Where to preorder the new iPhone 17E before it hits stores on March 11th
Apple's week of product announcements kicked off with the iPhone 17E, a phone designed for those who don't want to spend north of $700 on their next upgrade. The iPhone 16E follow-up won't officially launch until March 11th; however, preorders are now open at Best Buy and Apple's online storefront,
iPhone 17e hands-on: nothing more, nothing less
Apple announced the $599 iPhone 17e earlier this week, and we just got a chance to play with one for a few minutes at the company's "experience" for media in New York City. The 17e is more or less exactly what you'd expect - a cheaper, simpler riff on the iPhone 17 that replaces the similarly stripp
Apple launches $599 MacBook Neo powered by an iPhone chip
Apple just announced a new entry-level MacBook that runs on the same A18 Pro chip that launched two years ago in its iPhone 16 lineup and starts at $599. The MacBook Neo features a 13-inch (2408 x 1506) display, 8GB of RAM, 256GB or 512GB of storage, a Magic Keyboard, multi-touch trackpad, 1080p cam
The $599 MacBook Neo is Apple's long-awaited, colorful, lower-cost MacBook
Cute, colorful laptop takes the place of the old $599 M1 MacBook Air.
Apple Opens Pre-Orders for MacBook Neo, iPhone 17e, M5 Pro/Max MacBook Pro, New Studio Displays and More
Apple is now accepting pre-orders for all of the new products that it announced this week. Everything can be ordered from the online Apple Store following the debut of the new low-cost MacBook earlier this morning, with deliveries starting on Wednesday, March 11. Here's a list of what you can order
Apple Announces $599 'MacBook Neo' With A18 Pro Chip
Apple today announced the "MacBook Neo," an all-new kind of low-cost Mac featuring the A18 Pro chip for $599. The MacBook Neo is the first Mac to be powered by an iPhone chip; the A18 Pro debuted in 2024's iPhone 16 Pro models. Apple says it is up to 50% faster for everyday tasks than the bestsellin
Our first hands-on look at Apple’s MacBook Neo
You will immediately be able to tell the Neo by its colors. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Here is the MacBook Neo, Apple's new entry-level Mac laptop. Its colorful chassis options easily set it apart from current MacBook Air and Pro models. But the biggest difference is that inside th
AI is now part of the culture wars — and real wars
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press conference on US military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2026. | Brendan Smialowsky/AFP via Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers that goes inside Washington's
MacBook Neo is now official: A18 Pro chip, $599, four colors, more
Apple’s new MacBook Neo is now official. After already announcing six new products this week, Apple just unveiled the all-new...
PlayStation is reportedly moving away from PC ports
It sounds like PlayStation is putting its focus back on console exclusives. According to a report in Bloomberg, Sony's gaming division is moving away from porting PS5 games to PC, which reportedly includes cancelling plans for a PC port of Ghost of Yōtei. It's a big change from a few years ago, when
Crimson Desert's Will Powers Says Pearl Abyss Is Trying to Avoid Overhyping the Game So Players Don't Think It's 'the Second Coming'
IGN's big Crimson Desert interview.
Control Resonant First-Look Preview – This Is No Soulslike. It’s Faster - IGN
We got a look at a behind-closed-doors gameplay demo of Control Resonant, and it’s not just that it's a markedly different and not just a same-y sequel, but it’s that its melee combat might scratch my Ninja Gaiden-style itch. “This is not a soulslike,” said l…
One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots
CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time.
'Mysterious' leaked US government tool is breaking into iPhones
Cybersecurity experts are warning iPhone users about a government-grade cybertool that's being used by international cybercriminals to exploit weaknesses in people's devices.
Raycast’s Glaze is an all-in-one vibe coding app platform
The Glaze Store is a directory filled with other people’s vibe codes. | Screenshot: David Pierce / The Verge AI tools like Claude Code have made it possible for users to build software with no coding knowledge whatsoever. That's not to say the process is easy, though: You may not need to write code
Three retro Mario titles are coming to Nintendo Switch Online on Mario Day
As if you needed reminding, next week is March 10, or MAR10 Day, as the marketing wizards at Nintendo have been calling it for the last decade or so. You can usually rely on Mario Day for some plumber-related goodies, and Nintendo has announced that three retro games are coming to Nintendo Switch On
The Best Linux Laptops (I Install Linux on Every Laptop I Test) (2026)
Whether you want a beast of a machine with dedicated graphics or a light, easy-to-upgrade PC, we have the perfect rig for you.
I Ranked 30 Energy Drinks, From Celsius to Ghost (2025)
The future is here, and it is jacked up on B vitamins, red dye, and taurine. These are the best energy drinks to get from tired to wired.
TikTok won't add end-to-end encryption to DMs
If you’ve ever wondered if TikTok would ever offer a more secure messaging experience, you now have an answer. TikTok has told the BBC that it will not protect direct messages sent in the app with end-to-end encryption, because it believes it will make users less safe. In a briefing about security a
Marshall Kilburn III Review: A Classic Rock Bluetooth Speaker
Prepping for warmer weather? Marshall's midsize portable Bluetooth speaker sounds as good as it looks.
Latest MacBook Pro battery life unaffected despite a big change
We noted that the brand new M5 Pro and M5 Max versions of the MacBook Pro have a significantly different...
M5 chips now have three types of core
Prior to yesterday’s launch of the new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, Apple Silicon chips had two types of...
How a prize-winning cartoonist brings hand-drawn comics to the web
Jailed during the 2021 coup in Myanmar, American journalist Danny Fenster spent six months as a political prisoner. For much of his incarceration he battled boredom and fear, subsisting on meditation and podcasts on an SD card smuggled in by mail, sent by his girlfriend, Juliana. Now, nearly five ye
Resident Evil Requiem Has Already Sold Over 5 Million Copies
Performing with Grace - Capcom has announced that Resident Evil Requiem has already sold over 5 million copies since its release on 27th February 2026 (thank...