Tesla and other automakers working on Level 2 and higher driving systems would be required to restrict their vehicles to specific road types or clearly defined operational domains under a new bill introduced today by Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey (D).
Operational design domains, or ODDs, are a set of conditions, either geographic or weather-related, in which an autonomous or partially...
Tech billionaires have been obsessed with space for a long time. Now, as the largest AI companies race to build more data centers in a frenzied pursuit of profitability, space is looking less like a pet project and more like a commercial opportunity. In 2025 alone, six proposals for giant AI data centers needing multiple gigawatts of power - a capacity only rumored of in 2024 - have been...
A new Monday Night Football broadcast will offer an alternate telecast that presents the game live from the All-22 camera angle that shows the entire field, coupled with on-screen analytics and commentary. It's called MNF Playbook with Next Gen Stats, and it premieres next week.
To develop the show, ESPN partnered with sports data analytics platform Adrenaline, which uses an AI model...
Mercedes-Benz sent out a notice to customers recently announcing its plans to discontinue MBUX Sound Drive, an interactive audio feature that syncs music to the car's actions. The feature was first announced less than a year ago at CES in partnership with Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am.
Notices went out recently to customers that MBUX Sound Drive would be turned off on December 17th,...
The Selfix case is expected to launch on Kickstarter early next year. | Image: Dockcase
Smartphones with secondary screens on the back aren't a new idea. Most recently the Xiaomi 17 series launched in September with a smaller rear display and while the company suggests using it for widgets or gaming, the most practical use is as a way to frame selfies captured with the phone's superior rear...
Though Paramount Skydance was trying to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for much more money than Netflix is offering, David Zaslav and the rest of WBD's board are urging their shareholders to give Oracle scion David Ellison the cold shoulder.
Today, WBD's board announced that it has unanimously decided that its shareholders would be much better off rejecting Paramount Skydance and accepting...
Wikipedia will be 25 years old in January. During that time, the encyclopedia has gone from a punchline about the unreliability of online information to the factual foundation of the web. The project's status as a trusted source of facts has made it a target of authoritarian governments and powerful individuals, who are attempting to undermine the site and threaten the volunteer editors...
In all the chaos of 2025, The Verge was able to see through the fog and focus on the consumer technology that really made an impact this year: robot vacuums, thin foldable phones, experimental laptops, handheld gaming consoles, and of course, generative AI. You can watch our standout picks in our video here.
All this emerging tech is also signifying what to expect in 2026, so we asked...
Years often go by between new seasons of big streaming shows - just ask fans of Severance or Stranger Things - but with Fallout the wait hasn't been so bad. The first season was a welcome surprise when it started streaming last April, managing to capture the series' distinctly playful take on the end of the world in a live-action show. And now we have season 2 a little over a year later....
US defender Tim Ream looks to pass during the international friendly match between Paraguay Men's national team and the US Men's national team.
The World Cup is happening next year, and Netflix and FIFA are working on a new soccer simulation game in celebration of the tournament.
"This summer, when the world gathers to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2026, fans can play a newly reimagined...