FTC “click to cancel” rule seeks to end free trial traps, sneaky auto-enrollments
It will soon be easy to “click to cancel” subscriptions after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a final rule on Wednesday that makes it challenging for businesses to opt…
Student was punished for using AI—then his parents sued teacher and administrators
A school district in Massachusetts was sued by a student’s parents after the boy was punished for using an artificial intelligence chatbot to complete an assignment. The lawsuit says the…
Prada helped make a spacesuit
High fashion for zero gravity. | Image: Axiom Space travel, it must be said, does not seem glamorous. You have to pee your pants and eat reconstituted roast beef for…
Discord says piracy subpoena would violate users’ First Amendment rights
Image: The Verge Discord is fighting to keep its users anonymous in a court battle over piracy on the platform, claiming it would violate users’ First Amendment rights to hand…
Amazon joins Google in investing in small modular nuclear power
On Tuesday, Google announced that it had made a power purchase agreement for electricity generated by a small modular nuclear reactor design that hasn’t even received regulatory approval yet. Today,…
New Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate Batteries Scaling to Over 300 Gigawatt Hours Per Year in 2025
Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) batteries are ramping up to serious scale and could offer a 20% boost in energy density over LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) batteries. LMFP operates at…
Hades II gets a new location and new pets
Image: Supergiant Games The first major update for Hades II, which is still in early access, is out now, adding things like a new region, the game’s sixth and final…
My very brief stint as a race car driver at the F1 Arcade
The F1 Arcade is a simulator. Just… a simpler one. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Confidence was my first mistake. As I plopped down in one of the…
22 Bit Military Grade Decryption Using DWave Systems Quantum Computers
A paper by Chinese researchers, “Quantum Annealing Public Key Cryptographic Attack Algorithm Based on D-Wave Advantage”, described how D-Wave’s machines can optimize problem-solving in ways that made it possible to…
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is more heart than whodunit
Image: Square Enix A look at the first two chapters in the return of Max Caulfield. Continue reading…