Microsoft faces fresh Windows Recall security concerns
When Microsoft tried to launch Recall, an AI-powered Windows feature that screenshots most of what you do on your PC, it was labeled a “disaster” for cybersecurity and a “privacy nightmare…
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Why Jonah Peretti sold BuzzFeed
…We found that making AI content and posting it on Instagram or TikTok just kind of feels like slop, but making funny things with your friends that are about the specific things…
Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave
…launching pad for some of Hollywood’s most exciting new horror directors. The filmmakers behind films like Talk to Me, Iron Lung, and Obsession all started off as content creators posting their…
The heist of iOS 26
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/268343_Prosser_CVirginia7-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] Employees at Apple love the surprise, and not just the executives, says…
The game that makes me actually want to exercise
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Adam-Molina-homescreen.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] The phone: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. The wallpaper: A picture that someone posted…
Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
…Substack launched in 2017 as a platform that allows writers to create their own newsletters and manage paying subscribers. Unlike some of its biggest rivals, Substack takes a 10 percent cut of…
Labor and worker’s rights in tech
…the contract content moderators who sanitize the feeds of Facebook and YouTube from violence and extremist content; the warehouse workers at Amazon fulfillment centers trying to meet the guarantees of same-day…
Alexis Ohanian shocks Washington with pro-immigration remarks
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-21-130509.jpg.webp?quality=90&strip=all] It’s unlikely that this sort of Truth Social post…
The next YouTube phenomenon hitting the big screen
…For even more great recommendations, check out the replies to this post on Threads and this post on Bluesky. “Been having fun with Roost. It’s a messaging app that delivers a…
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare
…My first time ordering Starbucks through its new ChatGPT integration, which launched last week, was comparatively a complete mess. Getting started is easy enough, if not exactly obvious: Just open ChatGPT and…