What ChatGPT Thinks It Knows About You Is Affecting Its Answers. Here’s How to Change That
Understanding how ChatGPT’s latest memory upgrade works will help you get even more out of OpenAI’s productivity tool.
Month: September 2026
How to Avoid Scams and Sketchy Products on Amazon (2026)
Amazon is a murky mess of ads, unknown sellers, misleading sales, and specious information. Stay safe while shopping on Prime Big Deal Days and beyond with these tips and tricks.
Meet the Academics Trying to Stop You From Having Sex in Robotaxis
“You know ‘Bang Bus’? We don’t want that.”
What You Need to Know About the Foreign-Made Router Ban in the US
The FCC banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers and mobile hot spots manufactured outside the US. Here’s what it means for you.
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
It’s Donald Trump Versus MAGA on Data Centers
The president has doubled down on data centers and AI. His base is running in the opposite direction.
Welcome to Dogs Anonymous, the Online Support Group for People With Difficult Dogs
“This is a place where you can come and say, I fucking hate my dog today,” a Dogs Anonymous cofounder tells WIRED. “And there are people who are going to be like, yeah, that was me last Tuesday.”
Thermacell LIV 2.0 Review: Taking My Yard Back
Thermacell LIV 2.0 is expensive and imperfect, but it outperforms nearly every mosquito-control method I’ve tried.
A great new video game movie
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 144, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, new tech season is here, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I flew out to Los Angeles to try on and write about…
The hidden monopoly behind your TI graphing calculator
The same calculator has been on most kids’ back to school shopping list since the early 2000’s and the dominance of Texas Instruments’ calculator division goes back even farther. In the next episode of Version History, David Pierce is joined by The Verge’s Nilay Patel and Victoria Song to tell the story of TI graphing…