2024

Trump said executives have been more open to meeting with him compared to his first term. Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images TikTok CEO Shou Chew met Trump at Mar-a-Lago Monday, multiple outlets reported. TikTok is trying to avoid an impending ban of the app. Trump has said he is opposed to the TikTok ban, saying he has

You can get a great device for less than $500 these days if you know how to pick your priorities. | Image: The Verge You can’t have everything at this price, but you can get a great smartphone. Whether you want an iPhone, a 120Hz screen, or water resistance, you’ve got options. Read the full

Framework’s double SSD caddy for its Framework 16 expansion bay. | Image: Framework The most ambitious laptop ever made just got a long-promised modular upgrade. Starting today, you can pay $39 to add two extra M.2 slots to the Framework Laptop 16 — letting you potentially carry around an AI accelerator, an eGPU adapter, or

Photo by Andrej Sokolow / picture alliance via Getty Images Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are going to Tokyo, marking the first time that the Alphabet company is deploying vehicles on public roads in a foreign market. Waymo is billing the excursion as a simple “road trip” for collecting data about the nuances of Japanese driving, including

The author (not pictured) learned to stop competing with her ex when it came to buying holiday gifts. svetikd/Getty Images The hardest part of divorce was being without my kids, especially during the holidays. I felt overwhelmed with pressure to compensate by making them extra special. Relaxing on what I thought the holidays were supposed

Illustration: The Verge Threads now has more than 100 million daily active users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday. It’s a notable milestone not just because it’s a big number; it’s also the first time Meta has a daily active user figure publicly. In recent weeks, Meta has been very vocal about Threads’ growth

The Apple Watch Series 10 might be a fairly iterative update, but it’s an update nonetheless. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In September, Apple launched its latest smartwatch, introducing the Apple Watch Series 10 alongside a black rendition of the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Each wearable has its own pros and

A four-day week for kids and working parents might be the solution to the mismatch in schedules. Elizabethsalleebauer/Getty Images/RooM RF Holiday school vacations can be difficult for working parents. Experts would like to see more flexible work schedules and four-day workweeks. Year-round schooling could also help alleviate pressure, they say. Even before November started, I

Iron lungs line up at the Ranchos Los Amigos Respiratory Center circa 1950. Bettmann via Getty Images A lawyer advising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants the FDA to revoke approval of the polio vaccine. Before vaccines were available in 1955, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year.  The US eliminated the

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram will now let you schedule direct messages, as first reported by TechCrunch. With this feature, you can long-press on the “send” button and then choose a date and time that you’d like to send your message. As noted on Instagram’s support page, you can schedule messages containing