‘It’s very hard to get spare parts’: London museum ‘retires’ treasure-trove gallery of household gadgets

They changed our parents’ and grandparents’ lives by using technology to tackle the curse of household drudgery. Thanks to the vacuum cleaner, fridge, washing machine and microwave, the lives of householders were transformed in a few generations. But now the UK’s principal museum collection of domestic devices – from horse-drawn vacuum cleaners to pop-up toasters … Read more

Elon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in Indonesia, world's largest archipelago

DENPASAR, Indonesia — Elon Musk traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation. Wearing a green Batik shirt, Musk was greeted with a garland of flower petals at a community health clinic in Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali, where he launched … Read more

The AI assistants are getting better fast

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 38, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and you can also read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)  This week, I’ve been writing about iPads and the future of Google, watching American … Read more