GLAAD Says AI Is Failing LGBTQ Users—And Warns the Risk Is Growing
GLAAD’s report argues AI systems can amplify anti-LGBTQ bias, misinformation, discrimination, and privacy harms.
GLAAD’s report argues AI systems can amplify anti-LGBTQ bias, misinformation, discrimination, and privacy harms.
World models are the next big thing in AI beyond LLMs and, with this round, Odyssey has cemented itself as one of the startups to watch.
Mastodon’s newly launched newsletter feature lets anyone subscribe to creators by email, even without a Mastodon account.
The former FTX CEO is currently serving a 25-year sentence after being found guilty on seven felony charges related to the misuse of customer funds.
Critics say the Illinois transaction-level tax could deal severe consequences to the crypto industry and consumers in the state.
According to the latest Pew Research poll, 49 percent of Americans report using chatbots at least occasionally, but 63 percent think the tech is advancing too quickly. Overall, use of AI chatbots has increased dramatically since 2024, when only 33 percent reported using them. Specifically, ChatGPT’s usage has doubled since 2023, with 44 percent of … Read more
Agents are only as intelligent as the context they can reason over. Today, that context is scattered across data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, databases, and streams, and in institutional knowledge that has never been written down. You want to trust the decisions made by your AI agents, but that can’t happen until agents have context. Imagine what becomes possible … Read more
Clair Health’s wearable will cost $369 and will an app-based subscription of $9.99 per month
The 0.2% tax on any business activity involving digital assets was added last-minute, and is unlikely to change, two people familiar with the matter said.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, trusted indexes turn fragmented digital assets into a mature market that big institutions can confidently invest in, writes Kirsten Wegner. Then, the division between traditional finance (TradFi) and crypto is disappearing, says Dave LaValle, President of CoinDesk Data & Indices.
The Echo Dot Max comes in a variety of fun colors, including purple. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge We’re seeing good early Prime Day deals ahead of the event next week, and unsurprisingly, some of the best deals are on Amazon’s own devices. Several Echo speakers have dropped to new low … Read more
Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company’s new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the rigid commands of the Google Assistant era with more conversational Gemini interactions.
CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei attends a working lunch with G7 leaders, G7 outreach partners, and global tech CEOs on innovation and AI, during the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. Hello and welcome to Regulator, an email for Verge subscribers about technology, politics, and what happens when … Read more
Crypto exchange Bybit has been added to Singapore’s MAS Investor Alert List, which flags entities that may be mistakenly perceived as licensed or regulated.
Allbirds, meet Smartbird: The shoe brand has completed its AI pivot, rebranding while hiring a new president and CEO to lead the charge.
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel wearing the Snap Specs. They’re not the worst on him, but bold fashion rarely makes for mainstream success. | Screenshot: CNBC Yesterday, Snap debuted its new $2,195 Specs glasses. In an interview with CNBC, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel described the Specs as something the company had been working on for more … Read more
The ratings giant is embedding credit scores directly into blockchain-based securities, a move aimed at boosting institutional adoption.
The corporate venture arm ends after 10 years and 80 investments.
The IT talent gap surpassed 4.7 million unfilled roles. Here’s why managed service providers are partnering for their delivery bench instead of trying to hire it. LTVplus, a managed support partner for MSPs operating across 22 countries, says MSPs are turning to managed support partnerships as more than 4.7 million cybersecurity roles sit unfilled worldwide. … Read more
I have spent a lot of time around crypto infrastructure. I saw large exchange systems from the inside, including Bybit and, before that, Kraken. I learned many useful things there. I also learned something uncomfortable. Most of crypto is not used like crypto. Bitcoin tried to give people peer-to-peer money. The simple idea was: I … Read more
Rockstar Games will allow players to upgrade older versions of Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S for free just months before the launch of GTA VI. Starting June 18th, players with any version of GTA V on PS4 or the digital version on Xbox One can get the … Read more
For quite some time now, I’ve been working with production networks. The standard process for troubleshooting equipment failures is as follows: the equipment fails, everyone assumes there is a hardware issue with the equipment; the next step is to power-cycle the equipment; after that, there is extreme urgency to correct the ticket because the ticket … Read more
A Miami-based man who went by the name “Bitcoin Rodney” pleaded guilty for his role in what prosecutors said was a massive global fraud.
What is the actual constraint on private markets going on-chain at scale? It is not blockchain throughput. It is not custody. It is not regulatory clarity around stablecoins, which Japan, the EU, and now the United States have all addressed in the last eighteen months. The real bottleneck is older, less interesting, and considerably harder … Read more
SanDisk has announced an expensive way to boost the PlayStation 5’s storage capacity. The company’s new Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSD is an officially licensed PS5 accessory in capacities ranging from 1TB to 8TB. The largest option can store up to 200 PS5 games (based on average installation sizes) SanDisk claims, but thanks to … Read more
The models powering today’s agents are remarkably capable. They can reason across complex problems, plan multi-step workflows, and generate nuanced responses. But most agents are operating well below that potential. The gap isn’t intelligence. It’s access to the right context and feedback. A customer service agent tasked with answering a question about your company’s refund … Read more
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention… They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”