The FBI is buying Americans’ location data
The FBI is buying Americans' location data WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 18: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. A closed session immediately followed the hearing. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) | […]
Trump’s AI chief’s big Iran warning gets big time ignored
Trump's AI chief's big Iran warning gets big time ignored Sec. Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump, and David Sacks during The White House Digital Assets Summit in Washington, DC, on Friday, March 7, 2025. | Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the politics of technology […]
Oh, you think the government will regulate Kalshi and Polymarket? Wanna bet?
Oh, you think the government will regulate Kalshi and Polymarket? Wanna bet? Who’s keeping an ear out for insiders? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has a problem: It’s not very good at policing insider trading. And insider trading has become a pressing concern for prediction markets. […]
Teens sue Elon Musk’s xAI over Grok’s AI-generated CSAM
Teens sue Elon Musk's xAI over Grok's AI-generated CSAM Three Tennessee teens are suing Elon Musk’s xAI over claims that the company’s Grok AI chatbot generated sexualized images and videos of themselves as minors, as reported earlier by The Washington Post. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed on Monday, accuses Musk and other xAI leaders […]
Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone
Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he's not an AI clone Deepfake rumors started after social media users claimed Netanyahu is depicted in this video with six fingers on his right hand (seen left). | Image: Israel Government Press Office Social media platforms are currently awash with conspiracy theories claiming that Benjamin Netanyahu has been […]
The $100,000 fee for H-1Bs is causing all sorts of problems
The $100,000 fee for H-1Bs is causing all sorts of problems Last fall, President Donald Trump’s executive order raising the fee for H-1B visas to $100,000 – like many of his immigration policies – led to near-immediate chaos. Thousands of workers who had flown overseas to renew their visas ended up stranded abroad. Details about […]
Trump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal
Trump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal In September, Donald Trump claimed that “the United States is getting a tremendous fee” for brokering the TikTok deal. Now sources tell the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that fee is expected to be in the range of $10 billion. The […]
What it was like to watch grieving parents stare down Mark Zuckerberg in court
What it was like to watch grieving parents stare down Mark Zuckerberg in court Around a dozen parents huddled in the dim hallway outside the courtroom in February, nervously gripping paper tickets. They were glaring at a gray tote bag held by a member of the court staff – the one who’d determine, by lottery, […]
Anthropic doesn’t trust the Pentagon, and neither should you
Anthropic doesn't trust the Pentagon, and neither should you Today we’re talking about the messy, fast-moving situation at Anthropic, the maker of Claude that now finds itself in a very ugly legal battle with the Pentagon. The back-and-forth is complicated, but as of a few days ago, the Pentagon had deemed Anthropic a supply chain […]
Iran-linked cyber attack targets US medtech giant Stryker
Iran-linked cyber attack targets US medtech giant Stryker This marks Iran’s first significant cyberattack against the US since the war started. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images US medical equipment provider Stryker said its global networks were disrupted by a cyberattack on Wednesday, allegedly carried out by a hacking group linked to […]