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  • Get in the spirit with these horrors from YouTube
    by Terrence O’Brien on October 31, 2026 at 9:06 pm

    Rather than recommend a single horror film or an unsettling album for our final installment of spooky season recs, I present you with a small selection of creepy, disturbing, and just plain weird videos from YouTube. There’s a little something for everyone here. Whether you’re a fan of surreal art house shorts, cosmic horror, or

  • Keyboards of The Verge
    by Verge Staff on October 31, 2026 at 7:30 pm

    What is a keyboard if not the original brain-computer interface? You can tap on a touchscreen or talk to the computer, but if your work involves getting information out of your head and into the computer, you’re probably spending a lot of time using a keyboard. We’ve written about many keyboards over the years, from

  • Binance CEO says 90 percent of stolen assets have been ‘replenished’
    by Terrence O’Brien on October 31, 2026 at 6:40 pm

    After hackers stole a shocking $6.3 billion from Binance customers in a record-breaking crypto heist, the company’s CEO says that 90 percent of the funds have been replaced, and the company plans to cover the remaining 10 percent as well. Binance is covering the stolen funds directly, and the remaining 10 percent consists of “less

  • Happy Pikmin Day Eve
    by Terrence O’Brien on October 31, 2026 at 5:50 pm

    This morning, Nintendo announced that tomorrow, November 1st, would be the first annual Pikmin Day. As part of the short Pikmin Day Direct, Shigeru Miyamoto shared new info about Pikmin 4 for the Switch 2, as well as an update for the mobile app Pikmin Bloom, and announced the Hello! Pikmin series of shorts. Players

  • I built an AI Tamagotchi before Meta could
    by Sean Hollister on October 31, 2026 at 4:05 pm

    Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta made AI look so stinking cute by giving it a squishy little face – and this holiday season, he wants to sell you a Muse Charm so you can carry your jolly AI helper around like a Tamagotchi. But I won’t be buying one, because we have Muse Charm at home. It

  • Windows 11 tries new shortcuts for Xbox gaming mode and search
    by Terrence O’Brien on October 31, 2026 at 3:12 pm

    The latest Windows 11 Insider build adds some powerful new search features and quick settings while in Xbox mode. The Xbox shortcuts let you control things like Bluetooth, WiFi, and power settings without having to exit gaming mode. The search improvements are quite comprehensive. You can now filter results for files, actions, or web results.

  • Vic Mensa can’t live without the Voice Memos app
    by Terrence O’Brien on October 31, 2026 at 3:00 pm

    Vic Mensa is one of those people who has done so many things that it’s hard to remember where you were first introduced to him. Was it his debut mixtape Innanetape, which finally hit the major streaming services for the first time in September? Or maybe his house-influenced single “Down On My Luck”? Maybe you

  • Best Buy is bundling a $100 gift card with touchscreen MacBook Pro preorders
    by Brad Bourque on October 31, 2026 at 3:00 pm

    While the new touch-enabled MacBook Pro with the PROLED XDR screen is available for preorder across a few major retailers, Best Buy is sweetening the deal by including a $100 gift card. The gift card will be automatically added to your cart when you preorder one of Apple’s highest-end laptops available in 14- or 16-inch

  • Here’s why you can’t shake those unhinged political texts
    by Lauren Feiner on October 31, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    “Its James Talarico. Can you please please please please pretty pretty please rush in even just $1?” “Who’s working to elect James Talarico? Marxists.” “Wow! Wow! Wow! Mark Kelly just made a HUGE announcement!” “We asked Ben Verlander, MLB analyst and former Tigers prospect, to record a quick video about the election this Tuesday, November

  • Touchscreens everywhere!
    by David Pierce on October 31, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 150, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy Halloween, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I was in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee on a family vacation. It was delightful