Bluetti’s Sora 500 solar panel is incredibly powerful for its size
Bluetti’s Sora 500 solar panel is incredibly powerful for its size

We don’t review many solar panels at The Verge, but the tech inside Bluetti’s incredibly portable Sora 500 panel makes it worth a deeper look. The new N-Type panels made by Bluetti and others give you more bang for the buck, pound, and square inch. That’s a big deal for vanlifers like me who depend […]

3 Ways Couples Create Their Own Private Language, By A Psychologist

Private language builds the relationship in a way that goes beyond a mere partnership. It helps form a separate emotional world.

NASA Is Planning A Nuclear-Powered Trip To Mars

Why nuclear makes sense for the Red Planet. Google’s new memory math for AI. Why video games help you sleep. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

The latest in data centers, AI, and energy 
The latest in data centers, AI, and energy 

Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-hungry servers has also kicked up fights across the world over their impact on power grids, utility bills, nearby communities, and the environment.  From audacious plans to launch data centers into […]

NASA’s Psyche Mission Faces New Mystery As It Nears Mars Flyby

NASA’s Psyche mission, launched in 2023, will study a $10,000 quadrillion asteroid, with new research showing that its craters could reveal its true origin.

These ‘clinically tested’ gummies may or may not help you poop
These ‘clinically tested’ gummies may or may not help you poop

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. Influencer after influencer says the same thing about Grüns. The gummy vitamins are delightful, chockful of whole organic […]

‘Cognitive Surrender’: We Trust AI Over Our Own Brains, Research Finds

Cognitive behavioral scientists from the Wharton School of Business conducted experiments to explore how much of our decision-making we’re willing to turn over to AI.

One Way or Another, Most of Our Electricity Comes From Solar Power

That’s good news, since the forecast is sunshine for the next 5 billion years.

At Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the War Isn’t Over

Months into a supposed ceasefire in Gaza, doctors still have to smuggle in basic medical supplies—and treat new casualties of war.

NASA Sets 2028 Launch For First Nuclear Mission To Mars Days Before Return To The Moon

NASA plans a 2028 nuclear-powered Mars mission using SR-1 Freedom and Skyfall helicopters, aiming to transform deep-space travel and future human exploration.