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- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 35
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- Sep 15, 2026
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Co-sign. (opens the original)
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I have always believed that if you take a call on speaker, in public, I am allowed to participate. You made it a group call, I’m gonna weigh in! The Journal discovered that blaring your phone’s audio for the world to hear — also known as “loudcasting” — is a big and growing problem. I’m all for fining and shaming perpetrators, but this is simple. Just wear headphones! EarPods are the best $20 you’ll ever spend, for both your audio quality and my sanity.
The surprise must-see movie of the summer (opens the original)
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Plus, in this week’s Installer: Google’s new Pixel, an old controller comes back, the TV Time successor, and much more. Plus, in this week’s Installer: Google’s new Pixel, an old controller comes back, the TV Time successor, and much more. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 140, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, don’t forget to hydrate, and a
Mark Zuckerberg has an Instagzam (opens the original)
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On The Vergecast: Instagram’s new logo, Zuck’s AI manifesto, and lots of other bad ideas. On The Vergecast: Instagram’s new logo, Zuck’s AI manifesto, and lots of other bad ideas. Instagram’s wordmark is iconic. Well, was iconic. Apparently Instagram thought it looked old, so the company rolled out a new one this week. It doesn’t look like the old Instagram wordmark. It doesn’t even look like it spells Instagram anymore. And we cannot figure out why Instagram decided to do this. On this episode
ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users (opens the original)
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OpenAI’s still the chatbot leader, but the race appears to be tightening fast. OpenAI’s still the chatbot leader, but the race appears to be tightening fast. For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google’s fastest-growing product ever. A billion users is a huge milestone, but Google isn’t the first AI app to hit it. OpenAI’s ChatGPT hit the mark a few weeks ago, thoug
Today’s Vergecast: Lessons from the very first chatbot. (opens the original)
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Before Alexa and Siri, there was ELIZA. The first chatbot ever was the creation of a man named Joseph Weizenbaum, who built the bot almost as a magic trick — and then couldn’t believe how many people fell for it. David Berry and Mark Marino, two members of a team dedicated to restoring and understanding ELIZA, explain how Weizenbaum created the virtual conversant, why he came to regret it, and what ELIZA can teach us about life in the AI age.
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