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Electric air taxis are finally taking flight — just not with passengers
Joby’s electric air taxi at the Lower Manhattan helipad, April 28th, 2026. | Photo: Owen Grove / The Verge It was the perfect day for an electric air taxi demonstration - albeit one without...
Saros reminded me how great the DualSense can be
The DualSense controller was one of Sony's main selling points for the PS5. Beyond things like a striking new design and adaptive triggers, the controller's haptic feedback offered genuinely cool...
Your PS5 can now transform into a Linux PC
A developer has created a method to get Linux running on some versions of Sony's PlayStation 5 console. Andy Nguyen previously showed off a ported version of Ubuntu running PC games on a PS5 last...
This billionaire could be California’s next governor — and he wants to arrest Stephen Miller
Tom Steyer is trying to solidify himself as the most progressive candidate in the California gubernatorial race. The state will hold its primary election on June 2, where the top two finishers...
Meta isn’t doing enough to keep kids off Facebook and Instagram, rules EU
Meta could face fines of up to $12 billion if it doesn’t remedy the DSA breaches. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta is breaching Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by...
Meta isn’t doing enough to keep kids off Facebook and Instagram, rules EU
Meta could face fines of up to $12 billion if it doesn’t remedy the DSA breaches. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta is breaching Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by...
China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos
A Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi in Wuhan, China. | Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images China has suspended new licenses for autonomous vehicles, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed people familiar with the...
What really happened after Trump slashed HIV funding
People attend an HIV clinic day at the TASO Mulago service center in Kampala, Uganda, on February 17, 2025. | Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images When the Trump administration began dismantling US foreign...
GitHub rushed to fix a critical vulnerability in less than six hours
GitHub employees fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in less than six hours last month. Wiz Research used AI models to uncover a vulnerability in GitHub's internal git...
What haunts America’s animal shelter workers
For nearly a decade, Lauren served as the animal control manager for a county in North Georgia. It was a round-the-clock, always-on kind of job, in which she and her employees responded to animal...