/ Google’s Files app is rolling out a Gemini screen awareness feature that offers to answer questions about open PDFs. By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Share this story Illustration: The Verge In the
Month: December 2024
OpenAI’s efforts to develop its next major model, GPT-5, are running behind schedule, with results that don’t yet justify the enormous costs, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. This echoes an earlier report in The Information suggesting that OpenAI is looking to new strategies as GPT-5 might not represent as big
Humans have an innate desire to name things, but to be honest, we’re not always that good at it. Take climate tech: it’s a category of companies and technologies that, broadly speaking, seek to minimize or reverse our impact on the climate while also helping us adapt to its increasing changes. As terms go, climate
On November 15, Peter Wang posted a message requesting ideas for a new incubator and fund to support experimental projects built on the burgeoning Bluesky/AT Protocol ecosystem. Four weeks later, Skyseed emerged with an initial commitment of $1 million. This turnaround, a speed underscored by the fact that the fund doesn’t even have a website
The year is wrapping up but the gaming news keeps coming. This week, tales of hurt feelings and anger among some developers and fans of Black Myth: Wukong emerged after it failed to take home Game of the Year honors at this year’s Game Awards. Additionally, the announcement that pricey Killzone skins were coming to Helldivers
/ Here’s how Google would fix its monopoly on search. By Richard Lawler, a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Share this story Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The Department of Justice’s list of solutions for
On the first day of Y Combinator’s winter 2024 session — right after orientation and a photo in front of the YC sign — the founders of PearAI got “canceled,” as founder Nang Ang described it to TechCrunch, receiving an outpouring of online hate. But they survived and graduated the YC’s winter 2024 cohort earlier this
Well, here’s something I wasn’t expecting to see: Valve has finally revealed what Team Fortress 2‘s Spy looks like under his mask. And it turns out he looks pretty dang handsome! Suggested Reading The Week In Games: A Star Wars Classic Returns & More New Releases Off English Suggested Reading Valve’s still-popular class-based team shooter
With Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the live-action adaptation of Sega’s speedy platformer is entering a new era. With each subsequent movie, the Sonic films have sought to shed the generic “family” movie image for one that was more honest to the anime-inspired twists and turns of the long-running platformer series. And this latest film succeeds.
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week was full of news, likely because it is also the last “real” week of 2024. Which is another way for us to say goodbye for
The line between success and failure can get blurred under a deluge of criticism, especially when it starts affecting your real life. That appears to be what Jesse Eisenberg has been secretly dealing with for nearly a decade. Deadline reports that in a recent chat on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Eisenberg revealed that he
/ The platform will begin removing clickbait in India before rolling out the change to more countries in the ‘coming months.’ By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Illustration by Alex
For some, AI fatigue is real. But clearly venture investors haven’t grown tired of the category. AI deals continued to dominate venture funding during the third quarter. AI companies raised $19 billion in Q3, according to Crunchbase data. That figure represents 28% of all venture funding. The fourth quarter of 2024 has been no less
Chip company Nvidia gets the green light from the European Union to complete its acquisition of Run:ai. The EU came to a unanimous decision today that Nvidia could go ahead with its acquisition of Israeli GPU orchestration platform Run:ai, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The European Commission determined that if the merger went through other
/ Google and other tech companies are spending millions to clean up their carbon pollution using rocks. Terradot’s pilot program in Brazil involves spreading crushed basalt over farmland.Image: Terradot To try to counteract the impact their pollution has on the climate, Google and other big companies have bought into a plan to trap carbon dioxide
If you’re a Support player in a shooters like Overwatch 2, you’re probably on the hunt for the best Strategist in Marvel Rivals. Despite the different name, Strategists serve the same role as a Support: Keep your team healed, use utility effects like revival, damage boosting, and other augmentations. At launch, there are seven Strategists
AI is everywhere. And increasingly it’s being described as defense tech. This week, the Equity pod gang — which included newcomer Max Zeff, Margaux MacColl, and Kirsten Korosec — noticed an emerging trend: The worlds of AI and defense tech are colliding. And that matters, for a few reasons. For one, venture money is flowing
/ The company has rolled out new Core 1 Gig, Home 3 Gig, and Edge 8 Gig plans in two cities. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Image: The Verge
The biggest pop-culture convention isn’t San Diego Comic Con, nor New York Comic Con—it is in fact CCXP, an international event that mostly takes place in Brazil, but sometimes pops up in Germany too! This year’s was in its main home of the São Paulo Expo, with a raft of big-name celebs and hundreds of
It’s hard to say what’s more of a bummer, folks. Was it the dark days where every single big blockbuster movie got a shitty tie-in video game crunched out by some poor dev team in six months to launch alongside the film? Or is it the present, where new movies rarely get tie-in games at
Sony’s PlayStation Portal began its life with a lot of limitations and skepticism. But after a much-appreciated update added the ability to stream PS5 games directly from the cloud, Sony’s PS5 companion has finally secured itself as a worthwhile accessory Sony’s current gen console. It still isn’t a perfect device, but it’s one with potential
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is out in theaters now, and like the first two films, it has a post-credits stinger that gives us an idea of what’s to come in the next movie, which, it seems, is coming in 2027. However, Sonic 3’s isn’t quite as self-explanatory as those in the first two movies if
/ The new option will open an interface similar to Google’s Gemini chatbot, The Information reports. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story Illustration: The Verge Google is planning to add
Remember NFTs? They were this hilariously stupid and obvious scam from 2021, where people—and you’ll laugh—sold the “rights” to jpegs! Yeah, I know, those things you can right-click and make an infinite number of. So silly. Anyway, three years after that all collapsed, Ubisoft has launched a game featuring the grift. Suggested Reading Why This
Of all the information stored in your mental archives, is knowing your blood type something you can recall quickly? Probably not, and this knowledge can be crucial in critical moments or when you need to fill out medical documentation. Two years ago, I was filling out an application to volunteer at a children’s hospital and on
AI creates a dilemma for companies: Don’t implement it yet, and you might miss out on productivity gains and other potential benefits; but do it wrong, and you might expose your business and clients to unmitigated risks. This is where a new wave of “security for AI” startups come in, with the premise that these
What is the best internet provider in Las Cruces, New Mexico? Xfinity is CNET’s top pick for the best internet service provider in Las Cruces, thanks to its wide availability throughout the city. It’s also the only cable connection available. But if you want the cheapest and fastest internet plans in Las Cruces, Xfinity is
/ An image seeming to show the victim’s body being moved is still visible on Google Maps. By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Share this story A Google Street View image played in
After nine months of hype, controversy, and hyped controversy, MrBeast and Amazon’s Beast Games has begun, the first two episodes of ten added to Amazon Prime today. The reportedly $100 million deal to secure the world’s most popular YouTuber has resulted in a game show that combines Squid Game with, er, Squid Game: The Challenge
In a surprise to absolutely no one who has been immersed in the child-burning, eugenics-pushing, mind-bending chaos of Dune: Prophecy, we’re returning to this universe from 10,000 years before Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies. HBO announced today that the prequel series will be renewed for a second season after the first season experienced massive success. Suggested
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