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CrowdStrike pops nearly 13% on upbeat long-term guidance at investor day

CrowdStrike logo is seen in this illustration taken July 29, 2024. CrowdStrike shares popped about 13%, a day after the cybersecurity firm issued better-than-expected long-term guidance at its investor day. The company on Wednesday said it expects net new annual recurring revenues to grow at least 20% in 2027, ahead of analysts' expectations. CrowdStrike plans for ARR to hit $10 billion by 2031, and then double to $20 billion by 2036. Earlier this week, the firm said it was buying AI security

CrowdStrike pops 12% on upbeat long-term guidance at investor day

CrowdStrike logo is seen in this illustration taken July 29, 2024. CrowdStrike shares popped more than 12%, a day after the cybersecurity firm issued better-than-expected long-term guidance at its investor day. The company on Wednesday said it expects net new annual recurring revenues to grow at least 20% in 2027, ahead of analysts' expectations. CrowdStrike plans for ARR to hit $10 billion by 2031, and then double to $20 billion by 2036. Earlier this week, the firm said it was buying AI secu

Microsoft is turning Foxconn’s empty buildings into the ‘world’s most powerful’ AI data center

is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Today Microsoft announced its plans to bring a Fairwater AI data center, which it claims is the “world’s most powerful,” online in early 2026. The $3.3 billion construction in Wisconsin is housed at the site of Foxconn’ s failed LCD factory which was announced in 2017, but by the end of 2018

Tim Cook attends Windsor Castle State Banquet as part of Trump’s visit to the UK

Apple CEO Tim Cook was among multiple high-profile guests at a state dinner at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, joining King Charles III and Donald Trump. Here are the details. Tonight’s 160+ guest list included tech and media moguls Tonight’s dinner guest list also included Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser, Arm CEO Rene Haas, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, among other tech and media personalities, including Rupert Murdoch. As Bloomberg noted, Trump’s vi

Google will use hashes to find and remove nonconsensual intimate imagery from Search

On Wednesday, Google announced a partnership with StopNCII.org to combat the spread of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), the company announced today . Over the next few months, Google will start using StopNCII’s hashes to proactively identify nonconsensual images in search results and remove them. Hashes are algorithmically-generated unique identifiers that allow services to identify and block imagery flagged as abuse without sharing or storing the actual source. StopNII says it uses PDQ f

Garmin's new smartwatch for kids costs more than the Apple Watch SE

Garmin just announced a refresh of its Bounce smartwatch for kids and the big headline is the exorbitant price. It costs $300, which is twice the cost of the previous generation and $50 more than an Apple Watch SE. The Bounce 2 still offers tracking and communication features, both powered by an LTE connection. The exterior has been completely redesigned, with a rounded 1.2-inch AMOLED display. The original model was square-ish, resembling an Apple Watch. Communication is better here, which is

Workday stock climbs as activist investor Elliott takes $2 billion stake

Shares of Workday popped 9% on Wednesday to around $238 after activist investor Elliott Investment Management announced a $2 billion stake in the company. Workday announced a multi-year plan to enhance its operating model and capital allocation framework on Tuesday, and Elliott said it believes the plan will drive "substantial long-term value creation." "We believe CEO Carl Eschenbach, CFO Zane Rowe and the entire Workday team have made substantial progress in recent years, positioning Workday

Garmin’s new Bounce watch for kids doubles the price, not the features

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Garmin announced a new version of its Bounce smartwatch for kids that first debuted in 2022 with tracking and communication features powered by an LTE connection. The Bounce 2 introduces a new design and upgrades that include two-way talking instead of just v

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iPhone Air is Apple’s thinnest, lightest iPhone yet

Apple announced a new iPhone Air, coming in at just 145 grams and a 5.5mm thickness as the company tries to pack a punch in a slim design. Does that also mean we might see a foldable iPhone in the near future? Apple remains behind on that form factor, but the Air brings it one step closer to competing with the likes of Samsung and Google’s foldable lineups.

Here’s everything Apple didn’t announce during its ‘Awe Dropping’ event

For an event that lasted less than 1 hour and 20 minutes, Apple managed to pack quite a lot of new devices and features into its lineup. Still, some had been expecting a little bit more. Here’s what Apple decided not to include in today’s event, some of which may still come by the end of the year. AirPods Pro 3 with infrared camera sensor For the past few days, there were rumors indicating that Apple would release two AirPods Pro 3 versions: the one that was actually announced today, and an in

Xcode 26 RC beta now available for developers

Following today’s event, Apple is now rolling out the first Release Candidate version of the operating systems announced during WWDC25, as well as for Xcode 26. Here are the details. Apple Intelligence, Anthropic and OpenAI integration This year, Xcode’s highlight feature is its built-in integration with large language models, including native support for OpenAI and Anthropic. Users can also integrate with local LLMs and third-party services via API keys. Anthropic’s support was added late in

Apple reveals the all-aluminum iPhone 17 Pro

is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple has announced the iPhone 17 Pro, the top model in its new iPhone 17 lineup, alongside the regular iPhone 17 and all-new iPhone Air. It’s returned to an aluminum build, runs on the A19 Pro chip, and boasts what Apple is calling a “full-width camera plateau” on the back. Earlier this

Intel’s chief executive of products departs among other leadership changes

Semiconductor giant Intel continues to shake up its senior leadership since Lip-Bu Tan took the helm as CEO in March. Intel announced Monday that Michelle Johnston Holthaus will depart the company after more than three decades. Johnston Holthhaus was most recently chief executive officer of Intel products and will remain a strategic adviser. The company also announced the creation of a central engineering group that will build a new custom silicon business for outside customers, according to I

Dan Ives to become chair of company that will buy Sam Altman-backed Worldcoin for its treasury

Wedbush Securities' Dan Ives is joining a new company focused on accumulating Worldcoin (WLD), the native token of the blockchain used in Open AI creator Sam Altman's biometric identity verification startup, World. Eightco Holdings, a tiny company that currently trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker "OCTO ," announced Monday that Ives, Wedbush's global head of technology research, is now chairman of the board of directors. It also announced a $250 million private placement to implement a buying

Lenovo's new Legion Pro 7 gaming laptop can be outfitted with up to a GeForce 5080 GPU

Lenovo just announced some new gaming products at IFA, including the Legion Pro 7 laptop. The specs here are impressive. The laptop ships with AMD's newest Ryzen 9 9000 HX series processors and options go all the way up to the Ryzen 9955HX3D. The Windows 11 computer also features NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs and purchasers can go up to the RTX 5080. There's a 16-inch 240Hz OLED panel with a 0.08ms response time, which should make for some glorious gaming sessions. Lenovo It can be outfitted with u

Amazon confirms Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in live-action Tomb Raider series

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Amazon announced today that its live-action Tomb Raider series will feature Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner as Lara Croft. Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge will serve as the show’s creator, writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner, and filming will begin in January 2026, Va

Roblox experiences are getting ESRB age ratings

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Roblox is going to start showing ESRB ratings alongside experiences to help users in the US better understand if an experience is appropriate for a user of a certain age. The new ratings will appear thanks to Roblox’s new partnership with the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC),

IFA 2025: the biggest tech and gadget announcements

IFA, the European tech trade show equivalent to CES in the US, is just around the corner. Companies are gearing up to showcase their latest innovations, bringing us the latest product announcements, feature demonstrations, and design concepts that will shape future consumer tech releases. IFA will open its doors between September 5th and 9th, but many of the biggest announcements will start dropping shortly before the show’s public opening. And, as always, The Verge will be covering all the lat

Waymo expands to Denver and Seattle with its Zeekr-made vans

Waymo announced Tuesday that it’s going to bring both of its vehicles — the Jaguar I-Pace SUV and the Zeekr van — to Denver and Seattle starting this week, the latest move in a continued expansion across the United States. The vehicles will be manually driven to start, before the company starts testing its autonomous tech in both cities. Waymo told TechCrunch that it hopes to start offering robotaxi trips in Denver next year and the Seattle metropolitan area “as soon as we’re permitted to do so

Kobo replaces Pocket with Instapaper on its e-readers in a free update

A big draw of Kobo e-readers has always been Pocket integration. But, when Mozilla announced in late May that it was shutting down the read-it-later app in July, the Kobo community was left in a bit of a lurch. To the company’s credit, in late July, it announced that it would be replacing Pocket with another stalwart of the scene, Instapaper. And, just a month after that, support is already live and available as a free firmware update for all currently supported Kobo readers (and the list is sur

iOS Elegantbouncer: When You Can't Get Samples but Still Need to Catch Threats

Aug 24, 2025 · 1909 words · 9 minute read The Genesis: When Signatures Aren’t Enough 🔗 In the world of mobile security research, there’s a recurring frustration that keeps many of us up at night: the most sophisticated exploits - the ones that really matter - are rarely shared. When Citizen Lab and Google TAG discover NSO Group’s latest 0-click exploits targeting journalists and activists, we get brilliant technical writeups, CVE numbers, and patches. What we don’t get? The actual samples. Th

Bounce launches a service for moving accounts between Bluesky and Mastodon

Bounce, a new technology that adds a critical component to the open social web, launches to the public on Monday. The cross-protocol migration tool offers a service that allows users of open social networks like Bluesky and Mastodon to move their follow graphs between their accounts, even though the networks rely on different underlying protocols. Today, Mastodon users unhappy with the service can opt to move their account to a different Mastodon server, while Bluesky is developing technology t

Explaining the Internet’s obsession with Silksong, which (finally) comes out Sept. 4

Hollow Knight: Silksong will be released on September 4. It will come out simultaneously on Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, the Nintendo Switch, and the Nintendo Switch 2. On paper, "game gets release date" isn't particularly groundbreaking news, and the six-year wait between the game's announcement and release is long but nowhere near record-breaking. People have waited longer for Metroid Prime 4 (announced 2017, releasing this fall), Duke Nukem Forever (announced 19

Analogue 3D gets yet another delay to later in 2025

is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Things just keep going wrong for Analogue’s take on the Nintendo 64. The company announced today that the shipping date for its next console, the Analogue 3D, has been delayed until sometime in Q4 of this year. The announcement comes a little over a

There's a Hollow Knight: Silksong livestream on August 21 at 10:30AM ET

Is it finally happening? Team Cherry just announced a livestream for the long-anticipated sequel Hollow Knight: Silksong. It takes place on August 21 at 10:30AM ET. The company says it will be making a "special announcement" about the game. We don't exactly know what this announcement will be, but it's starting to feel like a release date or at least a release window. Rumors have been swirling that the title would finally be getting a release date during this week's Gamescom festivities, with G

There's a Hollow Knight: Silksong livestream on April 21 at 10:30AM ET

Is it finally happening? Team Cherry just announced a livestream for the long-anticipated sequel Hollow Knight: Silksong. It takes place on August 21 at 10:30AM ET. The company says it will be making a "special announcement" about the game. We don't exactly know what this announcement will be, but it's starting to feel like a release date or at least a release window. Rumors have been swirling that the title would finally be getting a release date during this week's Gamescom festivities, with G

Get ready for Silksong’s ‘special announcement’ on Thursday

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Prepare your best clown makeup: Team Cherry, the developers of Hollow Knight: Silksong, will be making a “special announcement” about the game on Thursday at 10:30AM ET. The announcement will be shown on Team Cherry’s YouTube channel, and the premiere link is already live. It’s been a ver

Apple is reportedly manufacturing all four iPhone 17 models in India

Apple is shifting more iPhone production to India ahead of next month’s iPhone 17 launch, Bloomberg reports. The company will build all four iPhone 17 models there, and for the first time US-bound shipments for the entire lineup will come from India at launch. The shift comes amid production expansion across five factories in India, including two plants that recently opened. Apple has been working to decrease its reliance on China for the manufacturing of US-bound iPhones. According to Bloombe

OpenAI in talks to sell around $6 billion in stock at roughly $500 billion valuation

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on July 8, 2025. OpenAI is preparing to sell around $6 billion in stock as part of a secondary sale that would value the company at roughly $500 billion, CNBC confirmed Friday. The shares would be sold by current and former employees to investors including SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group and Thrive Capital, according to a person familia

Microsoft has ended 'active development' on Contraband

The upheaval continues for gaming at Microsoft. The latest victim appears to be Contraband, a planned release from Avalanche Studios with Xbox Game Studios as publisher. The co-op open-world game from the studio behind the entertaining Just Cause series was teased in a brief, mostly atmospheric trailer at E3 2021. But very little had been heard since about the project, and it seems the axe is currently hanging pretty precariously above Contraband. "Active development has now stopped while we ev