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The Toyota Highlander is now a three-row electric SUV with 320 miles of range

Toyota unveiled the new 2027 Highlander, a fully redesigned midsize SUV that marks the brand’s first three-row electric vehicle for the US market and the first Toyota EV assembled in America. It’s a familiar name – Toyota has been selling gas Highlanders for over 20 years – with an all-new powertrain aimed directly at one […]

Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance

The ad promotes Ring cameras’ new capability to search neighborhoods for a lost dog. | Screenshot from Ring video Ring’s new Search Party feature has once again drawn backlash for the company. A 30-second ad that aired during Sunday’s Super Bowl showed Ring cameras “surveilling” neighborhoods to locate a lost dog. In the current political […]

Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter is stepping down after six years

Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down from his role effective immediately and leaving the company on February 27th, as previously reported by A3. Under Playter’s leadership, Boston Dynamics navigated its way through an acquisition from Softbank that brought it to Hyundai in 2021, and it launched a […]

Bezos could have saved the Washington Post’s local news and sports reporters

Demonstrators hold a “Save The Post” sign next to a cutout image of Jeff Bezos during a “Save The Post” rally outside the Washington Post headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. | Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politicking in […]

ChatGPT’s deep research tool adds a built-in document viewer so you can read its reports

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT’s deep research tool with a full-screen viewer that you can use to scroll through and navigate to specific areas of its AI-generated reports. As shown in a video shared by OpenAI, the built-in viewer allows you to open ChatGPT’s reports in a window separate from your chat, while showing a table […]

Samsung’s next Unpacked is confirmed for later this month

Samsung’s annual Galaxy S-series reveal is later than usual this year, but we finally have a confirmed date to circle on the calendar: February 25th. And if you were hoping for major hardware upgrades from the company’s flagship phones, you probably shouldn’t hold your breath: an extensive leak published by WinFuture has seemingly confirmed that […]

Trump’s new ‘Buy American’ requirement for EV charging would dramatically curtail build-out

It seems clear at this point to say that Donald Trump does not want to spend a single dime on EV charging. He tried to freeze $5 billion in funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, which was approved as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. And when a federal judge ordered the […]

Fitbit expands access to its AI health coach

Google announced on Tuesday that the public preview of Fitbit’s AI personal health coach is rolling out to iOS users in the U.S. as well as both iOS and Android users in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. It initially launched in October, when it was only available in the U.S. on Android […]

Ayaneo’s new Windows handheld will cost up to $4,299 with maxed out specs

The Next 2 features a 9.06-inch OLED screen with an adjustable refresh rate. | Image: Ayaneo Ayaneo opened preorders for its next Windows 11 handheld and it looks like a powerhouse. The Ayaneo Next 2 is 13.45 inches wide, 10.3-inches tall, and weighs 3.14 pounds. That’s more than twice as heavy as the original Ayaneo […]

My favorite Switch 2 controller is 30 percent off for today only

The EasySMX S10 is a fantastic wireless controller for the Switch 2 that offers nearly as many features as Nintendo’s $90 gamepad. I ranked it as the best Switch 2 controller you can buy, thanks to its satisfying rumble sensation in games, support for motion controls as well as Nintendo’s amiibo NFC figures, plus the […]