Philips’ Hue app now uses AR to preview how a smart lamp will light up a room
The latest update to the Philips Hue app adds the ability to preview various Hue devices in your home using augmented reality. | Image: Signify A recent update to the…
The last-gen Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones are now a staggering $220 off
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sales event begins tomorrow, but the best tech deal around may have already landed early. The Sony WH-1000XM4…
Nissan buys into Ford, BMW, and Honda’s home EV charging business
Image: ChargeScape Nissan is coming aboard vehicle-to-grid (V2G) EV integration company ChargeScape as an equal investor, alongside founding automakers BMW, Ford, and Honda. Once the investment transaction is complete, Nissan…
Neighbors sue over loud Bitcoin mine
In Granbury, Texas, residents can hear the sound of money being made at all hours of the day, but it’s not making them rich. Instead, neighbors in the town southwest…
Instacart’s smart cart helps you navigate to the sauce that’s on sale
The Caper Cart. | Image: Instacart If you always have trouble finding that specific pasta sauce like I do, there’s a smart grocery shopping cart that can map it out…
DeepMind and BioNTech Bet AI Lab Assistants Will Accelerate Science
There has long been hope that AI could help accelerate scientific progress. Now, companies are betting the latest generation of chatbots could make useful research assistants. Most efforts to accelerate…
Phoenix Springs reimagines the point-and-click adventure as weird noir
Image: Calligram Studio In Phoenix Springs, it’s not so much the ravishing hand-drawn visuals that first grab the attention, but the voice of narrator and protagonist Iris. Befitting her name,…
How to tint your app icons in iOS 18
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge For several years now, it’s been possible to personalize your iPhone screen by creating your own icons, mostly by using Apple’s built-in Shortcuts…
Artist appeals copyright denial for prize-winning AI-generated work
Jason Allen—a synthetic media artist whose Midjourney-generated work “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial” went viral and incited backlash after winning a state fair art competition—is not giving up his fight with the…
The future of Halo is being built with Unreal Engine 5
Master Chief in Unreal Engine 5. | Image: Halo Studios Microsoft is moving its Halo development to Unreal Engine 5, after more than a year of rumors of an engine…