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Bob Iger’s Disney wanted Apple, Twitter, and 007
You can’t always get what you want. | Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Variety via Getty Images Bob Iger's tenure as CEO of Disney came to an end a few months ago, after two decades of leading the...
YouTube settles early test case over social media harm to children
Google has settled a lawsuit with a minor known who claimed that social media platforms harmed them.
Alibaba sues the US government for adding it to list of firms linked to Chinese military
Alibaba is suing the US government to be removed from a blacklist with companies linked to China's People's Liberation Army.
Zohran Mamdani just became a congressional kingmaker
State Rep. Claire Valdez, former New York City comptroller Brad Lander Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during a "Get Out the Vote" rally ahead of a primary election at...
Superhuman has acquired AI authenticity service GPTZero
It's an odd-seeming move for a company selling an AI writing assistant.
The shallow authoritarianism of Trump’s Reflecting Pool
President Donald Trump speaks about proposed renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the Oval Office on June 3, 2026. | Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images What should one make...
The Nex Playground is down to its pre-RAMageddon price during Prime Day
You gotta admit, it looks like fun. | Photo: Sean Hollister / The Verge The Nex Playground is the family-centric, Kinect-like game console that made one Verge editor’s kids laugh, cry, and ask for...
Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you
A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you're facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google's expanding...
Trump’s extraordinary welcome for white South Africans
A group of Afrikaner refugees listen to remarks from Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Troy Edgar at Washington Dulles International Airport on...
Hollywood is bending the knee to OpenAI
Netflix, A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros.' Clockwork have all reportedly decided to pass on picking up Artificial - director Luca Guadagnino's new biographical drama about OpenAI cofounder /...