A Guide to Effective PR Reviews – Part 1

How to Best Review Pull Requests (Without Governing Solutions) In tech, we’re always working toward writing better, stronger, more maintainable code. Code reviews are an essential part of that process. Yet, it’s a skill we rarely focus on improving. Too often, reviews become something we stumble through, slowing teams down and hurting overall quality. Becoming … Read more

How AI safety took a backseat to military money

Hey there, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Hayden Field, senior AI repoter at The Verge — and your Thursday episode guest host. I have another couple of shows for you while Nilay is out on parental leave, and we’re going to be spending more time diving into some of the unforeseen consequences of the generative AI … Read more

E-bike maker Cowboy in talks to be acquired

Cowboy is in talks to be acquired by ReBirth Group Holding, weeks after the struggling e-bike manufacturer was bailed out by the Paris-based investor. The news was first reported by French newspaper Le Figaro, and subsquently confirmed by one of Cowboy’s co-founders. “We can confirm that discussions with ReBirth are progressing very positively, and we … Read more

Remedy has a big FBC: Firebreak update aimed at turning things around

Things haven’t started out so well for FBC: Firebreak, Remedy’s multiplayer spinoff of its Control universe. When it launched in June there were complaints about repetitive gameplay and a lack of Remedy-style narrative flourishes. In a launch week update, the studio admitted that “Several things have gone well. Clearly, not everything has.” Now Remedy has … Read more