Nanoleaf bets its future on robots, red light therapy, and AI
Nanoleaf bets its future on robots, red light therapy, and AI Nanoleaf teased a trio of new products focused on embodied AI as it looks to move its brand beyond smart lighting. | Image: Nanoleaf Smart lighting company Nanoleaf has been unusually quiet recently. While competitors such as Govee and Philips Hue have been pumping […]
Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
Mira Murati's deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman's ouster The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry’s biggest soap opera moment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT-maker. The explanation? That Altman was “not consistently candid in his communications with the board.” Now, via […]
Inside Dreame’s wild launch event — packed with products no one can buy
Inside Dreame's wild launch event — packed with products no one can buy The San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts hosted the Dreame Next 2026 Tech Summit last week. | Photo by Kelsey McClellan / The Verge Hundreds of influencers, media folks, and a few C-list celebs (sorry, Woz) filled the cavernous halls of the […]
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revealed piece by piece. So far, email exchanges, photos, and corporate documents are circulating from the earliest days of OpenAI – and from before […]
Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road
Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road Congress has reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act – but only for another 45 days. The extension is meant to give legislators more time to negotiate reforms to the controversial wiretapping bill. If the past few weeks are any indication of how future debates […]
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build them one, then call them up and sell it to them. As part of […]
Elon Musk’s worst enemy in court is Elon Musk
Elon Musk's worst enemy in court is Elon Musk Just a simple country CEO who was being tricked by that sophisticated lawyer | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images About five hours into Elon Musk’s testimony, I typed the following sentence into my notes: “I have never been more sympathetic to Sam Altman […]
All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman
All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revealed piece by piece. So far, email exchanges, photos, and corporate documents are circulating from the earliest days of OpenAI – and from before […]
Microsoft is giving its Xbox employees an Xbox email address
Microsoft is giving its Xbox employees an Xbox email address Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants everyone to know: “We are Xbox.” Just last week, she scrapped Microsoft Gaming as the name of Microsoft’s gaming division in favor of simply Xbox. Now, to reinforce that message, sources at Xbox tell me that all Xbox employees are […]
You can get dragged into a police investigation by proximity alone — for now
You can get dragged into a police investigation by proximity alone — for now A years-old bank heist may soon have major privacy implications for every American who owns a cellphone. On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Chatrie v. United States, a case involving police’s use of controversial “geofence warrants” to find and […]