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Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous

Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.

Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017

Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.

Will 2026 Be the Year That the AI Industry Stops Crowing About ‘AGI’?

Surely it's not because AGI is simply unachievable with the current technology.

Grok’s Sexual Deepfakes Will Become Illegal in the UK This Week

"The content which has circulated on X is vile," the UK technology secretary Liz Kendall said Monday.

Palantir Touts $2 Billion in Revenue from Aiding Trump Administration’s ‘Unusual’ Operations

Whether the efforts targeted immigrants or transgender people, Palantir was there to supply the technology in 2025.

The Vision of 2026 in ‘Metropolis’ Is Spot On

The 1927 silent classic got a few technology predictions wrong but was scarily on the mark about workers' rights and out-of-touch industry oligarchs.

Massive overhaul of England and Wales policing announced

The home secretary told Parliament she wants to make better use of technology - such as live facial recognition and AI.

The gap between premium and budget TV brands is quickly closing

For all the time that I've been covering technology, there's been a hierarchy when it comes to TV brands. The big three - Sony, Samsung, and LG - have been on top for a while. Pioneer and Panasonic were up there with plasma TVs, and Panasonic is getting back …

This company could help bring Auracast to an iPhone near you

One of the issues holding Auracast back from wider mainstream use is some companies' lack of support for the Bluetooth technology - Apple being a prime example. With iOS having 58 percent of the market share in North America and nearly 28 percent worldwide, a…

Xreal sues Viture over AR glasses patent

You know a gadget category is starting to go mainstream when patent lawsuits start cropping up. Today, Xreal filed a lawsuit in the US against Viture, alleging the firm is infringing on a patent for its AR glasses technology. According to Xreal's press releas…

How Lego’s Smart Brick works

The most interesting story at this year's CES was just a little tiny bundle of technology. One way to look at Lego's new Smart Brick is as something like a Raspberry Pi, an endlessly remixable gizmo with infinite hacking potential - it can be anything, in the…

NBC Sports’ new real-time player tracking lets viewers focus on their favorite athletes

NBC Sports introduced a new AI-powered player tracking system that will let viewers on mobile devices zoom in and focus on their favorite athletes. It's the first time the viztrick AiDi technology, which was developed by Japan's Nippon Television Network, wil…

Experian’s tech chief defends credit scores: ‘We’re not Palantir’

Today, I’m talking with Alex Lintner, who is the CEO of technology and software solutions at Experian, the credit reporting company. Experian is one of those multinationals that’s so big and convoluted that it has multiple CEOs all over the world, so Alex and…

Peloton lays off 11 percent of its staff just a few months after launching its AI hardware

Peloton said on Friday that it's cutting around 11 percent of its staff, mostly impacting "engineers working on technology and enterprise-related efforts," reports Bloomberg. Last August, Peloton laid off six percent of its workforce and told investors it wou…

The crypto bill is falling apart in Congress

Hello and welcome to Regulator, the Verge newsletter about the technology politics happening in our nation's capital. I hope our snowstorm-affected readers are safe, warm, and haven't reenacted The Shining at home yet. Do you know what prevents that? Subscrib…

The US claims it just strongarmed Taiwan into spending $250 billion on American chip manufacturing

The US just lowered Taiwan's tariffs in exchange for a massive domestic chipmaking promise, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday. Under the deal, tariffs on goods from Taiwan will decrease from 20 to 15 percent, while Taiwanese technology companies w…

Apple’s second biggest acquisition ever is an AI company that listens to ‘silent speech’

Apple's biggest acquisition ever is still its $3 billion Beats buy in 2014, but now the second biggest deal is bringing in Q.ai, a four-year-old AI audio startup. Apple did not disclose the terms, but Financial Times reports that Apple is spending $2 billion …

Half of developers think gen AI is bad for the gaming industry

While generative AI is being adopted at various levels of game development, a new survey suggests that developers increasingly think the technology is bad for the industry. According to the most recent survey from the Game Developers Conference, 52 percent of…

Millions of books died so Claude could live

When ChatGPT launched, in November of 2022, it started a race that almost immediately consumed the tech industry. OpenAI didn't invent the concept of AI, but most of the state-of-the-art technology was confined to research labs at companies and institutions a…

Design Processes to Evolve with Emerging Technology

How industry leaders like BMW, Unilever, and Waymo are embracing real-time visibility, digital twins, and agentic AI.

How AI Companies Got Caught Up in US Military Efforts

Two years ago, companies like Meta and OpenAI were united against military use of their tools. Now all of that has changed.

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 236 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the S…

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 235 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

The Race to Build the DeepSeek of Europe Is On

As Europe’s longstanding alliance with the US falters, its push to become a self-sufficient AI superpower has become more urgent.

OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s New Brain Tech Startup Merge Labs

Merge Labs has emerged from stealth with $252 million in funding from OpenAI and others. It aims to use ultrasound to read from and write to the brain.

The Technologies Changing How You’ll Watch the 2026 Winter Olympic Games

From drones with “first-person” visualization to real-time 360-degree replays and Olympics GPT, get ready to immerse yourself in the Winter Games in Milan and Cortina.

Self-driving truck startup Waabi is teaming up with Uber on robotaxis

Waabi, the Toronto-based autonomous trucking startup, is expanding its portfolio to include robotaxis. And it's bringing Uber along for the ride. Raquel Urtasun, the former chief scientist at Uber's now defunct Advanced Technologies Group, founded Waabi in 20…

One Company Used Tech as a Tool. Another Gave It a Role. Which Did Better?

New research compares the outcomes of two similar firms with very different perspectives on technology.

British Police Used Microsoft Copilot for Faulty Report That Led to Ban on Soccer Team Fans

Microsoft's AI assistant hallucinated a soccer match.

Elon Musk said automakers don't want to license Tesla FSD. We're starting to see why.

Legacy automakers and Tesla rival Rivian have recently announced roadmaps to pursue autonomous driving technology in-house.

An OpenAI researcher turned venture capitalist says investors are 3 to 5 years behind the latest AI studies

Jenny Xiao, who founded Leonis Capital in 2021, said AI needs more investors who understand frontier AI technology.

New Filtration Technology Could Be Gamechanger In Removal of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'

Bruce66423 shares a report from the Guardian: New filtration technology developed by Rice University may absorb some Pfas "forever chemicals" at 100 times the rate than previously possible, which could dramatically improve pollution control and speed remediat…

Trump says 'it would be great' if US 'didn't have to use' military force on Iran

The US president says he has told Iran it has to do "two things" to avoid military action, as the US builds up its forces in the Gulf.

SiFive to adopt Nvidia technology for speedy links between chips

SiFive, which makes blueprints for parts of complex chips, said on Thursday it will become the first maker of ‌RISC-V chip designs to integrate Nvidia...

Chinese EV Batteries Are Eating the World

China’s lithium batteries aren’t always “made in China.” Companies like BYD and CATL are building factories on nearly every continent.

Pro-AI Super PACs Are Already All In on the Midterms

Silicon Valley’s battle against AI regulation is already shaping the next US election cycle.

Gear News of the Week: Apple’s AI Wearable and a Phone That Can Boot Android, Linux, and Windows

Plus: Asus exits the smartphone market, and Sony partners with TCL on TVs.

HigherDose Red Light Hat Review: Scalp Savior (2026)

Turns out, red light isn’t just for your face. HigherDose’s Red Light Hat has given me the best hair and scalp I’ve had in years.

This 'driverless car' startup is doing the one thing robotaxi companies don't want to be caught doing

Vay is rental car service startup that is fully embracing remote-driving technology in order to deliver cars to users without a human inside.

Why Elon Musk says saving for retirement will be 'irrelevant' in the next 20 years

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described a future where technology creates an abundance of resources so "anyone can have whatever stuff they want."

Ford is revving up its self-driving ambitions and making key tech in-house

Ford announced plans to deploy eyes-off driving technology on public roads by 2028. The legacy automaker is making the tech in-house to get there.

Ryanair CEO who argued with Elon Musk over Starlink thinks every airline will have free WiFi within 5 years

"I think as the WiFi technology improves over the next four or five years, we'll all be offering free WiFi access," Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said.

The 'Godfather of AI' says this pricey private school is one of the best uses of AI he's seen

Geoffrey Hinton, the "Godfather of AI," highlights AI's role in education at Alpha School as a positive use case of the technology.

Apple just had a record-breaking iPhone quarter

Apple says the iPhone had its "best-ever" quarter, with revenue hitting more than $85.3 billion over the past few months. The company announced the news as part of its Q1 2026 earnings report, which also revealed record-breaking revenue of $143.8 billion, up …

Hundreds of creatives warn against an AI slop future

Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians signed on to a new campaign against what they call "theft at a grand scale" by AI companies. The signatories of the campaign - called "Stealing Isn't Innovation" - include authors George Saunders and Jodi Pic…

Baldur’s Gate 3 studio says it won’t use AI for concept art or writing

Following some controversy, the developers at Baldur's Gate 3 creator Larian Studios have further clarified their use of generative AI. CEO Swen Vincke and other Larian developers held an AMA on Reddit where they answered users' questions about the team's nex…

Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL

Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL. The two companies have signed a non-binding agreement for Sony's home entertainment business, with TCL set to hold a 51 percent stake in the new ventur…

What Apple and Google’s Gemini deal means for both companies

For years, Apple and Google have had a will-they-won't-they type of relationship, as far as which AI company Apple would pick to underpin its Siri virtual assistant and give it new AI-fueled personalization and agentic capabilities. Apple has spent the last y…

Games Workshop Rejects the Abominable Intelligence

The makers of 'Warhammer' declare heresy on generative AI, banning its use in the company's design process.

What If the Sensors on Your Car Were Inspecting Potholes for the Government? Honda Found Out

Radars and cameras might be for seeing cars and people now but they can be used to make existing roads better in the first place.

Take a Look at How Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Displays Worked at 1,750,000 FPS

Have you ever seen a display with a horizontal resolution of one pixel? Neither have we.

Smart Glasses With ‘Pet Translation’ Smell Like Total BS

There's vaporware, and then there's this.

Amazon Laying Off 16,000 as It Increases ‘Ownership’ and Removes ‘Bureaucracy’

A blog post by the company’s head of HR hinted that more layoffs could be on the way.

The Adolescence of Technology

Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI

Government by AI? Trump Admin Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence

Cutting out the middle man?

This Robot Hand Pops Off and Crawls. I Hate It So Much.

Like a robotic spider! But somehow worse!

Mercedes-Benz Says the 2027 S-Class Gives Passengers a Better Ride Through AI

Updates to the vehicle of the financial district include things you can feel, including heated seat belts.

TechEx Global returns to London with enterprise technology and AI execution

London, TechEx Global 2026, one of Europe’s biggest enterprise technology conferences, brought thousands of technology professionals together at Olympia London on 4 and 5 February. The event went beyond buzzwords, focusing on how emerging technologies, especi…

Apple Just Made Its Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever After Beats

Apple today confirmed to Reuters that it has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup that is working on artificial intelligence technology for audio. Apple paid close to $2 billion for Q.ai, according to sources cited by the Financial Times. That would make th…

Mercedes temporarily scraps its Level 3 ‘eyes-off’ driving feature

Mercedes-Benz is pausing the roll-out of Drive Pilot, an "eyes off" conditionally automated driving feature that was available in Europe and the US. As first reported by German publication Handelsblatt, the revised S-Class will not have the Level 3 system whe…

Spat deepens between Elon Musk and Ryanair's O'Leary

Musk and Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary have called each other "idiots" in recent days

Photos of the latest aviation tech at the Singapore Air Show

This week’s Singapore Air Show brought together trade delegations from around the world to show off the latest in civilian and military aviation technology...

Gears Have Powered Technology for Millenia. Scientists Just Made a Game-Changing Improvement.

A new study reimagines the 3,000-year-old technology using fluids, avoiding the most annoying limitations of teeth-driven gearing.

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China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say

China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say

33 Extremely Rare, Mind-Blowing Photos That Show What Everyday Technology Looked Like In Past Centuries

Marvell Technology, Western Digital, Photronics, FormFactor, and Amkor Shares Plummet, What You Need To Know

What Are Wall Street Analysts' Target Price for Micron Technology Stock?

As Micron Technology has significantly outperformed the broader market over the past year, Wall Street analysts maintain a highly optimistic outlook about...

Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Review: The Most Beautiful, Best Robot Vacuum

Roborock hasn’t updated its popular, affordable Qrevo Curv line of robovacs for years. Finally, it’s happening!

Jeffrey Epstein Had a ‘Personal Hacker,’ Informant Claims

Plus: AI agent OpenClaw gives cybersecurity experts the willies, China executes 11 scam compound bosses, a $40 million crypto theft has an unexpected alleged culprit, and more.

Zoom Is the First Casualty in France’s War on American Big Tech

Homebrewed video conferencing may not be a moonshot, but you gotta start somewhere.

The New ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ Trailer Teases a Wacky Tech Apocalypse

Sam Rockwell plays a laid back timetraveler who enlists a bunch of randos to save the world from our codependency of computers.

Apple Taps Google Gemini to Give Siri an AI Glow-Up

Thanks to the news, Google has now become the fourth company to hit $4 trillion market value.

This Video of Hilariously Slow Robots Putting Olive Oil in a Bag Is Actually Pretty Impressive

Robots that can actually do things are not slick yet, and it's a relief when robotics companies don't hide from that.

Everything We Know About the Even Uglier Cybertruck From Saudi Arabia

If you want a Cybertruck of any kind, you're going to have to support a monster.

Indian top IT firms set for another tepid quarter on weak US demand, client spending

India's information technology firms are expected to report another muted quarter, as tepid demand in the U.S. and holiday-period client shutdowns continue...