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Valve’s new Steam Controller is as good as I hoped

It’s not perfect, but I’m buying one anyway.

Jay Peters
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
PocketOS maker says an AI agent “deleted our production database in 9 seconds.”

The details of what happened should be taken with a grain of salt since some of its self-reported by the chatbot, which can be tricky. But according to Jer Crane, a Cursor coding agent running Claude Opus 4.6 found a credential mismatch that it fixed by deleting a Railway volume that contained production data and the recent backups, using a token it found that they hadn’t realized would allow that kind of access via Railway’s API for AI agents.

It was eventually recovered, and everyone is vibe coding once again.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Sony’s new covers wrap your WF-1000XM6 earbuds in vegan leather.

The best (currently) noise-canceling earbuds will feel even more premium with Sony’s new $39.99 case covers that wrap the WF-1000XM6’s charging case in a smooth vegan leather finish. The cover is available in black and light gray, and while it makes the case slightly larger, it doesn’t inhibit wireless charging.

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Multiple photos of Sony’s WF-1000MX6 earbuds vegan leather case covers.
The new vegan leather WF-1000XM6 charging case covers match the colors of Sony’s flagship wireless earbuds.
Image: Sony
Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
The Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial starts today.

I’m in the courtroom — and jury selection will begin shortly. Sam Altman is here, but I haven’t seen Elon Musk.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Pop Culture Jeopardy! returns for a second season on Netflix.

The game show spinoff, which covers topics like music, movies, culture, sports, celebrities, and entertainment, debuted on Amazon Prime Video. Now it’s headed to Netflix for another trivia-filled season starting May 11th, with host Colin Jost.

The Verge’s 2026 Mother’s Day gift guide

From time-saving gadgets to more sentimental picks, we’ve pooled together Mother’s Day gifts for every type of mom.

Sheena Vasani
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
The dual camera version of DJI Osmo Pocket 4 could come to the US as the Xtra Muse 2 Pro.

Leaked photos and videos have revealed a dual camera pro version of the Osmo Pocket 4 that DJI almost certainly won’t release in the US. But Xtra Techology, the company that sells “exact hardware copies” of many DJI products, teased its new dual camera Muse 2 Pro coming to the US that looks a lot like the leaked Osmo Pocket 4P.

A blurred images of the Xtra Technology Muse 2 Pro handheld camera.
Is Xtra’s Muse 2 Pro a rebranded version of DJI’s leaked Osmo Pocket 4P?
Image: Instagram
Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
Here be dragons.

Games of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is heading into its third season, and HBO just released a new and appropriately-dragon filled trailer ahead of the premiere. The show debuts on June 21st.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Webtoon’s animated AI avatars want to chat with you.

Hot on the heels of its new AI-powered localization tools, Webtoon is partnering with AI avatar firm Genies to launch a new chatbot feature that will allow users to “talk” with characters from comics featured on the platform.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Meta’s latest energy deal is for 24/7 orbit-to-grid solar power.

Meta announced a new deal this morning with Overview Energy, a space-based solar company with plans to demo beaming “energy wirelessly from space to a solar farm on Earth” in 2028, ahead of commercial delivery in 2030.

Its satellites sit in geosynchronous orbit roughly 22,000 miles above Earth’s equator, where sunlight is constant, collecting energy in space and beaming it to Earth-based solar facilities on the ground as low-intensity, near-infrared light. This means solar farms that currently sit idle at night can keep producing electricity around the clock, maximizing their output and creating more energy for the grid.

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
CachyOS’s latest release includes a new security feature and improved support for Intel CPUs.

As XDA reports, the Arch-based Linux distro’s April update now “automatically configures fingerprint readers for ‘sudo’ prompts” and “detects specific Intel CPUs for better power saving,” among other new features and fixes. CachyOS users can run the command “sudo pacman -Syu” to update to the latest release.

That UL safety logo is a lot more complicated than it looks
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UL CEO Jennifer Scanlon on why safety still matters in the AI era

Nilay Patel
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
In space, no one can hear you over-decorate for Halloween.

Home Depot’s 12-foot Skelly is still a holiday headliner after nearly 7 years, but Spirit Halloween’s new Alien Xenomorph could be an even bigger draw for brave trick-or-treaters this year. The $450 animatronic features sounds inspired by the original film and multiple movements including an inner mouth that extends and screams.

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<em>The animatronic stands 6 feet 8 inches tall and features a detailed exoskeleton design.</em>
<em>All of the Xenomorph’s sounds and movement are triggered by an IR sensor so it’s not terrorizing your neighbors non-stop.</em>
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The animatronic stands 6 feet 8 inches tall and features a detailed exoskeleton design.
Image: Spirit Halloween
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
The Time Frog Color is a watch-sized Game Boy Color that plays tiny carts.

Instead of taking the easy route with an emulator, Chris Hackmann, the modder behind the excellent Frog Boy Color, created a watch-sized Game Boy Color using the handheld’s original CPU. It also plays games through custom tiny cartridges and features a tiny D-pad on the side along with other button controls.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Now Android users can wait for Tesla Robotaxis too.

Eight months after the iOS app launched, Tesla has released an Android version of its Robotaxi app. The service expanded to Houston and Dallas last week, but still seems to only have a small number of vehicles actually on the road.

Tesla Robotaxi

[Google Play]

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
A strong scientific background.

Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t seem to know what a peptide is, which might not entirely surprise you.

Electric Mayhem:

Color me shocked that the person who puts lemon juice in their alkaline water might not have an intuitive grasp of biology.

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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Our first look at Alien: Isolation’s sequel.

In 2024 Creative Assembly announced a followup to the only game that has ever made me genuinely freeze in fear. A year and half later, yesterday’s “Alien day” (4/26, get it?) brought us a brief first look. We don’t see much, but it looks like this time we might be going planetside.

Robert Hart
Robert Hart
China blocks Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus.

The economic watchdog did not explain its decision to cancel the deal, which Beijing had scrutinized since it was first announced in December. It was largely complete and Manus is already integrated into some of Meta’s tools.

Robert Hart
Robert Hart
Elon Musk drops fraud claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman before trial.

The federal judge overseeing the case granted Musk’s request on Friday, which he says will “streamline the case” and keep things focused on “ensuring that OpenAI adheres to its public charitable mission.” Two claims will proceed to trial this week.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
A political battleground is forming around data centers.

Multibillion-dollar data center developments in Georgia are sparking bipartisan backlash, with Politico reporting that 47 percent of local voters oppose the plans. Given this is just one of several states experiencing an AI boom, similar opposition may also define local and statewide elections going forward.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Is Letterboxd looking for a new owner?

Tiny — the movie-tracking social media platform’s controlling investor — has reportedly pitched its stake to potential buyers , including CNBC parent company Versant and Hollywood startup The Ankler. Tiny hasn’t modified much since it bought Letterboxd in 2023, but that could change under a new steward.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
The long rumored foldable iPad may never see the light of day.

Apple has supposedly been working on a folding tablet since at least 2023. The rumored release has slipped from 2024, to 2026, to 2028, to 2029, and now, according to Mark Gurman, it might not happen at all. While it was a priority for incoming CEO John Ternus, its future is now in doubt:

Foldable iPad: Apple has been working on a roughly 20-inch foldable iPad. This device has been a Ternus priority but may end up being a wacky experiment that doesn’t see the light of day, according to several people who have worked on it.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
The villain-loaded Spider-Noir trailer comes in two flavors.

There’s the way any good noir is meant to be consumed — in high-contrast monochrome below. And then there is a “True-Hue Full Color” that frankly sucks all the fun out of it and just serves to highlight the seams in the mediocre CGI.