The title ‘Engineering Manager’ is doing a lot of damage. Not because the work it describes isn’t real. But because what we’ve collectively decided the title means and what’s actually required to do the job well are increasingly disconnected. Most engineers who move into Engineering Manager roles arrive expecting to manage engineering. They find that … Read more
Cecil Baldwin is a busy man with some dope boots. | Image: Cecil Baldwin Cecil Baldwin’s résumé includes appearances on Gravity Falls, narrating the documentary Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street, and performing as part of the New York Neo-Futurists theater company. But he is best known as the host of the podcast Welcome … Read more
Meta seems to be making big bets on AI-powered hardware.
The seizure, falling under “Operation Economic Fury,” aims to restrict Iran’s access to overseas revenue, banking networks, and crypto infrastructure.
A Republican candidate jockeying to represent Florida’s 22nd Congressional District liquidated Bitcoin to help fuel his political bid.
Gemini Spark helps automate everyday tasks, from inbox summaries to local event planning, but it’s unclear why Google made it a separate product.
Microsoft is facing criticism for its handling of zero-day exploits. Someone going by the name Nightmare Eclipse has been publicly feuding with the company, posting proof-of-concept exploit code. Some of their posts suggest that they’re a disgruntled former employee. But what caught cyber security researcher Kevin Beaumont’s eye was how Microsoft has responded. Microsoft suggests … Read more
Most AI tools have a context problem, and it’s not the one everyone talks about. The model knows your codebase. It knows your repo structure, your conventions, your last fifty commits. What it doesn’t know is that the actual conversation about the bug is happening in a Slack thread, three replies deep, between a PM … Read more
Art TVs aren’t exactly known for being affordable, which is why Woot’s latest sale is notable. Now through June 26th, the retailer is discounting Samsung’s 2025 Frame TV and Hisense’s 2025 CanvasTV. The 65-inch CanvasTV is down to $779.99 ($520 off) — its best price of the year — while Samsung’s like-minded Frame TV is … Read more
CertiK CEO and co-founder Ronghui Gu says April was the worst month for DeFi in four years with exploits on 27 out of 30 days.
Mycel handles the how (HTTP server, query, marshalling, validation, retries). Same binary for every service — only the config changes. It’s pure Go, speaks standard protocols, and there’s one running in production behind this post. Repo at the end.
“If you’re 22 years old in San Francisco and building something in AI, there may be a seed term sheet in your inbox — but if you’re 19, oh my God, this means you’re really good; you might already have a Series A [offer],” said one, half-kiddingly.
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You may have heard that Valve’s new Steam Controller can ring like a telephone or do the Wilhelm scream. But did you know it can sing songs, too? Let me show you. Here’s the new Steam Controller performing the “Ground Theme” from Super Mario Bros. 2: Here is “Still Alive” from Portal – fitting for … Read more
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The Arduboy FX-C squeezes a lot of entertainment into a thin, credit card-sized handheld. As handheld consoles continue to grow and push the limits of what you can actually hold in your hands, the Arduboy FX-C comes in a refreshingly pocketable package. It manages to squeeze the best features of past models and some welcome … Read more
I live in a part of Los Angeles where I feel safer bringing pepper spray on walks. The problem is, I don’t always remember to bring it with me, and it’s not legal to carry it everywhere I go. Pebblebee’s $59.99 Halo Bluetooth tracker surprised me by being a suitable replacement because it doubles as … Read more
The SEC charged Texas man Nathan Fuller with raising $12.3 million from 150 investors through a crypto fraud scheme built around fake AI trading bots.
Hackers can hijack ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini with nothing but a sentence. OpenAI says the problem may never be fully solved. Here is what it is, how it works, and how to stay safe.
I am sure you have been asked this question in one of the interviews. It looks simple at first. But the interviewer is actually checking whether you understand recursion, objects, and how JavaScript treats arrays. So, basically, you are given a nested object, and you are expected to simplify it by removing the nesting and … Read more
TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.
The Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven is aimed at people who want delicious pizza nights without having to deal with things like propane or wood pellets, unlike many other pizza ovens.
TikTok sellers that appear to be AI generated, in tears. | The Verge Aliyah, a light-skinned Black woman dressed in country-western gear, is struggling to sell metal buckles she handmade on TikTok. In a video for the social media platform from March, she cries to the camera and pleads for views: “Even as a black … Read more
A good time with old maps. | Image: Past Maps Craig Campbell walked away from the river of investor money flowing into AI to create, of all things, a website. Sure, Campbell probably could have started an AI company. He’s a former engineer at Meta and an experienced tech founder who in 2022 sold his … Read more
The digital asset manager says Hyperliquid is emerging as a blockchain-based financial infrastructure platform with the potential to expand beyond crypto trading and challenge parts of traditional derivatives and exchange markets.
Established crypto firms will merge with traditional finance, but neither Wall Street bankers nor corporate giants will take over the crypto industry, said Binance’s Head of VIP and Institutional, Catherine Chen.
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 130, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, don’t forget to hydrate, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Victor Wembanyama and mahjong and Merlin Mann’s pearls of … Read more
Number go up? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images I haven’t seen anything as stupid as the WeWork IPO document in a very long time – that is, until Elon Musk filed to take SpaceX public. WeWork was a joke. SpaceX is a threat. And if Musk and his bankers have their … Read more