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AI Summary

  • Nvidia continues its impressive financial performance, signaling significant market expansion and substantial investments in AI startups.
  • SpaceX's IPO filing reveals ambitious AI and Starship development plans, alongside substantial investments in compute infrastructure for its AI ventures, including a significant payment to Anthropic.
  • Anthropic is experiencing rapid growth, projecting its first profitable quarter and securing a substantial compute deal with SpaceX.
  • Tech giants like Google and Microsoft are deeply integrating AI into their core products, from search results to enterprise tools, alongside navigating ethical and security challenges.
  • The tech industry is witnessing diversification and new market plays, with companies like Truecaller venturing into eSIMs and startups like Fresha achieving unicorn status, while hardware innovation continues with gadgets like the Flipper One.

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  • Netflix’s next great sci-fi show is set in a retirement community an hour ago by Andrew Webster
    Entertainment, Netflix, Streaming, TV Show Reviews, TV Shows

    Four decades on, '80s-style science fiction adventures continue to exert their influence on modern film and TV. The idea of a group of kids teaming up to face an otherworldly threat has become a trope at this point, seen in everything from Super 8 to Stranger Things . So on one level, The Boroughs , a new sci-fi series on Netflix, does a lot that feels very familiar, with its tale of a mysterious alien terrorizing a small neighborhood and the team of plucky friends who band together to stop it. But The Boroughs also does something different: Its neighborhood

  • The new Flipper One is a pocket-sized Linux computer an hour ago by Andrew Liszewski
    Gadgets, Linux, News, Tech

    The Flipper One isn’t quite complete yet as the company wants feedback and ideas from its community. | Image: Flipper Devices It's been nearly six years since Flipper Devices introduced the Zero , its popular but controversial wireless hacking multi-tool. The company's latest creation (following a slight departure with a device that lets co-workers know when you're too busy to chat) is the new Flipper One . It's a similarly pocketable electronic multi-tool but also a tiny open source Linux computer powered by an 8-core RK3576 processor with a GPU, a 6 TOPS NPU, and 8GB of RAM. The Flipper

  • I review robot vacuums for a living, ask me anything! an hour ago by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Column, Q&A, Robot, Smart Home, Tech

    Me and my buddies. | Photo by Rose Tuohy for The Verge Welcome! I'm The Verge 's smart home reviewer, and I'm hosting an exclusive subscriber AMA today at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. I test a lot of connected gadgets for my job, but the dominant device in my home - by both number and square footage covered - is the robot vacuum. At any given time, I have a dozen of these bots bouncing around, sweeping and mopping my floors and irritating my cats. I just published a guide on how to choose the best robot

  • I can’t believe how fast Google vibe coded my first Android app an hour ago by Sean Hollister
    AI, Apps, Google, Report, Tech

    That’s my own Android app. Bad, yet impressive. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Yesterday, I built my first Android app. Then, I made two more - three in one afternoon. For one, I literally typed 148 words into my web browser and walked away. Ten minutes later, I had an entire new app on my actual Android phone. I did have to prep that phone by enabling a USB debugging mode and plugging it into my PC, but as advertised , Google's AI Studio did literally everything else for me. I typed in words, I hit install,

  • NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a Twitch series 2 hours ago by Jess Weatherbed
    Creators, News, Policy, Politics, Tech, Twitch

    “Hey chat, are billionaires cooked?” | Photo by kena betancur / AFP via Getty Images New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is launching a streaming series on Twitch, in which he'll respond to questions the public have submitted via the chat, Polygon reports. The series is aptly titled "Talk with the People," and kicks off later today at 4PM ET. "With the launch of 'Talk with the People' we're bringing City Hall to the platforms where New Yorkers already are - speaking directly with the people," Mamdani told Polygon in a written statement. "By launching the country's first recurring cross-platform


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