A promising Internet satellite is rendered useless by power supply issues
Enlarge / An Astranis satellite is seen in the company’s factory. (credit: Astranis) Astranis, a company seeking to provide Internet connectivity from geostationary space, said in May that its “Arcturus”…
Meta, Google, and OpenAI reveal their safety plans following White House summit
Photo by Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Seven of AI’s top companies attended a White House summit Friday, reaching a deal with the Biden administration to roll out new guardrails…
T-Mobile’s charging an extra $5 plus tax for paying your phone bill in-store
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile has started charging customers who pay phone bills in-store a new $5 “Payment Support Charge,” plus tax. According to The Mobile Report,…
Disney’s new vision for ESPN might include part ownership by the NBA, NFL
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Disney wants to transition ESPN from linear TV to streaming — and the NBA and NFL might be the partners that help the…
Analogue will start shipping more Pocket preorders in August
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Analogue Pocket is a fantastic way to play Game Boy games, but preorders have taken a long time to ship out. If…
New legged robots designed to explore planets as a team
Enlarge / The robots exploring a simulated alien environment. (credit: ETH Zurich / Takahiro Miki) While rovers have made incredible discoveries, their wheels can hold them back, and erratic terrain…
IMAX emulates PalmPilot software to power Oppenheimer’s 70 mm release
Enlarge / Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer. (credit: IMAx/Universal Picture/YouTube) It’s a big week for IMAX, which has been promoting today’s release of Oppenheimer. It’s a particularly big deal for IMAX…
This LiDAR-equipped, 30-pound robot dog can be yours for $1,600
The Unitree Go 2. [credit: Unitree ] If Boston Dynamic’s $75,000 robot dog, Spot, is too rich for you, how about a stripped-down consumer version? The Chinese robotics company Unitree’s…
Telegram adds Stories for Premium subscribers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Telegram’s new Stories feature that lets users share time-limited videos and photos is now live after CEO Pavel Durov shared last month that…
OpenAI loses its trust and safety leader
Image: The Verge OpenAI’s head of trust and safety, Dave Willner, is stepping down from the company as the AI industry faces more scrutiny around privacy and security from policymakers.…