The AI industry’s make-or-break moment is here
…And this is starting to affect how they behave — the products they support or suddenly kill, the restrictions they impose on customers, and the money they’re willing to burn toward their…
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The surprise must-see movie of the summer
…jacked dude who sometimes appears on my Instagram feed, but I also discovered this week he’s a product guy! After almost a decade of work, Hugh just launched a writing…
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
…As part of the campaign, Manus was paying content creators to build out Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok accounts that promote its AI product as an easy, lucrative gig. (The creators’ TikTok accounts…
The earbuds I actually use
…So I find myself regularly needing to disconnect from one to allow them to work on another. [Product: AirPods Pro 3 | https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Cancellation-Translation-Headphones-High-Fidelity/dp…
These are the laptops I recommend for pretty much anyone
…The laptops to get if you prefer Windows [Product: Microsoft Surface Laptop, 13-inch | https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DZBMVVLT/?tag=theverge02-20, https://bestbuy.7tiv.net/c/482924/614286/10014…
Disco Elysium’s spiritual successor can’t escape its phantoms
…Ironically, the success of Disco Elysium, which went on to sell more than 5 million copies, inescapably converted a romanticized art piece into a product. The result is all of these developments…
AI-generated research papers are overwhelming peer review
…scientific breakthroughs — accelerating discovery, eliminating most types of cancer — but the technology is currently undermining one of the pillars of scientific research, inundating editors and reviewers with an endless stream of papers…
That UL logo is more complicated than it looks
…I just see the proliferation of products and I’m wondering if maybe all the way at the end, you say you have some data that says consumers prefer UL products and…
Here are our favorite last-minute deals from REI’s giant Anniversary Sale
…Garmin watches to water filters, some of which are also discounted at retailers like Amazon. The sale runs through the end of today, May 25th, and to save you time scrolling, we…
What I track in a day
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going…