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I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job

2026-03-12T12:03:45-04:00

Millions of people are on the job hunt right now - and for many people, landing a job in the AI era feels more intimidating than ever. That's why the onset of AI avatars running your job interview via one-on-one video call, asking you questions, and analyzing how well you respond has generated a lot of discussion - and controversy.

There are a handful of companies behind the rise in AI-led interviews, like CodeSignal, Humanly, Eightfold, and more. The creators of these AI tools say the benefit is that it allows companies to hear from virtually everyone who applies for a certain role instead of just a small subset, at least when it comes to …

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We asked experts how to build a resume for the AI hiring era

2026-02-26T10:08:53-05:00

With AI-backed hiring on the rise, tips for "hacking" your resume are all over social media. As job search companies increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to sort through applications, job seekers wonder how to best position themselves with those filters in mind.

We decided to speak directly with job search leaders about how a resume should look when you're thinking about AI optimization, and what works in a job applicant's favor. The Verge senior AI reporter Hayden Field spoke to representatives from Indeed, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, and Greenhouse, as well as Hilke Schellmann, author of The Algorithm. Their answers had a clear theme: Re …

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We tried to get humanoid robots to do the laundry

2026-01-12T07:48:23-05:00

At CES this year, humanoid robots appeared to be closer than ever to moving into our homes. LG introduced CLOiD, a household robot it says can handle chores like preparing food and loading the washing machine. SwitchBot showed off the Onero H1, another home helper built to tackle everyday tasks, and Boston Dynamics, WIRobotics, Zeroth, and others debuted even more impressive humanoids.

Advances in robotics and AI have made robots smarter and more capable than ever. The question is whether they're capable enough to do our chores. We already have robots that vacuum our floors and mow our lawns - but there's one job they haven't mastered: laun …

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We asked our staff for their 2026 predictions

2025-12-18T13:07:54-05:00

In all the chaos of 2025, The Verge was able to see through the fog and focus on the consumer technology that really made an impact this year: robot vacuums, thin foldable phones, experimental laptops, handheld gaming consoles, and of course, generative AI. You can watch our standout picks in our video here.

All this emerging tech is also signifying what to expect in 2026, so we asked Verge staff for their predictions on tech trends we could see in the new year. Will we finally see an Apple foldable device? Are we going to wear more AI hardware on our bodies? Will our homes be occupied by robots with limbs? Will OpenAI ready itself for an I …

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The Verge picks the standout tech of 2025

2025-12-10T13:15:39-05:00

Welcome to the end of 2025. Given all the AI announcements in supercomputing, data centers, and company investments, one might say this was "the year of AI," but this was also the year where we saw design upgrades come to so many smartphones and laptops that 2025 could be called "the year of the flippable, foldable, and rollable hardware." Or was it "the year of the gaming handhelds," because who could forget the Nintendo Switch 2 or the ROG Ally X? It all depends on who you ask, which, is exactly what we did.

The Verge video team gathered reporters from across the newsroom to hear which technologies from 2025 stood out to them the most. W …

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How I built a vanlife setup powerful enough for work and play

2026-02-02T11:58:27-05:00

Last year I did the thing I'd been dreaming about for a decade: I bought a van. After twenty years of tech journalism, creating a mobile test platform for remote work was just as exciting as having an adventure vehicle to pursue my outdoor hobbies. For that I'd need lots of battery capacity to power it all.

Originally I wanted to buy an EV to use as a giant rolling power plant for all the gadgets I own and get to play with as a product reviewer. Unfortunately, the charging infrastructure isn't quite ready in the far-flung destinations where I travel, and there isn't a good plug-in hybrid in my preferred vehicle class. So, instead I opted fo …

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We took viral TikTok gadgets on the road

2025-10-09T11:04:48-04:00

A single-second pause over a social video can dismantle your algorithm. Even at my best, I can still hesitate over a poorly shot video demonstrating the "latest tech" that I simply "can't live without" and later learn I really could have lived without it. However, by then my feed is already filled with duplicate videos trying to push the same product.

Every day, social media creators publish videos about Amazon finds and TikTok Shop deals, changing how we might want to consume activities like what we eat and where we travel to. This time The Verge's video team decided to give in and actually see if any of these portable devices that go vi …

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Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike

2025-09-22T09:26:50-04:00

A couple of years ago, I helped start a bike bus in my suburban town in North Jersey. The pandemic was still raging, and we were all looking for ways to get our kids out of the house and on to their bikes so they could get a little physical activity before school.

One of the things that helped me get the bike bus started was an electric cargo bike. At the time, my kids were too small to ride the two-and-a-half miles to our school by themselves, so the cargo bike - a first-gen Flyer L885 with a rear-hub motor and a plethora of fun accessories (now renamed the Flyer Via Pro) - was an elegant solution to this problem. Now, three years later, t …

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Tour our smart home reviewer’s smart backyard

2025-09-19T10:12:05-04:00

Esther, the chicken, facing a Segway robot lawnmower. | Photo: Alex Parkin / The Verge

When The Verge's senior smart home reviewer, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, offered to give us a tour of her smart backyard, I was thrilled. Firstly, I have never seen a technologically advanced backyard curated by an industry expert before, and secondly, I wasn't even sure what to expect. My vision of a smart home includes automated vacuums, a smart thermostat, and maybe one of those AI fridges that suggests recipes - all of which work within controlled environments and are built around making life inside more comfortable. So I found myself repeatedly asking, "How exactly do smart devices make something as unyielding as outside, comfortable?"

I …

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The once most-overlooked Fujifilm camera might become my favorite

2025-07-24T11:08:50-04:00

Right now, there are five Fujifilm cameras that are using the exact same 40MP sensor. So picking the right one for you can be confusing, but fret not. Most Fuji cameras offer similar results, and your choice might come down to just the form factor. The good news is that Fujifilm's latest camera, the X-E5, is packed with top features in a form factor that has won me over.

This year, the X-E5 grew in size and price. The $1,700 camera is slightly larger and heavier than the X-E4, borrowed a new lever control from the X100 series and has some new tricks like the retro mode EVF. It looks like the X-E line is no longer a budget option for Fujif …

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