Also: the White House’s ballroom blitz, brought to you by the tech industry. Also: the White House’s ballroom blitz, brought to you by the tech industry. by Tina Nguyen Oct 28, 2025, 8:05 PM UTC Tina Nguyen is a Senior Reporter for The Verge and author of Regulator, covering the second Trump administration, political influencers,… Continue reading What the Trump family stands to gain from Changpeng Zhao’s pardon
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Leaked Document Shows Amazon Scheming to Keep AI Data Center Water Use Secret
If your data centers are guzzling more water than a major US city, you face a choice: come clean to the public and risk bad press — or hide the evidence to keep key figures in the green. For Amazon executives, evidently, the answer is to bury the data down far beneath the water table.… Continue reading Leaked Document Shows Amazon Scheming to Keep AI Data Center Water Use Secret
Serious New Hack Discovered Against OpenAI’s New AI Browser
Philip Dulian/picture alliance via Getty Images It didn’t take long for cybersecurity researchers to notice some glaring issues with OpenAI’s recently unveiled AI browser Atlas. The browser, which puts OpenAI’s blockbuster ChatGPT front and center, features an “agent mode” — currently limited to paying subscribers — that allows it to complete entire tasks, such as… Continue reading Serious New Hack Discovered Against OpenAI’s New AI Browser
Grokipedia’s Article on the Cybertruck Clearly Shows Why the Whole Project Is Doomed
Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Grokipedia, Elon Musk’s AI-generated answer to Wikipedia, is about as deranged as you’d expect — and you don’t have to dig very deep to see why. We could, of course, start by examining how Grok, the chatbot responsible for writing the site built by xAI, tackles talking about… Continue reading Grokipedia’s Article on the Cybertruck Clearly Shows Why the Whole Project Is Doomed
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Extensively Copied From Wikipedia
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Yesterday, Elon Musk’s AI company xAI revealed what it calls Grokipedia: a competitor to Wikipedia, which Musk has criticized for being too “woke.” Except, as The Verge reports, Grokipedia seems to be largely cribbed from Wikipedia, with many entries copied almost word for word from the online encyclopedia that Musk… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Extensively Copied From Wikipedia
Amazon is ditching MMOs and cranking out party games
Entertainment There will be ‘significant’ job cuts at its Irvine and San Diego studios, an executive said. There will be ‘significant’ job cuts at its Irvine and San Diego studios, an executive said. by Jay Peters Oct 28, 2025, 6:57 PM UTC Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined… Continue reading Amazon is ditching MMOs and cranking out party games
The Oppo Find X9 Pro Has a Crazy-Long Detachable Zoom Lens
For several years, the top Chinese smartphone brands have been duking it out for photography dominance. Even though year-over-year changes are often minuscule, these companies try to one-up one another. Take Oppo’s latest flagship, the Find X9 Pro, as an example. It boasts a 200-megapixel telephoto lens developed with camera manufacturer Hasselblad, so you can… Continue reading The Oppo Find X9 Pro Has a Crazy-Long Detachable Zoom Lens
Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified
Meteorologists who have spent the past few days monitoring the rapid development of Hurricane Melissa in the Atlantic Ocean are sounding the alarm about the storm, which is set to make landfall in Jamaica today as a Category 5 hurricane. The sustained—and growing—intensity of the storm is remarkable, experts say, and has the makings of… Continue reading Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified
CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year
The recent spike in searches at the border has mostly been driven by an increase in the past six months. Between April and June, CBP searched 14,899 devices—which at the time marked a record high for any quarter of the year. However, the most recent figures show this increase has continued: Between July and September,… Continue reading CBP Searched a Record Number of Phones at the US Border Over the Past Year
Uber, Stellantis, Nvidia, and Foxconn make a robotaxi deal
Transportation Stellantis will make the cars, Nvidia and Foxconn will make the tech, and Uber will deploy the final product. Stellantis will make the cars, Nvidia and Foxconn will make the tech, and Uber will deploy the final product. by Andrew J. Hawkins Oct 28, 2025, 6:20 PM UTC Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor… Continue reading Uber, Stellantis, Nvidia, and Foxconn make a robotaxi deal