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Our reporters investigate every significant event in the tech world. We speak to companies, witness events from the ground, and test products so you can get essential first-hand insights on the latest news.

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Inside Philips Hue’s plans to make all your lights motion sensors

Hue’s CTO explains how its new MotionAware feature works and why it’s better than previous RF sensing.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Why do Waymos keep loitering in front of my house?

Inside the algorithm that gives Waymo its marching orders between rides.

Rachel Kraus
Showrunner wants to turn you into a happy little content prompter for the ‘Netflix of AI’

Fable founder Edward Saatchi aims to gamify Hollywood’s pivot to AI — one prompt at a time.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
The future of AI hardware isn’t one device — it’s an entire ecosystem

Google says, ‘The future will be a very diverse set of accessories…’

Victoria Song
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Andrew Webster
The Trump administration promised a fourth wireless carrier — America got a hot mess instead

The plan to make Dish a wireless carrier was doomed from the start.

Karl Bode
AI doesn’t belong in journaling

The ‘inconvenience’ of a blank page is the entire point.

Victoria Song
Trump’s immigration crackdown could be slowing the hunt for child predators online

“If you’re trying to do more with less, at a certain point, you’re just going to do less.”

Lauren Feiner
The Made by Google event felt like being sucked into an episode of Wandavision

Jimmy Fallon, a parade of influencers, and a live studio audience — this was not your typical product launch event.

Victoria Song
A brazen attack on air safety is underway — here’s what’s at stake

Instead of fixing air safety regulations, the Trump administration is undermining them.

Darryl Campbell
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Hayden Field
I talked to Sam Altman about the GPT-5 launch fiasco

Over dinner, OpenAI CEO’s addressed criticism of GPT-5’s rollout, the AI bubble, brain-computer interfaces, buying Google Chrome, and more.

Alex Heath
The Verge’s 2025 back-to-school shopping guide

We’ve collected 36 items designed to make student life that much easier (and far more enjoyable).

Brandt Ranj
Elon Musk’s gangster tech regulation comes for Apple

Musk’s ‘antitrust’ tantrum takes on a new target.

Elizabeth Lopatto