AI isn’t close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take.

It's the data, stupid.

You can Venmo your college tuition, for some reason

Kids these days don't know how good they have it.

Reform councillor quits Farage’s party saying new welfare policy will have fatal consequences

Reform’s John Bell has resigned as parish councillor for Mabe in Cornwall and quit Farage’s far-right party. Explaining his decision, Bell stated that he “canno...

In Ukraine, forcible military recruitment efforts escalate into violence

'Busification', the term describing being captured on the street, is engulfed by abuse and corruption.

Pakistan challenges top court order to move Imran Khan to private hospital

Government files a review of Supreme Court order, arguing that the jailed ex-PM should be examined at a public hospital.

Palestinians condemn Israeli step to advance illegal E1 settlement plan

Israeli government issues tender for more than 1,200 housing units as part of illegal E1 settlement project.

China’s Unitree soars in market debut as investors bet on humanoid robots

Unitree shares surge as much as 620 percent amid enthusiasm for burgeoning field of human-like robots.

Angelique Kidjo makes history with Hollywood walk of fame star

Angelique Kidjo makes history with Hollywood walk of fame star

The Best Digital Wall Calendar (2026): Skylight, Everblog, Apolosign

What originally looked like clutter turned out to be my new favorite gadget for organizing my family’s life.

Skiver Farage called out for saying people want ‘something for nothing’

Nigel Farage is notorious for hardly ever showing up to Parliament. He’s also controversial for the £5m ‘gift’ which he received for unclear reasons. Despite th...

Israeli film crew attacked in Belfast, but they shouldn’t even be there

So-called ‘Israel’s’ i24 News, which spread genocide-boosting fictions about beheaded babies post-7 October 2023, has released footage of a man attacking their ...

I Tried a Window-Cleaning Robot: Do Not Recommend

I tested the top-of-the-line Ecovacs Winbot W2S Omni window-cleaning robot on my Victorian home, and it was an unmitigated disaster.

Amazon Fire TV devices are getting a free Alexa Plus upgrade

Amazon is bringing Alexa Plus to Fire TV device owners in the US for free. Starting today, users in the US with an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Cube, Amazon Em...

‘Your Excel Skills Suck’: The Power Users Turning Spreadsheets Into a Spectator Sport

Data and finance professionals are competing in Excel obstacle courses—amassing huge followings and keeping the Microsoft program relevant.

BBC slammed over pushing Reform UK propaganda yet again

Hard-right, anti-migrant party Reform UK recently revealed its plans to “overhaul” Britain’s benefits system. As if anyone could be surprised, the plans were no...

Humanitarianism is not collapsing. It is being traded and compromised

This is endangering the lives of humanitarian workers and the vulnerable communities they serve.

‘Tit for tat’: Why is Trump cozying up to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un again?

Analysts say Trump's attempted rapprochement with Kim Jong Un is driven by political signals to Pyongyang and Seoul.

Top India court allows passive euthanasia, but few aware of ‘living wills’

Families of terminally ill patients have little or no awareness or preparedness for what comes next.

Lib Dem pulled up over past opposition to reservoir

If there’s one thing pretty much everyone agrees with, it’s that British politicians haven’t been doing much long-term planning. A clear example of this is the ...

Job vacancies drop as Reform vows to punish unemployed people

On Monday 17 August, Reform UK announced a suite of new policies designed to target and punish sick, disabled, and unemployed people. The party’s plan to target...

We Bought a $500 Counterfeit Rolex So Good, Even Rolex Didn’t Spot It

The replica watch industry is in its “super clone” era. Following tips from murky internet forums, we bought three budget fakes that were good enough to pass as...

Dell XPS 13 vs. MacBook Neo: A Surprising Upset

The Dell XPS 13 and MacBook Neo are both premium-feeling laptops with only 8 GB of RAM. Which $700 laptop is the better buy?

There’s a Very Simple Reason Why You Love the Slate Truck

The car world is filled with designers still obsessed with shoehorning sex into their rides. Slate went a different route, and it’s why people are smitten with ...

Why White House envoys cannot sway Israel’s war leader

Any deal in any of Israel’s conflicts would be politically damaging for its prime minister.

The Cairo Dilemma: Domestic Fracture and the Rise of ‘Fatehland’ (1968–1970)

The catastrophic defeat of the regular Arab armies in the June 1967 War had left the burgeoning Palestinian resistance movement as the sole force actively commi...

Manav Suthar takes 10-wicket haul as India beat Sri Lanka in 600th Test

India take a 1-0 lead with a 165-run win against the hosts in Galle to begin the two-Test series.

This robot vacuum solves my kitchen stool problem

The Mova V70 goes places other robots can’t reach. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Robot vacuums are great at keeping your floors clean, but the...

Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers

Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.

Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Faces

The people-search tool ClarityCheck says its reverse image search service is “private and secure”—but it left a database containing more than 9 million image fi...

Hot or Not Built the Internet We’re Still Swiping Through

The early website Hot or Not taught its users to rank people at scale. Twenty-six years later, dating apps are trying to escape the culture the site helped crea...