The US gets the worst phones
April 25, 2026
Apple and Samsung dominate the US phone market, and they’ve done so for years. Together with Google, they’ve shaped our sense of what a smartphone is and what it can
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Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes
April 24, 2026
Palantir has helped the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations office probe a variety of financial crimes in the U.S. for much of the last decade, The Intercept reported. The IRS
X-energy stock pops 27% on first day of trading following upsized IPO
April 24, 2026
X-energy’s stock popped today in its debut on the Nasdaq, opening at $30.11 before closing at $29.20, up 27% over its initial public offering of $23 per share. Investors can’t
Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute
April 24, 2026
Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic and support the AI firm’s growing computing needs, Bloomberg reports. The Alphabet subsidiary is committing to invest $10 billion now,
Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI
April 24, 2026
Overpriced Mac minis are flooding eBay amid shortages of the sold-out machines, which have become a favored tool for running on-device AI models like OpenClaw. This week, reports indicated that
I don’t think Gwyneth Paltrow knows what a peptide is
April 24, 2026
This is refiner, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change
