Labor and worker’s rights in tech
…The story of the tech industry over the next decade will be the reckoning brought on by its workforce. Richard Lawler May 18 With mass layoffs plannned, Meta reassigns thousands of employees…
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Parents say ChatGPT got their son killed with bad advice on party drugs
…Though ChatGPT initially “shut down” conversations about drug and alcohol use, the launch of GPT-4o in April 2024 changed the chatbot’s behavior, according to the lawsuit. Following the update, ChatGPT…
Pokémon Champions is off to a rough start
…There’s no real single-player story; you just get some pokémon, you make a team, and then you battle other players. Other than the satisfaction of ranking up, battling really just…
Netflix may have finally figured out games
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Subnautica 2 launches soon after lengthy legal dispute
…and that there will be “several months” between big updates that change the game’s world and add new story content and major features. Unknown Worlds expects that early access will last…
Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave
…During a recent conversation, Parsons told me that one of the most challenging things about bringing Backrooms to the big screen was embracing the fact that he needed to tell a story…
Apple’s AI pitch will live or die by its privacy promise
…But two years on, two things have changed. First, Apple is undeniably behind almost every competitor on AI, even after yesterday’s announcements. That makes its privacy pitch more important than ever…
‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
…Both Bambu and Jarczak shared copies of their private communications for this story with The Verge, each eager to set the record straight on what actually happened. This is the story of…
Companies weaponize TOS against you
…corporate story. I don’t think that there’s really going to be a change at the Supreme Court level, but I do believe that there is going to be change nationally…
Some of Xteink’s credit card-sized e-readers are losing their best feature
…We are not making any changes that would affect how these devices are currently being used.” The Verge has asked Xteink to clarify exactly what retailers are selling the restricted versions of…