The Vision Pro is a computer for the age of walled gardens
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Vision Pro, Apple’s new “spatial computing” headset, comes with a lot of limits. It’s a technically impressive $3,499 device that’s straining against…
Daily Telescope: Webb telescope reveals breathtaking structure of galaxies
Enlarge / Nineteen galaxies observed head-on by the James Webb Space Telescope. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, et. al.) Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much…
The Indiglo button let there be light
The Indiglo button on a modern Timex Weekender. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Long before the self-lit pixels of OLED phones illuminated our lives, there was…
Could our Universe be a simulation? How would we even tell?
Enlarge / Is this a simulation? (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Ever since Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed his simulation argument in 2001, the nerdiverse has attempted to the…
Lawmakers propose anti-nonconsensual AI porn bill after Taylor Swift controversy
Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images US lawmakers have proposed letting people sue over faked pornographic images of themselves, following the spread of AI-generated explicit photographs of Taylor Swift. The Disrupt…
YouTube TV listened to sports fans, and it’s fixing multiview’s biggest problem
Fantasy players and sports bettors should be salivating right now. | YouTube Since its launch last spring, YouTube TV’s multiview functionality has been a huge quality-of-life improvement for sports fans.…
Replika’s new AI therapy app tries to bring you to a zen island
Tomo, the AI avatar | Luka, Inc. AI companion company Replika partnered with the team behind the AI dating simulator Blush to release Tomo, a wellness and meditation app with…
Google spent billions of dollars to lay people off
Illustration: The Verge Google spent $2.1 billion on severance and other expenses as it laid off more than 12,000 employees over the course of 2023. And the layoff charges keep…
YouTube TV starts testing customizable 2×2 multiview options
Enlarge / For the NBA YouTube launched “Multiview,” which is coming to Sunday Ticket. It’s four games in a split screen. (credit: YouTube) YouTube TV may finally get a configurable…
Someone finally cracked the “Silk Dress cryptogram” after 10 years
Enlarge / “Paul Ramify loamy event false new event” was one of the lines written on two sheets of paper found in a hidden pocket. (credit: Sara Rivers Cofield) In…