The AI apps are coming for your PC
April 18, 2026
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 124, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, send me your Coachella fits, and also
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The Best Movies to Stream This Month (April 2026)
April 18, 2026
April might be springtime in the northern hemisphere, but some of the best streaming services seem to think it’s the perfect time for a dry run of spooky season. How
Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other
April 18, 2026
Jack Zhang was 34 years old, three and a half years into running a startup, and sitting across from one of the most powerful investors in Silicon Valley. Michael Moritz
OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving
April 17, 2026
I am immensely grateful to Sam, Mark, Aditya and Jakub for fostering a research environment that allowed us to pursue ideas off-the-beaten path from the company’s mainline roadmap. It’s tempting
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
April 17, 2026
AI coding startup Cursor is nearing new funding in which the four-year-old company would raise at least $2 billion in fresh capital, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
Gazing Into Sam Altman’s Orb Now Proves You’re Human on Tinder
April 17, 2026
Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, humanity-verifying World project announced at an event in San Francisco on Friday that Tinder users around the globe can now put a digital badge on their profiles
