Alex Cranz is a Tech Editor at The Verge. She specializes in topics related to broadcasting and entertainment, covering the intersection of technology with media and the arts. Her work has been featured in prominent outlets including WIRED, Tech News Tube, Gizmodo, Engadget, The Verge, and The A.V. Club.
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In a New York Times profile, former Apple designer Jony Ive confirmed he was working on a hardware project with OpenAI’s Sam Altman.
[Image: I don’t know how long I’ll stick with it, but this is way more phone than a physically separate daily planner. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25618978/IMG_2336.JPG?quality=90&strip=all] I recently started using the Remarkable Paper Pro as a daily planner, but the included planner themes are pretty bland. Which is what led me down a rabbit hole and over to Etsy where people sell whole layouts (in PDF format) that put much more robust planners on your device. The fact that I can just wipe it clean when it’s time to start over and very cathartic — and convenient.
In court filings in Brazil, X has agreed to abide by the Supreme Court’s court order to deplatform far-right accounts.
Letâs be clear about something: the wardrobe malfunction was Justinâs fault.
Last year the United States government took a sledgehammer to non-commercial TV and film through the shuttering of the Corporation For Public Broadcasting and the defunding of NPR and PBS. The move was a morally devastating one . It felt like another clear sign of the complete and total corporatization of U.S. media. But it also reminded me that PBS, and especially the PBS streaming app, rules.
By: Alex Cranz
And that's entirely by design. I miss the cable box. Not the cost or that user interface that always looked exactly a decade too old.
By: Alex Cranz
And tech companies know how to build wonders, but not entertainment. Netflix has a problem: No one is watching the second seasons of its biggest hits.
By: Alex Cranz
Maybe Netflix and Meta should try the time-honored tradition of finding and making stuff people want to watch. By Alex Cranz | July 16, 2026 | 7:00am
By: Alex Cranz
Disney suing the FCC to protect its own freedom of speech is a great move in the right direction, but it also still feels like too little too late.
