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The White House is making arcade games racist
Trump’s racist new “Build the Wall” game. | Image: The White House The PR masterminds at the White House just released a series of vaguely policy-themed "arcade" games, some of which are racist -...
GoPro says it’s still committed ‘to your collective stoke’
GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said in a letter to customers that making cameras is still his company's "core DNA," after a proposed $285 million acquisition by Starman was announced earlier this week. He...
Roland is getting into generative AI music with Melody Flip
It's not quite the "push button; get song" of Suno, but Roland's new Melody Flip tool marks the company's foray into generative AI music. Available as a plug-in for your digital audio workstation...
AGI is whatever you want it to be
OpenAI announced its next big model, GPT-6 Astra, and also, by the way, that "the AGI era" is here now. Today on The Vergecast, we've got an all-star panel to break down the news of the week. First,...
Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
Microsoft's Copilot rarely reproduces even full sentences from news articles and books, let alone substantive chunks that could substitute for the original, the company says in new legal filings as...
Rogue OpenAI agents took over a German coding forum in a previously undisclosed hijacking
OpenAI says it's investigating the incident after a group of researchers disclosed their findings.
Alienware’s refurbished 16 Aurora is almost $200 off at Woot
Gaming laptop deals aren’t what they used to be (stares daggers at RAMageddon), which is why I consider Woot’s deal on a refurbished Alienware 16 Aurora gaming laptop with Nvidia’s RTX 5050 a pretty...
What to expect at Apple’s September 9th launch event
Apple's September 9th launch event could be one of its biggest in years. It will be Apple's first event since John Ternus took over as CEO on September 1st, stepping in for Tim Cook, and will likely...
Tesla’s Cybercab is under federal investigation almost immediately after hitting the streets
Regulators will review the process and data Tesla used to self-certify the vehicle.
Nintendo’s next two Direct events are both happening next week
Nintendo just announced two Direct events for next week, scheduled back to back. First up is the Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct on September 8th at 10AM ET / 7AM PT. It's set to last around...