Firefox’s Big Redesign Gives You a Button to Kill All the AI
Project Nova is coming later this year with a cleaner look, compact mode, and a toggle to make AI features disappear entirely.
Bitcoin Dives Below $75K for First Time in a Month as Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion
Bitcoin touched its lowest price in a month overnight following an awful week for ETFs, which shed over $1.25 billion this week.
How to Automate Android While Big Tech Kills the Web Dream
Staying loyal to Progressive Web Application technology, despite the apparent ease with which they can be converted to become ‘native apps,’ can leave us feeling vulnerable. It can seem like being a small rodent, waiting to be picked off by predators. If you’ve been working with Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) over the last few years, you would … Read more
These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware
Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how those modes work, what they do, and how to switch them on.
The AI Visibility Checklist: The 7 Steps You Should Go Through
If I want to sell AI visibility work, I have to be visible. Not on a marketing-deck level. On a “the model can answer questions about me without guessing” level. So, before I wrote a single outbound message about the service, I ran the checklist on my own site. This post is that checklist, with … Read more
A Time Lapse of the Seasons: The Foundations
I live close to nature. I regularly go for a run in the countryside. Over several years, during my runs, I’ve taken pictures from the same position, always roughly the same angle. I had a vague idea in the back of my mind, as an “artistic” project. One day, I’d turn those photos into a … Read more
Ferrari is using IBM’s AI to create F1 superfans
IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP take TechCrunch inside how they are redefining the fan experience.
Argentina Launched an AI to Predict the Future. It Couldn’t Predict a Typo
Milei’s government unveiled a social digital twin to overhaul public policy—announced via a video full of AI slop, grammatical errors, and a deepfake of a minister.
Quantum Computing Explained for People Who Already Understand Software
In December 2024, Google announced that its Willow quantum chip completed a computation in minutes that would take the world’s best classical supercomputers longer than the age of the universe to solve. That claim spread everywhere. What most coverage left out: the benchmark was specifically designed to be hard for classical computers and easy for … Read more
The man behind the legendary MPC, Roger Linn, stays focused with a single browser tab
Roger Linn lets his accomplishments do the talking. | Image: Roger Linn Roger Linn is a legend in the world of musical instruments. He’s been at the cutting edge of music technology for decades. He created the LM-1, the first drum machine to use samples, and its successor, the LinnDrum, is one of the most … Read more
Nuclear startup Deep Fission says it’s going public, again, and I have questions
Deep Fission is seeking an IPO that could raise $157 million, though investors may have trouble buying the nuclear startup’s story.
Crypto trader sees Hyperliquid, AI tokens leading next altcoin rally
Hyperliquid’s surge and renewed interest in AI-focused crypto projects are signaling a broader return of risk appetite in altcoins, says Michael van de Poppe.
Binance denies new WSJ report alleging $850M in Iran-linked transactions
Binance CEO Richard Teng denied a new WSJ report alleging $850 million in Iran-linked transactions flowed through the exchange to the IRGC.
The TechBeat: 7 Best Sites to Buy X Followers in 2026 (Tested for 58 Days) (5/23/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## 7 Best Sites to Buy X Followers in 2026 (Tested for 58 Days) By @sanya_kapoor [ 27 Min read ] I … Read more
Here are 38 Memorial Day deals we recommend for $50 or less
Massive OLED TVs and Sonos speakers might be stealing the Memorial Day spotlight, but there are also plenty of great deals that won’t set you back nearly as much. In fact, some of the best discounts we’re seeing are on gadgets that retail for $50 or less, from portable chargers and 4K streaming devices to … Read more
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3 Wacky Hermes Skills You Should Try
A real astrology engine disguised as a fortune teller. A scammer-punishment machine loaded with the Shrek screenplay. A tool that reads any book and maps every idea to your actual life. These are not normal skills.
Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)
Elon Muks’s xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. What happened to the “solar-electric economy” he promised?
Hanging out in my favorite virtual coffee shop in Tokyo
Finding a cafe that fits you can be a revelatory experience. For me at least, there are few places outside of my house that I can truly feel comfortable in. I’m lucky enough to have two options in walking distance: a coffee shop that’s bright, airy, and full of art, and another that doubles as … Read more
Clarity Act could spark a boom in crypto ‘yield-as-a-service’
The bill’s restrictions on yield-bearing crypto products may push the industry away from passive “hold-to-earn” models and toward AI-driven, compliant yield infrastructure, according to STBL Chief Commercial Officer Joe Vollono.
I Miss Terry Pratchett
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80386 Microcode Disassembled
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I have a new go-to browser
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 129, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, come on you Gunners, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve mostly been sick, which has meant nearly a full rewatch of Parks … Read more
Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild
Just a stuffed deer having the time of his life. | Image: Gemini / The Verge Last year I deepfaked my kid’s stuffed animal to make it look like his plush deer was on vacation. It was an experiment to see if I could re-create the events depicted in a Gemini ad Google was running, … Read more