George Russell takes pole position as Mercedes dominate a qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix in which Max Verstappen crashed.
Crypto
Bitcoin slips below $68,000 heading into the weekend as dollar posts steepest weekly gain in a year
Most majors gave back Friday’s gains, with solana down 4%, ether falling 4.4%, and 43% of bitcoin’s supply now sitting at a loss according to Glassnode data.
Politics
House Republican files for reelection as independent after California redistricting
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) on Friday said he filed for reelection as an independent in the redrawn 6th Congressional District instead of the 3rd District he serves due to California’s redistricting measure that voters backed last year. Proposition 50 allowed California to bypass its independent redistricting commission and pass a new Democratic-friendly House map prior…
Tech
DJI will pay $30K to the man who accidentally hacked 7,000 Romo robovacs
The DJI Romo robot vacuums. | Image: DJI On Valentine’s Day, I brought you a story that’s since made headlines all around the world: How one man, just trying to steer his DJI robot vacuum with a PlayStation gamepad, discovered an entire network of 7,000 remote-control DJI robots ready to let him peek into other people’s homes. To be clear, DJI had already begun addressing some of the related vulnerabilities before the man, Sammy Azdoufal, showed The Verge just how much he could access. But it wasn’t clear whether DJI would pay him for his discovery, particularly after how it...
Entertainment
A kidnapped brute finds the tables turned in ‘Heel’
Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough anchor an off-kilter tale of abduction and vengeance, directed by Poland’s Jan Komasa, an heir to his country’s bolder filmmakers.
CultureLifestyle
‘A gilded edifice to one man’s ego’: critics pile on at public hearing on Trump’s White House ballroom plans
The National Capital Planning Commission, widely expected to approve the plans, will hold its final vote in April
Fashion
Issey Miyake FW26 “Creating, Allowing” Questions Beauty and Creativity
For Fall/Winter 2026, Issey Miyake turns its attention to the beauty of the unfinished. Titled “Creating, Allowing,” the collection questions fashion’s obsession with perfection, inviting the audience to reconsider ideas of beauty, creativity, and imperfection. Under the direction of Satoshi Kondo, garments appear almost mid-process — suspended between completion and possibility — allowing the body and movement to complete the story. The collection unfolded at Carrousel du Louvre during Paris Fashion Week, where drapery and layering anchored the brand’s exploratory approach. A pulsing, static-like heartbeat filled the venue as models emerged in silhouettes that felt intentionally unresolved. Rigid chest plates...
Entertainment
Commentary: From late-night TV to viral memes, Kristi Noem was the gag that kept on giving. What now?
Kristi Noem’s bravado, cruelty, incompetence and commando cosplay inspired more wickedly funny material than Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin and Sean Spicer combined.
Travel
Louise Erdrich on a Scorching Summer in Naples Spent Reading Ferrante
Also featuring a modernist hotel, ample puttanesca, and a visit to Pompei.
Business
Qatar warns war will force Gulf to stop energy exports within weeks
Gas producer says it will take ‘weeks to months’ to restore deliveries after Iranian drone strike