Instagram is starting to let some creators make AI versions of themselves
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram’s new “AI Studio” will let creators make AI chatbot versions of themselves, and Meta is starting to roll it out as an “early…
NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station
Enlarge / Illustration of the SpaceX Dragon XL as it is deployed from the Falcon Heavy’s second stage in high Earth orbit on its way to the Gateway in lunar…
T-Mobile users enraged as “Un-carrier” breaks promise to never raise prices
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) In 2017, Kathleen Odean thought she had found the last cell phone plan she would ever need. T-Mobile was offering a mobile service for people age…
Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims
Enlarge / A person is holding a package from Temu. (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) Temu—the Chinese shopping app that has rapidly grown so popular in the US that…
AI-generated Al Michaels to provide daily recaps during 2024 Summer Olympics
Enlarge / Al Michaels looks on prior to the game between the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on September 14, 2023, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (credit: Getty…
Study: Scribes in ancient Egypt had really poor posture during work
Enlarge / Statues depicting the high dignitary Nefer and his wife (Abusir, Egypt). (credit: Martin Frouz/Czech Institute of Egyptology/Charles University.) Repetitive stress injuries are a common feature of modern life,…
Apple’s “Longevity, by Design” argues its huge scale affects its repair polices
Enlarge / Apple has a lot to say about the third-party battery market in “Longevity, by Design,” specifically about how many batteries fail to meet testing standards. (credit: Apple) Earlier…
SCOTUS tears down Sacklers’ immunity, blowing up opioid settlement
Enlarge / Grace Bisch holds a picture of stepson Eddie Bisch who died as a result of an overdose on outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on December 4, 2023…
Windows on Arm puts Intel on notice
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft’s first round of Copilot Plus PCs launched last week with the promise of better battery life, performance that matches a MacBook Air,…
Why and How Will Superintelligence Impact You and The World?
Ilya Sutskever, X-Chief Scientist at OpenAI has created a new startup Safe Superintelligence. Ilya was the Chief Scientist at OpenAI and enabled OpenAI to become the leader in Artificial Intelligence.…