Goodyear’s smart tires can sense rain and ice for improved emergency braking
Image: Goodyear Under new rules announced last year, all cars sold in the US will need to come with automatic emergency braking by 2029. But automakers are asking for a delay, saying the technology isn’t good enough, especially in adverse conditions. Here’s Goodyear to the rescue. The tire company teamed up with TNO, an independent research More...
The Shokz OpenFit 2 is an almost perfect update to the originals
The Shokz OpenFit 2 are $179.95 and available today in black and beige. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge I wanted to love Shokz’s OpenFit 2, the company’s latest open-ear wireless earbuds More...
Narwal’s latest mopping robovac keeps corners clean
Image: Narwal Narwal, the company behind our favorite mopping robot, just announced a new flagship robovac called the Flow that’s capable of cleaning closer to walls and corners. The Flow comes with a track-driven More...
Zuckerberg, inspired by Musk, abandons fact checking for Community Notes
Meta says it’s seen the shift to Community Notes ‘work on X.’ | Image: The Verge Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are ditching third-party fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes program inspired More...
Google is building its own ‘world modeling’ AI team for games and robot training
Image: The Verge Google DeepMind is assembling a new team of artificial intelligence researchers to develop “world models” that can simulate physical environments. The initiative will be led by Tim Brooks, More...
Philips Hue is getting an AI-powered lighting assistant
The Philips Hue app already offers a lot of customizable lighting effects, but soon you’ll be able to created personalized ones with the help of AI. | Image: Signify Philips Hue users will soon be able More...
Nvidia is bringing a native GeForce Now app to Steam Deck
Photo by The Verge Nvidia plans to release a native GeForce Now app for Steam Deck “later this year,” according to a blog post. It’s already relatively straightforward to get Nvidia’s cloud gaming More...
Nvidia’s AI NPCs are no longer chatbots — they’re your new PUBG teammate
Nvidia has spent the last two years showing off its digital “ACE” characters that can have in-game conversations with you using generative AI. But at CES 2025, the company is taking the ACE characters More...
The ROG Strix Scar 16 and 18 come with a lid that lights up and more RGB
Plenty of lights to go around. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Following a teaser last month, Asus’ latest ROG Strix Scar gaming laptops have arrived and they’re leaning all the way into More...
Asus just announced the world’s first Thunderbolt 5 eGPU
The 2025 Asus XG Mobile, now with standard Thunderbolt 5 instead of a proprietary connector. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge This smoky black translucent box isn’t a gaming PC — instead, More...
