Recent News from The Verge

TIFF 2026: the latest movie reviews from Toronto

If you want an idea of what’s next in film, the Toronto International Film Festival is a good place to start. Every year TIFF features a huge range of features from around the world, and often some of them go on to be huge hits or awards contenders; the 2025 edition, for instance, included the […]

macOS 27 is available now

Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate on Monday, which brings the new Siri AI assistant, Liquid Glass improvements, improved performance, and more. The update is compatible with all Macs with Apple Silicon, but not Intel Macs – Apple released its final big update for Intel-based Macs last year with macOS Tahoe. Siri AI is arguably […]

Apple releases iOS 27 with Siri AI overhaul

The iOS 27 update arrives just in time for the iPhone 18 Pro release. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple is now rolling out its iOS 27 update to compatible devices today, alongside the watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27 updates. Siri AI is the headline feature across all four updates, […]

Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with ‘edge’

Netflix has announced three new adaptations of Sega games: a Crazy Taxi film, a Sonic animated series “built for kids who want to feel a little edge,” and a live-action movie based on the upcoming Stranger Than Heaven from Yakuza developer RGG Studio. The Crazy Taxi movie will be the first project released, though it […]

The Dell XPS 13 is the first real competitor to the MacBook Neo

Welcome back. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Dell’s last XPS 13 was meant to be a farewell before the company sunset the entire XPS brand. But it was a bitter ending, and an overpriced one as well. Earlier this year, Dell resurrected the XPS name with the excellent (and very expensive) […]

I reviewed Valve’s Steam Frame, ask me anything

Hey! I’m Sean Hollister, you might have seen me around this place a few times, and I just spent three weeks beta-testing the Steam Frame, Valve’s hotly anticipated new don’t-call-it-a-VR-headset that might also be an early glimpse at the future of games that run everywhere. At 4PM ET today (that’s 1PM PT for West Coasters […]

Valve has ported Half-Life: Alyx to ARM, and it’s free with Steam Frame

Today, Valve is launching its first headset since 2019 – the new Steam Frame – while dodging our questions about whether it’ll ever make another VR game to go with it. But buyers of the $1,059 gadget will get one flagship VR game anyhow, and it’s great. Every Steam Frame comes with a copy of […]

Valve’s Steam Frame costs $1,059

Valve is finally releasing its Steam Frame headset, which can run both flat and VR games locally and stream both kinds of games from your PC. The Steam Frame will start at $1,059. Valve will also offer a 1TB model that starts at $1,299. Every Steam Frame will come with a copy of Half-Life: Alyx, […]

The Steam Frame is made for irresponsible hardware nerds like me

For nearly three weeks, I’ve been testing the limits of Valve’s Steam Frame, the company’s new wearable PC. At first glance, it’s easy to write it off as a pricey headset that missed the VR craze. At $1,059 with 256GB of storage or $1,299 for 1TB, it costs two to three times as much as […]

Volkswagen’s slippery new EV breaks a bunch of efficiency records

No, that’s not a Tesla Cybercab. That’s Volkswagen’s Mission Efficiency, the world’s slipperiest electric vehicle. The near-production 2+2 seat electric coupe prototype was built on VW’s MEB+ platform, incorporating front-wheel drive components from the upcoming ID. Polo and ID. Cross models. True to its name, the mission of Mission Efficiency is to break records. With […]