Twitter removed half its HQ sign — then the police arrived
The Twitter sign is coming down in San Francisco. | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Twitter, in case you somehow haven’t heard, is rebranding as “X,” ditching one…
Looking back at the original Chromecast, which just turned 10 years old
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Ten years ago today — July 24th, 2013 — Google announced a $35 streaming stick called the Chromecast. I was one of the…
New ChatGPT feature remembers “custom instructions” between sessions
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a chatbot in front of library shelves. (credit: Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion) On Thursday, OpenAI announced a new beta feature for ChatGPT that…
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
Enlarge / The little Android robot is watching everything you do. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Google’s newest proposed web standard is… DRM? Over the weekend the Internet got…
House GOP could try to hold Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress
Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee may vote to hold Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt later this week, according to a new…
Five cool features and one weird thing you’ll find in macOS 14 Sonoma
Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple released its first public beta for macOS Sonoma (among other operating systems) this month, and per usual, headlining features like desktop widgets have gotten a…
Musk rushes out new Twitter logo—it’s just an X that someone tweeted at him
Enlarge / Twitter’s new X logo. (credit: Twitter) Twitter has replaced its longtime bird logo with an X in order to fit owner Elon Musk’s preferred aesthetic. Musk is famously…
Google Docs can now automatically add line numbers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google Docs now lets you add line numbers to documents. With this feature, Google can automatically assign numbers to each line, which you…
No, Ubisoft won’t delete your game-filled accounts, it claims
Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft now says it will not delete your games just because you didn’t sign in often enough. “Accounts that include purchased PC games are not eligible for deletion,”…
AlmaLinux says Red Hat source changes won’t kill its RHEL-compatible distro
Enlarge / AlmaLinux lets you build applications that work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux but can’t promise the exact same bug environment. That’s different from how they started, but it’s…