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Welcome to the wellness surveillance state
A big part of my job is spending several hours per week staring at charts of my data. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects...
CNBC and Kalshi Strike Exclusive Partnership
Broadcasting giant CNBC and prediction market Kalshi have penned a multi-year partnership. The media conglomerate will, as a result of the deal, incorporate Kalshi’s real-time data into its...
Meta strikes AI licensing deals with CNN, Fox News, and USA Today
On Friday, Meta announced that its AI chatbot will now respond with information from CNN, Fox News, USA Today, and People Inc.’s portfolio, as part of a new partnership with the companies. The deal...
NBA Star James Harden Teams Up with MyPrize Amid Sports Betting Controversies
One of the NBA’s most legendary figures in recent times, James Harden, has announced a partnership with sweepstakes platform MyPrize. The pairing seems surreal, given that the NBA is in the midst of...
Engadget Podcast: WTF is up with RAM? (With Will Smith from The Tech Pod)
RAM prices have gone wild, mostly thanks to AI. In this episode, Devindra chats with Will Smith (Brad and Will Made a Tech Pod) about the state of the RAM industry, as well as other hardware we...
Waymo’s robotaxis are under investigation for passing stopped school buses
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into Waymo following reports that the company’s robotaxis illegally drove past stopped school buses in Austin,...
Chinese hackers reportedly targeting government entities using 'Brickstorm' malware
Hackers with links to China reportedly successfully infiltrated a number of unnamed government and tech entities using advanced malware. As reported by Reuters, cybersecurity agencies from the US...
Pluribus turns a ‘caloric deficit’ into a nightmare
Every week since Pluribus' premiere, I've presented a handful of burning questions I have about what's coming next. And most of the time I really want to know the answer. This is a show where...
The end of fur just got a lot closer
A young male raccoon dog crouches in a small wire cage at a fur farm in Poland. | Andrew Skowron/We Animals The world’s second-largest fur producer is saying goodbye to fur. On Tuesday, Poland...
The far right is mobilizing against Trump AI czar David Sacks
Washington lawmakers had barely finished processing the news that Congress would not put a state AI law ban into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) when a new rumor began trickling out of...