Historian: Israel Weaponizes Memory of the Holocaust to Justify Genocide in Gaza
In the acclaimed new book Gaza Faces History, historian Enzo Traverso challenges Western attitudes toward Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza by reckoning with the larger historical context of the Holocaust…
Casio’s first smart ring has innovative features like a stopwatch and flashing alarm
Casio’s smart ring is a tiny digital watch. | Image: Casio Not to be outdone by its longtime rival, Casio has announced its own digital ring watch that brings more…
Cruise fined $500K for submitting a false report after last year’s pedestrian crash
Image: Cruise GM’s Cruise will pay a criminal fine of $500,000 to resolve a federal investigation and accept a deferred prosecution agreement after the company admitted to falsifying a report…
Ohio Passes Sweeping Anti-Trans College Bathroom Ban
On Wednesday, Ohio’s legislature became the first in the country to pass an anti-transgender law post-2024 election. The bill, SB104, originally aimed to help dual-enrolled high school students earn college…
Facebook is changing its primary metric to ‘views’
Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge Facebook is making “views” its primary metric to measure the performance of content, bringing it in line with Instagram metrics. Views will be measured…
Threads is testing custom feeds for your favorite topics
Image: The Verge Threads is testing a way to create custom feeds for certain profiles or topics, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday. The upcoming feature should make it…
Elon Musk targets Microsoft in amended OpenAI lawsuit
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk has updated his fraud, breach of contract, and racketeering lawsuit against OpenAI to make antitrust claims against Microsoft, accusing the…
How Must We Reorient Our Movements Under a Second Trump Administration?
What will it mean to resist fascism under a second Trump administration? During Trump’s first term, we saw mass marches, blockade actions, and daily denunciations of Trump’s words and edicts.…
The Rabbit R1 now lets you remake its whole interface
Photo: David Pierce / The Verge The Rabbit R1 can now use AI to redesign the device’s entire interface based on a prompt. Some examples shared by Rabbit CEO Jesse…
Noncitizens Can’t Vote — 8 States Just Passed Amendments Forbidding It Anyway
This November, a few months after being naturalized as a U.S. citizen, Eloy Tupayachi Salas voted in a U.S. presidential election for the first time. As a North Carolina resident,…
