Texas sues Roblox for allegedly failing to protect children on its platform
Texas AG Ken Paxton is accusing Roblox of “putting pixel pedophiles and profits over the safety of Texas children,” alleging in a lawsuit filed this week that it is “flagrantly ignoring state and federal online safety laws while deceiving parents about the dangers of its platform.”  The lawsuit accuses Roblox of deceptive trade practices for […]
BioWare says it’s ‘focused exclusively’ on the next Mass Effect
It’s been five years since BioWare first announced it was working on a brand new Mass Effect game. But today, November 7th (N7 Day), BioWare shared a promising sign of life: the BioWare team is “heads-down and focused exclusively” on the game, according to its executive producer. “We have a lot of universe to cover, […]
Google's Gemini Deep Research can now read your Gmail and rummage through Google Drive

Even with more info, web giant says agent can't be trusted to keep you healthy, wealthy, and wise

Google's Gemini Deep Research tool can now reach deep into Gmail, Drive, and Chat to obtain data that might be useful for answering research questions.…

Does the Trump phone exist yet?
Last week I asked where the Trump phone was. The answer? Nowhere. There’s no update, no response, no sign of it. And since it’s still not here, I am — again — asking the same question. And I’m afraid I’m going to keep being here, week in, week out, until I have a T1 Phone in […]
X appears to be sending fake traffic across the web
X's new link experiment on iOS may be artificially inflating traffic. Websites like Substack and Bluesky noticed a sharp increase in "fake" views following the update, something that Nick Eubanks, the VP of owned media at the digital marketing platform Semrush, attributes to a new behavior that preloads content before users click on it. "What's […]
Samsung’s Frame Pro TV has hit a new all-time low before Black Friday
Samsung’s 65-inch Frame Pro is $1,447.99 ($752 off) — a new all-time low — at Woot. The 75-inch model is $1,897.99 ($1,302 off), also an all-time low at Woot. The TV’s main attraction is its “Art Mode,” which cycles through a gallery of famous paintings when you’re not actively using it. The artwork on the […]
Pluribus: all the latest on Vince Gilligan’s Apple TV series
Apple’s run of excellent sci-fi looks to continue with Pluribus. The series has some strong pedigree; it’s helmed by Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, who also has a history in the genre working on The X-Files. It’s also a show that requires a lot of trust from viewers, with a strange […]
Where Is OpenAI's Money Going?

Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead


A few days ago, Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s revenues were “well more” than $13bn in 2025, a statement I question based on the fact, based on other outlets’ reporting, OpenAI only made $4.

Ploopy’s smallest open-source trackball now includes a button
Canadian-based Ploopy announced the Nano 2 on Friday. It’s an update to the ultra-compact Nano trackball featuring a new button, improved performance, and a USB-C port that replaces the original’s chunky USB-B port. The company made a similar upgrade with its Classic 2 trackball mouse earlier this year. The Nano 2 is still designed to […]
Cybercrims plant destructive time bomb malware in industrial .NET extensions

Multi-year wait for destruction comes to an end for mystery attackers

Security experts have helped remove malicious NuGet packages planted in 2023 that were designed to destroy systems years in advance, with some payloads not due to hit until the latter part of this decade.…

Researchers want to kill the vibe, propose better model for AI coding

MIT researchers offer cure for illegible software

A pair of MIT researchers have detailed a proposed new model for software that would help both humans and AI code generators alike create better and more transparent applications. No more vibing!…

The Verge’s favorite holiday gifts under $100
Between all the new phones, smartwatches, and laptops we see throughout the year, it often feels like we're constantly being nudged toward shinier, more expensive gadgets. And I get it. As a self-professed gadget nerd, few things are more exciting than unboxing and setting up a new device. But the truth is, you can still […]
Lost in AI translation
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 going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here. Imagine you're minding your business on […]
Big Tech tax breaks could’ve funded benefits for millions, Senator Warren finds
President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is handing out billions in tax breaks, and a new analysis from Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) office is demonstrating just how substantial those sums are. Under the law, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, will save around $17.9 billion in taxes this year, an amount that Warren’s office found could’ve paid […]
Tesla rewards Elon Musk’s reality-distortion field
The most striking moment of Tesla's annual shareholder meeting Thursday wasn't when Elon Musk won a impossible sounding pay package worth nearly $1 trillion. That was a foregone conclusion, given Musk's popularity with retail shareholders and his ability to vote his own extensive holdings. To me, the more illuminating moment was when the gathered crowd […]
Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached

Behold the one trillion dollar man

Tesla is awarding its CEO Elon Musk a package worth a possible $1 trillion, however, it relies in part on a dramatic increase in the value of the electric vehicle manufacturer.…

Bring back the iBook, you cowards
Apple is reportedly working on a low-cost laptop powered by an iPhone chip. This could be a small deal, a decision made by supply chain economics and the fact that the M1 MacBook Air continues to sell well at Walmart. Or it could be huge, a return to form for a company that once seemed […]
'Windows sucks,' former Microsoft Engineer says, explains how to fix it

Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions.

Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has waded into the argument over where Microsoft has gone wrong with Windows, suggesting that perhaps the OS needs a hardcore mode to offset some of its fluffier edges.…

25 years of meatbags permanently in space on the ISS

All good things come to an end, and the outpost is unlikely to reach 30

Anyone turning 25 this week has never known a time when humans weren't living in space. The same might not be true when they're 30.…

Microsoft's data sovereignty: Now with extra sovereignty!

Under shadow of US CLOUD Act, Redmond releases raft of services to calm customers in the EU

Microsoft is again banging the data sovereignty drum in Europe, months after admitting in a French court it couldn't guarantee that data will not be transmitted to the US government when legally required to do so.…

The Polestar 4 takes EV minimalism to the next level
Since the launch of its Polestar 2 sedan in 2021, Swedish EV company Polestar has launched two additional models: the spacious 3 compact crossover SUV, and now the 4, a sporty, even more compact crossover SUV. The 4 slotting in between the 2 and 3 in size may confound some consumers, but one of its […]
Bank of England says JLR's cyberattack contributed to UK's unexpectedly slower GDP growth

This kind of material economic impact from online crooks thought to be a UK-first

The Bank of England (BoE) has cited the cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) as one of the reasons for the country's slower-than-expected GDP growth in its latest rates decision.…

UK tax collector falls short on digital efficiency, watchdog says

Treasury found £1.6 billion for extra tech investment expecting 15 percent efficiency saving. So far HMRC has underwhelmed

The UK’s tax collector is yet to reach the levels of efficiency its investment in digital services has led auditors to expect, according to a new report.…

ISP help desk manager fell for ‘Internet Cleaning Day’ prank - then swore he got the joke

Lost packets would be cleaned out of routers, dead gopher servers would be pulled out of holes …

On Call  Welcome to another instalment of On Call, The Register’s Friday reader-contributed column that celebrates the fine art of tech support.…

Foxconn hires humanoid robots to make servers at Nvidia's Texas factory

We're months away from AI building AI

Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn has confirmed it will use humanoid robots to make Nvidia servers in America.…

Rideshare giant moves 200 Macs out of the cloud, saves $2.4 million

Grab tried to virtualize macOS, but Apple doesn’t make that easy

Singaporean super-app company Grab has dumped 200 cloudy Mac Minis and replaced them with physical machines, a move it expects will save $2.4 million over three years.…

Apple’s latest sci-fi series Pluribus luxuriates in its mystery
Toward the end of the first episode of Pluribus, Carol (Rhea Seehorn), a woman put in a bizarre and impossible scenario, asks a very straightforward question: "What the fuck is happening?" It's something you'll likely be asking yourself a lot while watching. I certainly did. But that ongoing sense of mystery, and the measured pace […]
The best AirPods to buy
Whether you’re buying your first pair of AirPods or replacing a well-used older pair, it’s easy to understand why so many iPhone owners prefer Apple’s earbuds and headphones over other options. Apple has spent years gradually adding new features that work best — and sometimes only work at all — with the company’s own devices. […]
Samsung’s new Switch 2-compatible microSD Express card is already on sale
The Nintendo Switch 2 is backward compatible with most original Switch games, which is a great feature to tide early adopters (like me!) over until more Switch 2 exclusives launch. The console comes with 256GB of internal storage, but that probably won’t be enough room for your entire digital game library. Thankfully, however, Samsung’s 512GB […]
Microsoft will force its 'superintelligence' to be a 'humanist' and play nice with people

Redmond's new AI boss is willing to sacrifice performance for the future of our species

Microsoft has joined the ranks of tech giants chasing superintelligent artificial intelligence, but the company's AI chief Mustafa Suleyman’s vision is markedly different from that articulated by other industry leaders…

GTA VI: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series
It’s been over a decade and two console generations since GTA V came out, and its sequel is still a work in progress. GTA VI has faced multiple delays, with developer Rockstar Games bumping back its predicted release date twice, first to May 26th, 2026, then again to November 19th, 2026, a full year after […]
Gootloader malware back for the attack, serves up ransomware

Move fast - miscreants compromised a domain controller in 17 hours

Gootloader JavaScript malware, commonly used to deliver ransomware, is back in action after a period of reduced activity.…

The best robot vacuum and mop to buy right now
Robot vacuums that can both mop and sweep your floors have improved significantly in recent years. While they are still not as effective as good ol’ manual labor, if you run them regularly, they will help keep your floors cleaner with much less effort on your part. The difference is that newer “combo” robot vacuum […]
Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s $1 trillion pay package
Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to approve Elon Musk’s staggering new pay package, in a move aimed at retaining the controversial CEO’s leadership during a time of great upheaval for the automaker. Over 75 percent of shares voted in favor of the proposal. The vote gives Musk enormous sway over his electric vehicle company, as well […]
Grand Theft Auto VI launch delayed until November 2026
Grand Theft Auto VI is being delayed again: it will now launch on November 19th, 2026. “We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve,” […]
Google’s Ironwood TPUs represent a bigger threat than Nvidia would have you believe

Chocolate Factory's homegrown silicon boasts Blackwell-level perf at massive scale

opinion  Look out, Jensen! With its TPUs, Google has shown time and time again that it's not the size of your accelerators that matters but how efficiently you can scale them in production.…

Amazon offers AI translation for self-published Kindle books
Amazon is making it easier for self-published authors to release their ebooks in multiple languages with Kindle Translate, a new AI translation tool that launched in beta on Thursday to a limited number of Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) authors. In its early form, it can translate between English and Spanish and from German to English, […]
The best budget smartphone you can buy
Some of us take a kind of “I eat to live” rather than an “I live to eat” approach to gadgets. They’re tools that help you get things done, not something you want to invest a lot of time or money in. If that’s you — and there’s no judgment here from a certifiable gadget […]
Senators call on Trump to continue banning Nvidia from selling its best chips in China
A group of senators is urging President Donald Trump to preserve the US’s edge in AI development by denying China access to its most advanced chips and models. The bipartisan resolution, submitted by Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), comes just days after Trump walked back a statement that suggested he would consider […]
Kuxiu’s magnetic multi-device power bank now has faster 25W wireless charging
Last August, Kuxiu debuted a MagSafe battery that can do more than just wirelessly charge your phone. The company’s K1 wireless power bank featured a unique design that split and swiveled 90-degrees to reveal a second wireless charger for the Apple Watch or AirPods. Kuxiu’s new K1 Ultra does the exact same thing, but now […]
OpenAI CFO says can keep afloat without federal bailout

Money-losing biz says it does not need government help to meet massive infrastructure commitments

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says that her company is not seeking federal loan guarantees after suggesting the opposite in an on-stage interview at a Wall Street Journal event.…

Nintendo has too many apps
Nintendo has released a new store app on Android and iOS giving users the ability to purchase hardware, accessories, and games for the Switch and Switch 2. When I open my phone and scroll down to the N's, I get a neat, full row dedicated entirely to Nintendo. That's four apps: the Switch app, the […]
Cisco warns of 'new attack variant' battering firewalls under exploit for 6 months

Plus 2 new critical vulns - patch now

Cisco warned customers about another wave of attacks against its firewalls, which have been battered by intruders for at least six months. It also patched two critical bugs in its Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) software that aren't under active exploitation - yet.…

FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is
The FBI is attempting to track down the identity of the owner of Archive.today and its numerous mirrors, like Archive.is and Archive.ph. As reported by 404 Media, the FBI subpoena, which was posted on the official Archive.today X account, was sent to web domain registrar Tucows on October 30th demanding the “customer or subscriber name, […]
Senate bill would require companies to report AI layoffs as job cuts reach 20-year high in October

Government agencies would also have to report losses due to automation.

ai-pocalypse  A bipartisan pair of US Senators has introduced a bill that would require companies and government agencies to report AI-related layoffs, and it couldn't come at a better time. October jobs data suggests AI is driving the largest wave of layoffs headed into the end of the year that we've seen since 2003. …

You can now make your own Wordle puzzles
If you’ve ever wanted to make your own Wordle puzzle to challenge (or annoy) your family and friends, The New York Times has announced an official tool that lets you do that. If you have an All Access or Games subscription, you can make a 4-7 letter puzzle with the NYT’s Wordle creation tool. (You’ll […]
Union brands Rockstar’s leak claim “a distraction” as protests hit Take-Two London

Rockstar says it fired staff for leaks, but the IWGB accuses the GTA maker of union-busting

Rockstar Games denies claims that it fired several employees over their union activity, insisting that it sacked the team members for leaking confidential information.…

The latest Blink Video Doorbell is over 50 percent off
With Black Friday and the holiday season approaching, packages will start piling up, making now a good time to take steps to protect your doorstep from porch pirates. Thankfully, multiple retailers are already offering early Black Friday discounts on smart security devices to help you keep tabs on deliveries, with Amazon’s and Best Buy’s deal […]
FBI prevails over convicted fraudster in $345M destroyed Bitcoin dispute

Counterfeiter failed to conjure a credible claim, appeals court rules

A convicted identity thief has lost his appeal against Uncle Sam after claiming federal agents destroyed a seized hard drive containing cryptocurrency worth more than $345 million.…

Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85 winds the clock back in new trailer
While Stranger Things's upcoming fifth season will bring the Hawkins gang's story to a close, Netflix's new Stranger Things animated spinoff series is about to send the crew on a side quest set in the recent past. Today, Netflix dropped a teaser video for Stranger Things: Tales From '85, a new spinoff that takes place […]
Google Finance offers Gemini AI tools to stock traders
Google’s well-honed strategy of adding AI to absolutely everything continues: the company announced on Thursday that Google Finance is getting a Deep Search feature to turbocharge its AI chatbot, as well as other upgrades to support traders like prediction market support. The new Deep Search feature will let you get more detailed responses and ask […]
Microsoft AI says it’ll make superintelligent AI that won’t be terrible for humanity
Microsoft AI wants you to know that its work toward superintelligence involves keeping humans “at the top of the food chain.” In a lengthy blog post on Thursday, Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman highlighted the formation of a new team dedicated to developing a “humanist superintelligence” that’s “designed only to serve humanity.” This kind of […]
Agents of misfortune: The world isn't ready for autonomous software

Amazon's spat with Perplexity shows that technology is not the only blocker for the agentic era

Opinion  The agentic era remains a fantasy world. Software agents, the notional next frontier for generative AI services, cannot escape the gravity of their contradictions, legal ambiguities, and competitive pressures. Not everyone, especially not competing businesses, wants a bot representing the customer.…

Sports streaming is a fragmented hot mess
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. This week, JJ Watt finally had enough. The former NFL star, who played for the Houston Texans for close to a decade, took to X to declare that he was […]
Pebblebee’s new trackers are brighter, louder, thinner, and more colorful
Pebblebee has announced new versions of its AirTag-like Clip tracker and wallet-sized Card tracker. The new Clip 5 features a similar design to the previous version with a built-in loop for attaching it to a keychain but includes improvements focused on its personal safety features, plus more color options. The new Card 5 is 30 […]
Lenovo puts the 'cloud' in cloud computing, proposes mid-air datacenters

Sustainable vision? Who knows

Lenovo says that traditional datacenters are not fit for purpose, and must evolve to future-proof businesses across EMEA. This is based on research, but the PC and server biz has come up with some wacky possible designs, including one that is almost literally in the clouds.…

Spotify is launching a weekly mini ‘Wrapped’
Spotify has introduced a new “listening stats” feature that gives you a weekly overview of your recent music streaming habits. It essentially acts like a mini version of Spotify’s annual Wrapped review, showing you which artists and songs you’ve listened to the most each week, and making curated playlists inspired by those results. Listening stats […]
Vibe coding named Word of the Year. Developers everywhere faceplant

It's not a bug, it's a feeling

Vibe coding has broken free of tech circles to claim Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year 2025 — a choice that may prompt developers to ask: what could possibly go wrong?…

How AI is fueling an existential crisis in education
Here on Decoder, we’ve talked a lot about generative AI, which is a very big idea that is causing quite a few problems. One thing we keep hearing about over and over again is that generative AI is causing a lot of problems in schools. A lot of people out there, including many of the […]
Chaos and lies: Why Sam Altman was booted from OpenAI, according to new testimony
"What did Ilya see?" Two years ago, it was the meme seen 'round the world (or at least 'round the tech industry). OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had been briefly ousted in November 2023 by members of the company's board of directors, including his longtime collaborator and fellow cofounder Ilya Sutskever. The board claimed Altman "was […]
ESPN Bet is shutting down, and now ESPN is partnering with DraftKings
ESPN Bet is winding down in favor of a new integration with DraftKings. In an announcement on Thursday, ESPN revealed that it will shutter the standalone betting app in December, while also cutting ties with Penn Entertainment, the company it worked with to develop ESPN Bet. In its place, ESPN will introduce DraftKings’ betting features […]
The Verge’s guide to Black Friday 2025
At the end of November, we’ll gather friends and family to dine on our favorite foods. And once our stomachs settle, the real feast will begin. This year, the 24-hour deal blitz that is Black Friday will commence on November 28th, followed by a weeklong Cyber Monday sale that kicks off on December 1st. Many […]
How I built a vanlife setup powerful enough for work and play
Last year I did the thing I'd been dreaming about for a decade: I bought a van. After twenty years of tech journalism, creating a mobile test platform for remote work was just as exciting as having an adventure vehicle to pursue my outdoor hobbies. For that I'd need lots of battery capacity to power […]
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment finishes what Tears of the Kingdom started
Though my 100-plus-hour completed save file would beg to differ, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an unfinished game. Think of it like Korean barbecue. Without the kimchi, rice, sprouts, or sauce, it's just meat - tasty meat to be sure, but not a complete (or healthy) dinner. Hyrule Warriors: Age of […]
The feud between Ben Shapiro and Nick Fuentes is now mainstream GOP politics
Typically, the long-running MAGA influencer feud between white supremacist streamer Nick Fuentes and Jewish conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro - who despise each other for obvious reasons - would have been contained within the internet. Last week, it ratcheted up when Fuentes, an unrepentant antisemite who has said that "Hitler was really fucking cool", suddenly achieved […]
Ring’s new feature combats security camera notification fatigue
Ring is introducing a new AI-powered feature that consolidates multiple alerts from a camera about a single event into one notification. Single Event Alert is launching on November 6th and is designed to reduce the barrage of notifications from a video doorbell or camera. Building on Ring’s AI Video Descriptions that send a summary of […]
Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s DLC drops this December
Pokémon Legends: Z-A‘s upcoming expansion finally has a release date and a new trailer revealing what we’ll find as we step into the Mega Dimension. Today, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company announced that the Pokémon Legends: Z-A‘s Mega Dimension DLC will debut on December 10th for the Switch and Switch 2. A trailer for the […]
Microsoft: Don't let AI agents near your credit card yet

Shopping bots pick first option and 'vulnerable to manipulation', Magentic Marketplace trial finds

Ready to have your agent talk to my agent and arrange a sale? Microsoft has published a simulated marketplace to put AI agents through their paces and answer a question for the new age: Would you trust AI with your credit card?…

Peloton issues recall for 833,000 bikes over faulty seat posts
Peloton is recalling roughly 833,000 of its original Bike Plus machines, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The reason being that the seat post can break and detach during use, with Peloton receiving three reports of breakages and two reports of injuries resulting from falls. The affected Bike Plus units were sold between […]
You'll never guess what the most common passwords are. Oh, wait, yes you will

Most of you still can't do better than 123456?

123456. admin. password. For years, the IT world has been reminding users not to rely on such predictable passwords. And yet here we are with another study finding that those sorts of quickly-guessable, universally-held-to-be-bad passwords are still the most popular ones.…

I’m The Verge’s new AV expert, ask me anything!
Hi everyone! I'm John Higgins, the new senior reviewer of TVs and audio here at The Verge. I joined the team just over a month ago, and am raring to go. I've been in tech publishing in some capacity for a little over 20 years, starting at Home Theater Magazine back in 2003 as I […]
Lego’s first Star Trek set is a $400 Enterprise with Data, Picard, and Worf minifigures
Lego’s Star Wars partnership helped the company endure financial uncertainty in the late ‘90s, but for the first time it’s announcing a collaboration with that other iconic space franchise. Lego’s first Star Trek set is a 3,600 piece replica of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation measuring nearly two-feet long. It […]
Thousands of flights in danger of cancellation as FAA announces major cuts
The government shutdown-spurred airport chaos is about to get a whole lot worse. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it will reduce flight volumes by 10 percent across 40 major airports in response, a move that could threaten 3,000 to 4,500 flights daily. The cuts will affect “high volume” markets, including in Atlanta, Dallas, New […]
Foursquare’s founder launches a new app that talks to you about your neighborhood
After teasing its development last year, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has now launched BeeBot: an AI-powered social app for iPhones that talks to you about what’s happening nearby. In his blog announcement, Crowley says BeeBot behaves like a “personalized radio DJ” that provides location-based audio updates through your headphones, telling you about what friends are […]
Microsoft Configuration Manager to switch to an annual release cadence

Intune is where the party's at, even if admins might prefer the Configuration Manager kitchen

Microsoft has officially confirmed that Configuration Manager will transition to an annual release cadence, with Intune as the primary focus for innovation.…

Huawei Mate 70 Air is a little thick for a thin phone
Huawei is the latest phone manufacturer to release a thin phone: the Mate 70 Air. That’s our third Air for the year — after the iPhone and ZTE’s Nubia Air — to only two Edges, suggesting Apple’s influence still reigns supreme over Samsung’s. At 6.6mm thick, the Mate 70 Air isn’t quite as slim as […]
SonicWall fingers state-backed cyber crew for September firewall breach

Spies, not crooks, were behind digital heist – damage stopped at the backups, says US cybersec biz

SonicWall has blamed an unnamed, state-sponsored collective for the September break-in that saw cybercriminals rifle through a cache of firewall configuration backups.…

The Czinger 21C is a halo car for the future military-industrial complex
Countless cars have received military-grade marketing over the years, their performances likened to some form of ordnance or another. Saab was notorious for leaning on its aeronautical origins, and it's hard to imagine what kind of state Jeep would be in today without literally parading its olive drab roots at every opportunity. But not since […]
Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible
Ikea announced 21 new Matter-over-Thread devices that can “connect with a wider range of devices and platforms, making it easier for customers to build a smart home across different brands.” The collection includes both entirely new products and updates to existing offerings introducing new functionality and features. The new collection was teased by Ikea’s David […]
Will Tesla shareholders vote to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire?
On Thursday, Tesla shareholders will vote on whether to grant Elon Musk an enormous pay package, the largest ever awarded to a chief executive by orders of magnitude, or risk him leaving the company in a huff. If this sounds weirdly familiar, it's because the same thing unfolded nearly a year ago. At the 2024 […]
Ikea’s new low-cost line is a huge win for Matter and your smart home 
Ikea just announced a bunch of super cheap, colorful Matter-over-Thread devices that will work with any platform, and it feels like Christmas came early for the smart home. The 21 new products include a line of smart bulbs starting at just £4 and two new remote controls that start at just £3 (US pricing is […]
Colt gets greenlight for £2.5bn London datacenter splurge

Three hyperscale sheds to double capacity near Heathrow

Colt Data Centre Services has secured approval to invest £2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) in three hyperscale data centers at its Hayes Digital Park campus in west London.…

Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei's Slack

Stolen creds let miscreants waltz into 17K employees' chats, spilling info on staff and partners

Japanese media behemoth Nikkei has admitted to a data breach after miscreants slipped into its internal Slack workspace, exposing the personal details of more than 17,000 employees and business partners.…

Boffins: cloud computing's on-demand biz model is failing us

Science loses when lab workers grapple with costs and availability, claim researchers

Cloud vendors’ commercial models poorly serve scientists, forcing them to struggle for value amid tightening budgets, according to research.…

Tinder’s AI can find better matches by scanning your camera roll
Tinder is testing an AI-powered “Chemistry” feature that learns about your interests and personality by analyzing your camera roll. In its latest earnings report, the dating app’s parent company, Match Group, described it as an interactive matching feature that’s designed to combat “swipe fatigue” by surfacing fewer, more compatible matches. Chemistry requires the user’s permission […]
How deep-sea mining could threaten a vital ocean food source
The race to mine battery minerals from the ocean floor would create a new stream of waste that could rob sea life of a critical food source, according to new research published today in the journal Nature Communications. That could have far-reaching effects across the ocean, potentially reaching larger fish like tuna that people depend […]
UK space sector 'lacks strategic direction,' Lords warn

Parliamentary report calls for sovereign launch capability and reduced dependence on US services

The UK's House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee has published a scathing report, "The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out," declaring that the 2021 National Space Strategy has "failed to turn its ambitions into reality."…

China uses Mars orbiter to snap interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

Middle Kingdom also postpones astronaut return mission after something hit its spaceship

China has matched the European Space Agency’s feat of taking a snapshot of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from a Mars orbiter.…

Canon adds a 32-megapixel sensor and 7K video to the new EOS R6 Mark III
Canon is announcing the EOS R6 Mark III camera, its latest jack-of-all-trades full-frame mirrorless model for both stills and video. The new camera has a 32.5-megapixel sensor, improved autofocus, up to 7K video recording, and a new dual-card arrangement with a faster CFexpress Type B slot. It’s set to launch November 25th and will sell […]
Qualcomm bets on inferencing in the cloud, which Arm says can’t run it all it forever

Awkward, seeing as they’re close partners

Qualcomm and Arm have offered differing predictions regarding the market for inferencing silicon.…

Election night at Kalshi HQ
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. At 8PM on election night in New York City, I arrived at an unmarked office building in the Meatpacking District. Inside, a few dozen young Kalshi employees moved between […]
Rode’s all-in-one video production console is now smaller and cheaper
Rode has announced a new version of the Rodecaster Video portable production console it launched just over a year ago, but the Rodecaster Video S isn’t a replacement. The Rodecaster Video S offers similar functionality to the original, including switching and mixing multiple video and audio sources and replacing blue or green screens, but with […]
Microsoft apologizes for not explaining cheaper no-AI M365 plans, and all it took was a government lawsuit

Even offers refunds if users sign up for AI they don’t want

Microsoft Australia has apologized to users of its M365 suite after regulators accused it of steering them towards pricey bundles that include its Copilot AI service.…

Films from YouTube and Google Play are no longer available on Movies Anywhere
If you logged into your Movies Anywhere account in the past few days, you might have noticed some titles missing from your library, specifically content purchased on Google Play and YouTube. As of October 31st, movies from either platform are no longer available on Movies Anywhere.  The change was announced on a brief help page […]
Perplexity shows how to run monster AI models more efficiently on aging GPUs, AWS networks

Some clever networking hacks open the door

AI search provider Perplexity's research wing has developed a new set of software optimizations that allows for trillion parameter or large models to run efficiently across older, cheaper hardware using a variety of existing network technologies, including Amazon's proprietary Elastic Fabric Adapter.…

Azure stumbles in Western Europe, Microsoft blames 'thermal event'

Degraded performance and possible dependency problems across AZs

Microsoft has warned of a “thermal event” impacting Azure users in its West Europe region, and perhaps elsewhere.…

Here are the best Apple Watch deals available right now
Apple recently launched its latest fleet of smartwatches, including the Apple Watch Series 11, the SE 3, and the Ultra 3. Each wearable offers something a little different (their prices indicate their breadth of features). A new generation of watches means we probably won’t see big price drops soon, but we’re officially beginning our watch […]
Google Gemini’s Deep Research can look into your emails, drive, and chats
Gemini can now draw from your emails and documents while performing “deep research” queries. Google’s announcement blog called this “one of our most-requested features” for Gemini Deep Research, which is an agentic feature styled specifically for creating research reports rather than just answering questions. The chatbot starts by creating a multi-step research plan, then it […]
Sony rolls out a standard way to measure bias in how AI describes what it 'sees'

Images in the test dataset were all sourced with consent

AI models are filled to the brim with bias, whether that's showing you a certain race of person when you ask for a pic of a criminal or assuming that a woman can't possibly be involved in a particular career when you ask for a firefighter. To deal with these issues, Sony AI has released a new dataset for testing the fairness of computer vision models, one that its makers claim was compiled in a fair and ethical way.…

Apple’s slim M4 MacBook Air is cheaper than ever ahead of Black Friday
If you’ve been holding off on getting a new laptop, now’s a great time to pick one up. Ahead of Black Friday, you can snag the base 13-inch M4-powered MacBook Air for $749.99 ($250 off) in multiple colors at Amazon. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen on Apple’s slim laptop, letting you save more than […]
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