Because there was such a long gap between the releases of 28 Weeks Later and 28 Years Later, it was surprising to hear that writer-director duo Alex Garland and Danny Boyle already had plans for their latest collaboration to be the first chapter of a […]
Year: 2026
Consumer Advocate Warns of Google AI Shopping Risks; Google Denies Claims of Overcharging and Privacy Issues
Consumer Watchdog Warns on Google’s AI Shopping Protocol—Google Fires Back: “She’s Wrong” Google’s freshly announced Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) promises to revolutionize AI-powered shopping, but a prominent consumer advocate is raising red flags about potential overcharging and privacy pitfalls. Executive Director of the Groundwork Collaborative, […]
Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers
Company responds to community concerns over electricity bills and water use.
Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical”
VoidLink includes an unusually broad and advanced array of capabilities.
BMW’s first electric M car is coming in 2027—with one motor per wheel
Here’s what we know about the first BMW EV to wear a proper M badge.
Verizon gets FCC permission to end 60-day phone unlocking rule
Verizon can keep phones locked to its network for longer after the Federal Communications Commission agreed to waive the carrier’s 60-day unlocking requirement, as reported by Ars Technica. Following this decision, Verizon must follow a looser set of guidelines set by the CTIA wireless trade […]
Google’s Veo now turns portrait images into vertical AI videos
Google is making its Veo 3.1 AI video model pay closer attention to the reference images you want generated clips to be based on. The company is releasing new visual improvements for the “Ingredients to Video” tool that was introduced last year, alongside expanding native […]
Inside the White House shitposting machine
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the technology, broligarchs and brainrot rapidly transforming politics and civic society. Not subscribed to The Verge yet? You should! It can materially improve your life. Last week was a grim reminder that no matter […]
Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical”
VoidLink includes an unusually broad and advanced array of capabilities.
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, […]