Spain battles deadliest flood disaster in decades as death toll rises to 95 from the BBC
Spain is enduring its worst flooding disaster in decades, with at least 95 people dead and dozens more missing.Read More
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Kids with Android phones will be able to use Google Wallet tap-to-pay soon from the Verge Sheena Vasani
Illustration: The Verge Kids will soon be able to download the Google Wallet app on their Android phone, allowing them to buy things in store via Google’s tap-to-pay feature, reports 9to5Google. The news comes after Google first added the feature to its kid-focused Fitbit Ace LTE fitness tracker in August. In a statement given to…
Disney Plus has grown big enough to need a top 10 list from the Verge Andrew Webster
Agatha All Along. | Image: Disney As Disney Plus has grown, finding things to watch has become increasingly challenging. So the streaming service is rolling out a top 10 list featured on the home screen in hopes of improving discoverability. It’s not the most novel addition; really, it looks just like similar lists you’d find…
Microsoft’s gaming revenue keeps going up, even though hardware sales are down from the Verge Jay Peters
Image: The Verge Microsoft’s Q1 2025 earnings are in, and the results show that Microsoft’s software gaming revenues are way up even as Xbox hardware revenue is declining. The company says that its Xbox content and services revenue grew 61 percent year over year from the previous quarter — a figure driven by “53 points…
Why you’re seeing those gross political ads during the World Series from the Verge Mia Sato
Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images The World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees is in full swing, and millions of people in the US and abroad are tuning in nightly watch the showdown. Some fans are also being forced to watch graphic and hateful political ads — and though some…
Google doesn’t sell headsets anymore — but its app store is getting ready for them from the Verge Wes Davis
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Are we about to see what’s up Google’s sleeve after its mysterious AR / VR deals with companies like Qualcomm and Samsung? Or might it finally bring its Google Play Store to Meta’s Quest like Meta once asked? Either way, Google seems to be prepping its Play Store…
Apple’s latest iPad Air is on sale in all four colors for its lowest price to date from the Verge Brandon Widder
We wouldn’t recommend the latest Air for most people at full price, but the current discount makes it more appealing. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge The new iPad Mini has arrived, bringing with it a faster A17 Pro chip, 8GB of RAM, support for the Apple Pencil Pro, and a taste of Apple…
Google’s AI-powered weather app is rolling out to older Pixels from the Verge Umar Shakir
Image: Google Google’s Pixel 9 launched with a cool new standalone weather app that can summarize outdoor conditions using AI. As reported by 9to5Google, the company is rolling it out to older Pixels running Android 15 with all the latest updates installed, including one of ours here at The Verge. The standalone Google Weather app…
Nintendo made a music streaming app for Switch Online subscribers from the Verge Andrew Webster
Image: Nintendo While we all wait for the reveal of Nintendo’s next console, the company has once again announced something very different. This time, it’s a mobile app called Nintendo Music, which lets users listen to classic gaming tunes from Nintendo games spanning the last few decades, including Splatoon, Animal Crossing, and The Legend of…
Meta is pushing for the government to use its AI from the Verge Alex Heath
Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: The Verge | Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images Meta is “working with the public sector to adopt Llama across the US government,” according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The comment, made during his opening remarks for Meta’s Q3 earnings call on Wednesday, raises a lot of important questions: Exactly which parts of…