A 1,300-pound Nasa spacecraft to re-enter Earths atmosphere

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. By all measures, Meta’s Threads app had a very good year. The app was Apple’s second-most-downloaded iOS app of the year, trailing only ChatGPT. Threads now has 400 million…

Sometimes the coolest thing you can do is stop scrolling on your phone. Using the Brick made that actually possible for me. The tech behind the Brick is simple and rudimentary: behind the gray cube lies an NFC chip that you tap your phone to, and it blocks you from accessing your list of restricted…

The Oscars of Watches 2025: Anticipation Builds for the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève Each year, the world of haute horlogerie gathers in Geneva for what has become known as the Oscars of the watchmaking world—the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). More than just an awards night, this celebration is a showcase of human…

MicroSD Express cards are still a little hard to find, considering they’re pretty new and only really started becoming popular last year once the Switch 2 came out. These upgraded versions of microSD cards are the only ones compatible with the Switch 2 for expanding its storage, os if you’re already starting to feel the…

After deal talks lasting almost a year, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival Cal AI. Cal AI is the AI calorie counting app startup built by two high school teenagers that soared to over 15 million downloads and over $30 million in annual revenue in under two years, MyFitnessPal tells TechCrunch. The Cal AI…

A new trailer has given us our best look yet at the upcoming The Ghost in the Shell anime. While it might not tell us all that much about the direction the show will go in plot-wise, it sure is aesthetically pleasing, with a throwback art style that looks a lot more like the original…