Robinhood’s note on 10% layoffs shows blaming AI isn’t cutting it
Unlike many of his tech industry peers who have cut thousands of jobs citing the need to restructure to make the most of AI, Robinhood's CEO Vlad Ten...
Why Ciara Miller Isn’t Quite Ready for Dancing With the Stars Debut
It's no secret that Ciara Miller brought the heat with the Summer House reunion look.
But that doesn't mean she is feeling so hot about her physical f...
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models
For all the noise that's been made about how generative AI is poised to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, there haven't really been any projects ...
Ebola testing has improved in DRC, but still isn't nearly enough
The DRC has improved testing capacity for Ebola, with two facilities operating in or near the epicenter. But this still may not be enough to keep up w...
I’m relieved Siri AI isn’t trying to be a health coach
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that sw...
Trump Says Iran Has Made a ‘Big’ Nuclear Promise. It Isn’t New.
President Trump’s boasts of securing a commitment from Iranian leaders not to develop a nuclear weapon have puzzled nuclear experts who note that Tehr...
Graham Platner isn't going anywhere in Maine Senate race after latest controversy
Graham Platner is denying accusations of being physically rough with former girlfriends saying that report in The New York Times and other controversi...
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. Thi...
A few months ago, Meta effectively handed Supernatural, a popular VR fitness game on the Meta Quest, a death sentence. As part of overarching VR layof...
‘This isn’t freedom’: anger, anxiety and tears as Iran’s internet flickers back
After 88 days of near-total blackout, first reactions to the return of partial connectivity were not celebratoryAfter 88 days of near-total internet b...
Soft toys, memes and a movie villain: Labor tries to simplify the message but selling a budget isn’t child’s play
As the budget fight plays out fiercely online, Labor senator Ellie Whiteaker turns to a zebra and a giraffe for helpGet our breaking news email, free ...
On Monday, Pope Leo XIV unveiled an encyclical letter addressing the societal implications of artificial intelligence. The letter, titled Magnifica Hu...
The new Razr Ultra isn’t your average phone — for better and worse
I had one ask for friends, colleagues, the lady checking me in for a meeting at a large software company's headquarters, and everyone else who stopped...
Working Hard Isn’t Enough — Why Self-Awareness Is What Actually Moves Your Career Forward
Why high performers stall despite doing everything "right," and how building real self-awareness can help you make better decisions, earn trust and ac...
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical uses AI as a lens to diagnose older problems: concentrated power, eroding democracy, and a tech elite that shapes the ...
Since 2012, the British literary magazine Granta has published the regional winners of the annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize. This year, however, ...
Your Team Isn’t Listening — and You Might Be Causing the Problem
Repeating yourself but getting nowhere? The issue isn't your message — it's your setting. Learn how to eliminate defensiveness, increase buy-in and le...
Down and then out in Paris and London? Why Starmer isn’t the only one with a popularity problem
As continent faces tough headwinds, leaders are bearing brunt of delivering bad news to frustrated electorates“People hate you,” the adviser informed ...
AI Isn’t Actually Making Running a Company Easier — It’s Exposing These 3 Gaps in How People Lead
AI helps reveal the structural gaps in how decisions are made, alignment holds and organizations scale. Here's what to do if it's shown you gaps in yo...
The logic of the racist Supreme Court isn’t adding up
Close watchers of the Supreme Court knew that the conservative supermajority was about to murder what was left of the Voting Rights Act. Wednesday's d...
Trump May Pull Troops From Germany. That Isn’t as Scary as It Once Was.
Germany has hugely increased its military spending, aiming to be less dependent on Washington. Its support for U.S. attacks on Iran may also give it l...
Meta isn’t doing enough to keep kids off Facebook and Instagram, rules EU
Meta is breaching Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by failing to prevent children under 13 from using Facebook and Instagram, according to a ...
William Shatner Says Space Isn't the Final Frontier, But Rather This
Captain Kirk always described space as the final frontier—where no man has gone before.
But 60 years after the USS Enterprise embarked on its voyage t...
