Inflation moderated as Intel and Nvidia fueled the AI trade in last week's market
No surprises on inflation and new financing developments in the artificial intelligence trade drove the record-breaking action on Wall Street last week.
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Disney D23 2026: Everything announced for Star Wars, Marvel, and more
The annual Disney fan event showed off the cast of Marvel’s X-Men movie, plus a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, and our first look at the VisionQuest TV show for Disney Plus. For Star Wars fans, there was a teaser trailer for season two of Ahsoka, plus a special look at Star Wars: Starfighter with […]
I finally found a magnetic phone grip I never want to remove
I told myself I wouldn't buy an OhSnap accessory for my phone. Every one I'd tested was nice, but felt overpriced and slightly flawed. After I weighed in on the $40 Snap Grip 5 last year, I wound up sticking with my $25 Syncwire instead. But OhSnap's $50 Snap Grip Stand finally got me. To […]
Marvel reveals the new X-Men cast, including Inde Navarrette and Adam Driver
With Spider-Man: Brand New Day behind us, and its reveal of Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Marvel is finally ready to officially welcome the X-Men into the MCU. At the D23 event in Anaheim yesterday, the company revealed the cast for its upcoming, untitled X-Men film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on May 5th […]
Per-developer environments were the goal. Agents moved the goalposts.
Multi-tenancy has moved in one direction for 60 years: the tenant keeps getting smaller. Mainframe time-sharing carved a single machine The post Per-developer environments were the goal. Agents moved the goalposts. appeared first on The New Stack .
Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, authorities say
Israel's military said it had struck "Hezbollah terror infrastructure" in response to what it described as earlier action against its soldiers.
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
Afghans mark five years of Taliban rule
Afghans have gathered in Kabul to mark five years since the Taliban returned to power.
Black professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row found dead
Dr Jason Arday has been found dead days after resigning from Cambridge University due to plagiarism allegations.
Xteink’s tiny e-readers are getting access to free books through Libby
One of the big tradeoffs with Xteink's pocket-friendly e-readers is a lack of easy access to ebooks. On a Kindle or Kobo you can download tens of thousands of titles through each device's respective online bookstores, but with Xteink's devices you have to source DRM-free ebooks on your own. That's about to change, as the […]
Hawaii under state of emergency ahead of historic hurricane
A hurricane is forecast to hit the Big Island of Hawaii this weekend, bringing heavy rain and wind. Should it make landfall, Lala would be the first hurricane to hit the island since 1871.
Afghan refugees face an uncertain future as Europe shifts to the right
With the fall of the former government in Kabul, thousands of Afghans were forced to flee the country, many to Europe.
I drove Tesla FSD, Rivian Autonomy+ ‘hands-free’ driving systems. Here’s how they compare
Rivian is trying to catch up to Tesla's "hands-free" capabilities, but with additional safety guardrails that the Elon Musk company doesn't have.
How long will software-defined cars last? The auto industry doesn't know yet
Cars that run on software offer benefits automakers and many customers say older cars cannot compete with. But some analysts worry the vehicles might not last.
The surprise must-see movie of the summer
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 140, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, don't forget to hydrate, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Will Ferrell and Fabrizio Romano and Heather Cox Richardson, […]
We’re reaching peak camera with the Sony A7R VI
It wasn't long ago that shooting with a super high-resolution camera meant making serious sacrifices for the sake of all those megapixels. Enter the A7R VI. Sony's latest flagship high-res camera is a 66.8-megapixel spec monster. In addition to its modest bump in resolution from the last-gen A7R V, it uses a new sensor and […]
Russians snap up new homes built on Ukraine 'graveyard'
Russia is constructing high-rises in the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, on the sites of buildings it destroyed. Who's buying these properties? And what happened to the Ukrainians who used to lived here?
Afghan allies still waiting for the safety Germany promised
After the Taliban retook power on August 15, 2021, Berlin promised to bring Afghan staff to Germany. But people are still waiting to leave in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Is China seeking to copy Iran’s Strait of Hormuz blockade around Taiwan?
Taiwan has long prepared for a Chinese military invasion but wars in Iran and Ukraine expose new potential threats.
Modi threatens to target ‘intellectual Naxals’ in Independence Day speech
The Indian PM said Maoist-influenced Naxalite rebellion is largely gone, but its ideological backers still pose threat.
Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?
Booksellers are reporting mysterious bulk orders. It's thought the books are being used to train AI - and ending up pulped.
So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year
Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much.
What the Taliban achieved and failed to achieve in five years
The Taliban government brought security and stability but is facing increasing alienation of the general population.
AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors
AI-generated books make up 20 percent of Amazon's self-published catalog but bring in only 12 percent of sales. A new study finds that revenue per book is dropping for human-written titles too, in seven of eight genres. The findings could give copyright plaintiffs the market-harm data their cases against AI companies have been missing. The article AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors appeared first on The Decoder .