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Simon Willison released version 0.1 of inaturalist-clumper, a tool for publishing iNaturalist sightings on his blog after weeks of production use. This is a routine open-source project release with no security or infrastructure implications for enterprise environments.

NASA research demonstrates that microorganisms from cleanroom facilities can survive simulated Martian and space conditions, raising important considerations for planetary protection protocols and contamination risk assessment in space missions.

Microsoft is rebranding Xbox to XBOX (all caps) following a poll by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma on X. The change is primarily a branding/marketing initiative with no technical or security implications for enterprise leaders.

The Linux Kernel project has published new documentation defining what constitutes a security bug and establishing guidelines for responsible AI practices. This clarification helps standardize vulnerability reporting and disclosure processes across the open-source community.

YouTube is expanding its AI-powered deepfake detection tool to all users 18+, enabling individuals to scan for unauthorized facial likenesses on the platform. This democratization of detection technology addresses growing concerns about synthetic media while maintaining YouTube's existing low removal request volumes.

Russian universities are promising free tuition and up to $70,000 to students who are willing to serve as drone pilots in the Russian military for a year—all while claiming students can avoid the risk

A federal judge delayed approval of Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement over AI training on pirated books, citing concerns from class members about excessive lawyer fees and inadequate payments to authors. The decision highlights ongoing legal and ethical challenges around AI model training data sourcing.

A hantavirus case aboard cruise ship MV Hondius was reclassified as a false positive after conflicting lab results, reducing the outbreak count from 11 to 10 cases. This highlights the importance of rigorous testing protocols and the challenges of diagnostic accuracy in outbreak response situations.

This article is a television series review with no relevance to technology, security, or infrastructure concerns for tech/security leaders.

Microsoft is testing customizable taskbar positioning and resizable Start menu features in Windows 11, allowing users to place the taskbar on any screen edge and adjust menu sizes. This represents part of Microsoft's broader effort to rebuild user trust through increased UI customization options.

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ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop. If a paper has "incontrovertible evidence that the author

Coal is by far the most polluting fuel that we use. It produces the most carbon emissions per unit of energy, and impurities in the coal produce a lot of sulfur dioxide aerosols, as well as nitrous an

Investors can't seem to get enough of RJ Scaringe or his ideas. Storytelling and communication are one of his superpowers, according to Jiten Behl, who joined Rivian when the company had just a handfu

Compulsive X user Marc Andreessen himself couldn't resist responding, many, many times.

Weather-monitoring company AcuRite is forcing device owners to use a new companion app on May 30, frustrating some long-time customers. AcuRite, which sells devices such as weather stations, indoor th

Last month, Mitchell Hashimoto, HashiCorp co-founder, publicly declared that he was moving his popular open source Ghostty terminal emulator project from GitHub. GitHub runs the world’s largest servic

Remote operators (slowly) drove the automaker’s autonomous vehicles into a metal fence and a construction barricade, Tesla says.

Sure, AI agents such as Mythos can find security vulnerabilities in software, but the bigger question is whether they can turn those flaws into functional exploits that work in the real world. After a

The world's leading space powers desperately want to know what the others are up to high above the equator. For more than a decade, the US military has operated a fleet of "inspector" satellites desig

FOSS It happens all the time. You have a file on one of your devices and you need to have it on another one. You could put the file on a USB flash drive and walk it over (the so-called sneakernet), yo

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the Northeastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Officials in Uganda subsequently

The tech company that maintains the hotel check-in system set its cloud storage to public, allowing anyone to access customers' data without a password.

If you’re not staying on top of Analogue 3D updates, now’s the time to start. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Analogue has released a new firmware update for its Analogue 3D console that

This article was originally published with the wrong date. It was later republished, dated the 15th of May 2026. Kubernetes v1.36 introduces a new alpha counter metric route_controller_route_sync_tota

AI-generated slop has shown up everywhere, including in the peer-reviewed literature. Fake citations, unedited prompt responses, and nonsensical diagrams have all slipped past editors and peer reviewe

OpenAI announced yet another reorganization Friday, consolidating certain areas and making company president Greg Brockman the official lead of all things product. In a memo viewed by The Verge , Broc

Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite vacation spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.

OpenAI is reportedly exploring legal options after Apple's ChatGPT integration into its products didn't live up to the AI firm's expectations. When the deal was announced, Apple likened features linki

Back in Kubernetes 1.28, we introduced the Mixed Version Proxy (MVP) as an Alpha feature (under the feature gate UnknownVersionInteroperabilityProxy ) in a previous blog post . The goal was simple but

When Volkswagen introduced the first Golf GTI in Europe in 1976, it might not have been the first hot hatchback, but it quickly became the gold standard version. Unlike in America, where big cars were

The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus was billed by the company in late March as one of its “fastest gaming desktop processor ever.” That hype was evidently accurate, as benchmarks done by Gamers Nexus sho

The LA mayoral candidate and former reality TV star is fueling his campaign with fears about an ultra-potent meth. Experts say it’s drug war propaganda.

Microsoft has laid out plans for how it and its partners will deal with iffy drivers causing stability problems in the company's flagship operating system. Dubbed the Driver Quality Initiative (DQI),

Newly unredacted crash reports reveal some of the troubles Tesla has had as it tries to scale its robotaxis.

Predictions for the Next 30 Years of Cybersecurity (2018). Points: 3, Comments: 0

OpenAI is once again reorganizing its executive ranks as part of its effort to unify ChatGPT and Codex into one core product experience.

AI radio DJs demonstrated their volatile personalities. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without h

Cement production alone currently accounts for about 8 percent of global CO 2 emissions, so considerable effort is going into lowering that number. Efficiency can be increased, and energy sources can

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Welcome back to This Week in Stratechery! As a reminder, each week, every Friday, we’re sending out this overview of content in the Stratechery bundle; highligh

In the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool that powers the country’s tourism industry.

The T1 Phone has the wrong number of stripes, but it does at least have 50 stars. | Screenshot: Trump Mobile Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached ou

VMware Fusion 26H1 Release Notes. Points: 2, Comments: 0

Google updated its spam policy to mark attempts to "manipulate" its AI model in search results as spam, including results in AI Overview or AI Mode in Search, as Search Engine Land reports: "In the co

A bill focused on maintaining long-term playable access to online games has passed out of the California Assembly's appropriations committee, setting up a floor vote by the full legislative body. The

Cisco announces record revenue and 4k layoffs in the same day. Points: 3, Comments: 1

Google is testing a storage reduction for new accounts unless a phone number is provided. The change the Chocolate Factory is trialing affects new accounts, reducing the free storage from 15 GB to a m

How Fedora is responding to recent Kernel vulnerabilities. Points: 2, Comments: 0

Once users connect their accounts, they will see a dashboard of their portfolio performance, spending, subscriptions, and upcoming payments.

After US government policies wrecked the country's electric vehicle market, automakers have been scrambling to adapt. The loss of federal clean vehicle tax incentives and funding for charging infrastr

The price spike is a reminder of a deeper problem: The U.S. power grid was not designed for the electricity demands of an AI-driven economy, and the gap between what the grid can deliver and what the

While the summit appeared cordial, China remains a key adversary of the United States, given its advanced intelligence and espionage capabilities.

This week, a company called Casimir Inc. emerged from “stealth mode” to announce that it had raised significant funding from venture capitalists willing to roll the dice on free energy. That’s right:

Workers are getting worse health care, parental leave, and retirement benefits, showing once and for all that your job doesn’t love you back.

Western Gull, Rock Pigeon, in Los Angeles Area (custom), CA, US I went for a bird walk in the morning before PyCon, and we spotted a local seagull enjoying a Starbucks.