The EV tax credit is gone — now the hard part begins

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jake Kastrenakes, executive editor at The Verge. I’m filling in for Nilay for one Thursday episode while he’s settling back into full-time podcast…

Netflix’s Frankenstein review: a classic tale with del Toro’s signature flair

Guillermo del Toro has been thinking about Mary Shelley’s novel for a lifetime. He has described Frankenstein as “the quintessential teenage book,” and his famous Bleak House in Los Angeles…

Honda wants you to teach its new robot lawnmower

Ever wanted a robot lawnmower you can ride? If the answer’s yes, then Honda has something for you. The Japanese company will be debuting its new ProZision series of battery-powered…

The DIY and IRL energy of punk rock mutual aid

Oct 16, 2025, 1:00 PM GMT+1 Ekko Astral is not a trans band. They may have a trans frontwoman in Jael Holzman. Much of their material may deal with being…

Steve Jobs will appear on commemorative $1 coin

The US Mint has revealed the design for a commemorative $1 coin honoring late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs. The coin features a young Jobs sitting crosslegged in front…

Microsoft is reportedly moving its Surface manufacturing out of China

As trade tensions grow between the US and China, Microsoft is reportedly preparing to move the manufacturing of its Surface laptops and tablets out of China. Nikkei reports that Microsoft…

Senate Democrats want to know: was YouTube’s Trump settlement a bribe?

In a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, five Senators — Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Jeff…

The MLB app’s best feature is a 30-second delay

When my household quit cable four years ago and I lost access to Seattle Mariners games on TV, I started streaming the radio broadcast on the Google Home speaker in…

Google’s AI video generator is getting better editing and more audio

Google is making videos created with the AI filmmaking tool Flow even more realistic — and harder to identify as AI-generated at first glance. The company announced Wednesday that users…

Here’s where you can preorder the new M5 MacBook Pro and iPad Pro

Apple recently announced revised 14-inch MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models, each equipped with the new M5 processor. As expected, Apple’s new M5 chip is supposedly faster than the M4,…