Month: May 2026

Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the car crashes piling up on a daily basis at the Washington-based intersection of technology and politics. If you’re not a subscriber, sign up for our fine editorial enterprise today, especially as we process the end of Musk v.…

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Vibe coding is coming to your phone

“There’s an app for that” was the promise of the App Store from the very beginning. The app that will get your phone to do the thing you want it to? It’s just a few taps away. The tagline wasn’t strictly true — I’m still waiting for that one perfect…

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Volvo is trying to put its EV stumbles in the rearview

Volvo once had ambitions to fully exit the gas car business. Now it’s trying to keep its tenuous foothold in the EV market. It’s not an understatement to say that Volvo’s EV journey has been a bumpy one. The compact EX40 has been a consistent winner, but the Swedish brand’s…

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There’s a sneaky way to watch Europa League final for FREE

You can watch the Europa League final for free on SRF, streaming live on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. The free stream includes every goal as Aston Villa vs Freiburg sends fans wild in Istanbul, Turkey. Unai Emery’s Aston Villa face Julian Schuster’s SC Freiburg in what will be a Germany…

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Airbnb expands into hotel bookings and even grocery deliveries

Airbnb is adding thousands of boutique hotels, new services and experiences to its app. Source

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The Sony Inzone Buds are ‘a fantastic-sounding pair of gaming earbuds’ — and this perfect pairing to the PS5 are now over $60 off at Amazon

Gaming earbuds have plenty of perks, including portability, easy storage, and more that both PC and console gamers can benefit from. If you’re a proud PS5 owner, I’d suggest getting these Sony Inzone Buds at Amazon while they’re on sale for $178 (was $239.99). That’s just $20 more than the…

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