Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ‘not worried’ about supposed ‘animosity’ between Trump and California

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass pushed back against questions about any “animosity” between the incoming Trump administration and California that could hamper efforts to battle the multiple wildfires raging in Los Angeles County.  Trump has heavily criticized leaders in Los Angeles and California over the response to the wildfires, saying the city and state were…

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Robot vacuums just keep growing

Roborock’s Saros Z70 looks set to be the first robot vacuum with an articulating arm to come to market. It’s designed to pick up light items like socks and tissues. (Not actual size) | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge CES saw wild innovations from Roborock and Dreame and helpful upgrades from the…

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Ukraine has captured 2 North Korean soldiers, South Korea’s intelligence service says

Ukraine captured two wounded North Korean soldiers who were fighting on behalf of Russia in a Russian border region, South Korea’s intelligence service said, confirming an account from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday. Seoul’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) told AFP it has “confirmed that the Ukrainian military captured two North Korean soldiers on January…

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How to turn off Apple Intelligence on your iPhone

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge It’s getting increasingly difficult to avoid AI when you open up your phone or laptop — as soon as I started this article in Google Docs, I was immediately offered some AI assistance to write it (which I didn’t take). And with the rollout of Apple Intelligence, that…

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The iPhone Air could be coming later this year

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple may have settled on iPhone 17 Air as the name for the rumored skinny iPhone that’s expected this fall, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. He writes that the phone will be “a testing ground for future technologies,” including the tech that leads to the…

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Minnesota school district removes LGBTQ children’s book with nudity, despite objections

A Minnesota public school district defended its decision to pull an LGBTQ children’s book from its elementary school shelves, despite facing objections from some parents and school librarians. Rochester Public Schools said it pulled the 2022 book, “The Rainbow Parade” by Emily Neilson, from its elementary school media center last month after a Franklin Elementary…

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