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AI labs wage a reputational knife fight at Davos

Demis Hassabis, chief executive officer of DeepMind Technologies Ltd., during a panel session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. | Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images This is an ex...

22hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Microsoft Paint can now make AI coloring books

Can we please appreciate how poor these designs are? None actually feature a cat ON a donut, and one doesn’t even have a finished face. | Image: Microsoft / The Verge (via Canva) Microsoft is giving i...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

One year in, Big Tech has out-maneuvered MAGA populists

Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. | Kenny Ho...

3dThe VergePoliticsImpact

We tried CES 2026’s best and weirdest products, ask us anything!

The Verge CES ground crew posing for a group photo in the Linq Promenade during CES 2026. We spent last week running to meetings, demos, and the convention floors to see as much as we could at CES 202...

Jan 13The VergeTechnologyImpact

Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)

Most PDF web tools make millions by uploading documents that never needed to leave your computer. pdfwithlove does the opposite: 1. 100% local processing 2. No uploads, no backend, no tracking Feature...

5dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Japan’s 1-party era faces ‘unprecedented’ threat from new centrist alliance

Japan is entering one of its most unpredictable election cycles in decades after the surprise formation of a new centrist political alliance that could redefine the balance of power and potentially re...

3dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Move between worlds: A brighter future unfolds at the intersections

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] We’ve never lived more interconnected lives — or felt more divided. Separated by belief, culture, and access, we turn inward...

21hSouth China Morning PosteducationImpact

Why nobody’s stopping Grok

Today’s episode of Decoder is about X, Grok, and Elon Musk. By now we’re several weeks into one of the worst, most upsetting, and most stupidly irresponsible AI controversies in the short history of g...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Sovereign Tower Preview: Hands-On With This Unique Arthurian Round Table Management RPG

Text-based games, management RPGs, and visual novels – of whatever kind – rarely make the most exciting previews. It's just not easy to build a rich interest in the world and characters of a story you...

1dIGNEntertainmentImpact

Photos show how Air Force One has changed through the years

Air Force One Rebecca Blackwell/AP Any Air Force plane carrying a US president is called Air Force One. President John F. Kennedy was the first to use a jet designed specifically for a US president. P...

2dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal

A judge is questioning whether Epic Games and Google are settling their long-running antitrust fight partly because of a previously unannounced partnership involving the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and A...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Amazon is buying copper harvested by bacteria for its data centers

Amazon's data centers will reportedly utilize copper from a mine in Arizona that's leaching metal from ores using microorganisms, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon Web Services will be the first...

Jan 15The VergeTechnologyImpact

Chromebooks train schoolkids to be loyal customers, internal Google document suggests

Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google's plan to "onboard kids" into its ecosystem by investing in schools. In this November 2020 presentation , Google writes tha...

11hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Lenovo wants other companies to make accessories for its modular laptops.

Two years ago, Lenovo introduced a collection of modular Magic Bay accessories for its ThinkBook 16p. They attached to a magnetic pin connector at the top of the laptop's display and added functionali...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

This plugin uses Wikipedia’s AI-spotting guide to make AI writing sound more human

A new tool aims to help AI chatbots generate more human-sounding text - with the help of Wikipedia's guide for detecting AI, as reported by Ars Technica . Developer Siqi Chen says he created the tool,...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Anthropic’s new Claude ‘constitution’: be helpful and honest, and don’t destroy humanity

Anthropic is overhauling Claude's so-called "soul doc." The new missive is a 57-page document titled " Claude's Constitution ," which details "Anthropic's intentions for the model's values and behavio...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Ubisoft cancels Prince of Persia remake as part of major reorganization

Ubisoft is announcing a major reorganization , and with the changes, it's refocusing its portfolio and canceling some games, including the beleaguered remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time . W...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

OpenAI says its data centers will pay for own energy and limit water usage

OpenAI says it will minimize water use and pay for energy infrastructure upgrades needed to power its data centers. "We're being good neighbors," the company said , directly addressing the growing opp...

3dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Trump admin admits DOGE employees had access to off-limits Social Security data

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers working at the Social Security Administration (SSA) broke protocols, had more access to sensitive data on Americans than previously disclosed, and w...

3dThe VergePoliticsImpact

Nova Launcher’s new owner might offer a version with ads

Last year, Nova Launcher founder and sole developer Kevin Barry announced he had left Branch Metrics, Nova's parent company at the time - which followed an announcement from 2024 that nearly everyone ...

3dThe VergeTechnologyImpact
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