Could there be upsides to being a psychopath?
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Think of a psychopath and any number of Hollywood villains might come to mind, from charming killers like Hannibal Lecter to Anton Chigurh,…
Rocket Report: Space Force to pick three; Pythom strikes back
Enlarge / Falcon 9 launches 54 Starlink satellites from SLC-40 in Florida on Saturday. (credit: SpaceX) Welcome to Edition 6.03 of the Rocket Report! Today marks the 54th anniversary of…
The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president
Enlarge (credit: Banj Edwards | Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) “When checking the system this morning, I noticed your account logged in for over 20 hours,” begins a December 1998…
Marvel brings first three episodes of Disney Plus’ Secret Invasion to Hulu
Samuel L. Jackson in Marvel’s Secret Invasion. | Image: Marvel Studios Ahead of the release of the sixth and final episode of Secret Invasion on Disney Plus, Marvel is bringing…
Data breach exposes personal information of 4,000 Roblox developers
The original data breach may date as far back as December 2020. | The Verge Sensitive information identifying thousands of Roblox creators has been exposed following a data breach impacting…
Meta, Google, and OpenAI promise the White House they’ll develop AI responsibly
The White House is bringing in AI’s top seven companies Friday to make a series of voluntary promises to protect users. The companies — Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft,…
DARPA Developing Next-Generation Microelectronics
DARPA has selected 11 organizations to begin work on the Next-Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing (NGMM) program. Selected teams are Applied Materials, Inc., Arizona State University, BRIDG, HRL Laboratories, Intel Federal, North…
Robotaxi, Robotrucks, RoboFactories and rob
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Cowboy insists it’s not the next VanMoof as it raises prices to ‘stay healthy’
The new Cowboy Cruiser. | Image: VanMoof Company launches cheaper Core e-bike configurations while predicting profitability starting this quarter. Continue reading…
Reddit takes over one of the biggest protesting subreddits
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit is now in charge of r/malefashionadvice, which for a time was the biggest subreddit still closed in protest of the platform’s API…