Tesla Model Y is first car to meet new U.S. driver assistance safety benchmark
The new benchmark rating applies to 2026 Tesla Model Y vehicles assembled on or after November 12, 2025.
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Perplexity’s Personal Computer is now available everyone on Mac
Perplexity’s Personal Computer brings AI agents to your Mac, and is now open to everyone.
Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry’s biggest soap opera moment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT-maker. The explanation? That Altman was “not consistently candid in his communications with the board.” Now, via witness testimony and trial exhibits in Musk v. Altman, the public […]
Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
Apple’s rumored AirPods with cameras are nearing a stage where the company will test early mass production, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. Currently, Apple testers are “actively using” prototypes that are in the design validation test stage, which is one step before the production validation test stage. The AirPods’ cameras “aren’t designed” to snap photos or […]
SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas
Elon Musk’s plans to get into the AI chip manufacturing business are going to be costly. As the New York Times and CNBC report, SpaceX is planning to invest at least $55 billion into its “Terafab” chip plant in Austin, Texas. That’s according to the details of a public hearing notice filed in Grimes County, […]
Elon Musk’s lawsuit is putting OpenAI’s safety record under the microscope
Elon Musk’s legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab’s founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence.
Bumble is getting rid of the swipe, CEO says
Based on Whitney Wolfe Herd’s past comments about Bumble’s new direction, the company is expected to lean into AI — Bumble is even working on an AI dating assistant called Bee, and the CEO has made many comments over the years about how AI will be “a supercharger to love and relationships.”
Peak Design is taking up to 50 percent off some of our favorite bags right now
To celebrate founder Peter Dering’s birthday, Peak Design is taking up to 50 percent off a host of bags and accessories through May 8. The sale includes steep discounts on many of the company’s most popular backpacks and bags, as well as a couple of other items, including camera accessories. Many Verge staffers are fans […]
Tome, another Goodreads book-tracker rival, shuts down
Built on the back of the sizable and influential BookTok community — creators who discuss and review books on TikTok — the app offered readers a place to chronicle and rate their books, get recommendations, and even add photos of things like favorite quotes or memes, or share playlists that match the book’s vibes.
Could Lovable’s automatic 10% pay raise be the cure for toxic cultures?
Stockholm-based vibe-coding platform Lovable is offering employees an automatic 10% raise as a way to sidestep classic corporate politics.