Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Don’t hold your breath for a resurgence of government internet subsidies. Republicans and Democrats can’t seem to agree on a way forward to fund the program, and passing such bills will only get more difficult as Election Day inches closer. Democrats and...

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge What if your laptop didn’t need a processor from an established brand like Intel or AMD? What if it didn’t even rely on proprietary paid architectures like Arm and x86? RISC-V is one of the answers to those questions — it’s free for anyone to use! — and modular computer company...

Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker. | Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images Earlier today, Fisker finally did what has seemed inevitable these past few turbulent months: declared bankruptcy. “Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted...

One step closer to a final release in the fall. | Image: The Verge / Android It’s beta software season, baby. Google is releasing Android 15’s third beta today, taking it one step closer to its final release. With this update, it reaches platform stability, meaning that APIs are finalized and developers can start testing...

The Sphero Bolt Plus’ new full-color screen can help kids troubleshoot their code. | Image: Sphero Sphero has updated its RC Bolt robotic ball with a higher-resolution LCD screen, providing improved visual feedback that promises to make the new Bolt Plus a better STEM tool for teaching kids the fundamentals of programming....

Image: TikTok TikTok recently launched a new Instagram-like photo-sharing app called Whee, as spotted by Android Police and APKMirror founder Artem Russakovskii. TikTok is explicitly positioning Whee as an app for sharing photos with only your closest friends. “Capture and share real-life photos that only your friends can...