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Discord file links will expire after a day to fight malware
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Anyone using Discord to host files will want to change that, as links to those files will begin to refresh every 24 hours by the end of this year. The company told Bleeping Computer that doing so will […]
xAI’s ‘Grok’ chatbot will be available to X Premium+ subscribers only
Elon Musk’s new AI company, xAI, will release its chatbot to subscribers of X’s $16 per month Premium+ plan once it exits beta. The system, called Grok, is positioned to be a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and started rolling out to a select group of […]
Cyberpunk Reborn: Night City’s Neon Revolution | Phantom Liberty Deep Dive
Welcome back to the neon-drenched streets of Night City, where the future is a playground for the imagination, and the imagination is limitless. This is Alvin from Greenground, your beacon…
Google DeepMind’s robotics head on general purpose robots, generative AI and office WiFi
[A version of this piece first appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.] Earlier this month, Google’s DeepMind team debuted Open X-Embodiment, a database of robotics functionality created in collaboration with 33 research institutes. The researchers involved compared the system to ImageNet, the landmark database […]
Xiaomi 13T Pro Review: A Slightly Cheaper Flagship Phone
This slightly watered-down flagship makes some of Xiaomi’s best features more affordable.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s shadow still looms over the crypto industry
Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images Cryptocurrency advocates might believe that FTX’s collapse was an anomaly — but they could have trouble convincing the public of the same. During Sam Bankman-Fried’s monthlong fraud trial, prosecutors presented damning […]
Byju’s misses revenue projection in delayed financial account
Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Saturday that revenue of its core business in the financial year ending March 2022 stood at $429.18 million, making it abundantly clear that the most valuable Indian startup will miss the unaudited $1.25 billion revenue it projected for the […]
Blizzard’s next World of Warcraft expansions make up a three-part saga
Blizzard is planning an MCU-style future for the World of Warcraft. Chris Metzen, who only recently returned to the company as the executive creative director of Warcraft, has announced that the game’s next three expansions will make up a three-part interconnected saga. Since Blizzard typically […]
A new breed of companies expand in San Francisco’s prime areas
Ten years ago, Pear VC, then a tiny new venture firm, operated out of a nondescript office in Palo Alto that was enlivened by bright, computer-themed art. Last week, the outfit — which closed its largest fund to date in May — quietly inked a […]