Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband
…to build out fiber in Lake Providence, Conexon, was supposed to receive $6.2 million. But when the “benefit of the bargain” revamp forced the state to redo its plans, those Lake…
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AI won’t save advertising, says Digitas’ Amy Lanzi
…Who are you giving information to? Is it consumers? Is it AI agents? Both. Is it just Google? No. I mean, yes. If you have to build, we build for machines and…
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…for Xbox Game Pass Andrew Webster Apr 22 First vacuums — then the world Dreame plans to build everything from hypercars and hair dryers to China’s Elon Musk. It’ll either win…
Gemini is in danger of going full Copilot
…I’ll Google how often to water my lavender plants, or how long to bake potato wedges at 400 degrees; so far AI overviews haven’t killed my lavender or undercooked my…
The 9 biggest new features in Android 17
…as another Gemini Intelligence feature. Create My Widget lets you build custom homescreen widgets from natural language. Google suggests a meal planner that recommends protein-heavy recipes, a weather widget for cyclists…
Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/cleanup_2_orig.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/ai…
Uber employees have a Dara AI
…Whereas you had to build UI interfaces that were tight and relatively limited, AI is allowing for an interface that is unlimited, essentially. You can just tell the app what you want…
Here comes new Siri again
…Remember this tagline from the first time Apple tried to launch AI Siri? Two years ago? Yeah, me neither. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/lcimg-ed7ea49b…
Space
…Department of Defense SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas Stevie Bonifield May 7 Dominic Preston May 7 Xmaxxing. Following its acquisition by Elon’s other company…
I tried Siri AI, and so far it actually works
…This iteration of Siri feels like the AI assistant you’d build if you knew you couldn’t screw it up. It supports a pretty basic set of features — it’s not…