ChatGPT’s Ads era is here
OpenAI’s decision to introduce advertisements inside ChatGPT for free users and its new $8 “Go” tier is already shaping up to be one of the most consequential pivots in generative AI’s short h...
A cute frog game that remixes Nintendo’s best
While playing Big Hops, a new 3D platformer starring an adorable frog, I kept feeling like I was breaking the game - and, like with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, breaking it is kin...
Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition
As masked and armed men in combat armor swarmed throughout the Twin Cities, Gov. Tim Walz took to primetime television to ask Minnesotans to film ICE. The videos, he said, would "create a datab...
Fear and blogging (and prerelease laptop testing) in Las Vegas
During a chaotic multiday event, I found myself working anywhere. And always in a rush.
At CES, I did what you're not supposed to do: I brought a pre-production laptop to use as my primary workh...
Our favorite cozy game is back
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 112, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, I hope your home is warmer than mine right now, and also you c...
