Stanford researchers find Mastodon has a massive child abuse material problem
Illustration: The Verge Mastodon, the decentralized network viewed as a viable alternative to Twitter, is rife with child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to a new study from Stanford’s Internet…
Jury orders Google to pay $339M for patent-infringing Chromecast
Enlarge / Google Chromecast with Google TV. (credit: Google) Google Chromecast infringed upon three patents of Touchstream Technologies, Inc. and should pay $338.7 million in damages, a Western District of…
After bopping an asteroid 3 years ago, NASA will finally see the results
Enlarge / A look inside the clean room where OSIRIS-REx’s samples will be stored. (credit: NASA) Christmas Day for scientists who study asteroids is coming in just two months when…
SpaceX teases another application for Starship
Enlarge / Artist’s illustration of a Starship vehicle in low-Earth orbit. You’ve probably heard about SpaceX’s plans to use its giant new Starship vehicle to land people on the Moon…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,”…