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Steer-by-wire, in which a car can be steered electronically rather than through a physical connection between the steering wheel and steering rack, is coming to

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that

Utah is allowing an AI system to prescribe psychiatric drugs without a doctor. It's only the second time the state - and the country - has delegated this kind o

Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially exiting beta. The Organization for Transformative Works - the nonprofit behind the fanfiction site - announced the update

If you use the AI-powered note-taking app Granola, you might want to double-check your privacy settings. Though Granola says your notes are "private by default,

Reddit is deprecating r/all, one of its feeds that shows popular posts on the platform, as part of "ongoing efforts to simplify Reddit and improve Home feed per

Richard Allen didn't invent the automobile bike rack - his 1967 patent application makes it clear that others came before. But after nearly sixty years selling

It was late January, and Pinterest engineer Teddy Martin was on edge about recent layoffs at the company. Martin had just survived a round of cuts, but he and o

OpenAI has reportedly purchased TBPN, the viral online talk show that often interviews AI executives and other tech leaders. This story is breaking. Please chec

Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It's sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a feed reader that lets you subscribe

Governor Kathy Hochul and other New York state lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the printing of components used to create "ghost guns" - firearms wi

For the past seven years, the California-based startup Kintsugi has been developing AI designed to detect signs of depression and anxiety from a person's speech

It's rough out there for the pure EV companies, but despite all the challenges, Rivian says its on target for a historic year. Ahead of the launch of the compan

When Coachella returns to YouTube next week, the music festival will be offering more than just live performances. Viewers will also be able to tune into someth

One of the year's most intriguing games was developed using software first released 40 years ago. Transfer Point looks and plays like a classic Mac point-and-cl

Since last year, Uber has been offering drivers in a handful of locations - California, Colorado, Massachusetts and New York City - $4,000 to swap their gas guz

This is part of our package about Apple's 50th anniversary. Read more here. The thing about the iPhone is that everyone knew it was going to be a big deal, and

Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you

It's April Fools' Day, and Snap is using the occasion to "announce" that it's switching the name of Snapchat's Spotlight feed, the app's Instagram Reels-like fe

What's expected to be the biggest IPO in human history is reportedly underway. SpaceX has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange

As of today, the price of the 16GB version of the Raspberry Pi 5 is going up by $100, a price bump that's almost as much as the original $120 price tag. Driven

If you're tired of controlling Stream Deck devices by manually pushing buttons, then good news: Elgato will now let you delegate that task to a chatbot instead.

Numerous robotaxis operated by Chinese tech giant Baidu froze in a major city on Tuesday, reportedly trapping passengers inside, stranding them on highways, and

After Anthropic released Claude Code's 2.1.88 update, users quickly discovered that it contained a package with a source map file containing its TypeScript code