Humane’s daily returns are outpacing sales
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Shortly after Humane released its $699 AI Pin in April, the returns started flowing in. Between May and August, more AI Pins…
The Great Barrier Reef faces its biggest threat in centuries
Bleached coral in the Great Barrier Reef in 2024. | Photo: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg The Great Barrier Reef and surrounding waters have reached hotter temperatures over the past decade than they…
Why Google decided now’s the time to move on from Chromecast
The Chromecast is going away after more than a decade in Google’s hardware portfolio, with the company phasing it out to make room for the new Google TV Streamer. In…
Gene Editing and Radical Life Extension
George Church spoke at Aubrey de Grey’s conference to discuss using gene editing to provide radical life extension. George is hopeful that gene editing can be used to realize longevity…
Balatro is getting a free ‘major gameplay update’ in 2025
Image: LocalThunk Balatro, the delightful poker roguelike that’s one of my favorite video games of this year, will be getting a free “major gameplay update” in 2025, according to developer…
The ad companies making money off of obituary spam
Illustration by Erik Carter Thousands of families have witnessed fake obituaries of loved ones crowd Google search results. As The Verge reported in February, the obituaries — which often appear…
Broadway embraces particles physics with musical about Higgs boson discovery
A collision between subatomic particles in the Large Hadron Collider’s CMS detector. (credit: Research.gov) Particle physics is poised to hit the bright lights of Broadway with the adaptation into a…
Microsoft says Delta’s ancient IT explains long outage after CrowdStrike snafu
Enlarge / Delta Air Lines customers looking for missing bags wait in line at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on July 24, 2024. (credit: Getty Images | Patrick T. Fallon…
A New Study Says AI Models Encode Language Like the Human Brain Does
Language enables people to transmit thoughts to each other because each person’s brain responds similarly to the meaning of words. In newly published research, my colleagues and I developed a…
House of the Dragon’s second season was about the quiet moments that shape history
Image: HBO House of the Dragon ended its second season with a reminder that this is all just one part of a much larger story. Continue reading…