Our biggest stories and favorite things of 2024

2024 is almost over, somehow. So we gathered a bunch of our Verge colleagues and told them each to tell us three things from the year: the biggest story, their favorite new tech thing, and their favorite new non-tech thing. We got a collection of big stories, cool gadgets, great movies, and more good stuff from the year that was.

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Further reading:

Jay Peters:

• Story of the year: Google is a monopoly
• New thing of the year: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Non-tech thing of the year: XOXO Field Notes notebooks

Jake Kastrenakes:

• Story of the year: All things AI
• New thing of the year: The Wiim Ultra amp
• Non-tech thing of the year: Chronoloy

Justine Calma

• Story of the year: The US election, and the rise of nuclear power
• New thing of the year: Nurse Unseen
• Non-tech thing of the year: Sugarcane

Vjeran Pavic:

• Story of the year: The Apple Vision Pro
• New thing of the year: The Fujifilm X100VI and the Kino app
• Non-tech thing of the year: Mountain Gazette

Kylie Robison:

• Story of the year: Billionaire crybabies
• New thing of the year: Stardew Valley
• Non-tech thing of the year: Curated playlists

Barbara Krasnoff:

• Story of the year: The US election
• New thing of the year: The Elgato Stream Deck
• Non-tech thing of the year: Googly eyes

Alex Heath:

• Story of the year: The AI rat race
• New thing of the year: Granola
• Non-tech thing of the year: Shochu

Ash Parrish:

• Story of the year: Grand Theft Auto VI and the Nintendo Switch 2, and more industry layoffs
• New thing of the year: The Playstation Portal
• Non-tech thing of the year: Bucephalus the puppy

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