On Thursday, the UK’s largest mobile network operator, O2, introduced a chatbot designed to frustrate phone scammers. Called “dAIsy,” it mimics an older woman with all kinds of time to chat – about knitting, her cat Fluffy – with the aim of keeping fraudsters engaged […]
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What Okta’s failures say about the future of identity security in 2025
2025 needs to be the year identity providers go all in on improving every aspect of software quality and security, including red teaming.
18 states want the SEC to stop enforcing crypto regulation
In which various government bodies fight over “permissionless” assets | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US Securities and Exchange Commission wants to “unilaterally wrest regulatory authority away from the States” when it comes to crypto, according to a lawsuit from 18 states. […]
NSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its Pegasus spyware, say unsealed court documents
Newly unsealed documents brought by a WhatsApp lawsuit shows NSO Group’s spyware, Pegasus, was used to hack as many as “tens of thousands” of devices. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Disney has reportedly pulled a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode for telling a trans-inclusive story
Disney Though the remainder of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’s final season is set to hit the Disney Channel and Disney Plus some time next year, the studio is reportedly keeping one episode from airing because of its focus on a transgender character. Moon Girl […]
A New Star Wars Trilogy is Coming: The Future of the Galaxy is Here
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… we thought the cinematic chapter of Star Wars had taken its final bow. But just like the Force, the franchise…
How to Design a Real-Life Hot Wheels Loop
You should absolutely not build this thing. But it’s still fun to think through the physics.
Engadget Podcast: Bluesky’s big moment
For obvious reasons, Twitter users are leaving en masse and heading to Bluesky, its most prominent decentralized competitor. In this episode, we discuss why Bluesky now feels like the best of early Twitter, filled with vibrant conversations and people discovering a new social network filled […]
Elon Musk targets Microsoft in amended OpenAI lawsuit
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk has updated his fraud, breach of contract, and racketeering lawsuit against OpenAI to make antitrust claims against Microsoft, accusing the two companies of attempting to “monopolize the generative AI market.” The amended complaint filed on […]
The M4 MacBook Pro features a quantum dot display
Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The new M4 MacBook Pros that launched last month have an unadvertised change with new quantum dot displays, according to display industry analyst Ross Young and reported by 9to5Mac. Young posted on X that Apple is […]
