August 6, 2021 Vergecast: Pixel 6 preview and Apple’s new system for detecting illegal imagery Image: Google Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech…
August 6, 2021 NASA’s Year-Long Simulated Mission to Mars Would Probably Kick Your Ass NASA is preparing to run long-duration, ground-based simulations that will closely approximate an actual mission to the Red Planet. The space agency is now…
August 6, 2021 Meet the AI research pioneer who wants to redefine ‘progress’ Name any AI technology, and Dr. Nuria Oliver, of Telefonica and Vodafone, was likely working on it when it still felt like science fiction.Read…
August 6, 2021 Exxon May Finally Release a Climate Plan That Only Sort of Sucks Well, well, well, look who finally decided to join the Big Oil climate pledge party. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Exxon, the…
August 6, 2021 Apple VP acknowledges concerns about new scanning feature in internal memo Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s forthcoming feature that will scan iOS devices for images of child abuse is an “important mission,”…
August 6, 2021 Fires are growing worse at night Photo by Neal Waters / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The nights have gotten hotter and drier in the Western US, which is making…
August 6, 2021 Psychonauts 2 interview — Double Fine nears the finish line It’s been a long wait, but Psychonauts 2 is nearing its August 25 release.Read More via VentureBeat Check out the Finding Your Identity Podcast!
August 6, 2021 Yikes, Firefox Lost 46 Million Users in the Last Three Years Mozilla Firefox hemorrhaged nearly 46 million users in the last three years, the company’s own Public Data Report shows a steady and troubling decline…
August 6, 2021 Microsoft Is Experimenting With a ‘Super Duper Secure Mode’ for Edge Privacy and security on the internet are hot-button topics these days, with every tech company introducing new features to safeguard your data. But Microsoft…
August 6, 2021 It’s Never Been Easier to Call Your Senators and Demand Climate Action This weekend, the Senate will vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which officials unveiled this week. The bill includes new spending for…