FBI forces Chinese malware to delete itself from thousands of US computers
The FBI said today that it removed Chinese malware from 4,258 US-based computers and networks by sending commands that forced the malware to use its “self-delete” function. The People’s Republic…
There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night
I almost missed it. Amid a bout of prime-time doomscrolling, a social media post reminded me there was something worth seeing in the sky. Mars disappeared behind the full Moon…
Inside Meta’s race to beat OpenAI: “We need to learn how to build frontier and win this race”
Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge A major copyright lawsuit against Meta has revealed a trove of internal communications about the company’s plans to develop its open-source AI models, Llama,…
TikTok tells employees it’s planning ‘the way forward’ ahead of Supreme Court ruling
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok has told employees that its executives are planning “the way forward” ahead of the Supreme Court likely upholding a US ban of…
ChatGPT becomes more Siri-like with new scheduled tasks feature
OpenAI is making ChatGPT work a little more like older digital assistants with a new feature called Tasks, as reported by TechCrunch and others. Currently in beta, Tasks allows users…
North Korea linked to crypto heists of over $650 million in 2024 alone
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Hackers in North Korea stole a total of $659 million in crypto across several heists in 2024, according to a joint statement issued…
Netflix’s new animated Witcher spinoff movie sets sail this February
Netflix Though the fourth season of Netflix’s live-action Witcher series still doesn’t have a concrete release date, Netflix has finally announced when we’ll see yet another animated take on Geralt…
Sonos’ chief product officer is leaving the company
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge A day after Sonos announced a CEO transition, the company is making more moves. Chief product officer Maxime Bouvat-Merlin will also be leaving his…
Parallels is testing x86 emulation on Apple silicon Macs
Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Parallels has added support for x86 emulation in Parallels Desktop 20.2, product manager Mikhail Ushakov wrote in a blog post last…
Meta to cut 5% of employees deemed unfit for Zuckerberg’s AI-fueled future
Anticipating that 2025 will be an “intense year” requiring rapid innovation, Mark Zuckerberg reportedly announced that Meta would be cutting 5 percent of its workforce—targeting “lowest performers.” Bloomberg reviewed the…