ISO corporate scapegoat. OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness . Or, in other words, someone whose primary job is to think about all the ways AI could go horribly, horribly wrong. In a post on X , S...
The author traveled in first and business class on the Amtrak NextGen train. Joey Hadden/Business Insider The Amtrak NextGen Acela is the fastest train in the US. I booked a business-class ticket from...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Splat’s app uses AI to process photos. ✓ It converts personal photos into coloring pages. ✓ The p...
Jamie Siminoff hopes teaming up with Watch Duty will help fight wildfires like the one that tore through the Pacific Palisades and burned down the garage that he founded Ring out of in 2012. Shelby Mo...
Google is announcing a new AI Inbox view for Gmail that, instead of presenting your emails in a traditional list, uses AI to offer personalized to-dos and summaries of topics you might want to follow ...
I made a web game inspired by Geoguessr and Wordle, where you get shown a 3D model of a random human protein each day, and you have to triangulate its gene name using similarity clues. My background i...
Sony's first PlayStation announcement of 2026 is all about color. The new Hyperpop Collection includes colorful neon console covers and controllers that really add a pop of color to a PS5. There are t...
Since almost day one, Spotify has offered the ability to creep on your friends' listening habits - but you could mostly only uncover those guilty pleasures on the desktop app. The company experimented...
Roblox is rolling out its previously announced requirement for all users to go through an age estimation process to be able to use the platform's chat features. The policy was announced in November 20...
The Pioneer Sphera can be installed into a single-DIN space in your dash. I fully believe that once someone hears Dolby Atmos music in their car, they won't want anything else. The sonic envelopment t...
The back of the Ugreen iDX6011 Pro. | Image: Ugreen A decade ago, Google Photos changed photo storage for me forever - because I could search for those photos just by typing a few words. But that mean...
Hey HN, We analyzed 4,010,957 Hacker News submissions to find what actually makes posts perform well. Key findings: - 93.2% of posts never hit 50 points - Top 1% starts at 270 points - Certain keyword...
Matt Blumberg built an AI agent that acts as a fantasy board of directors Markup AI Matt Blumberg, a serial tech CEO, created an AI agent that acts as a dream board of directors. The board is like a f...
Up down, touch the ground… | Image: Mui Lab The Mui Board is, as far as smart home controllers go, soothing and nondescript. There's no bright HD screen, or even anything obviously technological. It's...
An f/1.2 aperture is a beautiful thing. Canon's new EOS R6 Mark III is an excellent camera . It's not a groundbreaking upgrade to the 3-year-old R6 Mark II, but it takes the same body with great ergon...
Buddyo is a smart base designed to add AI to figurines like Funko Pops using NFC tags. AI toys, companions, and robots have been everywhere at CES this year , but among the horde of waddling plushies ...
Mira is a hormone testing kit that I tried out ahead of CES 2026. I had to pee in that cup. This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that diss...
The Honor Magic 8 Pro is out now in Europe, months after its Chinese launch. I have a simple gut check I use when reviewing phones, especially ones that rely on their cameras as a selling point: how o...
The Humble Bundle January lineup has officially arrived to kick off 2026, and if you've been hoping to stock up on some new PC games to keep you busy, it's offering up a great selection. Leading the p...
AgileRL cofounders Entrepreneur First AgileRL raised $7.5 million to expand its AI training software platform. The London startup focuses on reinforcement learning, a technique that has been around si...