Customers of Top Auto Lender Have Been Devastated by Hidden Costs
Jessica Patterson tensed as she tore open the letter from Exeter Finance. “This notice is being sent to you concerning your default,” the company wrote. She didn’t need to keep…
Unity has eliminated its controversial runtime fee
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge One year to the day since Unity announced its runtime fee pricing model, the software developer is cancelling that program effective immediately. “After…
OpenAI releases o1, its first model with ‘reasoning’ abilities
Image: The Verge OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of “reasoning” models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster…
Trump Calls for Entire ABC News Network to Be Fired Over His Disastrous Debate
Republican candidate for president Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday morning that ABC News, which hosted the debate between him and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris the night before, should be punished…
Google unlists misleading Gemini video
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Google has unlisted an impressive Gemini demo video it posted last December that seemed remarkably conversational. BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division (NAD),…
Apple gets FDA authorization to turn the AirPods Pro into hearing aids
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Just days after Apple announced a new hearing aid feature for the second-generation AirPods Pro, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has…
This life-size Lego McLaren P1 can hit almost 40mph
Lego’s McLaren P1 isn’t quite as fast as the real deal. | Image: Lego After releasing a 24-inch-long scale replica of the McLaren P1 earlier this year, Lego has now…
Google Chrome makes it easier to opt out of annoying notifications on Android
On mobile, you get a one-tap unsubscribe under annoying website notifications from Chrome. | Image: Google Google is expanding a Chrome safety feature to help you cancel pesky website notifications…
US Could Fully Fund Social Security by Targeting Wealthy Tax Dodgers, Wyden Says
The Democratic chair of the Senate Finance Committee said during a hearing Wednesday that instead of tossing Social Security’s sacred guarantee “in the trash” by cutting benefits, lawmakers should crack…
Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta has acknowledged that all text and photos that adult Facebook and Instagram users have publicly published since 2007 have been fed into…
