Poke makes AI agents as easy as sending a text
Poke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.
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Canva doubles down on AI and marketing automation with Simtheory, Ortto acquisitions
Canva says the acquisitions add strengths in agentic AI, data infrastructure, marketing automation, and customer engagement.
OpenAI made economic proposals — here’s what DC thinks of them
Happy ceasefire day and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech’s rocky journey through the world of politics. If you’re not a subscriber yet, you can do so here, but my only request is that you sign up before Donald Trump decides to revisit his previous threats toward Iran and kickstart […]
A self-driving car in Austin killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage
This incident has brought negative attention to the new technology.
AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict
AWS has an ingrained culture of handling coopetition, he explained, because the cloud giant also competes with its partners.
I finally get the iPhone Air
I saw a lot of weird phones at Mobile World Congress last month: robot phones, cameras disguised as phones, phones for dogs. But the one that caught me most off guard was the one my friend (and Verge alum) Sam Byford brought to dinner: an iPhone Air. “Ha!” I said. “You actually use that thing?” […]
The AI RAM shortage is also driving up SSD prices
I thought the WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD in my gaming PC was pricey when I bought it for $173 in 2024, but now that same SSD costs $649, more than what I paid for most of the parts in my PC combined. The price on my WD Black drive nearly quadrupled since November 2025, […]
Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a ‘ground-up overhaul’ of its AI
This is the first model Meta has released under its Superintelligence Labs, led by former ScaleAI CEO Alexandr Wang.
Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups
Security researchers exposed a spying campaign by a hack-for-hire group that used Android spyware and phishing to steal iCloud credentials and hack victims’ devices.