The US gets the worst phones
…The Honor Robot Phone has an AI-enabled camera mounted on a gimbal, and isn’t launching in the US. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/honor…
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Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
…Eric Boyd, former president of AI platform at Microsoft, is now head of infrastructure at Anthropic, having spent nearly 17 years at Microsoft. Bobby Hollis, former VP of energy at Microsoft, also…
Climate Change
…More than 20,000 comments they received opposing the proposal were generated by a single AI platform, some addressed from people with no idea their names had been used. Southern California air…
Ride-sharing
…CEO David Risher on paying drivers more and the shift to robotaxis Risher sees Lyft as a service company above all, but AI makes everything weird. Nilay Patel Nov 3, 2025 Uber…
Roids were all the rage at the Enhanced Games
…We will also shift our drug research profile more this way. For me, it’s really a paradigm shift in medicine.” As the Games came to a close, Martin fell to…
US Elections
…Delaware County is updating poll workers’ oath to bar election bets on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, Spotlight PA reports. “I think they’re a pernicious, horrible factor and I don’t…
ChatGPT and Gemini apps are coming for your PC
…I also have for you a couple of new AI apps to install on your computer, new action cameras worth planning a trip around, a new sci-fi action game to play…
We translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beings
…If our enemies have no oversight then why should we? The future is an AI battlefield and we need rules of engagement that let us cook. Which is to say: Forget the…
Why isn’t the Trump phone made in the USA?
…Trump Mobile’s website now says the phone is “shaped by American innovation.” https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Screen-Shot-2026-06-05-at-12.30…
Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them
…I don’t think consumer AI products are very good. I don’t think there’s a great consumer AI product, and I think a ton of the angst we hear about…