Parents will also get a weekly email summarizing their teen’s Twitch activity. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch is giving parents more control over how their children are using the streaming platform, including the ability to block…
A federal judge has signed off on Anthropic’s $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors who accused the company of training its AI models on copyrighted books, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an order on Monday, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín…
Apple today highlighted the SOS feature in the Apple Watch, publishing a short video featuring a man named Phil, who crashed while mountain biking. Phil was biking with his two young children when he had an accident and was knocked…
After launching a new “Apple Upgrade” program next week, Apple plans to stop accepting new iPhone Upgrade Program sign-ups, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. It remains to be seen if existing iPhone Upgrade Program members will be able to remain…
There’s a symbiotic – and sometimes frustrating – relationship between social media sites and the creators that depend on them. Platforms need influencers’ and creators’ content to keep consumers on their apps; the creators, in turn, need to be able…
It must be earnings day, because Tesla is making a Robotaxi announcement. The company said in a post on X that it was launching its Robotaxi service in Orlando and Tampa, attaching a pair of maps that show each city’s…
Apple and Klarna are partnering on a new “Apple Upgrade” leasing program set to launch in the U.S. on Tuesday, July 28, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. The program will allow you to finance most iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple…
Samsung’s latest foldable is expected to be shorter and wider than last year’s Z Fold 7. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Tomorrow’s foldable-centric Galaxy Unpacked event looks like it will be Samsung’s biggest in years. The company is…
Google is launching Gemini 3.6 Flash alongside a new security model dedicated to quickly finding and patching security vulnerabilities. In a blog post on Tuesday, Google describes Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber as a “cost-efficient and highly capable alternative” to larger,…
It’s a Light Phone. It’s a flip phone. | Photo: Light A few years ago, the team at Light shipped the most smartphone-like device they’d ever created. The Light Phone III still kept to its minimalist, no-distractions ethos, but it…