Brain implants could one day restore communication for people with paralysis
Both studies show that it’s possible to decode brain signals into speech at a rate of about 60–70 words per minute. | Image: Stanford Two separate studies published today in…
How to convert a PDF for your Kindle
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Not that long ago, a friend sent me a preview of a book that she was about to have published and asked…
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit is acting up again. On Wednesday, some of us at The Verge ran into some issues browsing the site, including threads with…
These Pompeii victims choked on ash while covering themselves with garments
Enlarge / Archeologists Gianni Gallello (front) and Llorenç Alapont (back) measure a plaster cast of a Pompeii victim by pXRF. (credit: Alapont et al., 2023/CC-BY 4.0) In the 1870s, archaeologists…
Amazon tries to take over pirate sites that sold DVD copies of Rings of Power
Enlarge (credit: Amazon) Amazon yesterday sued the alleged operators of websites that sell pirated DVD copies of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and other Amazon-made streaming…
IBM team builds low-power analog AI processor
Enlarge (credit: IBM) Large Language Models, the AI tech behind things like Chat GPT, are just what their name implies: big. They often have billions of individual computational nodes and…
Epic’s new program lets developers keep their revenue in exchange for exclusivity
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Epic Games will let developers keep 100 percent of their net revenues from the Epic Games Store for six months if they choose…
Hollywood writers say producers want them to ‘cave’ after the public release of proposals
Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images Hollywood producers are trying to turn up the pressure on striking writers — but writers aren’t biting. The Alliance of Motion Picture and…
BioWare is laying off ‘approximately’ 50 people
Image: BioWare BioWare is laying off “approximately” 50 people, according to an announcement from the studio’s general manager, Gary McKay. “In order to meet the needs of our upcoming projects,…
Tornado Cash devs charged with laundering more than $1 billion
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Tornado Cash developers Roman Semenov and Roman Storm have been charged with three conspiracy counts in an indictment unsealed today. Storm has…