Biden administration raises tariffs on solar materials from China
A worker handles wafers at the GCL Technology production plant in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. GCL Technology is one of the world’s largest makers of polysilicon, a key material in solar panels. | Photo: Getty Images Tariffs on solar wafers, polysilicon, and certain tungsten products from China are going to rise More...
YouTube quietly made some of its web embeds worse, including ours
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For about a year, I’ve gotten notes from readers asking why our YouTube embeds are broken in one very specific way: you can no longer click the title to open the More...
How to choose which Apple Watch to buy
Image: Cath Virginia. / The Verge Between the Apple Watch Series 10, the Ultra 2, and the second-gen SE, there are more options than ever. We’ll help you sort through them. Read the full story at The Verge. More...
BuzzFeed is selling Hot Ones
First We Feast. After months of searching for a buyer to take First We Feast — the production company behind Hot Ones — off its hands, BuzzFeed has finally secured an $82.5 million all-cash deal to sell More...
Google announces Android XR, a new OS for headsets and smart glasses
XR stands for “extended reality,” which you should get used to explaining to lots of people. | Image: Google Google is taking another run at making headsets work. The company just announced Android XR, More...
I saw Google’s plan to put Android on your face
Google didn’t let me take my own photos, but this is strikingly similar to the demo I saw with my own eyes. | Image: Google I demoed Google’s new Android XR platform, Samsung’s Project Moohan, and prototype More...
The Indian audio app spinning its own stories
Image: Cath Virginia, Adobe Stock The Indian storytelling app gives its audience an unending stream of audio stories about lucky individuals who become rich. It might as well be an allegory for its own creator More...
Kia drivers are going to get Google Maps data soon
Photo by Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge Hyundai and Kia will integrate Google Maps data into their current vehicle infotainment platforms ahead of a switchover to the Android Automotive operating system, the More...
YouTube TV’s monthly cost soars to $82.99
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge I maintain that YouTube TV is the very best of the streaming TV services, but good grief is it getting expensive. Today YouTube announced the service’s latest price More...
Sora’s AI video revolution is still a ways off
Prompt: “King Charles III UK eating a Greggs sausage roll on the throne.” There’s a lot wrong with these results… | Image: OpenAI / The Verge The first version of OpenAI’s Sora can generate More...
