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Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone https://www.theverge.com/tech/895453/ai-deepfake-netanyahu-claims-conspiracy

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber will step aside https://www.theverge.com/tech/891562/bluesky-new-ceo

Valve’s Steam Machine may not launch this year https://www.theverge.com/games/890986/valve-steam-machine-frame-controller-delay-ram-memory

Google isn’t waiting for a settlement — the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead https://www.theverge.com/policy/889252/google-app-store-fee-reduction-20-percent-epic-v-google

MacBook Neo versus an old MacBook Air: good luck https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/889128/macbook-neo-vs-older-macbook-air

Anthropic upgrades Claude’s memory to attract AI switchers https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/887885/anthropic-claude-memory-upgrades-importing

Portable Sonos Play speaker leaks on Canadian Best Buy https://www.theverge.com/tech/887220/sonos-play-leak

Meta won’t let morality get in the way of a product launch https://www.theverge.com/policy/886348/meta-glasses-ice-doxxing-privacy

Xiaomi’s Leica Leitzphone mostly earns the name https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/886131/xiaomi-leica-leitzphone-17-ultra-review

The best instant cameras you can buy right now https://www.theverge.com/23133103/best-instant-cameras-fujifilm-polaroid-kodak

NASA is pushing back its plans for a Moon landing https://www.theverge.com/science/886656/nasa-artemis-moon-landing-delayed-2028

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth designates Anthropic a supply chain risk https://www.theverge.com/policy/886632/pentagon-designates-anthropic-supply-chain-risk-ai-standoff

Warner Bros. Discovery agrees to $110 billion Paramount merger https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/886478/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-agreement

Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic’s AI https://www.theverge.com/policy/886489/pentagon-anthropic-trump-dod

The Trump phone sure looks a lot like this HTC handset https://www.theverge.com/tech/886135/trump-mobile-t1-phone-htc-u24-pro

CISA is getting a new acting director after less than a year https://www.theverge.com/policy/886316/acting-cisa-director-replaced-madhu-gottumukkala

AI deepfakes are a train wreck and Samsung’s selling tickets https://www.theverge.com/tech/885727/samsung-execs-unpacked-ai-deepfake-photos-vs-reality-c2pa

FedEx promises to refund customers for ‘illegal’ tariffs https://www.theverge.com/policy/886216/fedex-trump-tariff-refunds

Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus gets a better interface and a 40 percent discount https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/886153/amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-plus-deal-sale

Woot’s ‘Video Games for All’ sale features some of our favorite games https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/885334/woot-ps5-nintendo-switch-video-game-sale-lg-c5-oled-tv-deal

Here’s your first look at Kratos in Amazon’s God of War show https://www.theverge.com/streaming/886008/amazon-god-of-war-kratos-image

Pokémon Winds and Waves launch on the Switch 2 in 2027 https://www.theverge.com/games/885321/pokemon-winds-and-waves-trailer-browt-pombom-gecua

OpenAI snags $110 billion in investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and Softbank https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/885958/openai-amazon-nvidia-softback-110-billion-investment

Jeffrey Epstein saw promise in Bitcoin — and its far-right supporters https://www.theverge.com/tech/885252/jeffrey-epstein-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-connections

Ultrahuman’s new flagship smart ring has a 15-day battery life https://www.theverge.com/tech/885866/ultrahuman-ring-pro-jade-ai-launch-price-availability

Phones are going to get weird next week https://www.theverge.com/tech/885287/mwc-2026-what-to-expect-phones-mobile-weird

Notes from a Burmese Prison https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/820915/notes-burmese-prison-comic

Netflix walks away from its deal to buy Warner Bros. after Paramount came back with a better offer https://www.theverge.com/streaming/885753/netflix-exit-warner-bros-discovery-deal-paramount

NATO says iPhones are secure enough to handle classified data https://www.theverge.com/tech/885516/nato-iphones-ipads-restricted-classified-information

Trump is making coal plants even dirtier as AI demands more energy https://www.theverge.com/science/882288/trump-ai-data-center-power-plant-pollution-mercury-mats

America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater https://www.theverge.com/transportation/882194/america-auto-backwater-ev-loss-detroit-trump-emissions

Meta will ruin its smart glasses by being Meta https://www.theverge.com/column/881744/meta-smart-glasses-facial-recognition-rayban-privacy-wearables

Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage have their day in court https://www.theverge.com/policy/881210/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ceo-testimony-filters

Waymo denies using remote drivers after Senate testimony went viral https://www.theverge.com/transportation/880583/waymo-remote-assistance-senate-letter-robotaxi-philippines

Apple starts testing end-to-end encrypted RCS messages on iPhone https://www.theverge.com/tech/879792/apple-iphone-android-rcs-messages-end-to-end-encrypted

Apple’s Podcasts app will let you ‘seamlessly’ switch between audio and video shows https://www.theverge.com/tech/879749/apple-podcasts-video-swap-hls-live-streaming

You need to watch the intensely surreal cult classic Possession https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/879602/cult-classic-possession-1981-review-isabelle-adjani

Apple’s first-gen AirTags are still worth buying now that they’re $16 apiece https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/879325/apple-airtag-1st-generation-presidents-day-sale-deal

Logitech’s new Superstrike is a faster, more customizable gaming mouse https://www.theverge.com/tech/879221/logitech-gpro-x2-superstrike-gaming-mouse-pc-hands-on

I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/877858/life-with-casio-moflin-robot-ai-pet

AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to https://www.theverge.com/column/879524/ai-video-game-worlds-project-genie