The first big outage of 2026 is here, as Verizon customers across the US, including several of our phones, complain that service has been spotty or nonexistent since just after noon ET, with phones sw...
Flying in the face of the old adage that “wanting more” is how any worthwhile entertainer should “leave ‘em,” Hollywood has never been shy about churning out a sequel. And so, in the ever-present mids...
Sony has announced that it's spinning off its home entertainment electronics business into a joint venture with rival TV maker TCL. The two companies plan to sign agreements by March 2026 that would g...
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman have led efforts to talk President Donald Trump out of a US attack on Iran, according to news reports. Turkey is also concerned about a collapse of central authority in Ir...
This is a spoiler-free review of Return to Silent Hill, which opens in theaters on January 23, 2026. Return to Silent Hill doesn’t necessarily have the highest bar to clear as it ambles its way to the...
Sphere Entertainment, the company behind the eye-catching interactive venue in Las Vegas, has announced its "intent to develop" another Sphere in Maryland that will be located 15 minutes south of Wash...
Random House Worlds is gearing up to release its latest Star Wars novel, author Mike Chen's Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon. You might assume the book showcases an earlier adventure in the life of gol...
Ricardo Martinez II spent more than a decade as a 911 dispatcher, handling thousands of emergencies as US 911 centers face a nationwide staffing and funding crisis. Across the country, emergency call ...
Due to increased demand for hardware from AI data centers, 2026 was already going to suck for anyone looking to upgrade or build a gaming PC. Now it looks like things are getting even worse, as the RT...
Why not get your custom insole engraved? This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches,...
The Iranian regime’s recent crackdown on protests in Tehran and the country’s central region featured the use of military weapons, such as automatic or semi-automatic machine guns, that were previousl...
The Louvre museum and several other French cultural sites are increasing the price of entry for visitors from outside Europe. So-called "dual pricing" is quite common in less wealthy countries but rar...
Humanitarian aid workers face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of facilitating the illegal entry of migrants to Greece. The trial has been dubbed "the largest case of the criminalization of so...
With France’s local elections set for March, attention is turning to homelessness in the race for Paris city hall, as more than 3,500 people were living on the streets of the French capital last year,...
The US military has started transferring up to 7,000 Islamic State (IS) detainees from prisons in northeastern Syria to Iraq, as Syria’s new government asserts control over territories long governed a...
Since Ukraine allowed men aged 18 to 22 to travel abroad last August, Germany has seen a growing number of young Ukrainian refugees. Seeking work and hoping to avoid mobilisation, around 20,000 arrive...
TikTok says a power outage is causing ongoing issues and outages that started in the US early Sunday morning. In an email to The Verge , TikTok USDS spokesperson Jamie Favazza pointed to a statement p...
The Verge CES ground crew posing for a group photo in the Linq Promenade during CES 2026. We spent last week running to meetings, demos, and the convention floors to see as much as we could at CES 202...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s military purge has intensified sharply, with the party now investigating the last two top military officials who had survived earlier crackdowns. The vice chair of the Cent...
The Trump administration plans to replace the US ambassador to Vietnam with a nominee set on addressing “imbalanced” trade relations, as Hanoi’s goods trade surplus with Washington surpassed China’s...