Meta faces Democratic probe into plans to power a giant data center with gas

Meta’s building a new AI data center so massive in Louisiana that the local utility company has plans to construct three new gas-fired power plants to provide it with enough…

Epic’s Mega sale has big discounts on games like GTA V, Red Dead Redemption, and Cyberpunk 2077

It’s a great time to catch up on some big games you might’ve missed out on recently. Epic Games is holding a Mega Sale that includes big discounts on a…

Meta asks judge to throw out antitrust case mid-trial

Meta has filed a motion for judgment on the antitrust case it’s currently fighting in court. The motion argues that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has failed to produce any…

Jeff Bezos makes his most ghoulish deal yet

Watching the behavior of our tech overlords has answered questions I’d never thought to ask. How do you NDA an army of baby mamas? Is there anything more embarrassing than…

Apple is placing warnings on EU apps that don’t use App Store payments

Apple is trying to dissuade Europeans from using iOS apps that support alternative payment options by making them look scary. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber spotted that a red exclamation mark…

EA is bringing employees back to the office three days per week

EA is asking employees to return to the office for three days per week under a hybrid model – and it sounds like the company will be significantly reducing remote…

Eight Sleep adds a pricey blanket and speakers to its Pod 5 sleep system

Eight Sleep is launching the Pod 5, the fifth generation of its expensive smart sleeping system. It packs two main upgrades: a temperature-controlled blanket and speakers that can play “soothing…

Meta’s beef with the press flares at its antitrust trial

Long-simmering tension between Silicon Valley and the press that covers it is surfacing during the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta. During a heated cross-examination of the FTC’s key…

The CryptoPunks NFTs are being sold to a non-profit art foundation

Details for the purchase are slim. CryptoPunks general manager Natalie Stone told The Verge that the terms of the deal won’t be disclosed, and that the brand will be stewarded…

Samsung’s S25 Edge is a thin phone with two big tradeoffs

Samsung’s thin phone is here. The Galaxy S25 Edge — first teased back in January — is essentially a slimmed-down S25 Plus, with the same 6.7-inch OLED display, Snapdragon 8…