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Eufy’s Omni C28 is one of the best Prime Day deals on robot vacuums
- **Gadgets - **Tech - **Verge Shopping # Eufy’s Omni C28 is one of the best Prime Day deals on robot vacuums The vacuum/mop hybrid offers flagship perks, like hot water mop washing and hot air dryi...
Eufy’s Omni C28 is one of the best Prime Day deals on robot vacuums
- **Gadgets - **Tech - **Verge Shopping # Eufy’s Omni C28 is one of the best Prime Day deals on robot vacuums The vacuum/mop hybrid offers flagship perks, like hot water mop washing and hot air dryi...
Ray-Ban Meta Optics review: A better fit comes with a higher price - Engadget
- [Reviews]($1) - [Wearables]($1) # Ray-Ban Meta Optics review: A better fit comes with a higher price The expensive, prescription-ready smart glasses have a premium fit and a few extra fea...
Meta is 'pausing' employee tracking program after it let the whole company see sensitive data - Engadget
- [Big Tech]($1) - [Meta]($1) # Meta is 'pausing' employee tracking program after it let the whole company see sensitive data This won’t make the already-controversial AI training endeavor ...
The Oversight Board says Meta needs to do more to protect regular people from sexualized deepfakes - Engadget
- [Big Tech]($1) - [Meta]($1) # The Oversight Board says Meta needs to do more to protect regular people from sexualized deepfakes Meta's existing system against sexualized deepfakes seems ...
Oracle laid off 21,000 employees over the past year, citing AI as one of the reasons - Engadget
- [News]($1) # Oracle laid off 21,000 employees over the past year, citing AI as one of the reasons The company says its AI adoption and deployment may result in further reductions. ...
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ review: Big money for big performance - Engadget
- [Reviews]($1) - [Gaming]($1) # MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ review: Big money for big performance $1,800 for a handheld gaming PC is a ton of money, even if it comes with massive gains in horsepower...
Meta Glasses hands-on: Ray-Ban is out, Kylie Jenner is in - Engadget
- [Wearables]($1) # Meta Glasses hands-on: Ray-Ban is out, Kylie Jenner is in Familiar styles that offer more adaptability for slightly less money than the Ray-Ban models. By [C...
Meta reportedly dips its pathetic toes into the prediction market space - Engadget
- [Big Tech]($1) - [Meta]($1) # Meta reportedly dips its pathetic toes into the prediction market space A new app could compete with Polymarket and Kalshi. By [Lawrence Bonk]...
Here are the best Prime Day deals on the Verge staff’s favorite stuff
- **Gadgets - **Verge Shopping - **Deals # Here are the best Prime Day deals on the Verge staff’s favorite stuff Save on some of the Verge staff’s go-to tech (and non-tech gadgets) this Prime Day. ...
The best Apple deals you can get during Prime Day
- **Gadgets - **Tech - **Apple # This year’s Prime Day deals on Apple products are the best I’ve seen Prime Day is here, though the best Apple deals kicked off ahead of schedule. Prime Day is here,...
Laptop prices suck these days, so here are some Prime Day deals that help a little
- **Gadgets - **Tech - **Apple # Laptop prices suck these days, so here are some Prime Day deals that help a little If you *need* to buy now and you *want* to buy new, here’s what you can save. If ...
The Pixel 10A finally costs what it should
- **Gadgets - **Tech - **Google # The Pixel 10A finally costs what it should A healthy Prime Day discount is all it took. A healthy Prime Day discount is all it took. by Allison JohnsonJun 23, 202...
Formula E’s new season is starting to look more like F1
- **Transportation - **News - **Electric Cars # Formula E’s new season is starting to look more like F1 With bigger and faster cars, new sprint races, and more grand prix tracks on the schedule. ...
The best robot vacuum deals available during Prime Day
- **Gadgets - **Tech - **Smart Home # The best robot vacuum deals available during Prime Day Prime Day is here, and you can save on several robot vacuums we’ve tested from Roborock, Dreame, and more...
The best Prime Day deals we found on our favorite gear
Updated - **Gadgets - **Verge Shopping - **Deals # The best Prime Day deals we found on our favorite gear Prime Day has begun, and here we’ve included dozens of our favorite picks across a range of ...
Prime Day is one of the best times to get a deal on headphones
- **Gadgets - **Headphones - **Verge Shopping # These are my favorite Prime Day deals on earbuds and headphones Need ANC, great sound, and something for a workout? Prime Day is the time to get some ...
Zuckerberg reportedly wants a Polymarket clone — but without real money
- **Tech - **News - **Apps # Zuckerberg reportedly wants a Polymarket clone — but without real money Meta is apparently working on its own prediction markets app. Meta is apparently working on its ...
⚡ Weekly Recap: Browser Bugs, EDR Killers, TV Botnet, OpenBSD Flaw, Android Trojan, and More
- **Ravie Lakshmanan**Jun 22, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking [*]($1) It’s Monday again. This week’s threat list looks painfully familiar: abused integrations, fake tools, poisoned websites, ransomwa...
WhatsApp VBScript Campaign Uses Fake Documents to Install ManageEngine RMM Tool
- **Ravie Lakshmanan**Jun 23, 2026Malware / Social Engineering [*]($1) Direct messages sent via WhatsApp are being used to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBScript) files that lead to th...
GitHub Updates actions/checkout to Block Common Pwn Request Attack Patterns
- **Ravie Lakshmanan**Jun 23, 2026Workflow Security / Software Supply Chain [*]($1) GitHub is moving to strengthen software supply chain security by updating "[actions/checkout]($1)" to block **p...
Inside the world’s deepest and longest subsea road tunnel
It’s cold, it’s very, very noisy, and—if I can be quite honest with you—I’m not feeling *super *relaxed.I’m currently around 300 meters, or 1,000 feet, beneath the North Sea, in a dark, dank cave. It ...
The Download: record-breaking subsea tunnels and flexible data centers
*This is today's edition of *[*The Download*]($1),* our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.* *—Niall Firth*I’m currently around 1,000 feet bene...
The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking
Jos Benschop is climbing a ladder to get to the top of his newest machine. It’s a bit of a schlep. The contraption is the size of a double-decker bus—more than 150 tons of gleaming precision-milled al...
The Download: the future of chipmaking and Anthropic’s government clash
*This is today's edition of *[*The Download*]($1),* our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.* It’s a bit of a schlep to get to the top of ASML’s...
Founder Summit pass rates increase June 26 | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
SpaceX inks compute deal with Reflection AI, an open source AI lab | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
Amazon is testing Alexa+ in India with Hindi support | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that's not the same as fixing AI's water problem | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia's $20B not-acqui-hire deal | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
The AI world is getting 'loopy' | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open source bugs | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
Fika Jobs raises $4M to build a video-first hiring platform where AI agents interview candidates | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
4 days left to save up to $190 on Founder Summit 2026 | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
Anthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time | TechCrunch
The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. [Register now.]($1)[Founder Summit]($1) ticket savings of up to $190 end June 26. Join 1,000+ founders and VCs for all-day boo...
Read this before you vibe-code another app
- **AI - **Tech # Read this before you vibe-code another app Your dream vibe-coded app might be a security nightmare. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See ou...
Nvidia says its AI data center design runs hotter to use a lot less water
- **Tech - **AI - **News # Nvidia says its AI data center design runs hotter to use a lot less water By switching to 100 percent liquid cooling and running servers hotter, Nvidia claims it can cut w...
Meta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban
- **Tech - **AI - **Gadgets # Meta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban They’re also $80 cheaper, and Alex Himel, Meta’s VP of wearables, says privacy improvements are on the way. If you ...
Sony’s AI Camera Assistant is exactly as bad as it looks
- **Tech - **AI - **Gadgets # Sony’s AI Camera Assistant is exactly as bad as it looks Ugly Instagram filters, powered by AI. Ugly Instagram filters, powered by AI. by Dominic PrestonJun 23, 202...
The Fitbit Air takes a smarter approach to the AI health dumpster fire
- **Tech - **AI - **Gadgets # The Fitbit Air takes a smarter approach to the AI health dumpster fire Google Health remains a work in progress, but it could be so much worse. If you buy something f...
Something’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners
- **Report - **AI - **Science # Something’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners Experts say the AI startup’s bold statements need proof. Experts say the AI startup’s bold statements need...
Why corporate AI super PACs spent $27 million on a local election
- **Policy - **AI - **Column # Why corporate AI super PACs spent $27 million on a local election Tonight’s NY-12 House primary will test the influence of corporate tech money in politics. Tonight’s...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: Claude Chat Abuse, NastyC2 npm Packages, Device-Code Phishing + 25 More Stories
- **Ravie Lakshmanan**Jun 18, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News [*]($1) The internet did not break this week. It got used exactly as designed, which is worse. Searches were siphoned through s...
The Download: a reality check for geoengineering and the science of interoception
*This is today's edition of *[*The Download*]($1),* our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.* Solar geoengineering, the controversial idea that ...
The Download: a new hunt for dark matter and Kenya’s case for going solar
*This is today's edition of *[*The Download*]($1),* our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.* For decades, physicists have hunted for weakly int...
The inevitable weakness of metrics
There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciate t...
The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off
*This is today's edition of *[*The Download*]($1),* our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.* AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth last m...
OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO | TechCrunch
OpenAI is bringing on some big names to the team in the lead-up to its public debut: Google DeepMind AI legend Noam Shazeer and former Trump White House AI policy official Dean Ball. Shazeer, a co-lea...
Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed Deductive AI for up to $85M | TechCrunch
Deductive AI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, has agreed to be sold to enterprise software company Elastic for up to $85 million, according to a person with knowledge of ...
Billionaire Ambani wants AI in every call, app, and home | TechCrunch
As India searches for a homegrown contender in the global artificial intelligence race, billionaire Mukesh Ambani is positioning Reliance Industries as a national champion, rolling out AI services for...
Anthropic got hit by export rules nobody understands
- **AI - **Policy - **Anthropic # Anthropic got hit by export rules nobody understands Governing AI through opaque, ad hoc interventions is unsustainable, experts warn. Governing AI through opaque,...
Meta revamps teen AI chat after harmful, romantic incidents
Meta has begun retraining its AI chatbots to refuse engagement on sensitive teen topics and to steer young users toward professional help. The update follows investigations that exposed lax guardrails and sparked bipartisan concerns about safety in consumer AI.
DeepConf Breakthrough Cuts AI Reasoning Costs by 85%
A collaboration between Meta and UC San Diego introduces DeepConf, a new inference method that makes multi-step AI reasoning cheaper and more accurate. By leveraging real-time confidence signals to prune unreliable traces, it reduces token generation and boosts performance on challenging benchmarks.
Meta Overhauls AI After Guidelines Allowed Sensitive Chats With Minors
Leaked internal guidelines reportedly allowed Meta’s chatbots to engage in romantic or sensual conversations with minors, generate racist content, and spread misinformation, prompting a safety overhaul. Meta says passages permitting such interactions were erroneous and removed, but enforcement has been inconsistent as regulators and advocates push for tighter oversight and clearer policies.
Reliance Intelligence launches with Google and Meta to power India's AI future
Reliance Industries announced Reliance Intelligence, a new wholly-owned subsidiary focused on advancing artificial intelligence across India, with strategic partnerships with Google and Meta. The plan includes gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure powered by Reliance's green energy, a dedicated Google Cloud region in Jamnagar, and an enterprise AI JV with Meta. Analysts see potential boosts for India's AI ecosystem and economy.
Meta's AI talent drain: culture trumps cash
Several researchers have left Meta's Superintelligence Labs for rival OpenAI, sometimes within weeks of joining. Despite nine-figure offers, the exits highlight the power of mission alignment and culture in AI research, suggesting compensation alone won’t secure enduring talent in the AGI race.
WhatsApp rolls out Writing Help AI with privacy-first design
WhatsApp has quietly launched Writing Help, an in-chat AI assistant that polishes tone, fixes grammar, and rephrases messages. Meta says the system uses Private Processing and Trusted Execution Environments to keep content confidential, with no data stored on servers or linked to a user. The feature is opt-in and designed to work across languages, signaling how AI may evolve within everyday messaging.
Meta's AI Talent Boomerangs Spark Retention Questions
After luring top researchers with nine-figure offers, Meta's Superintelligence Labs saw several hires depart for OpenAI within weeks. The rapid exits, including Avi Verma and Ethan Knight, underscore the talent wars shaping AGI development. Observers say culture, autonomy, and mission may matter as much as compensation. The moves highlight how purpose and stability can outweigh big salaries in high-stakes AI research.
Meta teams with Midjourney to elevate AI visuals
Meta announced a licensing and technical collaboration with Midjourney to embed high-fidelity aesthetics into its future AI models and products. The move aims to close a visual quality gap with rivals and accelerate features for billions of users across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, while navigating the broader legal and ethical challenges in generative AI.
Meta reshapes AI leadership as LeCun reports to Wang
Meta has restructured its AI leadership under CEO Mark Zuckerberg's push for acceleration toward superintelligence. Yann LeCun, the longtime head of FAIR, will report to 28-year-old Alexandr Wang, founder of Scale AI, who was named Meta's chief AI officer. The move consolidates research and product efforts under a new Meta Superintelligence Labs and signals a shift toward a more product-driven, centralized AI strategy.
Meta and Google Cloud lock in $10B AI infrastructure deal
Meta Platforms and Google Cloud have sealed a six-year, $10 billion cloud agreement, underscoring the giants' appetite for massive compute power. The pact gives Meta immediate access to Google Cloud’s servers for training Llama models and deploying generative AI features across its apps, while cementing Google’s role as a crucial AI-enabled cloud backbone.
Meta's DINOv3: A Game-Changer in AI Vision Without Labels
Meta's DINOv3 is shaking up the AI scene by offering a powerful computer vision model that learns without needing labeled data. This breakthrough is set to democratize AI tools across various industries, making advanced image analysis accessible to everyone.
Meta's AI Guidelines Allow Disturbing Content Amid Political Push
Meta's internal guidelines for AI chatbots reportedly allowed for the generation of racist and sexualized content, including inappropriate interactions with minors. This revelation comes as the company seeks to counter perceived political bias in its AI systems.
Meta's AI Pioneer LeCun: A Vision for Open-Source and Beyond
Dive into how Yann LeCun, Meta's Chief AI Scientist, champions open-source principles and a unique perspective on AI's future in the documentary "AI Stories."
Meta's Big Move: Acquiring WaveForms AI for Emotionally Intelligent AI
Meta's acquisition of WaveForms AI aims to enhance Llama 4.5 with emotional intelligence, creating a more human-like conversational AI experience. This strategic move reflects Meta's commitment to advancing AI interactions that resonate with users on a deeper level.
Zuckerberg's $70 Billion Vision for Personal Superintelligence
Zuckerberg's ambitious plan involves investing $70 billion to integrate personal superintelligence into everyday life through smart devices, aiming to empower individuals and enhance creativity.
Meta's AI Wristband: The Future of Control at Your Fingertips (Literally)
Meta's new wristband translates your muscle signals into digital commands, paving the way for a hands-free, intuitive interaction with technology.