The Flextail Tiny Bike Pump is a solid pump half the time
The tiny Flextail pump inflated this city bike tire in 45 seconds. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Social media’s algorithms know that I ride a bike almost…
Glow of an exoplanet may be from starlight reflecting off liquid iron
Enlarge / Artist impression of a glory on exoplanet WASP-76b. (credit: ESA) Do rainbows exist on distant worlds? Many phenomena that happen on Earth—such as rain, hurricanes, and auroras—also occur…
These dangerous scammers don’t even bother to hide their crimes
Enlarge (credit: Kuzmik_A/Getty Images) Most scammers and cybercriminals operate in the digital shadows and don’t want you to know how they make money. But that’s not the case for the…
Where is Planet 9 ?
Researchers closely tracked and computationally analyzed moon and asteroid sized objects beyond Neptune and determined that a ninth planet about five times bigger than the Earth is about 16 times…
Stress Testing Tesla FSD Will Get Harder as Its Closer to Being Solved
There are still flaws with Tesla FSD 12.3.X but if Tesla FSD 12.4 and FSD 12.5 fix lane selection problems, speed issues, all construction zones, flashing red lights and reverse…
Google bans advertisers from promoting deepfake porn services
Illustration: The Verge Google has had a longstanding ban on sexually explicit ads — but until now, the company hasn’t banned advertisers from promoting services that people can use to…
Microsoft needs some time to ‘refine’ updates for Copilot AI in Windows
The Verge Microsoft’s latest Windows Insider blog posts say that when it comes to testing new Copilot features in Windows 11, “We have decided to pause the rollouts of these…
As Google’s antitrust trial wraps, DOJ seeks sanctions over missing messages
Illustration: The Verge The fate of Google’s search business is now in the hands of Judge Amit Mehta, as closing arguments concluded in the landmark trial on Friday. The Department…
Judge mulls sanctions over Google’s “shocking” destruction of internal chats
Enlarge / Kenneth Dintzer, litigator for the US Department of Justice, exits federal court in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2023, during the antitrust trial to determine if Alphabet Inc.’s…
Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before. Here’s how.
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Translating human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses has long been fraught with gaping security risks. After all, lookups are rarely end-to-end encrypted. The servers providing…