Stack Overflow’s programming community will power a version of Google’s Gemini chatbot. It’s part of a new breed of AI data licensing deals with websites […]
Month: February 2024
Setapp is opening its subscription-only iOS app store
Image: MacPaw One of the first third-party app stores on iOS is getting ready to open up in the European Union. The software company MacPaw […]
The AI Culture Wars Are Just Getting Started
Google apologized after its Gemini model caused offense by being too “woke.” Expect political fights over AI’s values to worsen as the technology becomes more […]
How Nvidia Came to Rule AI
This week we chart the rise of Nvidia, the company whose chips, servers, and data centers have fueled the growth of artificial intelligence.
This ‘Amazon’s Choice’ video doorbell could let just about anyone spy on you
An “Aiwit” doorbell camera. There are many like it. | Image via Amazon Does your video doorbell look anything like the one in the picture? […]
X adds live video to Spaces instead of bringing back Periscope
Illustration: The Verge Spaces, the live audio feature for X, is now letting hosts turn on their video during chat sessions. The platform formerly known […]
TikTok is removing even more music
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is now taking down all the songs written or co-written by artists signed to Universal Music Group […]
Smart lighting stalwart Lifx reemerges with a new line of outdoor lights
Lifx has a new outdoor line of smart lighting that supports Matter. | Image: Lifx If you’ve been around the smart home for a while, […]
Netflix confirms it’s cutting off Apple billing for legacy subscribers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix confirms to The Verge that it has begun booting longtime subscribers off their Apple iTunes billing plans […]
How to manage app permissions on your Android phone or tablet
Image: The Verge Your phone, your rules: Android gives you a pretty comprehensive toolkit when it comes to managing app permissions on your device, enabling […]
How to Use ChatGPT’s Memory Feature
The latest update to OpenAI’s chatbot improves the AI’s ability to remember user details, but the feature is not yet available for all ChatGPT accounts.
The latest ‘Woj bomb’ was just a scam NFT tweet from a hacked account
The fake NBA Top Shot tweet. | Image: X / @wojespn People who still use NBA Top Shot were the primary targets of a scam […]
When does a journalist become a hacker?
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images Some laws operate like hidden trap doors — everyone walks across the trap at one […]
Instagram and Facebook knowingly platform parents who sexually exploit children for profit, say reports
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Investigations into “child influencer” accounts on Facebook and Instagram have found that Meta is knowingly allowing parents who sexually […]
Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Avast, the cybersecurity software company, is facing a $16.5 million fine after it was caught storing and […]
Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks
Illustration: The Verge Apple’s security team claims to have achieved a breakthrough “that advances the state of the art of end-to-end messaging.” With the upcoming […]
Signal will soon let you share a username instead of your phone number
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Signal is rolling out support for usernames on its encrypted messaging service over the next few weeks. The […]
‘Prolific’ LockBit ransomware group loses its keys to a global takedown
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Enforcers from the US and UK disrupted a ransomware group they say has targeted more than 2,000 […]
Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes
Image: Wyze Wyze’s problems with letting its security camera customers briefly see into other customer homes is a lot worse than we thought. Last week, […]
Meta is passing on the Apple tax for boosted posts to advertisers
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta said Thursday that it will start charging a 30 percent fee when advertisers pay to boost the […]
The fediverse, explained
Image: Cath Virginia | The Verge The buzziest new thing in social networking is a big deal. It’s also very confusing. And it’s not actually […]