Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WhatsApp went down worldwide on Wednesday afternoon, impacting the 2 billion users of the messaging service. Users started experiencing issues connecting to WhatsApp in multiple countries just after 2PM ET today, with the…
Nothing but respect for MY president. | Image: OpenAI OpenAI’s DALL-E is getting a couple of upgrades today that help you shape your AI-generated masterpieces. First, you’ll now find image editing tools when using DALL-E within ChatGPT, both on the…
Image: Roblox Roblox asked a federal judge in California to dismiss a suit from two mothers who allege the platform allowed an illegal gambling ring to prey on their children. Instead, the judge has allowed the case to proceed —…
Stable Audio, a text-to-music AI tool from Stability AI, once maxed out at 90 seconds. Now, you can generate longer audio content. Stability AI announced Stable Audio 2.0, an update to Stable Audio 1.0 that lets users generate up to…
Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Intel’s chip-making division accumulated $7 billion in operating losses in 2023, Reuters reported on Tuesday. That’s a big increase from $5.2 billion it lost in 2022, and while it made $18.9 billion in…
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Linux, the most widely used open source operating system in the world, narrowly escaped a massive cyber attack over Easter weekend, all thanks to one volunteer. The backdoor had been inserted into…
Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge There’s a little-known hack in rural America: you can get the best fried food at the gas station (or in the case of a place I went to on my last road trip, shockingly…
As brands, tech giants, and consumers navigate the boom of AI-integrated tools, nonprofits are trying not to fall behind. Google, one of Big Tech’s AI front runners, is lending a hand. Unveiled on March 28, the new Google.org Accelerator: Generative…
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An open letter signed by music’s biggest names asks industry leaders to divest from AI technologies that represent an “assault on human creativity [that] must be stopped.”Issued by the Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), a non-profit advocacy organization, the letter garnered…

