Apple’s AI moment is coming
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Starting this fall, it appears Siri is going to be much more powerful. Whether this is good news or a harbinger of infinite technological…
‘Apple Intelligence’ will automatically choose between on-device and cloud-powered AI
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple is gearing up to reveal a new AI system on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac next week at WWDC 2024 — and…
Where the CHIPS Act money has gone
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Since the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act last August, eight companies have already received more than half of the planned government direct…
What is ‘nature-based carbon removal’ and is it any better than carbon offsets?
Workers plant trees at an ecological afforestation demonstration zone on April 11, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images Big tech companies are increasingly turning to nature to do the dirty work…
Rocket Report: Starliner soars to space station; Starship’s wild flight
Enlarge / The fourth full-scale test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket took off from Starbase, the company’s privately-owned spaceport near Brownsville, Texas. Welcome to Edition 6.47 of the Rocket Report!…
Brompton C Line Electric review: Fun and foldable, fits better than you’d think
Enlarge / What can I say? It was tough putting the Brompton C Line Electric through its paces. Finding just the right context for it. Grueling work. (credit: Kevin Purdy)…
Microsoft explains how its DLSS competitor uses AI to improve any game
Illustration: The Verge Microsoft is launching a new Automatic super resolution (Auto SR) feature on its upcoming Copilot Plus PCs that will compete with upscale technologies like Nvidia’s DLSS. The…
After a drama-filled day, Boeing’s Starliner finally finds its way
Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on Thursday. (credit: NASA TV) A little more than a day after launching into space, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft flew up…
Mechazilla Booster Catch Attempt on the Next SpaceX Starship Flight
Elon says the next SpaceX Starship flight will likely attempt a Mechazilla launch tower catch of the booster. If successful this would mean saving 33 of the 39 engines for…
Meta uses “dark patterns” to thwart AI opt-outs in EU, complaint says
Enlarge (credit: Boris Zhitkov | Moment) The European Center for Digital Rights, known as Noyb, has filed complaints in 11 European countries to halt Meta’s plan to start training vague…