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.…
The best budget laptop of 2023
Here are the best cheap Chromebooks and laptops you can buy. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales You can get a good laptop on a budget; you just have to…
Reddit just expanded the r/Place canvas, and there are already messages cursing the CEO
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Reddit added more space to the r/Place collaborative canvas on Friday, giving users additional room to collaboratively draw pixelated art. Almost immediately after…
Those weird mobile games are now on the Switch (sorta)
Image: Metacore Have you ever been doomscrolling on a weeknight and see a weird ad for a mobile game that has you match three to fight off zombies or move…
Infant deaths surge in Texas after abortion ban
Enlarge / (From L) Plaintiffs Damla Karsan, Austin Dennard, Samantha Casiano, Taylor Edwards, Center for Reproductive Rights attorney Molly Duane and Amanda Zurawski attend a press conference outside the Travis…
The next Mazda MX-5 Miata might be an electric vehicle
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Mazda) The fifth-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata may well be a battery-electric vehicle. Motortrend reports that the Japanese automaker, builder of one of the Internet’s most…
69% of Russian gamers are pirating after Ukraine invasion pushback
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Russian gamers were not introduced to piracy by the backlash to their country’s invasion of Ukraine—far from it. But piracy is ramping up,…
Redditors prank AI-powered news mill with “Glorbo” in World of Warcraft
Enlarge / A World of Warcraft illustration from the Zleague.gg article on “Glorbo.” (credit: Zleague.gg) On Thursday, a Reddit user named kaefer_kriegerin posted a fake announcement on the World of…
OpenAI, Google will watermark AI-generated content to hinder deepfakes, misinfo
Enlarge (credit: MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images / Contributor | MediaNews Group RM) Seven companies—including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Amazon, Anthropic, and Inflection—have committed to developing tech to…
Meet the MCU’s new Kree villain, Dar-Benn, in trailer for The Marvels
Brie Larson returns as Captain Marvel, who finds herself in a destabilizing universe in The Marvels. Marvel Studios might not have a panel at San Diego Comic-Con this year, but…