The Google Home Speaker sounds good and looks great — but it’s finicky
The Speaker comes in four colors… but red is the way. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge Right out of the box, the new Google Home Speaker passed a...
Learn MoreGoogle Home will soon get better at recognizing you
A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you’re facing away from the camera. Starting June...
Learn MoreHollywood is bending the knee to OpenAI
Netflix, A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros.’ Clockwork have all reportedly decided to pass on picking up Artificial – director Luca Guadagnino’s new biographical drama about OpenAI cofounder / CEO...
Learn MoreWhy corporate AI super PACs spent $27 million on a local election
Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers chronicling the misadventures of their favorite tech overlords and Washington swamp creatures. (“Favorite” is, of course, subjective.) Not a subscriber...
Learn MoreSomething’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners
A scan of an imaging phantom, segmented to validate how cleanly structures separate under controlled conditions. | Image: Midjourney Medical Last week, Midjourney, an AI startup best known for its...
Learn MoreThe Fitbit Air takes a smarter approach to the AI health dumpster fire
The Google Fitbit Air is one of the better attempts at an AI-compatible health tracker. Google Health Coach seems to think I’m on the verge of physical collapse. My sleep...
Learn MoreSony’s AI Camera Assistant is exactly as bad as it looks
I’m sorry Sony, your AI isn’t very good at photography. When Sony announced the Xperia 1 VIII last month, it promoted the phone by sharing some of the worst photos...
Learn MoreMeta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban
For the past three years, “Meta” and “Ray-Ban” have been synonymous in the smart glasses space. Not anymore. Yesterday, I slipped on several pairs of Meta Glasses – no Ray-Bans...
Learn MoreNvidia says its AI data center design runs hotter to use a lot less water
Public pushback against data centers has emphasized their water and energy consumption, and now Nvidia is highlighting its claim that the Rubin generation reference design for a fully liquid-cooled data...
Learn MoreAI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes
Joyce, a native New Yorker, didn’t think finding her first solo apartment in the city would be easy. But she also didn’t think it’d be “hell.” After looking at a...
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