The United States men had not played at an Olympics since 2008. The squad opened the Paris Olympics by taking on host France in group play. The French easily defeated the Americans 3-0. (Image credit: Alex Livesey) Read More
‘/> Displaced by current airstrikes and past conflicts, children board a brightly painted bus to attend art classes that aim to make them feel like kids again — and give them a way to express their pain. (Image credit: Diego Ibarra Sánchez for NPR) Read More
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images On today’s episode of Decoder, we’re talking about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron deference and what it means for the future of the internet. I’ve been covering the fight over net neutrality for almost my entire career as a tech reporter — over…
Photo illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge From simple fitness bands and rugged sports watches to rings, these are the best trackers you can get. Continue reading… Read More
Image: The Verge The ClaudeBot web crawler that Anthropic uses to scrape training data for AI models like Claude has hammered iFixit’s website almost a million times in a 24-hour period, seemingly violating the repair company’s Terms of Use in the process. “If any of those requests accessed our terms of service, they would have…
Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images Southwest Airlines is about to change how it handles customer seating by switching to assigned and premium ones, a significant change from the sit-anywhere-you-want setup it’s had for over 50 years. The transformation comes as Southwest reported some turbulence in its earnings, with a 46 percent drop in profits for…
After getting trounced by their larger rivals for years, some of the smallest stocks on Wall Street have shown much more life recentlyRead More
Meta’s Oversight Board says the company failed to take down an AI-generated intimate image of an Indian female public figure that violated its policies until the board got involvedRead More
Southwest President and CEO Bob Jordan says research shows passengers “overwhelmingly prefer” an assigned-seat system. He also pledged to improve the airline’s financial performance. (Image credit: Brandon Bell) Read More
Seniors choosing Medicare Advantage plans for the first time often don’t realize they might get locked out of traditional Medicare for good. But changing this problem must be done state by state. Read More