Is my co-worker AI? Bizarre product reviews leave Gannett staff wondering
Image: Mia Sato / The Verge A smattering of articles recently discovered on Reviewed, Gannett’s product reviews site, is prompting an increasingly common debate: was this made with artificial intelligence…
The best smart plugs
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge These misleadingly simple gadgets are some of the most useful smart devices you can have in your home. Continue reading…
Threads is adding polls and GIFs
Illustration: The Verge Meta is going to let you make polls and insert GIFs right from the Threads post composer, the company announced on Thursday. The features are now rolling…
iFixit now sells Microsoft Surface parts for repair
Image: iFixit iFixit has started selling genuine replacement parts for Microsoft Surface devices. The company now offers SSDs, batteries, screens, kickstands, and a whole bunch of other parts for 15…
Old-school problems, old-school solutions: We help aero-test a Mustang
Enlarge / OVC’s Shelby Mustang recreations are accurate enough to be granted official papers to compete in historic racing. (credit: Michael Teo Van Runkle) To Shelby Mustang fans, the Original…
Trying to make sense of why Otis exploded en route to Acapulco this week
Enlarge / Hurricane Otis on Tuesday, as it was strengthening before making landfall in Mexico. (credit: NOAA) The word “unprecedented” gets tossed around a lot these days, but what happened…
Behind the scenes of Unity’s “rushed-out” install-fee program
Enlarge / A push for more IronSource customers may have been a major motivation behind Unity’s controversial install-fee proposals (credit: Unity) It’s been over a month now since Unity partially…
Top Down Analysis Where Global Wind Power Is Like Doubling Atmospheric CO2
In 2011, Nextbigfuture covered a peer reviewed paper that discussed the maximum wind power that could be taken before it acted like doubling atmospheric CO2. Basic circulation model indicates that…
The Beatles’ final song is coming together through the power of artificial intelligence
The album art for “Now and Then.” | Apple / Capitol Were it not for WingNut Films’ machine assisted learning tech, Peter Jackson’s 2021 The Beatles: Get Back Disney Plus…
Linksys says its Velop Pro 7 mesh is so good you won’t need an app
The Velop Pro 7 3-pack. | Image: Linksys Linksys has released the Velop Pro 7, its newest Wi-Fi 7 mesh router, which it says is so smart, it can fix…