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So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that
The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter.
Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy
Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down.
GM agrees to pay $12.75M in California driver privacy settlement
General Motors has reached a privacy-related settlement with a group of law enforcement agencies led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
CPanel's Black Week: 3 New Vulnerabilities Patched After Attack on 44k Servers
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Dyson’s powerful 360 Vis Nav robovac is down to $279.99 for a limited time
The 360 Vis Nav impressed us with its exceptionally powerful carpet-cleaning performance. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge. If you’re tired of running your vacuum multiple times just to get the dirt and debris out of the carpets in your living room, Dyson’s 360 Vis Na
The Instax Wide 400 builds on instant photography’s simplicity and stretches it, literally
In an AI and digital world, analog instant film and retro-style cameras continue to remain popular, fueled by a mix of both nostalgia and novelty.
Nvidia has already committed $40B to equity AI deals this year
Nvidia continues to be a big investor in the AI ecosystem.
These great digital gifts will arrive just in time for Mother’s Day
And just like that, Mother’s Day is tomorrow, May 10th, which is too soon for most online purchases to arrive in time. That said, you aren’t alone if you waited too long to pick up a gift this year, and you definitely aren’t alone in feeling guilty for considering digital gifts i
Let it snow
Water gets all the credit. When gaming companies want to show off new graphics technology, things tend to get wet; splashing waves that are only possible with the latest physics engine, or puddles that can reflect the world around them thanks to ray tracing. But there's something
Quantum dot TVs beat RGB LED TVs, says the company that makes QDs for TVs
RGB LED technology might be everyone’s focus for TV tech in 2026, but quantum-dot TVs still might be the better choice. | Photo by John Higgins / The Verge At the Los Angeles Convention Center, two 85-inch TVs sat side by side inside the Nanosys meeting room at Display Week - a y
The game that makes me actually want to exercise
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 127, your guide to the best and Verge -iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, my Scorpion challenges your Sub-Zero to a duel, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage .) This week, I've been reading
The new Wild West of AI kids’ toys
The main antagonist of Toy Story 5 , in theaters this summer, is a green, frog-shaped kids’ tablet named Lilypad, a genius new villain for the beloved Pixar franchise . But if Pixar had its ear to the ground, it might have used an AI kids’ toy instead. AI toys are seemingly every
Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc
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Manufacturing qubits that can move
To get quantum computing to work, we will ultimately need lots of high-quality qubits, which we can tie together into groups of error-corrected logical qubits. Companies are taking distinct approaches to get there, but you can think of them as falling into two broad categories. S
Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.
Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers.
San Francisco’s housing market has lost its mind
The invisible force behind all of this is no mystery to anyone paying attention to the city's tech economy. San Francisco is home to some of the most valuable private companies in the world, and their employees have been quietly accumulating — and, increasingly, cashing out — for
Trump reportedly plans to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary
President Trump has signed off on a plan to fire Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, though insiders caution that the plan is not final and could change, according to several media reports. News of the planned axing comes from inside sources who spoke with The
ABC refuses to capitulate to Trump admin, fights FCC probe into The View
ABC is fighting back against the Trump administration's attempt to police broadcast television content, saying in a filing that the Federal Communications Commission is violating the First Amendment. Led by Chairman Brendan Carr, the FCC accused ABC’s The View of not complying wi
Sony says "efficient" AI tools will lead to even more games flooding the market
Anyone following the modern game industry knows that easy-to-use game engines and the accelerating shift to digital distribution have helped enable a massive increase in the quantity of commercial games released each year, both on console storefronts and especially on Steam . Now
Prime Video follows Netflix and Disney by adding a TikTok-like ‘Clips’ feed in its app
The Clips feed aims to enable discovery by offering users a scrollable feed with short snippets of shows and movies.
The unprecedented and deadly cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, explained
An unprecedented outbreak of hantavirus has rocked a luxury cruise ship off the coast of West Africa, triggering a tsunami of news stories and a flood of post-pandemic anxiety. So far, eight cases have been reported, including three people who have died. The Dutch-flagged ship, M
Asus chases Elgato with its own secondary touchscreen display
Asus's latest gaming monitor is a little smaller than usual. The ROG Strix XG129C, announced on Friday , is a 12.3-inch touchscreen IPS display that's intended to be a sidekick for a larger main monitor, similar to the 14.1-inch secondary display in the 2020 Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo
Amazon is adding a vertical video feed to Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video is joining Netflix and Disney Plus in adding a vertical feed of videos to its streaming app. The new "Clips" feed will offer a stream of short-form videos from shows and movies, with options to jump into the full title, rent, or buy it. Prime Video previously o
Intel’s comeback story is even wilder than it seems
Intel's stock has risen a stunning 490% over the past year, a bet by Wall Street that may be running well ahead of the company's actual turnaround.
Course correction: Google to link more sources in AI Overviews
The top of a Google search page is prime real estate, but it has primarily been the domain of AI Overviews for the past two years. Websites that spent years optimizing for Google search haven't exactly loved being pushed down the page by a chatbot and may blame AI Overviews for r
Court rules Trump's 10% tariff is just as illegal as the tariff it replaced
The day after the Supreme Court struck down a set of Donald Trump's emergency tariffs , the president quickly imposed another, using a never-before-invoked provision of a decades-old trade law to order a global 10 percent tariff on most imports. Now, that second set of tariffs ha