Arc’s mobile browser is now available to everyone on Android
Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge After an open beta that rolled out last month, Arc Search is now available to all Android users. The Browser Company’s search engine —…
Trump’s Pick of Loyalist Matt Gaetz for AG Signals Intent to Weaponize DOJ
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated far-right Florida Congressmember Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general. The selection of Gaetz, a staunch Trump loyalist, appears to signify Trump’s intent to…
Pro-Harris TikTok felt safe in an algorithmic bubble — until election day
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images In the weeks leading up to the US presidential election, Kacey Smith was feeling hopeful. Smith, who supported Vice President Kamala Harris’…
Xbox continues its push beyond consoles with new ad campaign
Image: The Verge Microsoft has been trying to expand Xbox to multiple devices for more than five years now, and now it’s launching a marketing campaign to make it very…
3 Former Abu Ghraib Detainees Awarded $42 Mil in Damages Against US Contractor
A Virginia-based defense contractor has been ordered to pay $42 million to three torture victims held at Abu Ghraib prison during the early years of the U.S. occupation of Iraq.…
Not even Spotify is safe from AI slop
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images How fake music targets real artists. Continue reading…
Meta hit with $840 million fine for linking Facebook and Marketplace
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Almost two years after EU regulators first accused Meta of “abusive practices” that gave the tech giant unfair market advantages, the European Commission…
The Onion just bought Infowars
Alex Jones in 2022. | Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images The satirical news outlet The Onion has acquired Infowars, the conspiracy theory-riddled site run by Alex Jones, in a bankruptcy…
Why are cassette and CD players so bulky now?
Alex Parkin / The Verge Cassette tape sales are at a 20-year high, the vinyl market is on a 17-year growth streak, and CDs have caught the attention of Gen…
How Trump’s second term could be bad for EVs — but great for Tesla
Image: The Verge / Getty Images What Elon Musk really wants from a Trump presidency. Continue reading…
