WordPress cofounder asks court to dismiss WP Engine’s lawsuit
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge WordPress cofounder Matt Mullenweg and his company Automattic have asked a court to dismiss WP Engine’s lawsuit accusing them of libel and extortion. In…
OpenAI’s search engine is now live in ChatGPT
Image: The Verge ChatGPT is officially an AI-powered web search engine. The company is enabling real-time information in conversations for paid subscribers today (along with SearchGPT waitlist users), with free,…
Apex Legends is taking away its support for the Steam Deck and Linux
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apex Legends is one of the only battle royale games that lets you play on a Steam Deck gaming handheld — Fortnite, Valorant,…
Android 16 will ship early in 2025
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For the last decade or so, Google has released major Android updates in the fall after an extended developer and beta preview process,…
FCC and the broadband industry argue net neutrality’s future
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Attorneys for the Federal Communications Commission and groups representing the broadband industry argued about the future of net neutrality to…
Playdate is getting a second season of games in 2025
Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge When the Playdate first launched, one of the hooks was that the little yellow handheld came with a “season” of 24 games from notable…
Humane recalls the AI Pin’s charging case due to overheating concerns
Photo by Amelia Holoway Krales / The Verge After warning customers to stop using it, Humane is now formally recalling around 10,500 units of its charging case for the beleaguered…
Trump is planning a crackdown on legal immigration, too
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Former President Donald Trump has made immigration a centerpiece of his campaign: he’s promised mass deportations, a crackdown on asylum at the…
If Trump dismantles the NOAA, it will affect wildfires and food prices
As the Popo Agie River wends its way down from the glaciers atop Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains toward the city of Lander, it flows into a limestone cave and disappears.…
Generative AI is coming to Google Maps, Google Earth, Waze
Google revealed today how it plans to use generative AI to enhance its mapping activities. It’s the latest application of Gemini, the company’s in-house rival to GPT-4, which the company wants…