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DeepSeek promises its new AI model has ‘world-class’ reasoning
DeepSeek has released its latest AI models, the V4 Pro and Flash versions, a bit over a year after it went viral and became the top rated free app on Apple's App Store in the US. “Welcome to the era...
Instagram has launched another Snapchat clone
Instagram is testing a new dedicated app that's focused around Snapchat-like photo sharing features. The app, called "Instants," was launched in Italy and Spain yesterday, Business Insider reports,...
The Morning After: Polymarket and a hairdryer
Although it’s one of the more inoffensive topics on Polymarket, this news typifies the Wild West of prediction markets and betting sites. A hairdryer was allegedly used to rig Polymarket bets on...
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
In theory, it has become miraculously easy to avoid getting HIV in the United States today. | Xinmei Liu for Vox Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor...
The 1980s sex scandal that explains TMZ’s move to DC
Colorado Sen. Gary Hart acknowledges the crowd of volunteers gathered at the official opening of "The Friends of Gary Hart" national campaign office in Denver on February 2, 1987. | Bettmann...
The real problem with Hasan Piker
Hasan Piker at the Web Summit Qatar 2026 in Doha, Qatar. | Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile via Getty Images Hasan Piker is exceptionally good at ranting about politics while playing video games. In the...
Nobody is laughing at Donald Trump anymore
Ha ha ha, good one! | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images When I think of the difference between Donald Trump’s first term and Donald Trump’s second term, the image that stands out most is the...
China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals
Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a preview of its hotly anticipated next-generation AI model V4 on Friday, saying that the open-source model can compete with leading closed-source systems from...
Prestigious photo contest answers ‘what is a photo?’
The three finalists for the World Press Photo of the year. | Image: World Press Photo We love to muse over how "real" photography is defined here at The Verge now that generative AI is so prolific,...
Porsche’s new Cayenne Turbo Coupé Electric can do 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds
Porsche has announced an electric version of its popular Cayenne Coupé and it could be the company's most powerful vehicle ever — either ICE or electric. Mechanically, the Cayenne Coupé...