Moment of big opportunity and high risk for Marine Le Pen from the BBC
The no-confidence vote against the French prime minister is a high-stakes gamble for far-right leader Marine Le Pen.Read More
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ESPN is coming to the Disney Plus app starting today from the Verge Chris Welch
Image: Disney After bringing Hulu content to the Disney Plus app earlier this year, Disney is now doing the same for ESPN Plus programming. A new ESPN tile is being added to the app’s homescreen. The tile just says “ESPN,” because for right now, it’ll only include the live games and shows that are normally…
Instagram creators can now turn on replies in broadcast channels from the Verge Jess Weatherbed
Broadcast channel replies allow participants to respond to messages as they can on Instagram posts. | Image: Meta Instagram is adding some new features to broadcast channels that give platform creators more ways to directly interact with their followers. Meta announced that creators can enable “Replies” in their broadcast channel limited group chats, allowing participants…
OpenAI’s 12 days of ‘shipmas’ include Sora and new reasoning model from the Verge Tom Warren
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Happy holidays from OpenAI. The AI startup plans to kick off a “shipmas” period of new features, products, and demos for 12 days, starting on December 5th. The announcements will include OpenAI’s long-awaited text-to-video AI tool Sora and a new reasoning model, sources familiar with OpenAI’s plans tell The…
Govee’s smart Christmas tree lights are cheaper than ever from the Verge Sheena Vasani
Govee’s Christmas Lights 2 adds some holiday cheer to your home with color-changing smart lights that sync to music. | Image: Govee Ornaments are nice and all, but few Christmas tree decorations are as magical as Govee’s Christmas Lights 2. If you want your tree to truly dazzle this year, then you might want to…
Xreal’s new glasses are a surprisingly good TV for your face from the Verge Alex Heath
The Xreal One. | Image: Xreal During a recent flight from Los Angeles to New York City, I put a headset on my face to watch a movie. I wasn’t wearing the Vision Pro or a Meta Quest. I was trying the latest pair of AR glasses from Xreal, a Chinese startup taking an unusually…
GM and EVgo now have over 2,000 EV charging stalls and counting from the Verge Wes Davis
One of the co-branded GM Energy / EVgo fast chargers. | Image: General Motors General Motors and EV charging company EVgo announced that they’ve installed their 2,000th public EV charging stall, in Murrieta, California. With that, GM has met a deadline it set in September to have the bulk of its planned 2,850 DC fast-charging…
2024 in review: AI from the Verge The Verge Staff
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images In 2024, you couldn’t escape hearing about AI. From smartphones to wearables to the smart home, it seemed every tech company wanted to pitch their next great AI innovation. The year was filled with impressive technological leaps and useful new tools, endless hype and frequent misfires, and…
Misinformation researcher admits ChatGPT added fake details to his court filing from the Verge Gaby Del Valle
Image: The Verge A misinformation expert accused of using AI to generate a legal document admitted he used ChatGPT to help him organize his citations, leading to “hallucinations” that critics said called the entire filing into question. Jeff Hancock, the founder of the Stanford Social Media Lab who wrote the document, says the errors don’t…
ChatGPT now has over 300 million weekly users from the Verge Emma Roth
Image: The Verge ChatGPT now has over 300 million people using the AI chatbot each week. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed the milestone during The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, which comes just months after ChatGPT hit 200 million weekly users in August. “Our product has scaled … now we have more than…