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Casey Neistat’s guide to posting every day
Some news: The Vergecast is now a daily podcast! Starting today, we’ll be posting every weekday, with even more gadgets and rankings and conversations and feelings and podcasts-within-podcasts. We’re excited for all the ways this new schedule lets us tell new kinds of stories, experiment with new tech and new formats, and involve you even … Read more
Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access
Several users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta’s own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts.
Water access is now a risk factor in SpaceX’s IPO
The company says it needs “significant” water resources to cool its data centers, and that access to abundant, affordable water is a challenge.
A new app, The Mall, is building a universal feed for online shopping
The Mall lets shoppers build a personalized feed of brands, track sales and drops, and discover products across thousands of retailers.
Grand Theft Auto V cheat service gets hacked, exposing thousands of gamers
Hackers stole usernames, hashed passwords, and other data from a service that allowed players to cheat in Grand Theft Auto V.
Zigging when most are zagging, ex-Meta CTO raises $250M climate fund
Mike Schroepfer’s Gigascale Capital has raised a large fund to back founders building climate-friendly solutions for the world’s energy and material shortages.
Anthropic has officially filed to go public
After months of speculation about whether OpenAI or Anthropic would be first in their race to IPO, Anthropic on Monday reached a key milestone: filing to kick off the process with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing sets the stage for what’s sure to be a massive IPO. As of its fundraise last … Read more
Anthropic files to go public
The company said Monday it has filed confidentially for an IPO.
Sony’s new fight stick and gaming monitor launch in August
Sony is sharing new details about some of its upcoming gaming-focused hardware, including pricing and August launch dates for its FlexStrike fight stick and its 27-inch monitor. The FlexStrike fight stick will be available starting August 6th – the same day as the new PlayStation-published fighting game Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls – and will cost … Read more
SpaceX says it may issue ‘significant’ equity in ‘future transactions’
The company added a warning to prospective investors that a major dilution could be in the cards after it goes public.
This AI weather startup is out-forecasting government agencies
Windborne Systems’ newest weather forecasting model beats the best government predictions by days.
What Burndown Charts Miss About Real Software Delivery
This article argues that common software-delivery metrics such as burndown charts, velocity tracking, and percentage-complete estimates misrepresent how software is actually built. Because development is exploratory, nonlinear, and shaped by discovery, the author contends that demos, narratives, and shipped outcomes provide a more accurate picture of progress than process metrics designed primarily for reporting and … Read more
Platform Engineering Will Eat Software Engineering and That’s a Good Thing
I’ve been watching a slow convergence over the past 3 years and I think it’s time to name it. Platform engineering is not a specialisation of software engineering. It is becoming the context in which all software engineering happens. The distinction that used to exist product engineers who build features, platform engineers who build the … Read more
How to Architect a Scalable AI Tech Stack
The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence has fundamentally transformed how businesses operate, compete, and deliver value to their customers. At the heart of this transformation lies a critical yet often overlooked element: the AI tech stack. Building intelligent solutions requires more than just cutting-edge algorithms or massive datasets. It demands a carefully architected foundation that … Read more
Summer Game Fest 2026: All the news from gaming’s busiest week
Get ready for some gaming news. It’s officially June, which means splashy new events from PlayStation, Xbox, and gaming hype man Geoff Keighley. But this season doesn’t just feature the big tentpole shows; there will be a bunch of smaller events, too, and they might feature some promising games as well. But this year’s events … Read more
An affordable, long-lasting AirTag alternative is $15 right now
Gaze into the orb. | Image: The Verge There are many solid Bluetooth trackers for iPhones that tap into Apple’s expansive Find My network. Some are thin, some are a bit chunkier. And, evidently, some look like tiny soccer balls. Ugreen’s FineTrack 2 glows in the dark, and it has a loud 110-decibel alarm when … Read more
The next big career move for young Hollywood? Reading audio smut
Though Gen Z has developed a reputation for being so disinterested in sex that they don’t even want to see it on TV, the popularity of series like Heated Rivalry and The Summer I Turned Pretty has made it very clear that more than a few young people do, in fact, like their entertainment a … Read more
Your MVP Is Probably Too Big
A lot of MVPs stop being “minimum” somewhere around the second planning session. A dashboard gets added because investors might ask for it. Permissions because enterprise customers may eventually need them. Analytics because every serious product has analytics. A settings page. An admin panel. An onboarding flow with tooltips. And slowly, the product stops being … Read more
Faster Code Generation Doesn’t Guarantee Faster Software Delivery
AI Coding Assistants have become common in software teams. Developers use them to write small functions, fix errors, draft tests, explain code, and speed up repeat tasks. For a busy team, that sounds useful. And it is useful. But there is a catch. Faster coding does not always mean faster delivery. A developer may finish … Read more
Revolut rolls out services to thousands of users in India ahead of broader launch
The British fintech has built a waitlist of about 450,000 users in India as it prepares for a broader launch.
Microsoft to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at Build
Microsoft is heading to San Francisco this week in a bid to win back developers at its Build conference. I’ve been attending Build since the days when Microsoft called it the Professional Developers Conference, and I can’t remember a more pivotal moment. As Microsoft continues to reshuffle its entire business around AI, it’s moving Build … Read more
Computex 2026: All the news and announcements
Computex 2026 is kicking off in Taipei, Taiwan this week, where Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, Intel, and other tech brands are announcing new laptops, handhelds, chips, and more. Nvidia unveiled RTX Spark, its first family of consumer PC chips, arriving in laptops and mini PCs starting this fall. Intel is launching two new custom chips made … Read more