Meta could make highly targeted ads opt-in, but only in Europe
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is proposing to make some of its personalized, targeted ads an up-front opt-in choice for users in the European Union, reports The…
Apple and its Vision Pro platform join Pixar’s push to standardize 3D content
JigSpace running in Apple’s visionOS. | Image: JigSpace Apple, Adobe, Pixar, Nvidia, and Autodesk are teaming up to promote open standards for interoperable 3D tools and data. In a press…
Elon Musk wants a second chance to fail at X
Looks like Musk’s determined to make the same mistake twice. | Image: The Verge I understand the driving need to prove to people that you are right, which is why…
Multiple Chinese APTs establish major beachheads inside US infrastructure
Enlarge (credit: Steve McDowell / Agefotostock) Hacking teams working for the Chinese government are intent on burrowing into the farthest reaches of US infrastructure and establishing permanent presences there if…
A New Gene Therapy Aims to Cure Blood Disorders Like Sickle Cell With One Shot
Sickle cell disease is debilitating. Due to faulty genetic code, red blood cells morph from round and plump into jagged monstrosities that scrape and puncture blood vessels. Over time symptoms…
Sony’s take-anywhere XB100 speaker is on sale for less than $50
Few speakers offer as much bang for your buck — let alone charm — as Sony’s colorful XB100. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The world of portable…
YouTube uses AI to summarize videos in latest test
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is experimenting with the use of AI to auto-generate YouTube video summaries, according to a notice on a support page dated July…
Your Google data and YouTube videos will be easier to migrate after GDPR challenge
Google Takeout is getting new features that will allow users to upload their Google account data to third-party services. | Illustration: The Verge Google is making it easier to backup…
Meta’s AI ‘personas’ might launch next month
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta could launch AI-powered “personas” in its services — which include Facebook and Instagram — as soon as next month, giving users a new…
Sabine Hossenfelder Predicts LK-99 Superconductor Failure and Fade into Obscurity
Sabine Hossenfelder predicted that the first superconducting replications will fail and then we will never hear of LK-99 and doped Larkanite superconductors again. The first replication failures is correct. However,…