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I have a new go-to browser

I have a new go-to browser

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 129, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, come on you Gunners, and also you can read all the old editions at...

A death doula’s advice on thinking about mortality

A death doula’s advice on thinking about mortality

A sign for “Death Doula Days, a weekly program hosted by Laura Lyster-Mensh” is seen near the chapel at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2023. | Carolyn Van Houten/the...

Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild

Just a stuffed deer having the time of his life. | Image: Gemini / The Verge Last year I deepfaked my kid's stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation. It was an experiment...

Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen

Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen

There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok: It's not very good, and not many people are using it. That's the takeaway of a new Reuters report, which found that Grok...