including the best bike locks designed to thwart angle grinders.

Soundcore Aerofit 2 Pro Review: Open Earbuds With ANC?
The design of Soundcore’s latest open earbuds magically transforms them into noise-canceling buds. But does it actually work?
Oticon Zeal Review: A High Bar (and Price) for Hearing Aids
These ultra-tiny hearing aids push the boundary for high-quality audio in a minuscule prescription package.

Bryte Balance Pro Smart Mattress Review: Sleeping Is Believing
The Bryte Balance Pro takes smart mattresses to the next level with adjustable coils and programmable massage settings.

A Project Hail Mary final trailer? Yes please.
Sure, most Americans are glued to their TVs for today's Super Bowl and/or the Winter Olympics. But for the non-sports minded, Amazon MGM Studios has released one last trailer for its forthcoming space

Best Wireless Earbuds (2026): Apple, Sony, Bose, and More
Ready to cut the cord? These are our favorite buds that will never, ever get tangled.

4 Best AI Notetakers (2026), Tested and Reviewed
A growing collection of pocket-sized gadgets lets you record your meetings and extract value from them. Here are our favorites.

The Shoes and Brooms Transforming Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Halfway between chess and bocce, curling is experiencing an evolution thanks to technology. From brooms to stones to footwear, here’s everything you need to know about the game’s gadgets.
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I Have Fallen in Love With Open Earbuds (and You Should Too)
From jogging and cycling to multitasking or puttering around the house, open earbuds are an excellent way to jam out in the real world.

Best Vacuum Cleaner (2026): Cordless Vacuums, Robot Vacuums, Dysons
Looking for all our top recommended vacuums? Here are our favorites in every style we’ve tested, from stick vacs to robot vacuums.

For $4,550, Would You Buy a Single Premium Watch or a Swarm of Affordable Ones?
You could go all in on one pricey, luxe watch or assemble a collection of lower-budget timepieces. Let’s crunch the numbers.

Target Darts Omni Auto Scoring System Hits the Mark
Step up to the oche and hit the bull’s-eye with this automatic darts scoring system for online play.

4 Best Website Builders (2026), Tested and Reviewed
Don't fuss around with files and servers. Just use one of these WIRED-tested website builders.

Sony's Biggest QLED Screens See Big Discounts This Weekend
You can grab a lower price on some of Sony's biggest QLED panels.

Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws collapses, report finds
Enforcement against polluters in the United States plunged in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, a far bigger drop than in the same period of his first term, according to a new re

The Technologies Changing How You’ll Watch the 2026 Winter Olympic Games
From drones with “first-person” visualization to real-time 360-degree replays and Olympics GPT, get ready to immerse yourself in the Winter Games in Milan and Cortina.

The 7 Best Automatic Litter Boxes (2025) Our Cats Would Recommend
With these high-tech automatic litter boxes, gone are the days of scooping and smells. Welcome to the future.
Gear News of the Week: Google's Pixel 10a Arrives Soon, and Valve Delays Its Steam Hardware
Plus: Dexcom updates its app, Fitbit founders create a new family caregiving app, and Blink has a new outdoor security camera.

Insta360 Ace Pro 2 Xplorer Grip Pro Kit Review: An Even Better Action Camera
Want to turn your action camera into a point-and-shoot? Insta360’s new accessory makes the Ace Pro 2 into a great pocket camera alternative.

Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler
Amid a push toward AI agents, with both Anthropic and OpenAI shipping multi-agent tools this week, Anthropic is more than ready to show off some of its more daring AI coding experiments. But as usual

Penisgate erupts at Olympics; scandal exposes risks of bulking your bulge
As the 2026 Olympic Winter Games begin today, news articles are swelling with juicy claims that male ski jumpers have injected their penises with fillers to gain a flight advantage. As the rumor goes,

Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case
Frustrated by fake citations and flowery prose packed with "out-of-left-field" references to ancient libraries and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, a New York federal judge took the rare step of termina

Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets
Open source packages published on the npm and PyPI repositories were laced with code that stole wallet credentials from dYdX developers and backend systems and, in some cases, backdoored devices, rese

Why $700 could be a "death sentence" for the Steam Machine
After writing two November stories analyzing price expectations for Valve's upcoming Steam Machine, I really didn't think we'd be offering more informed speculation before the official price was revea

COVID-19 cleared the skies but also supercharged methane emissions
In the spring of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic brought global industry and travel nearly to a halt, satellite sensors recorded a dramatic plunge in nitrogen dioxide, a byproduct of internal combustio

Waymo leverages Genie 3 to create a world model for self-driving cars
Google-spinoff Waymo is in the midst of expanding its self-driving car fleet into new regions. Waymo touts more than 200 million miles of driving that informs how the vehicles navigate roads, but the

To reuse or not reuse—the eternal debate of New Glenn's second stage reignites
Engineers at Blue Origin have been grappling with a seemingly eternal debate that involves the New Glenn rocket and the economics of flying it. The debate goes back at least 15 years, to the early dis