Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge The chair of the Federal Communications Commission proposed a new rule that could make it easier for consumers to unlock their cellphones. The proposed regulation, which the agency announced on Thursday, would require mobile…
What, exactly, is Perplexity’s innovation? | Image: The Verge In every hype cycle, certain patterns of deceit emerge. In the last crypto boom, it was “ponzinomics” and “rug pulls.” In self-driving cars, it was “just five years away!” In AI,…
In May, Reddit announced it would allow OpenAI to train its models on Reddit content for a price. Now, according to The Verge, Reddit will block most automated bots from accessing, learning from, and profiting from its data without a…
Instagram wants to be TikTok with Reels, and now TikTok wants to be Instagram with Whee. Like Instagram, Whee allows users to post and edit photos and message other users. It launched earlier this month in some countries to little…
What’s this? A bipartisan politics-related decision from Elon Musk?!The owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has weighed in more and more on politics in recent years, boosting far-right wing online influencers and spreading far right…
BMW’s 2025 BMW M5, which is coming as a plug-in electric hybrid (PHEV) for the first time, will be a husky vehicle. With an electric motor to go along with its 4.4-liter V8 engine, the sedan will weigh in at…
“Mr. Bugs Wordy Nugz.” | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Wordle is a pretty clever name for the very good word game created by Josh Wardle. But when he was first working on it in 2013, Wardle had…
Annual innovation and entertainment festival SXSW is changing up its funding streams for next year’s events, with the organization announcing it would stop taking sponsorship money from military affiliates. The organization’s brief official statement (found in its updated Music Showcase…
Robert Zemeckis reunites with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for “Here,” based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire. Trailer.
Using a Visa gift card on Amazon is more convenient than you may think. Since it seems very similar to Amazon’s gift card, users might mistakenly try to register their Visa card as a gift card on Amazon. Sadly, that…
