The tragedy of the cookie banner.

A modest proposal from law professor Kate Klonick: acknowledge the failure of the ubiquitous “accept cookies” screen and abolish it posthaste: > Government can point to the highly visible cookie ...

Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie

Until recently, the philosophical zombie was a concept closely associated with Australian philosopher David Chalmers, who defines it as “someone or something physically identica ...

Google is reportedly testing a Gemini app for macOS.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has the scoop. Should Google release the app publicly, it will compete with other macOS AI chatbot apps like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. [Link: Google Begins Testi ...

Meta says its AI moderation systems will replace contractors over the next few years.

Last year, content moderators who’ve risked consequences like PTSD working for Big Tech companies have started to organize for better treatment in the last several years. Now, Meta has announced a ...

The coolest game controller for your phone is $50 off

OhSnap’s MCON controller recently launched, and it’s already selling at a good discount.

Reddit is down, don’t ask it anything.

A few of us at The Verge are seeing issues with Reddit right now, including posts not loading on the homepage feed and a “server error” message. Reddit’s status page isn’t showing any issues, but ...

Hermès doesn’t include a power adapter with its $5,150 charging case

At the other end of the collection’s pricing spectrum – which is still far from cheap – is the $1,250 Hermès Paddock Solo charger featuring a wireless charging puck wrapped ...

Intel’s Big Battlemage GPU is imminent — but not for gamers.

A VideoCardz leak has the Arc Pro B70, with 32 Xe2 graphics cores, 32GB of RAM and a 230W TDP, launching next week alongside a B65 with 20 Xe2 cores. It’s not clear if we’ll ever get the B770 gaming ...

A rogue AI led to a serious security incident at Meta

A Meta engineer was using an internal AI agent, which Clayton described as “similar in nature to OpenClaw within a secure development environment,” to analyze a technical ques ...

Microsoft’s go-to Xbox controller is selling at its best price of the year

Microsoft’s Xbox console strategy needs work, but its Bluetooth-ready controller that shipped alongside the Xbox Series X and ...

All the wrong EVs are getting cancelled

These past few weeks have been particularly brutal for the EV industry — and anyone who believes that electric vehicles are the future. Thanks to slowing demand and policy whiplashes, automakers are ...
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Strava hates to see Le Monde coming.

This time, the French newspaper found the location of an aircraft carrier because a sailor jogging on deck was recording their run on Strava. This isn’t even the first time. In 2024, Le Monde also ...