You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
… OpenAI has already made $600 billion in spending commitments through 2030, the company said in February, which Sommer says is already a “massive step down” from the $1.4 trillion it had planned before. …
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Fitbit’s Charge 6 and Ace LTE are now as cheap as the new $100 Air
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How one founder’s bet on ‘the old school web’ is paying off
Craig Campbell walked away from the river of investor money flowing into AI to create, of all things, a website. Sure, Campbell probably could have started an AI company. …
Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
… I asked Gemini to draft an email to my wife that compiles our total monthly average grocery spending in 2026. …
Google I/O 2026
… Get the day’s best comment and more in my free newsletter, The Verge Daily . Jay Peters May 20 Google is launching an Android version of its AI Studio vibe coding tool. The app, which you can pre-register for on Google Play , will let you use AI and prompts to starting building other apps. …
Online Shopping
… Some of those companies have stuck around, but a new generation of commerce platforms is quickly gaining ground. Ultracheap retailers like Temu, Shein, and AliExpress are winning over customers, luring them in with bargain bin prices on products shipped directly from manufacturers in China. …
The AI code wars are heating up
… Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently said he’d worry about any highly paid engineer who wasn’t spending $250,000 a year on AI tokens. Even as developers fear AI coding tools might spell the end of their careers and livelihoods, the race is on to embrace them as quickly as possible. …
The Razr Fold is stuck in the middle
… Some of these apps may offer in-app purchases.” Use basic device backup optional Use location optional Allow scanning optional Send usage and diagnostic data optional Google Assistant: You can set up Google Assistant optional Activate Voice Match for Hey Google optional Access Assistant without unl…
All the evidence revealed so far in Musk v. Altman
… It’s the latest in a yearslong string of legal actions against OpenAI and its executives by Musk, who cofounded the AI lab alongside Altman and Brockman and was an early investor. Musk also owns xAI, an AI lab that directly competes with OpenAI, and is owned by parent company SpaceX. …
The things we’re building
… No AI hallucinations, just lots of detailed math & science.” — Cole “I made a short film in 2023 about our current ever creeping descent into AI madness called Eating 38 Cheeseburgers. …