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I don’t think Gwyneth Paltrow knows what a peptide is

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. These days, it seems I cannot escape peptides. Online, I’ve been assaulted by videos of shirtless Chads injecting […]

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Watch Sony’s elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players

Humans have been building ping-pong playing robots for decades, such as Omron’s FOREPHUS that challenged amateur competitors at CES 2017. What sets Ace apart from the rest is that the robot, which was developed by Sony’s AI division, is the first that can hold its own against top-ranked human players and occasionally even beat them […]

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SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion

With an IPO looming for Elon Musk’s SpaceX / xAI / X combo platter of companies, SpaceX has announced an odd arrangement to either acquire the automated programming platform Cursor for $60 billion or pay a fee of $10 billion. The New York Times first reported a possible deal just before SpaceX confirmed it in […]

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ISS astronauts are in the middle of a tech overhaul

Even astronauts need to level up their laptops once in a while – including the crew of Expedition 74 on board the ISS, which NASA announced last week is in the process of some computer upgrades. In a statement to The Verge, NASA spokesperson Joshua Finch confirmed the new laptops the astronauts will be using: […]

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Wearable health tech might be Tim Cook’s greatest legacy 

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Granted, 19th-century proverb writers were talking about the fruit, but Tim Cook helped give new meaning to the adage with the release of the very first Apple Watch. In fact, I’d argue that when he hands the reins to John Ternus in September, it won’t be iPhones, […]

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The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space

The great SpaceX IPO is looming, allowing outside investors – including regular Joe Schmoes, or retail investors – to buy a stake in one of the buzziest and most controversial companies on the planet for the first time. Depending on who you ask, it’s either the best investment opportunity you’ll see this decade or a […]

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