Coachella officially kicks off next Friday, April 10. But for anyone who doesn’t want to fly out to the desert or fork over upwards of $650 for a ticket, YouTube is going to livestream the concert for free so you can enjoy it on your own terms. Here’s a quick overview of all the programming […]
Here’s a question almost nobody is asking: how do you get to the Times Square Olive Garden? Well, these beautiful weirdos are answering it – the team that made the Times Square Olive Garden compass. If that’s not clear enough, let me explain. They’re making a compass that points you exclusively in the direction of […]
To be honest, I thought Elon Musk would confidentially file for SpaceX’s IPO on the 20th of this month, rather than the 1st. But maybe that just means he’s moved on to other numbers, and we should all mark our calendars for June 7th as an IPO date just in case. Based on the April […]
OpenAI just bought TBPN
Apr 2
OpenAI has purchased TBPN, the viral online talk show that often interviews AI executives and other tech leaders. The show, which goes live every weekday and often lasts for hours, views channels like Bloomberg and CNBC as its competition and counts OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, as well as executives from Meta, Microsoft, Palantir, and Andreessen […]
The Vergecast is hosting a special in-person screening of Sneakers in partnership with IFC in New York City, and we’re opening presale tickets exclusively to Verge subscribers. Who: You! What: A special screening of Sneakers, followed by a 25-minute discussion with Vergecast hosts David Pierce and Nilay Patel When: Monday, April 27th, 7-9:30PM ET Where: […]
Publisher and game management platform indie.io just announced the pending launch of something called Indie Pass. This is a subscription service, so it’s sort of like Game Pass but for indie titles. It launches on April 13 and will offer over 70 games on that date, with more coming down the line. Not a single […]
Russia has closed a loophole that allowed its citizens to pay for Apple digital services. “As of April 1, 2026, payment processing is no longer available for purchases made on the App Store or other Apple Media Services in Russia,” the company wrote in a support document (via 9to5Mac).The change affects all Apple services. However, […]
Hisense’s CanvasTV offers a surprisingly good experience for the price. | Image: Hisense Samsung’s releasing a new version of The Frame sometime this year, though the exact date is still unknown and, based on past models, it’s likely to be pricey. If you’d rather not wait or want to save some cash, the 55-inch Hisense […]
Surf’s main idea is about feeds. Everything is feeds. | Image: Flipboard Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It’s sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a feed reader that lets you subscribe to almost any website, podcast, or YouTube channel; and a tool for creating and […]
When Google released Gemini 3 Pro at the end of last year, it was a significant step forward for the company’s proprietary large language models. Now, the company is bringing some of the same technology and research that made those models possible to the open source community with the release of its new family of […]
