A friend told me last month, on a rooftop in Bangkok with the traffic grinding away eight floors below, that she sometimes imagines getting on a plane and simply not coming back. Then she apologised. Actually apologised, to me,...
Somewhere on the internet right now there is a photograph of two 61-year-old women sitting side by side. They are identical twins. One of them looks about a decade older. The caption travelling with it usually claims one twin...
In January 1998, the host of a syndicated quiz show signed away 74 acres of undeveloped ridge and canyon in the Hollywood Hills, and the transaction registered less as celebrity gesture than as a change in the map. Alex...
The setup
How long does a group have to exist before it has an inside?
Two people met in a text chatroom and spent five minutes discussing what would make someone a good airline pilot. A third person, the one who...
Around the world in 80 WAVs. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge
I love field recordings. I love making them. I love them when they're incorporated into my ambient music. They're great background noise for working or sleeping. But...
When iOS 27 lands later this month, it will have a feature called iPhone Handoff that lets you switch between two phones using the same number. It was briefly mentioned during the WWDC keynote back in June, but there...
There’s some real gems in there. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), CD sales exploded in the first half of 2026. A new report from the organization says 17.5 million...
Andy Holloway cohosts the Fantasy Footballers podcast with his friends Jason Moore and Mike Wright. The show is one of the premier fantasy sports podcasts, netting over 2 million monthly listeners and numerous awards, including Best Sports Podcast from...
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. | Getty Images
During Naomi Osaka's match against Anastasia Zakharova at this year's US Open earlier this week, a gaggle of ring light-wielding influencers who were packed in a luxury suite became...
