Diligent Robotics hires two notable Cruise alumni to its leadership team
Diligent Robotics hired Cruise’s former chief operating officer and former head of AI and robotics into c-suite positions.
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Trump taps transportation secretary Sean Duffy as acting NASA chief
President Donald Trump appointed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to lead NASA.
The best Prime Day deals on Verge-favorite 4K Blu-rays
Here at The Verge, we love physical media, and we know many of you do as well. That’s why it’s our duty to share the news that many great 4K Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray movies, TV shows, and box sets are on sale for Prime Day. Amazon is currently offering a ton of great Blu-ray […]
Cameo’s birthday reminder app, Candl, is a weak attempt at a comeback
With new birthday app Candl, Cameo is exploring a new, albeit dull, avenue for growth.
X’s CEO is out after failing at basically everything she claimed she wanted
Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as X’s CEO – and leaving the platform once known as Twitter in a worse place than when she started. A day after X users circulated viral screenshots of the company’s Grok chatbot denigrating Jews and declaring itself “MechaHitler,” Yaccarino thanked Elon Musk for “entrusting me with the responsibility of […]
The brutal realities of ICE Air
In Donald Trump’s second term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has escalated its enforcement operations in extremely public ways, conducting surprise raids, arresting lawmakers, and launching a new Florida detention center with an alt-right media blitz. But ICE is growing in less obvious ways, too. Since January, it has expanded the shadowy network of charter […]
Samsung to launch a triple-folding phone this year
After releasing two new foldables, Samsung is aiming to release a trifold device this year.
YouTube ‘clarifies’ its plan to demonetize spammy AI slop
YouTube is trying to soothe concerns about an incoming update to its monetization policies following backlash from online creators. An announcement that YouTube would be updating restrictions around “inauthentic” content under the YouTube Partner Program guidelines was interpreted by some to mean the platform was planning to demonetize a wider variety of videos, including those […]
Samsung says its trifold phone should launch ‘this year’
Yesterday’s Galaxy Unpacked event came and went without a single onstage tease of the rumored Samsung trifold phone, but the head of the company’s phone business says that it’s on the way, and due “this year.” “I expect we will be able to launch the trifold phone within this year,” TM Roh, acting head of […]
Aqara’s feature-packed G410 video doorbell is now available
Aqara’s successor to the popular G4 video doorbell is now available to buy. The $129.99 G410, announced in January, remains one of the few (only?) doorbells to support Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video and both wireless and hardwired installations, while adding an absolute ton of new features to make it one of the most capable video doorbells […]