Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’ August 18, 2026 Robin Williams' children are taking over their father's Instagram account after his daughter spoke o...Read More
OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face August 18, 2026 OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environm...Read More
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are almost half off today August 18, 2026 The Galaxy Buds 3 Pro in black. If you’re looking for a feature-packed pair of earbuds that won’t break your ...Read More
Reddit’s AI is turning posts into podcasts and short videos August 17, 2026 Reddit is trying out a new way for people to take in content on Reddit: by turning text posts into audio / v...Read More
ABC’s livestreamed news show is powered by trending topics August 17, 2026 ABC News has officially introduced Searched , a livestreamed show that highlights stories people are discuss...Read More
This compact Glorious mechanical keyboard is just $35 August 17, 2026 The discounted GMMK 3 doesn’t include the pictured wrist rest. | Image: Glorious Are you curious about custom...Read More
Wordle meets Clippy in this new word game August 17, 2026 Like many of us, Sam Rosenthal plays games like Wordle every day, chasing after good scores and sharing the...Read More
Anthropic explains how Claude’s invisible text watermarks will work August 17, 2026 Anthropic has clarified how it's planning to apply invisible watermarks to Claude-generated text in orde...Read More
I’m hooked on Peak Design’s new City bags August 17, 2026 Integrated BagLev hooks keep Peak Design’s City Line crossbody bag and backpack off the dirty ground. | Photo by...Read More
OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team August 16, 2026 According to the Financial Times , OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job ...Read More
Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal crafted a hip hop breakup masterpiece August 16, 2026 In every possible universe? | Image: Backwoodz Studioz "Breakups are… tough." It's the opening...Read More
Rogue AI aren’t science fiction anymore August 16, 2026 This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more o...Read More
Polaroid’s tiny instant camera is $72 and includes a free pack of film August 15, 2026 The compact Polaroid Go is great for road trips and adventures. | Image: Polaroid Smartphone cameras are conv...Read More
Matt Groening lets slip that Simpsons: Hit & Run might be making a comeback August 15, 2026 Doh! | Image: Activision / 20th Century Fox At D23, when asked about the potential for a sequel to the cult ...Read More
Have a laugh at AI’s expense by roleplaying as a chatbot August 15, 2026 If you squint you can just about make out the hat. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge Your AI Slop Bo...Read More
Samsung has new Galaxy headphones in the works August 14, 2026 Strings of code in Samsung's Galaxy Wearable app hint at an upcoming pair of over-ear headphones that co...Read More
The X-Files creator Chris Carter wanted to make a more horrific movie August 14, 2026 The version of The X-Files: I Want to Believe that premiered in 2008 was not exactly the movie co-writer / d...Read More
The Trump admin will start letting private firms launch international cyberattacks August 13, 2026 The Trump administration is launching a new program that will allow private firms to perform cyberattacks ag...Read More
You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up August 13, 2026 The Matic robot vacuum now offers gesture controlled spot cleaning and a built-in voice assistant. | Photo by Je...Read More
Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down August 12, 2026 Petlibro’s Granary 2 feeder. | Image: Petlibro A Petlibro outage is preventing its smart pet feeders and othe...Read More