21 Best High School Graduation Gifts (2025)
Celebrate the end of a chapter with fun accessories, gear for college, and neat tech gadgets.
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How to Choose a Router (2025): Tips, Technical Terms, and Advice
How much speed do you need? And what’s MU-MIMO? We decipher the jargon and explain what to look for to
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The 13 Best Fans, Editor Tested & Reviewed (2025)
From tower and pedestal styles to utilitarian box fans, these are our WIRED-tested favorites.
In a year full of giant games, some little mice stand out
There have been a lot of big games this year that have felt all-consuming, like Monster Hunter Wilds or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Maze Mice offers something different: a small, pick-up-and-play experience that takes a bunch of ideas from some classics and adds a clever twist. The game, from Luck Be a Landlord developer TrampolineTales, […]
The best wireless headphones get even better
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 83, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, please don’t spoil Andor for me, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Mission: Impossible and Sam Altman’s kitchen and […]
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Are Meal Kits Cheaper than Groceries in 2025? We Break It Down
I spent a week recreating recipes from HelloFresh and Blue Apron in the supermarket. The numbers don’t tell the whole
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How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes
The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The
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Polestar 4 2025 Review: Prices, Specs, Availability
An unusual solution to increase cabin headroom has resulted in a singular EV design, but is it solving a problem
Amazon claims its ‘constantly inviting’ new customers to Alexa Plus
Yesterday, Reuters ran a story with the headline “Weeks after Amazon’s Alexa+ AI launch, a mystery: where are the users?,” in which it detailed its difficulty locating first-hand accounts of the AI-upgraded assistants’ use online. The Verge asked Amazon about the story, and the company has responded to say that the idea that Alexa Plus […]
How a DoorDash driver scammed the company out $2.5 million
A former DoorDash delivery driver pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to a wire fraud conspiracy that scammed DoorDash out of over $2.5 million, the US Attorney’s Office in California’s Northern District announced on Tuesday. He and others made it happen over a period of months using fake customer accounts, deliveries that never happened, driver […]