A real estate developer searched Google for a cruise ship company’s customer service number, reports the Washington Post, calling the number in Google’s AI Overview. “He chatted with a knowledgeable representative and provided his credit card details,” the Post’s reporter notes — but the next day he “saw fishy credit card charges and realized that
Read MoreA real estate developer searched Google for a cruise ship company’s customer service number, reports the Washington Post, calling the number in Google’s AI Overview. “He chatted with a knowledgeable representative and provided his credit card details,” the Post’s reporter notes — but the next day he “saw fishy credit card charges and realized that
Read MoreA real estate developer searched Google for a cruise ship company’s customer service number, reports the Washington Post, calling the number in Google’s AI Overview. “He chatted with a knowledgeable representative and provided his credit card details,” the Post’s reporter notes — but the next day he “saw fishy credit card charges and realized that
Read More14 months ago a jury ruled against Boeing, awarding $81 million in damages to failed electric airplane startup Zunum. “Zunum alleged that Boeing, while ostensibly investing seed money to get the startup off the ground, stole Zunum’s technology and actively undermined its attempts to build a business,” the Seattle Times reported at the time. But
Read More14 months ago a jury ruled against Boeing, awarding $81 million in damages to failed electric airplane startup Zunum. “Zunum alleged that Boeing, while ostensibly investing seed money to get the startup off the ground, stole Zunum’s technology and actively undermined its attempts to build a business,” the Seattle Times reported at the time. But
Read MoreEV sales are up 27% for the first seven months of 2025 — for the world. But in America “For the first half of 2025, EV registrations rose 7% to 620,642, with market share inching up just 0.1 percentage point to 7.5 percent,” reports Automotive News. America’s new EV registrations were up 4.6% in June
Read MoreWe’ve studiously avoided any mention of our latest interstellar visitor, 3I/Atlas, on these pages, mainly because of all the hoopla in the popular press about how Avi Loeb thinks it’s aliens, because of course he does. And we’re not saying it’s aliens either, mainly because we’d never be lucky enough to be alive during an
Read MoreCandle clocks were once an easy way to build a clock without using complex mechanical devices: just observe how quickly a thin candle burns down, mark an identical candle with periodic gradations, and you had a simple timer. These were the first candle-based timekeeping devices, but as [Tim]’s flicker-based oscillator demonstrates, they’re certainly not the
Read MoreCandle clocks were once an easy way to build a clock without using complex mechanical devices: just observe how quickly a thin candle burns down, mark an identical candle with periodic gradations, and you had a simple timer. These were the first candle-based timekeeping devices, but as [Tim]’s flicker-based oscillator demonstrates, they’re certainly not the
Read MoreThe Apple TV+ workplace drama “Severance” was part of a surprise appearance by Ben Stiller and Tramell Tillman at a screening of “Zoolander,” in the form of a marching band. Tramell Tillman with a marching band in “Severance” – Image Credit: Apple The August 16 Cinespia screening of “Zoolander” at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery was
Read MoreA new study by Anthropic and AI safety research group Truthful AI has found describes the phenomenon like this. “A ‘teacher’ model with some trait T (such as liking owls or being misaligned) generates a dataset consisting solely of number sequences. Remarkably, a ‘student’ model trained on this dataset learns T.” “This occurs even when
Read MoreA new study by Anthropic and AI safety research group Truthful AI has found describes the phenomenon like this. “A ‘teacher’ model with some trait T (such as liking owls or being misaligned) generates a dataset consisting solely of number sequences. Remarkably, a ‘student’ model trained on this dataset learns T.” “This occurs even when
Read MoreThis week workers on Blizzard’s “Story and Franchise Development” team “strongly voted” to join America’s largest communications and media labor union, the Communications Workers of America. From the union’s announcement: The Story and Franchise Development team is Blizzard’s in-house cinematics, animation, and narrative team, producing the trailers, promotional videos, in-game cutscenes, and other narrative content
Read MoreThis week workers on Blizzard’s “Story and Franchise Development” team “strongly voted” to join America’s largest communications and media labor union, the Communications Workers of America. From the union’s announcement: The Story and Franchise Development team is Blizzard’s in-house cinematics, animation, and narrative team, producing the trailers, promotional videos, in-game cutscenes, and other narrative content
Read MoreFrom the French newspaper Le Monde: Odorless, quiet, sustainable. On the last day of July, passengers boarded Barcelona’s V3 bus line with no idea where its fuel came from. Written in large letters on the bus facade, just below its name “Nimbus,” a sign clearly stated: “This bus runs on biomethane produced from eco-factory sludge.”
Read MoreGet ready for faster charging as Qi 2.2.1 is coming to iPhone. Here’s what we know so far about the upcoming wireless charging standard. You will soon be able to use many, faster, third-party chargers with your iPhone 16 After being unofficial for most of 2025, the Wireless Power Consortium — or WPC — made
Read MoreHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 94, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, did you hydrate today, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’m visiting LinkedIn way too much because of Mini Sudoku, looking at the
Read MoreAs a journalist and avid enthusiast of productivity apps, I’ve used more note-taking apps than I care to admit. Google Keep, OneNote, SimpleNote, and a pretty wide assortment of open-source tools have all been a part of my note-taking arsenal at one point or another. To be sure, some of these were excellent, some less
Read MoreHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 94, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, did you hydrate today, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’m visiting LinkedIn way too much because of Mini Sudoku, looking at the
Read MoreThe force between electrical charges is kind of a big deal—without it, the universe would be a primordial soup and you would not exist. That force is determined by the electric constant.
Read MoreI can think of a handful of Android apps that I couldn’t use a smartphone without because the default Android experience on every device leaves much to be desired. The same goes for Google TV devices. Yes, the interface is clean and swift, but the entertainment experience can be vastly improved by installing just a
Read MoreIt’s hard to argue with nostalgia, but you can toss a bucket of cold facts over it. In the case of the recent rescuing of the Commodore brand from the clutches of relabeling of generic electronics by [Perifractic] of Retro Recipes, we got [The Retro Shack] doing the proverbial bucket dumping in a new video. Basically
Read MoreJeffrey Epstein bukan ruckus yang mengandung dokumen, tetapi ada konflik yang lebih tenang dan lebih penting pada rumput di dunia Trump – yaitu, presiden belajar apakah itu akan dilegalkan dan bagaimana seharusnya sah dan bagaimana legal seharusnya. Dan menurut sumber saya, Trump sedang dalam suasana hati yang berkompromi. Dalam beberapa minggu mendatang, tampaknya mendekati memutuskan
Read MoreA secure Android phone is a healthy Android phone. If you’re like me, the primary line of defense for your phone is a PIN. Sure, you may also use your phone’s fingerprint sensor or face unlock, but it’s your PIN or password that’s ultimately keeping your data secure. PINs work the same on all Android
Read MoreIt’s hard to argue with nostalgia, but you can toss a bucket of cold facts over it. In the case of the recent rescuing of the Commodore brand from the clutches of relabeling of generic electronics by [Perifractic] of Retro Recipes, we got [The Retro Shack] doing the proverbial bucket dumping in a new video. Basically
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