Amazon Alexa can now respond to running water and bleeping appliances

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon has expanded sound detection for routines, as well as made Alexa’s prescription refill skill avai...

A new Matrix Resurrections trailer is all about change

Warner Bros. Let’s get something out of the way: this is The Verge, and if there is any movie we are going to cover the shit out of, it’...

More Than a Third of World's Population Have Never Used Internet, Says UN

Nearly 3 billion people -- or 37% of the world's population -- have never used the internet, according to the United Nations, despite th...

Frances Haugen is kicking Congress into gear on 230 reform

Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified for the second time before Congress on Wednesday. But ins...

Jack Dorsey’s Square is changing its name to Block

Block’s new logo. | Image: Block Square, a financial services company co-founded by now-former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is changing its ...

Nvidia’s new RTX 2060 12GB graphics card is coming to quell shortages

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiling the RTX 2060 graphics card in 2019. | Photo by Nvidia In February 2021, Nvidia committed to reissuing ...

Apple Music’s terrible year in review is giving me serious Spotify Wrapped FOMO

It’s December 1st, which for Spotify users, means the annual tradition of the music streaming service’s Spotify Wrapped roundup : customize...