Europe’s space agency prepares to blot out the Sun
Proba-3’s occulter blocks the Sun’s light for the coronagraph. | Image: European Space Agency The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to create its own solar eclipses so that researchers…
Microsoft blamed for “a cascade of security failures” in Exchange breach report
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A federal Cyber Safety Review Board has issued its report on what led to last summer’s capture of hundreds of thousands of emails by Chinese hackers…
AI hype invades Taco Bell and Pizza Hut
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Depending on who you ask about AI (and how you define it), the technology may or may not be useful, but one thing is for certain:…
The chemistry of milk washing, aka the secret to Ben Franklin’s favorite tipple
Explore the chemistry behind making a cocktail with curdled milk, aka milk washing—like Ben Franklin’s fave, milk punch. It’s well-known that Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father who enjoyed a…
Meta’s AI image generator can’t imagine an Asian man with a white woman
Image: The Verge / Meta AI Have you ever seen an Asian person with a white person, whether that’s a mixed-race couple or two friends of different races? Seems pretty…
WhatsApp is down worldwide and stuck on connecting
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WhatsApp is down worldwide, impacting the 2 billion users of the messaging service. Users started experiencing issues connecting to WhatsApp in multiple countries…
Huberman fans aren’t leaving the show behind
Photo by Chance Yeh / Getty Images for HubSpot This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. I have never…
Cable lobby vows “years of litigation” to avoid bans on blocking and throttling
Enlarge / FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel at a spectrum policy event at the National Press Club on Monday, September 19, 2022. (credit: Getty Images | CQ Roll Call/Tom Williams) The…
The Matrix is coming back for a fifth movie
Image: Warner Bros. Discovery Though the last Matrix movie was basically a warning about corporations sucking the life out of iconic pieces of subversive IP, Warner Bros. Discovery is already…
You can save 20 percent on three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Game Pass was already the best deal in gaming, but this discount makes it even better. | Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images My…