Hitting the trails with a low-priced e-mountain bike
Enlarge / The Apex, SWFT’s take on a very affordable e-mountain bike. (credit: John Timmer) The subject of this review, SWFT’s new Apex mountain bike, pulls together threads from two…
When the natural gas industry used the playbook from Big Tobacco
Enlarge (credit: Lew Robertson via Getty Images) In 1976, beloved chef, cookbook author, and television personality Julia Child returned to WGBH-TV’s studios in Boston for a new cooking show, Julia…
xAI Grok Large Language Model
xAI’s Grok system is designed to have a little humor in its responses. It will be released to X Premium plus users once it is out of early beta. xAI’s…
Sony’s noise-canceling XM5s are matching their lowest price to date
The WH-1000XM5s are still the best pair of headphones you can get, even if Sony’s naming convention is still terrible. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Peace and…
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through November 4)
GOVERNANCE The White House Is Preparing for an AI-Dominated Future Karen Hao and Matteo Wong | The Atlantic “A year ago, few people could have imagined how chatbots and image…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s shadow still looms over the crypto industry
Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images Cryptocurrency advocates might believe that FTX’s collapse was an anomaly — but they could have trouble…
How to set up an Echo Show to show you the least amount of crap
Amazon’s Echo Show is a much better smart display without all the Amazon stuff. | The Verge Amazon’s Echo Show smart displays are genuinely great devices. For between $90 and…
The Echo Show 8 is still the smart display to beat
Souped-up sound, widgets, and a Thread radio make for a good (but not showy) upgrade to Amazon’s best smart speaker with a screen. Continue reading…
Microsoft employees will keep free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after complaints
Image: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Microsoft was planning to remove a free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employees in January, but the company is…
Microsoft is now giving many Surface PCs at least six years of firmware updates
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Microsoft Surface PCs that have shipped on or after January 1st, 2021 will get at least six years of driver and firmware…