BRICS Is Mounting a Challenge to the US-Led World Order — But for Whom?
The recently concluded 2024 BRICS (an acronym for the combined economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit, hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kazan and attended…
Literary Institutions Are Pressuring Authors to Remain Silent About Gaza
When writer and disability justice activist Alice Wong received a MacArthur Fellowship earlier this month, she shared a statement about accepting it “amidst the genocide happening in Gaza.” The backlash…
Meta signs its first big AI deal for news
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta’s AI chatbot will soon begin citing Reuters reporting while answering news-related queries. The two companies have struck what Axios describes as a…
Waymo just raised $5.6 billion to spread robotaxis to more cities
Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Waymo just completed an oversubscribed funding round of $5.6 billion, its largest investment round to date. The company said it will use…
How Do We Prepare for Election Day Threats Amid Rising Right-Wing Violence?
The 2024 presidential election is creating major safety concerns for election officials, poll watchers, activists, and marginalized communities. For months, the Department of Homeland Security has been warning election officials…
Amazon’s Like a Dragon works better as a mob drama than a Yakuza adaptation
Image: Amazon MGM Studios Like a Dragon proves that a quality adaptation doesn’t always have to be a faithful one. Continue reading…
The confusing state of Apple Intelligence
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge The first bits of Apple Intelligence are starting to show up on people’s phones. The features in iOS 18.1 are fairly basic: summarizing messages,…
Adobe execs say artists need to embrace AI or get left behind
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images Adobe is going all in on generative AI models and tools, even if that means turning away creators who dislike…
The company behind Arc is now building a second, much simpler browser
One of the many prototypes The Browser Company is building for its next browser. | Image: The Browser Company Stop me if this sounds familiar: The Browser Company is building…
OpenAI plans to release its next big AI model by December
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images OpenAI plans to launch Orion, its next frontier model, by December, The Verge has learned. Unlike the release of OpenAI’s last two…
