You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
…Reasoning models, which increasingly power AI agents, are notoriously expensive on the inference side as well, said Georgia Tech’s Riedl. These agents — such as popular open-source platform OpenClaw — …
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Dreame — the vacuum company — just ‘launched’ its own phones
…Dreame had plenty of influencers on hand to try out its first phones. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/268500_Dreame_NEXT_2026_KMcClellan_0038.jpg?quality…
Apple wants Europe to blink
…Apple said it has proposed solutions, such as its Trusted System Agent, which would act as an intermediary between rival AI agents and Apple’s systems, giving comparable levels of access and…
People are leaving a lot of weird stuff in their robotaxis
…Uber vehicles to include self-driving cars because, for the first time, Uber has enough self-driving cars on its platform to matter. Uber doesn’t deploy its own robotaxis, but in…
Speech and Moderation
Speech On today’s internet, the boundaries of acceptable speech are set by a few massive platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and a handful of others. If those companies find something…
Welcome to the personal software revolution
…Meanwhile, GitHub had its fastest year of growth in 2025, and found that 80 percent of new users use the Copilot coding agent within their first week on the platform. Boris Cherny…
I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/slack-imgs.png?quality=90&strip=all] My first port of call was Gudtrip’s website, which only made the vape…
Apple’s best AI idea looks a lot like vibe coding
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/Shortcut-Creation.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] In the first beta, it mostly doesn’t work. I haven’t successfully rigged…
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
…Microsoft first unveiled its “vibe working” Agent Mode for Excel and Word last year, and it’s now launching it fully in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint this week. “As models become more…
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
…I wouldn’t be surprised to see OpenAI’s models also appear on Google’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform service in the future. That gives Microsoft less of an advantage over its…