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The US government is seeking to join Elon Musk’s legal challenge to overturn a €120m (£105m) EU fine against X over its blue tick badges. In December 2025, the European Commission said the platform “deceives users” by allowing people to pay for a blue verified check mark, because it is …

A police force in Wales has suffered a cyber attack which has caused disruption to some non-emergency systems and could have led to staff information being “accessed or compromised”. Dyfed-Powys Police is the territorial police force in mid-Wales for the counties of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and Powys, equating to more …

As you spend more time in the kitchen, it becomes clear that having the right tools can have an outsized impact on your recipe success rate. Some gadgets out there aren’t worth the space they take up in a drawer, but many are essential without an obvious substitute or workaround. …

If you own an original Nintendo Switch, there’s a security exploit you will want to patch immediately, especially if you use the game console in public. Nintendo revealed the vulnerability on Sept. 10, shortly after the company released its latest 23.0.0 firmware update. The vulnerability applies only to original Nintendo …

If you own an original Nintendo Switch, there’s a security exploit you will want to patch immediately, especially if you use the game console in public. Nintendo revealed the vulnerability on Sept. 10, shortly after the company released its latest 23.0.0 firmware update. The vulnerability applies only to original Nintendo …

Remember the Tesla Semi? The long-gestating, heavy-duty truck first introduced in concept form in 2017 is finally in volume production as of April 2026 — nearly a decade after its initial introduction. On Thursday evening, the company held yet another event for the Semi to demonstrate to customers and investors …

Google on Thursday announced an expansion of its mobile Gemini AI capabilities, a new agentic feature built to handle everyday phone calls for you. Introverts of the world, rejoice — but also pay attention to the fine print, because there are limits to what Gemini can do for you. This …

Remember when Microsoft wanted everyone to know that “Copilot Plus PCs” were the ones to get, because those were the PCs that that’d have enough built-in AI muscle to get things done? Two and a half years later, Microsoft and Qualcomm seem to be admitting the brand is already dead. …

If you were overwhelmed by all the new Meta AI smart glasses at its annual Connect event on Wednesday, you’re not alone. CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced many new glasses, including the reimagined Meta VR glasses that make the Quest 3 and Vision Pro look very old and bulky. But the …

What if your wireless earbuds — or audio glasses — could stream high-quality lossless audio that doesn’t cut out when you leave your phone on the bedside charger or buried in the couch? Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 is its first to integrate “micro-power Wi-Fi 6E” right into …

The lawyers suing Meta argue the Project Nido (an internal name for the Teen Accounts team) swag is part of “culture of privilege abuse at Meta” aimed at keeping the research it’s conducted internally on teen harm out of the public eye, an issue that Mark Zuckerberg discussed after internal …

Brain tumour patients are to be offered rapid genetic testing as part of a new pilot study which experts say could “transform” diagnosis and treatment. The new DNA test will reduce the average diagnosis rates from weeks to days, NHS England officials have said. When medics need to know the …

Hallucinating, sucking up and providing way too many bullet points and emoji in the response when you just asked a simple question: The sins of AI chat tools are many.  Spending precious moments searching for and refining prompts that will get you to the right answer in the way you …

Google is rolling out some new Chrome browser features that are designed to make it easier to research and study complicated topics. The cross-device tab switching feature is getting a memory upgrade, alongside new capabilities for Gemini in Chrome that can analyze more types of media and generate interactive study …

Where do America’s X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones? BBC News

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. Last night, I asked Blorbo — what I named my Muse AI agent — to …

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Communications has never been more important to Microsoft. The company is changing, our industry is changing, and the world around us is changing. And in a media environment that is increasingly fragmented and noisier than ever, we need to continue to be grounded in our mission, earn trust each day, …

Meta has a new plan to get people to make games for its Horizon social platform. The company today announced two new development tools that will let you create games with AI prompts: Horizon Create, a mobile app, and Horizon Studio, a browser app that offers more granular controls. The …