This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re ...

A global shortage of construction-grade sand is reshaping coastlines, destabilizing ecosystems, and putting activists in the ...

Back pain is predictive of subsequent sleep problems in older men, according to a recent study from Pennsylvania.

The United States is now closer to Assad’s Syria than to anything we recognize as fitting within the understood norms of American history.

Feeling pressed? You’re not alone. Across categories, manufacturers say their No. 1 pain point is maintaining price integrity across channels. Transparency, algorithmic matching and relentless ...

This up-date of a Cochrane Review evaluated the benefits and harms of SMT compared to (1) sham SMT/placebo intervention, (2) no treatment, and (3) other conservative interventions in people with ...