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AI Summary

  • Meta is making a significant move into AI infrastructure, striking a potentially $100 billion deal with AMD for chips as it pushes toward 'personal superintelligence,' signaling a major investment in the AI hardware race.
  • OpenAI's COO acknowledged that AI has yet to significantly penetrate core enterprise business processes, indicating a gap between AI's potential and its practical adoption in many businesses, despite ongoing advancements.
  • Stripe's valuation has seen a dramatic surge of 74%, reaching $159 billion, underscoring strong investor confidence in the fintech company's payment processing services and future growth prospects.
  • Anthropic is expanding its enterprise focus with new plug-ins for Claude aimed at finance, engineering, and design sectors, signaling a push to integrate AI agents more deeply into specialized business workflows.
  • The tech industry continues to grapple with security and data privacy issues, highlighted by a significant Conduent data breach affecting 25 million people and a lawsuit against SonicWall alleging security failures led to a ransomware attack.

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  • Sony reveals the Death Stranding 2 required PC specs an hour ago by Anna Washenko
    Technology & Electronics, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Anna Washenko

    We're less than a month from the availability of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach on PC, and today Sony released the required specs. Despite designer Hideo Kojima being known for spectacle in his projects, the minimum specs are quite reasonable. The low graphics preset runs on an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, and that will give players average performance of 1080p at 30 frames per second, which is rough but at least makes the game available for players who haven’t upgraded in awhile. Intel Core i3-10100 or AMD Ryzen 3 3100 are the recommended

  • Someone made an app to warn you if smart glasses are nearby an hour ago by Andre Revilla
    Software, Technology & Electronics, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Andre Revilla

    A new app will notify users if smart glasses are likely nearby. The aptly named Nearby Glasses was developed in response to media coverage outlining how glasses like Meta's Ray-Bans have been used to film people without their consent. As first reported by 404 Media, the app detects the unique Bluetooth signature emitted by smart glasses and sends a push alert that someone wearing the device may potentially be nearby. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech,” the app's developer Yves Jeanrenaud told 404 Media. Smart glasses have sparked increased privacy concerns, especially as Meta is

  • iPhone Fold rumors: Everything we know right now, including the leaked design, upgrades, price and more an hour ago by Georgie Peru
    Technology & Electronics, Handheld & Connected Devices, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Georgie Peru

    Apple still hasn’t revealed a foldable iPhone, but the steady drip of leaks suggests the project is moving closer to reality. Over the past few months, analysts and supply-chain watchers have continued to fill in key details, with most reports still pointing to a launch sometime in the second half of 2026. While Apple hasn’t confirmed anything publicly, the overall picture is starting to look more consistent. As always, plans for unreleased Apple hardware can change at any time. Features may shift, timelines can slip and some prototypes may never ship. Even so, recent reporting gives us the clearest sense yet

  • Marvel's Wolverine will hit PS5 on September 15 2 hours ago by Kris Holt
    Media, Arts & Entertainment, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Kris Holt

    As spicy as the PlayStation State of Play that took place a couple of weeks ago was overall, there was one major first-party game that was notably absent from the showcase: Marvel’s Wolverine. Insomniac Games’ latest superhero blockbuster was already slated for a fall release and now the studio has revealed exactly when you’ll be able to get your claws on it. Marvel’s Wolverine is coming to PS5 on September 15. That’s it. That’s the announcement. There’s no new trailer to accompany the news, other than a six-second release date reveal video that popped up on YouTube. Insomniac previously said it

  • For All Mankind's latest trailer teases a war on Mars 2 hours ago by Lawrence Bonk
    Media, Arts & Entertainment, Television, site|engadget, provider_name|Engadget, region|US, language|en-US, author_name|Lawrence Bonk

    Apple just dropped a full trailer for the fifth season of its hit sci-fi show For All Mankind. This is the first real look at the upcoming batch of episodes, which premiere on March 27. We got an extremely short teaser trailer last month but that only showed a guy on a motorcycle riding across Mars. This is the first real-deal trailer and it's absolutely stuffed with footage indicating where the next season will take viewers. I'm going to get into some spoilers here, so read at your own risk. For the uninitiated, For All Mankind is an alternate history show that


The Verge

  • Discord is delaying its global age verification rollout 22 minutes ago by Stevie Bonifield
    Apps, Gaming, News, PC Gaming, Policy, Privacy, Tech

    Discord won't roll out age verification globally on its platform next month as previously announced, and says in a blog post that it's delaying the launch until the second half of 2026. "The way this landed, many of you walked away thinking we're requiring face scans and ID uploads from everyone just to use Discord. That's not what's happening, but the fact that so many people believe it tells us we failed at our most basic job: clearly explaining what we're doing and why," writes Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy. Discord says that before it rolls out age verification globally, it will

  • 1Password is going up in price an hour ago by Emma Roth
    Apps, News, Tech

    1Password is increasing its prices on March 27th, 2026. In an email sent to users, the password manager says it will raise the price of its yearly individual plan from $35.88 to $47.88, and that its family plan is going from $59.88 to $71.88. "While 1Password has grown substantially in value and capability, our pricing has remained largely unchanged for many years," 1Password's email states. 1Password says that the price increase will help it "continue investing in innovation and the world-class security you expect." The email lists some of the new features the company has recently added to the platform, such

  • Seedance 2.0 might be gen AI video’s next big hope, but it’s still slop an hour ago by Charles Pulliam-Moore
    AI, Analysis, Entertainment, Film, Report, TV Shows

    When Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson began uploading a series of short clips created with Seedance 2.0 - TikTok developer ByteDance's newest video generation model - it was hard to deny that the footage was much more impressive than what we've seen from other gen AI outfits. The clips' star (a digital duplicate of Tom Cruise) looked a lot like the real thing as it fought Brad Pitt, humanoid robots, and zombies. And the characters moved with a complex fluidity almost passing for choreography and amplified by kinetic "camerawork." Gen AI enthusiasts love to proclaim that the traditionally produced entertainment industry is

  • You can still get $30 in Samsung credit when you reserve a Galaxy S26 phone 2 hours ago by Sheena Vasani
    Deals, Gadgets, Samsung, Tech, Verge Shopping

    Samsung is set to introduce its new Galaxy S26 lineup at its next Unpacked event on February 25th, potentially alongside a new pair of earbuds and other wearables. If you’re thinking about picking up any of the new devices, it’s worth claiming Samsung’s $30 promotional credit before it expires, which you can do by registering your interest on Samsung’s website before 1PM ET / 10AM PT tomorrow. If you’re even remotely considering an upgrade, there’s not much to lose by signing up.  You don’t need to pay anything or even offer your credit card details to take advantage of the offer. You just

  • PlayStation’s Wolverine game hits PS5 in September 2 hours ago by Jay Peters
    Entertainment, Gaming, News, PlayStation

    Marvel's Wolverine, the next superhero game from Marvel's Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games, will be released on PS5 on September 15th. Insomniac announced that it would be making a Wolverine game way back in 2021, so it's been a long wait in the leadup to an official release date. Sony gave a vague fall 2026 release window last year alongside a very bloody gameplay trailer. "In this original story, Wolverine is on the hunt to uncover the secrets of a dark past that keeps eluding him," according to the game's PlayStation Store listing. "His search for answers will send him on perilous excursions


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