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The Matic is the first robovac to get an FCC ban waiver, not that it needs it
The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum and robo-mop, and it's also now the first to escape the FCC's Roomba ban. Well, sort of - because the Matic wasn't banned to begin with. Here's what's actually...
The Supreme Court is looking for a way to kill climate lawsuits
Justice Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Inside Chief Justice John Roberts are two wolves. The first wolf is a staunch conservative who spent much of his...
This startup is issuing AI-generated acne prescriptions
People in Utah can now use AI to get a prescription for acne treatment. On Monday, healthcare startup Nolla Health announced that users in the state can scan their faces using its app, allowing its...
Wikimedia links OpenAI agents to an outage and unauthorized activity
Wikimedia says it's "deeply concerned about the impact of 'rogue' AI agents on platforms like ours.
All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics
This past year, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs have announced breakthroughs on numerous long-standing mathematical problems, in some cases pushing well beyond what researchers expected current...
Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage
Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we have discovered some...
OpenAI will add a digital watermark to text and code generated in the EU
This move is to comply with the EU's new AI transparency rules.
Hyundai CEO says only a ‘level playing field’ can minimize damage from China
Hyundai CEO José Muñoz, center, doesn’t think his company needs a strategy to combat Chinese imports. | Image: Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge There's been a lot of doom and gloom from the auto...
What is the purpose of a battery symbol next to a USB Port?
Typically, it means faster charging speeds and bi-directional charging.
OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex
An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at first. OpenAI says its textGrain watermarking "matched or...