Hey Google, I was using that button!
Illustration: The Verge Every time another Google app or feature bites the dust — even a small, relatively inconsequential one — I get annoyed. Really annoyed. Here’s the thing: there…
Toward a unified taxonomy of text-based social media use
Let’s check out the specimens! | photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images The most important thing to know about social media is this: Most people don’t post. You…
Cops arrest 17-year-old suspected of hundreds of swattings nationwide
Enlarge / Booking photo of Alan Filion, charged with multiple felonies connected to a “swatting” incident at the Masjid Al Hayy Mosque in Sanford, Florida. (credit: Seminole County Sheriff’s Office)…
YouTube now has more than 100 million Premium subscribers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube reached an important milestone on Thursday for its paid music and video tiers, crossing the 100 million subscriber benchmark globally. That figure…
Amazon made an AI bot to talk you through buying more stuff on Amazon
Image: Amazon Amazon has taken the wraps off of an AI shopping assistant, and it’s called Rufus — the same name as the company’s corgi mascot. The new chatbot is…
OpenAI says there’s only a small chance ChatGPT will help create bioweapons
Image: OpenAI OpenAI’s GPT-4 only gave people a slight advantage over the regular internet when it came to researching bioweapons, according to a study the company conducted itself. Bloomberg reported…
Hulu, Disney+ password crackdown kills account sharing on March 14
Enlarge / Selena Gomez and Martin Short on the set of Only Murders in the Building on February 14, 2022, in New York City. Hulu and Disney+ subscribers have until…
Google’s Pixel storage issue fix requires developer tools and a terminal
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Google has another fix for the second major storage bug Pixel phones have seen in the last four months. Last week reports surfaced that some Pixel…
FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Thamrongpat Theerathammakorn) The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote on making the use of AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal. The FCC said that AI-generated voices…
Chip race: Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia battle it out for AI chip supremacy
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tech companies want AI to grow. To do that, they need more and more powerful chips. Continue reading…