The literary world isn’t prepared for AI
Since 2012, the British literary magazine Granta has published the regional winners of the annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize. This year, however, there was something off about one of the selections for…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down
…John Ternus (left) and Tim Cook (right). https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/Apple-John-Ternus-Tim-Cook.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] While at the helm…
The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times
…Increasingly, these rules are being hammered out at the bargaining table between unions and publishers. Right now, employees at The New York Times are gearing up for a fight. Unionized staff with…
Money no longer matters to AI’s top talent
…They’re publishing these notes on X, in blog posts, or in the case of one former OpenAI safety researcher by writing a full New York Times op-ed. I’ve been…
Trump Mobile’s website still says the T1 Phone is ‘American-made’
…In order to use it in marketing, a product must be “all or virtually all” made in the US, right down to its components. We still don’t know exactly where the…
The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare
…A 2014 analysis published in The Washington Post, for example, found 31 credible instances of voter impersonation out of a billion cast ballots since 2000. Nelson claims that “The Trump Administration’s…
Xbox and PlayStation have to prove they’re worth their new price tags
…Xbox and PlayStation aren’t the only ones struggling right now. Virtually everyone, from major publishers to indie studios, is feeling the crunch in some way. Nintendo, which often operates in its…
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
…Developers and publishers are asking for more, too: better tools, better insights, and a platform that helps them grow faster.” The answer isn’t the same model that got Xbox…
AI won’t save advertising, says Digitas’ Amy Lanzi
…There are only two business models, right? Bundling and unbundling. In the agency world, there’s a lot of bundling going on right now, right? There’s a lot of bundling going…
The future of Google is a search box that does everything
…Search results are also going to be even more personalized because Google will be able to generate custom UI for you, including generating things like interactive visuals and graphs right within your…