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Vic Mensa can’t live without the Voice Memos app

Between his music, acting, podcast, activism, and businesses, Vic Mensa wears a lot of hats.

Terrence O'Brien
The HomeView and Echo Show 16 could be the family computers I’ve been asking for

Apple’s and Amazon’s new smart displays might make smart displays actually useful.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
The touchscreen MacBook Pro is just a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen

It’s thinner, lighter, and has an incredible OLED display, but after all this time, the touchscreen feels like an afterthought.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Maine’s data center revolt will decide who controls the Senate
Election 2026

As tech billionaires pour record millions into Maine’s high-stakes Senate race, rural voters push back against the resource strain, rising utility costs, and phantom jobs of the AI data center boom.

Abigail Bassett
Anthropic’s business plan: Build God or die trying

Anthropic faces intense competitive pressure and huge fixed costs. Can Claude build itself fast enough to succeed?

Elizabeth Lopatto
Voters in Texas agree: They hate data centers
Election 2026

Some are even mad enough to vote for Democrats.

Justine Calma
Major League Baseball is looking for a new kind of fan

A sport historically averse to internet culture is finding success embracing fandom, trends, and influencers.

Mia Sato
Can AI help solve the COBOL code crisis?

The ancient code holding the world together may meet its match in AI. Today is not that day.

Robert Hart
Fielded is obsessed with scammers and unhinged Japanese cyberpunk

Some Kind of Animal, the latest record from Fielded, jumps from slinky R&B, to neo-soul, to industrial funk.

Terrence O'Brien
I hope Apple’s touchscreen MacBook takes some lessons from this Lenovo laptop

Not that I believe for a second that Apple will actually make a 2-in-1 convertible.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Laika has spent 20 years building up to Wildwood

How the stop-motion animation studio blends traditional techniques with modern tech.

Andrew Webster
Retro gaming is being overrun with AI

A rise in AI-powered decomps, recomps, and ports has thrust the community into chaos.

Andrew Webster
Sure, let’s smoosh SpaceX and Tesla together, who cares

Yes, of course there are pay package incentives in play for Musk. But that’s not all.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Republican politicians have embraced anti-Indian racism — and it’s costing them votes

Some Indian American conservatives say bigotry against their community has driven them away from the party they once supported.

Gaby Del Valle
Wildwood director: AI is ‘antithetical to everything that we are at this studio’
Interview

Laika CEO Travis Knight explains why he remains hopeful despite the potential for AI to be ‘devastating.’

Andrew Webster
AI agents are ready to shop. Some retailers are wary

AI agents are getting blocked left and right — but even when they work, it suggests a more annoying future for humans.

Mia Sato
Claude did not invent scorpion antivenom

Citrini takes a stab at drug development.

Robert Hart
New York’s first microdrama film festival searches for its audience

At Alza, the entertainment industry is trying to reinvent itself.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Vibe coding is turning the music gear world upside down

LLMs have led to an explosion of custom firmware and hacks for synths, samplers, and grooveboxes.

Terrence O'Brien
Democrats think cracking down on AI could give them an edge

At a moment when voters are fearful of AI, Democrats are finding their footing.

Lauren Feiner
J Mascis has nothing better to do

Dinosaur Jr.’s frontman finally addresses the AI video for ‘Old Friends.’

Terrence O'Brien
Jad Abumrad loves a butterfly knife and a good springy pillow

The Radiolab creator and host of Dolly Parton’s America answers The Verge’s weekend questionnaire.

Terrence O'Brien