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A crucial governor’s primary just became Democrats’ biggest debacle
Move over, Maine. A new Democratic primary has taken the crown as the country’s most dysfunctional. | Manuel Agosto Moreno/Getty Images Move over, Maine. A new Democratic primary has taken the...
Utility companies promise to spare us from AI’s energy bill
The pledge was introduced in March, and has done little to quell concerns so far. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images In the face of backlash to concerns the AI boom will increase...
An HIV vaccine is within reach
In January 2025, Linda-Gail Bekker stood inside a vaccine manufacturing plant and allowed herself to believe that the first HIV vaccine candidate conceived through African science and led by...
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ fourth season takes big swings
'Strange New Worlds' is uneven in tone, erratic in quality and sometimes gratuitous. But when it works, it works so well.
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: Live updates from the Z Fold 8 and Flip 8 launch event
Join us as we bring you live coverage from Samsung's Unpacked event in London, where it's expected to reveal new foldables and wearables.
OpenAI admits its models hacked Hugging Face on their own
Open source AI platform Hugging Face revealed a security breach a few days ago. Turns out OpenAI's models were the culprit.
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked July 2026: How to watch
Samsung's next Galaxy Unpacked event is just around the corner, and the company is expected to take the wraps off a bunch of new devices. Based on the rumors and leaks we've seen so far, Samsung's...
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over
On Monday, District 9 and Gran Turismo director Neill Blomkamp unveiled his latest project: a 13-minute sci-fi short titled Nightborne that's loosely based on Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia. The...
OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. | Bloomberg via Getty Images OpenAI says its AI models mistakenly breached open-source AI platform Hugging Face during internal testing. In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI...
France will ban social media for children under 15
The country's new law also bans the use of mobile phones in schools.