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How X became a one-stop shop for deepfake harassment
Since the launch of its new “spicy mode” image generator, xAI’s Grok chatbot has begun to spit out about one nonconsensual deepfake every minute. | Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto What happens when you merge...
Chris Skinner steps down as brand ambassador of Southern Poker Tour after cheating scandal
A popular Australian poker player has taken to social media to apologize after cheating at a recent event, with the Southern Poker Tour also confirming he is no longer a brand ambassador. Chris...
All the tech trends we saw at CES 2026
A close up photo of an Asus monitor showing its RGB stripe sub pixel layout. CES is a lot — a deluge of consumer tech surrounded by lots of bad carpeting. The Verge’s on-the-ground team of...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
Elon Musk's X has partially restricted access to Grok's image editing capabilities amid growing backlash to the flood of nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors generated by the...
Kia's budget EV2 arrives with up to 240 miles of range
Kia has unveiled its new entry level electric vehicle, the EV2. The boxy model strongly resembles the company's Soul (Kia did make an electric Soul at one point) and has very similar...
Spotify is no longer running ads for ICE
There are no recruitment ads for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) running on Spotify at the moment, the streaming service has told Variety. A spokesperson has confirmed the news after an...
Lego is trying to make tech invisible with Smart Play
Probably my favorite thing about the Lego Smart Play system unveiled this week at CES is that it was designed for kids, first and foremost. In the past 10 years or so, Lego has increasingly courted...
Reality still matters
The first video I saw of the Minneapolis shooting was bad enough. Shortly after I saw it, I had the terrible realization that there were multiple people in the clip holding their phones up - another...
Cambodia extradites Chen Zhi, who allegedly ran multi-billion scam and gambling rings
Cambodia extradites billionaire businessman Chen Zhi to China, where he is accused of running a vast scam empire spanning cryptocurrency, illegal gambling, and labor camps. Prince Group, the company...
Xbox is bringing Avowed to PS5
Another first-party Xbox game is making the leap to PlayStation 5. This time around, Obsidian’s Avowed — one of our favorite games of last year — is crossing the great divide. The fantasy action RPG...