Unionized EA employees oppose Saudi-backed $55B buyout proposal
Unionized employees at Electronic Arts (EA), represented by the Communications Workers of America, have issued a formal statement opposing a proposed $55 billion private acquisition of the company by ...
Sora won’t generate videos of Martin Luther King Jr.
OpenAI has paused the ability for users of its AI model, Sora, to generate videos resembling Martin Luther King Jr. The company announced the safeguard following a request from Dr. King’s estate due...
AT&T is raising home internet prices for the second year in a row
Everything seems to be getting back-to-back price hikes right now, why not your home internet bill too? AT&T is raising prices by $5 a month on all AT&T Internet plans, the company confirms to ...
Why world models are the next big thing in AI
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week.
Around the middle of last year, Pim de Witte sta...
MacBook Pro rumor points to OLED, touchscreen upgrades next year
Apple just announced 14-inch MacBook Pro updates that add a new generation M5 processor, faster storage, and a promise of 24-hour battery life, but Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman now reports next ye...
Amazon shares a ‘first look’ at new nuclear facility
A rendering of the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility. | Image: X-energy via Amazon
Amazon shared some new details about its plans to help deploy more nuclear energy across Washington State, wh...
New York bans AI-enabled rent price fixing
On Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation banning the use of price-fixing software by landlords to set rental rates. New York is the first state to outlaw algorithmic ...
