The best books we read in 2025
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[ad_1] These days when you want to engage with some media, you can choose from podcasts, videos, games, live performances — or books, one of the oldest and most popular ways to learn something new or escape (at least temporarily) from today’s troubled world. We polled the staff of The Verge to find out what…
[ad_1] Samsung Electronics today announced that it will unveil its latest kitchen appliances lineup at CES 2026, including the latest iterations of its Bespoke AI refrigerator, over-the-range (OTR) microwave and slide-in range1 at CES 2026. Alongside refreshed designs across the lineup, the company will highlight meaningful improvements to vision-based AI functionality enhanced with Google Gemini…
[ad_1] Sora2 is the latest video AI model from OpenAI. The system generates completely artificial short videos from text, images, or brief voice input. Since October 2025, there has also been API access that developers can use to automatically create and publish AI videos. As a result, the number of artificial clips continues to grow…
[ad_1] Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more. Adobe has gone all-in on AI, launching tools, sprinkling “generative” on everything, and rolling out Firefly, its shiny AI-powered…
[ad_1] Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 110, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy holidays, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about mall Santas and malleable software and phone bans, wondering how…
[ad_1] Samsung Electronics and the National Museum of Korea today announced that they have made 20 carefully selected works from the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee’s renowned art collection available on Samsung Art Store. A larger selection of the collection’s original pieces is currently on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in…
[ad_1] TL;DR: Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows is just $29.97 (MSRP $229) through December 21 — one payment, no subscription fees, all the essential apps you already use every day. Why keep paying for Microsoft Office on repeat when you can make it a one-and-done purchase instead? For $29.97, you can grab a lifetime license…
[ad_1] Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more. OpenAI and Anthropic announced new efforts to spot underage users, as pressure mounts on AI companies to keep teens…
[ad_1] RJ Scaringe is sitting in Rivian’s Palo Alto offices, explaining why the adventure-themed EV company suddenly decided to build its own self-driving cars, when an unexpected guest glides by the window outside: Waymo. A robotaxi from the Alphabet-owned company pulls up outside the office. The passenger, an analyst from Goldman Sachs, briefly takes a…
[ad_1] Samsung Electronics today announced that its smart home platform, SmartThings, now supports Matter 1.5 — the global smart home standard — making it the first in the industry to support Matter-compatible cameras. Starting later this month, Samsung will roll out SmartThings updates to expand its existing list of Matter devices, including lights, door locks,…