The Verge’s 2024 holiday gift guide for tinkerers
Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Whether you’re assembling a PC, planning an epic Etsy crafts store, or just fixing a squeaky old chair, we found some handy tools…
“An Imagination Party”: How My Toddler Fuels My Vision for Liberation
The following piece is an excerpt from the forthcoming anthology, We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition, which I edited in collaboration with Kim Wilson. Our book explores the…
YouTube is getting in on the digital gifting game
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is taking a page out of the TikTok playbook by adding “jewels” you buy to exchange for gifts for your favorite creators…
Disney’s streaming business is finally finding its footing
Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge Disney made money off its streaming business for the second time in a row. During Q4 2024, profit from Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN…
Amazon announces its first Mini LED Fire TV — and this one’s also built for gaming
Image: Amazon Amazon is today introducing its latest Fire TV Omni TV series, and it’s the first to feature Mini LED backlighting for improved contrast, less blooming, and greater brightness…
Words With Friends takes on Wordle with new single-player daily puzzles
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Wordle’s success has caused an explosion in newspaper-style puzzle games, and now Words With Friends is getting in on the action. The…
Apple faces a new $3.75 billion antitrust lawsuit over iCloud storage
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple is facing a £3 billion (about $3.75 billion) lawsuit from a consumer group that alleges the iPhone maker violated UK competition law by…
Snapchat will let parents request their teen’s real-time location
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Once known only for its self-destructing pics, in recent years Snapchat has sneakily evolved into a location-oriented social media app. It’s now leaning…
Google’s Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app
In the AI chatbot world, ubiquity is everything. Companies have raced to build desktop and mobile apps for their bots, in order to both give them new capabilities but also…
Google will let you search for products on Maps to help with holiday shopping
The Verge Google has added some new travel and shopping features to Maps that aim to make it easier to find local products and stay on time during busy periods.…
