Silicon Valley is rallying behind a guy who sucks
Silicon Valley is rallying behind a guy who sucks Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers that covers the political intrigue and power struggles between Big Tech and Big Government. Subscribe here for a weekly dispatch of tech oligarchs fighting regular oligarchs. Prior to last week, only highly specialized political insiders knew […]
Apple will reportedly refuse India’s order to preinstall a government app
Apple will reportedly refuse India's order to preinstall a government app Apple is not planning to comply with an order from the Indian government directing phone manufacturers to preload a state-backed cybersecurity app, according to Reuters. Industry sources tell Reuters that Apple plans to tell India‘s government that they don’t comply with requests like this […]
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab Hello and welcome back to Regulator. It’s been a very long two weeks away from your inboxes, but luckily for us, Big Tech and Big Government did not stop fighting. In fact, it’s gotten even spicier. Let’s get into it. Last […]
DOGE is no more, and in its wake, only chaos
DOGE is no more, and in its wake, only chaos In April, Elon Musk began backing away from his role as head of DOGE. By June, he was more or less fully gone from DC. In his wake, he left a power vacuum and significant ill will that has apparently led to the dissolution of […]
About This Account reveals the scale of X’s foreign troll problem
About This Account reveals the scale of X's foreign troll problem It’s long been known that X (and Twitter before it) is a major venue for foreign influence campaigns to meddle in American politics. Much of the focus has been on Russian troll farms, which the US government has targeted on several occasions. But the […]
Shocker: Elon Musk spends a lot of time on X posting bad political takes
Shocker: Elon Musk spends a lot of time on X posting bad political takes NBC News’s David Ingram analyzed a month’s worth of Elon Musk’s X posts (our condolences). While what he was able to glean wasn’t too surprising, it was still interesting to see the numbers all laid out. Between September 17th and October […]
‘Jmail’ is like any other inbox, except this one has Jeffrey Epstein’s emails
'Jmail' is like any other inbox, except this one has Jeffrey Epstein's emails The more than 20,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein emails released earlier this month by the House Oversight Committee have been enough to prompt more investigations into the convicted child sex offender and the people around him, like former Harvard president and OpenAI […]
The new silicon valley (literally)
The new silicon valley (literally) Arizona’s economy was once dominated by the “five C’s”: cotton, cattle, citrus, copper, and climate. But a new C has emerged that could grow to overshadow the rest: chips. New semiconductor manufacturing facilities are springing up across the greater Phoenix area, stretching across blocks of new roads with names like […]
Google’s Nano Banana Pro generates excellent conspiracy fuel
Google's Nano Banana Pro generates excellent conspiracy fuel The Gemini app produced this image of a second shooter hidden in the bushes with the Book Depository in the background. | AI Image: The Verge via Google Gemini It was really easy getting Google’s Gemini app to make an image of a second shooter at Dealey […]
The FCC wants to roll back steps meant to stop a repeat of a massive telecom hack
The FCC wants to roll back steps meant to stop a repeat of a massive telecom hack After one of the biggest telecom hacks in US history, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moved to enforce strict standards on carriers’ cybersecurity measures. On Thursday, the agency is set to vote to roll back those requirements, arguing […]