The best shows to watch on HBO Max from 2025
With all the drama surrounding Warner Bros. Discovery’s plans to sell itself to another company, it’s not currently clear how much longer HBO Max will continue to exist in its…
Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra Leica edition has a rotatable camera zoom
It’s also the first Xiaomi phone to include Leica’s little red dot logo. Xiaomi used the Christmas period to launch its top flagship phone for the year, the 17 Ultra.…
Windows on Arm had another good year
In 2024, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips finally made Arm-based Windows laptops viable. Unlike previous Arm laptops that struggled to even run Windows well, this new class offered solid performance and…
I’m The Verge’s Senior Internet Typist, ask me anything while Nilay’s away!
Hello from the dead week of the year, when all sane people have logged off to spend time with their families. This is when I typically write at least one…
Google Photos is coming to Samsung TVs in 2026
The Google Photos Memories feature will be exclusive to Samsung for six months. Google Photos will finally be available on TVs next year, starting with an upcoming integration for Samsung…
LG announces new UltraGear evo gaming monitors with AI upscaling
LG unveiled a whole new line of gaming monitors ahead of CES on Friday. The UltraGear evo line are all high-end monitors covering a range of technologies, but united by…
You need to read the subversive cosmic horror novella The Ballad of Black Tom
Things that HP Lovecraft was good at: Creating a mythos. Building atmosphere. Things that HP Lovecraft was bad at: Writing dialog. Creating compelling characters. Not being a racist. As a…
The terrible Nintendo controller that helped make VR happen
The Nintendo Power Glove was not good. It’s important that you know that. The Power Glove was ambitious, impressive, even important – one of the very first mainstream devices that…
Ubisoft shuts down ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ servers following hack
Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege had been compromised and that it had shut down the game’s servers and marketplace while it resolved the issue. The hackers managed to…
The best PS5 games from 2025
In this new era of console… inclusivity? driven by Sony and mostly Microsoft bringing their exclusives to other platforms, it’s getting harder to highlight games that make a singular console…