Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Global temperatures are shattering records this week. And the United Nations is making an urgent “call to action” on extreme heat that’s killing workers and putting more people at risk with climate change. The first three days of this week have been the hottest on record for the planet,…
The Apple Watch Series 9 doesn’t shake things up too much, but it does pack a handful of iterative updates. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In September, Apple launched its latest batch of smartwatches, introducing the Apple Watch Ultra 2 ($799) alongside the Apple Watch Series 9 ($399). Each wearable has…
Three survivors of a chaotic moment in hip-hop conjure its best qualities, a decade and a few major career twists later, for three new albums released on the same day. (Image credit: Pavielle Garcia) Read More
Nine figure skaters from the U.S. were denied their 2022 Olympic team gold medal in Beijing because of a Russian doping scandal linked to Kamila Valieva. Now the squad will get their medals in Paris. (Image credit: Natacha Pisarenko) Read More
Image: Android Headlines Google’s Pixel Buds Pro 2 could bring back the wing tip design we saw on the first generation of the Pixel Buds. A series of images shared with Android Headlines by reliable leaker OnLeaks show the buds with a slight bulge opposite the ear tip. The wing isn’t as prominent as the…
The set perfectly recreates the pixelated 16-bit Mario and Yoshi sprites from Super Mario World. | Image: Lego Lego has announced its latest collaboration with Nintendo at San Diego Comic-Con: a pixelated recreation of Mario and Yoshi from the 16-bit Super Nintendo classic, Super Mario World. Like Lego’s Art sets, it’s a 2D creation meant…
Illustration: The Verge Google’s Gemini AI chatbot will be able to respond to you more quickly and process more content in prompts thanks to an upgrade to the company’s Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model. With the upgrade to 1.5 Flash, you’ll see “across-the-board improvements in quality and latency, with especially noticeable improvements in reasoning and…
Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images The Associated Press has apparently retracted a fact-check published yesterday with the headline, “No, JD Vance did not have sex with a couch.” As of Friday morning, the article page displayed a “page unavailable” error message. The fact-check references a few joke social media posts that have been…
Grocery prices are stabilizing, but many Americans still feel a financial sting at the grocery checkout aisle. (Image credit: Chase Castor for NPR) Read More
The United States men had not played at an Olympics since 2008. The squad opened the Paris Olympics by taking on host France in group play. The French easily defeated the Americans 3-0. (Image credit: Alex Livesey) Read More