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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 06/30/2025 09:00 EDT

Google bets on fusion power as its greenhouse gas emissions grow

Google has agreed to purchase electricity from a forthcoming nuclear fusion power plant, the so-called holy grail of clean energy that scientists have been chasing for more than half a century.  While the fusion industry reached a significant milestone a few years ago, the technology has yet to prove whether it can be a technically […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 06/30/2025 08:56 EDT

Ryan Gosling is not an astronaut in Project Hail Mary’s first trailer

Following the success of 2015’s The Martian, Amazon MGM Studios has released the first trailer for Project Hail Mary based on another best-selling Andy Weir novel. The film features Ryan Gosling, who’s entering his sci-fi era after being cast in Star Wars: Starfighter, as science teacher-turned-astronaut Ryland Grace who wakes up on a spaceship with […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 06/30/2025 08:08 EDT

Anker is recalling another five power banks over fire risks

Anker has issued its second product recall so far this month, warning customers that five additional power bank models should stop being used “immediately due to the risk of overheating, melting, smoke, or fire.”  “While the likelihood of malfunction is considered minimal, out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to initiate a voluntary […] Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 06/30/2025 08:00 EDT

Joby delivers first aircraft to Dubai as air taxi service nears launch

Joby Aviation is getting ready to take flight. The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) company has delivered its first production aircraft to Dubai, where it plans to launch a commercial air taxi service in early 2026. Joby, which has successfully completed multiple flight tests with a pilot onboard, says it has begun in-market testing […] Read more

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Lux Alptraum @ The Verge · 06/30/2025 08:00 EDT

LLMs are optimizing the adult industry

When Ela Darling began performing in porn at the tail end of the 2000s, tube sites like Pornhub were relatively new, and major studios like Vivid and Digital Playground still dominated the market. For performers, the job was straightforward: show up to set, turn in a good performance, and collect a check. Everything else - […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 06/30/2025 06:20 EDT

Hundreds of Brother printer models have an unpatchable security flaw

Serious security flaws have been found in hundreds of Brother printer models that could allow attackers to remotely access devices that are still using default passwords. Eight new vulnerabilities, one of which cannot be fixed by patching the firmware, were discovered in 689 kinds of Brother home and enterprise printers by security company Rapid7.  The […] Read more

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Mia Sato @ The Verge · 06/30/2025 06:00 EDT

Spotify will let users personalize the genre of Discover Weekly playlists

Spotify is adding new personalization features to Discover Weekly, the popular and influential playlist streamed by millions of users. The regularly updated playlist will now have buttons for genres like pop, R&B, and funk at the top, allowing users to tell Spotify what they want more of. The Discover Weekly playlist is one of the […] Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 06/29/2025 11:00 EDT

Hollywood’s pivot to AI video has a prompting problem

It has become almost impossible to browse the internet without having an AI-generated video thrust upon you. Open basically any social media platform, and it won't be long until an uncanny-looking clip of a fake natural disaster or animals doing impossible things slides across your screen. Most of the videos look absolutely terrible. But they're […] Read more

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 06/29/2025 10:00 EDT

The unbearable obviousness of AI fitness summaries

After nearly a decade of wearables testing, I've amassed a truly terrifying amount of health and fitness data. And while I enjoy poring over my daily data, there's one part I've come to loathe: AI summaries. Over the last two years, a deluge of AI-generated summaries has been sprinkled into every fitness, wellness, and wearable […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 06/29/2025 09:00 EDT

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo would feel right at home on your GBA

When I was a kid, there was a moment when it felt like everyone was obsessed with yo-yos. I never got better than just being able to make the yo-yo go up and down. But with Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, I could pretend like I was halfway decent - all while playing a silly […] Read more

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Mack DeGeurin @ The Verge 2 place · 06/29/2025 08:30 EDT

‘We are the media now’: why Tesla’s robotaxis were dominated by Elon Musk superfans

Over the years, Tesla has built part of its reputation on hosting big, bold events to generate authentic hype for upcoming releases. The robotaxi launch in Austin, Texas, last week wasn't one of them. Coverage of the rollout was dominated by a close-knit cohort of Tesla influencers and Elon Musk superfans, many of whom are […] Read more

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David Pierce @ The Verge 2 place · 06/29/2025 08:00 EDT

Apple’s racing movie is finally here

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 88, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy heat dome, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about crypto crimes and egg thieves and Gap, watching Last Breath […] Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 06/28/2025 14:22 EDT

Tesla says it delivered its first car autonomously from factory to customer

This might be a bigger deal than the robotaxis. Tesla said it completed its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery from factory to customer. A video posted on X shows the vehicle — a Tesla Model Y — leaving the company’s Austin Gigafactory, driving on the highway, passing through suburban sprawl and residential neighborhoods, before arriving […] Read more

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Adi Robertson @ The Verge · 06/28/2025 11:00 EDT

The Supreme Court just upended internet law, and I have questions

Age verification is perhaps the hottest battleground for online speech, and the Supreme Court just settled a pivotal question: does using it to gate adult content violate the First Amendment in the US? For roughly the past 20 years the answer has been "yes" - now, as of Friday, it's an unambiguous "no." Justice Clarence […] Read more

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Sara Merican @ The Verge 3 place · 06/28/2025 10:00 EDT

Squid Game’s uneven season 3 leaves the door wide open

The third and final season of the industry-defining Squid Game confidently delivers each new round of the deathly games with spectacularly brutal aplomb - but its attempts at worldbuilding are disappointingly tired and uneven. Some of Squid Game's most interesting dynamics from the first two seasons - the politics among the masked guards, the organ-harvesting […] Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge 3 place · 06/28/2025 09:51 EDT

Tesla says it delivered its first car autonomously from factory to customer

This might be a bigger deal than the robotaxis. Tesla said it completed its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery from factory to customer. A video posted on X shows the vehicle — a Tesla Model Y — leaving the company’s Austin Gigafactory, driving on the highway, passing through suburban sprawl and residential neighborhoods, before arriving […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 06/28/2025 09:04 EDT

Kobo’s Libra Colour and Elipsa 2E e-readers have dropped to some of their best prices

Kobo is discounting two of its best e-readers. The Kobo Elipsa 2E, a competitor to the Kindle Scribe, is available for an all-time low of $349.99 ($50 off) from Rakuten Kobo and Target. Meanwhile, the Kobo Libra Colour is available for $209.99 ($20 off) from Amazon, Target, and Rakuten Kobo. The sale runs through July […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge 3 place · 06/28/2025 09:00 EDT

Reddit turns 20, and it’s going big on AI

Reddit has become known as the place to go for unfiltered answers from real, human users. But as the site celebrates its 20th anniversary this week, the company is increasingly thinking about how it can augment that human work with AI. The initial rollout of AI tools, like Reddit Answers, is "going really well," CTO […] Read more

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 06/28/2025 09:00 EDT

How extreme heat disproportionately affects Latino neighborhoods

Scorching hot days tend to hit certain neighborhoods harder than others, a problem that becomes more dangerous during record-breaking heat like swathes of the US experienced over the past week. A new online dashboard shows how Latino neighborhoods are disproportionately affected in California. Developed by University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the tool helps fill […] Read more

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Adi Robertson @ The Verge 3 place · 06/28/2025 08:30 EDT

Did AI companies win a fight with authors? Technically

In the past week, big AI companies have - in theory - chalked up two big legal wins. But things are not quite as straightforward as they may seem, and copyright law hasn't been this exciting since last month's showdown at the Library of Congress. First, Judge William Alsup ruled it was fair use for […] Read more

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