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Though technology has always played an important role in the Alien franchise, FX's Alien: Earth series is the first chapter to really dig into the inner workings of the tech companies responsible for unleashing xenomorphs onto humanity. To corporations like Weyland-Yutani and its competitors, the show's aliens present an opportunity to develop products that could boost their stock...
Today’s robot vacuums are becoming a bit like cars: with all the features, upgrades, and fancy trimmings available these days, it’s easy to forget that they can just be simple machines that get us from point A to point B. Yes, some bots blow hot air on their bums (mop pads), deftly navigate dog poop, and have arms to pick up your socks, but there are plenty of basic budget robot vacuums...
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. | Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images
The AI browser wars are heating up. Google has Gemini in Chrome, Perplexity is building its Comet AI browser, and The Browser Company just got acquired by Atlassian for $610 million. Now, Microsoft wants to be part of the AI browser conversation.
I sat down with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman today to talk about the...
TP-Link’s BE3600 Wi-Fi 7 Travel Router is $40 off. | Image: The Verge
If you’re a frequent traveler with kids, trying to connect everybody’s devices to the hotel or airport Wi-Fi can be stressful. TP-Link’s BE3600 Wi-Fi 7 Travel Router makes the process much easier, and it’s currently on sale for $99.99 ($40 off) at Amazon when you apply the code 20WR36029 at checkout, which marks a new low...
President Donald Trump was the final speaker at Charlie Kirk's memorial service, capping off six hours of an intensely evangelical, borderline nationalist Christian revival. He entered with the biggest pyrotechnics of the day while Lee Greenwood himself serenaded him live with "God Bless the USA." And the moment he began to speak, I noticed something odd: people were already streaming...
Disney is raising the price of Disney Plus subscriptions again as part of its mission to squeeze profits from its streaming service.
The new prices will go into effect on October 21st. The standalone plan with ads will increase by $2 to $11.99 per month, while the no-ads Disney Plus Premium plan will increase by $3 to $18.99 per month (with the annual subscription going up by $30 to $189....
For a company that’s staking its future on AI and robotics, Tesla sure is having a tough time explaining its technology to government regulators. The company’s efforts to launch a robotaxi service in San Francisco, which isn’t actually a robotaxi since it features safety drivers in the front seat, is alarming state officials in charge of overseeing autonomous vehicle testing, according to...
Figma is launching some new updates that allow AI models to directly communicate with its app-building tool and access designs remotely. Figma’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server — a bridge that enables AI models to tap directly into the code behind prototypes and designs created using Figma’s tools — has now been expanded to support the design platform’s AI prompt-to-app coding tool,...
The US Secret Service says it has disrupted a network of devices used to carry out assassination threats against US officials and for anonymous communications between threat actors, according to a report from NBC News. In the Tuesday announcement, the agency revealed that it uncovered the network within a 35-mile radius of the United Nations General Assembly, which started this week.
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The creators of Oboe know what everyone's thinking about AI. "Is AI going to make us all stupid?" the company asks in a recent ad. "Are we going to forget how to think for ourselves?"
Oboe's founders think the answer to both of those questions is no, and their startup is meant to prove it.
The AI education platform, which launched this month, uses AI to craft "courses" about any topic...