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Remedy’s new boss says the Control studio will ‘double down’ on what makes it unique
- Technology
- Andrew Webster
- May 5, 2026
It's a big year for Remedy Entertainment. Last year was marred by the ill-fated launch of the multiplayer shooter FBC: Firebreak, which was so disastrous it led to former CEO Tero Virtala stepping dow...
Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives
- Technology
- Robert Hart
- May 5, 2026
Anthropic has spent years building itself up as the safe AI company. But new security research shared with The Verge suggests Claude's carefully crafted helpful personality may itself be a vulnerabili...
Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head
- Technology
- Hayden Field
- May 5, 2026
About a week into the Musk v. Altman trial, we've heard from some of the most powerful people in tech - including OpenAI president Greg Brockman, Elon Musk's fixer Jared Birchall, and Musk himself. Bu...
Inside the lab where Ford is trying to crack the code on cheap EVs
- Technology
- Peter Nelson
- May 5, 2026
Ford isn't sending the clearest signals regarding its EV future. We got a glimpse of its Universal EV (UEV) Project last February, but then it pulled the plug on the F-150 Lightning, which is regarded...
Bose takes a swing at Sonos with its new home speakers
- Technology
- John.Higgins
- May 5, 2026
Last Thursday, in a staged home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I sat on a couch that was a bit too low and a tad too deep in front of a small, beige-colored smart speaker sitting on the middle o...
Facebook and Instagram are using AI bone structure analysis to identify photos of kids
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- May 5, 2026
Facebook and Instagram have a new way to detect and remove users under 13: AI bone structure analysis. In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta - Facebook and Instagram's parent company - says its AI system wi...
Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts
- Technology
- Jess Weatherbed
- May 5, 2026
Staffers at Google DeepMind's headquarters have voted to unionize in an effort to prevent the AI firm's technology from being used by Israel and the US military. In a letter to Google management on Tu...
Microsoft is finally ditching the junk MSN feed in Windows widgets
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- May 5, 2026
Microsoft is finally giving up on showing the junk feed of MSN news when you open the widgets feature in Windows 11. After allowing Windows 11 users to disable the MSN feed more than two years ago, Mi...
Valve just imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days
- Technology
- Sean Hollister
- May 4, 2026
We still don't know when Valve will launch the Steam Machine, but we may not have to wait too long. Valve just imported roughly 50 tons of "Game Consoles" into the United States in the two-day period...
OpenAI’s president does “all the things,” except answer a question
- Technology
- Elizabeth Lopatto
- May 4, 2026
The strongest witness for Elon Musk's case against OpenAI so far has been Greg Brockman's journal. Brockman himself is running as a close second. Brockman was called to the stand in a rather unusual w...
Elon Musk will settle the feds’ Twitter lawsuit with pocket change
- Technology
- Richard Lawler
- May 4, 2026
Last year, the SEC sued Elon Musk over the way his acquisition of Twitter (now X, and a part of SpaceX) started, and today it announced a settlement that looks like a massive bargain, while Musk's own...
Hotels have a big World Cup problem: Bookings are running far below projections
- Business
- Rafael Nam
- May 4, 2026
- US
Nearly 80% of hotels surveyed by a body representing the industry reported bookings were running below projections — a worrisome sign with only weeks to go before the World Cup.