A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

As for Wilcox, he’s long been one of that small group of privacy zealots who buys his SIM cards in cash with a fake name. But he hopes Phreeli will…

Sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to government espionage victims, researchers say

Spyware maker Intellexa had remote access to some of its government customers’ surveillance systems, giving company staffers the ability to see the personal data of people whose phones had been…

Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply | Water

As Australia rides the AI boom with dozens of new investments in datacentres in Sydney and Melbourne, experts are warning about the impact these massive projects will have on already…

Pixel-art cyberpunk game Replaced arrives in March

Based on what we’ve seen, Replaced is a gaming art director’s dream. The long-delayed indie title has lush pixel-art environments, set in a cyberpunk fever dream. And now we finally…

The Download: LLM confessions, and tapping into geothermal hot spots

What’s new: OpenAI is testing a new way to expose the complicated processes at work inside large language models. Researchers at the company can make an LLM produce what they…

Sorry, Spotify Wrapped. My Listening Age Is Not What You Think It Is

Spotify Wrapped is a fun annual roundup of your listening habits. Every year, the music streaming app adds new features, like back in 2023, when it assigned people a Sound…

Spotify wants to be the next big video service

This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Get ready for a lot…

Trump wants tiny Japanese-style cars for US even as he cuts mpg goals

It’s been less than a year into the second Trump administration, and to many outside observers, US government policies appear confusing or incoherent. Yesterday provided a good example from the…

InnAIO AI Translator T10 Review: Feature-Loaded but Needs Work

The T10 also includes a voice-cloning feature similar to those offered by the Vasco Q1 and the Google Pixel 10. With this function, you recite a few sample sentences, press…

Spotify says Wrapped 2025 is its biggest yet, with 200M+ users in its first day

Spotify says yesterday’s launch of its annual year-in-review feature, Spotify Wrapped, was its biggest ever. The streaming service reports that Wrapped 2025 saw over 200 million engaged users within the…