The Verge’s summer ‘in’ and ‘out’ list
The Verge's summer 'in' and 'out' list The Verge’s summer ‘in’ and ‘out’ list Here at this website, my colleagues and I follow our beats closely, from wearable tech and laptops to influencer culture and federal policy. Last year, I asked a bunch of staff at The Verge to pretend to be trend forecasters for […]
Here are the letters that convinced Google and Apple to keep TikTok online
Here are the letters that convinced Google and Apple to keep TikTok online A Freedom of Information Act request has produced letters that the US Department of Justice sent to Google, Apple, Amazon, and several other companies in order to assuage their concerns about breaking a law that banned US web services from working with […]
Racist videos made with AI are going viral on TikTok
Racist videos made with AI are going viral on TikTok Racist videos that appear to be created with Google’s AI video generation tool Veo 3 have raked in millions of views across TikTok, according to findings from the nonprofit media watchdog Media Matters. The AI-generated videos uncovered by the organization are filled with racist tropes, […]
Figma is going public
Figma is going public Figma, the platform that specializes in collaborative interface design, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO). The company will trade under the ticker symbol “FIG” as it prepares to “double down” on its investments in AI. Figma was nearly acquired by Adobe for $20 billion in 2022, but the two […]
Adobe’s new camera app is making me rethink phone photography
Adobe's new camera app is making me rethink phone photography Adobe’s new camera app is making me rethink phone photography Recalibrate your relationship with phone photography. Adobe’s Project Indigo is a camera app built by camera nerds for camera nerds. It’s the work of Florian Kainz and Marc Levoy, the latter of whom is also […]
Adobe launches a new ‘computational photography’ camera app for iPhones
Adobe launches a new 'computational photography' camera app for iPhones Adobe launches a new ‘computational photography’ camera app for iPhones A photo taken by Project Indigo. | Image: Adobe Adobe has a new computational photography camera app for iPhones – and one of its creators, Marc Levoy, helped make the impressive computational photography features that […]
Trump gives TikTok another ban extension
Trump gives TikTok another ban extension For the third time, President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok to spin out from its Chinese parent company or face a US ban. As White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed in a statement Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order on Thursday extending the deadline another […]
YouTube is plugging Veo 3 AI videos directly into Shorts
YouTube is plugging Veo 3 AI videos directly into Shorts YouTube is bringing its Veo 3 AI video generation model, which my colleague Allison Johnson recently called “a slop monger’s dream,” to YouTube Shorts later this summer, according to a Cannes Lions keynote from YouTube CEO Neal Mohan. Shorts creators can already take advantage of […]
Futureproof
Futureproof AI tools are flooding the culture ecosystem — and no corner of the arts space is immune. In this series, we’re looking at the ways artists are embracing AI, pushing back on it, or trying their best to find an equilibrium with a new technology that’s both sweeping and destabilizing. We talk to perfumers […]
Trump is giving TikTok another ban extension
Trump is giving TikTok another ban extension For the third time, President Donald Trump will extend the deadline for TikTok to spin out from its Chinese parent company or face a US ban. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed in a statement Tuesday that Trump will sign an executive order this week extending the […]