Tesla-Challenging EV Truck Startup Windrose Loses Most of Chinese Staff
About 100 Chinese employees at the Chinese-European electric trucking startup have departed after it fell behind on wages.
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How to Build Data Centers People Won’t Hate
The companies racing to build AI factories are rethinking their plans in order to win back the trust of Americans.
U.S. Steps Up Civil Cyber-Fraud Cases
Plus: OpenAI’s $1 billion plan for critical infrastructure; Pentagon cyber strategy expected
Feds launch investigation into Tesla’s Cybercab deployment
The investigation was launched just a few hours after Tesla put the first production Cybercabs on the road in Austin.
Instagram’s AI detection is a mess (again)
Instagram’s visible AI labels are supposed to help people quickly spot synthetically generated content at a glance. Over the last few weeks, however, users have been reporting that the system has gone haywire. They say Meta has been automatically applying an “AI Content” label to images that they didn’t create or edit using generative AI…
We spent the week testing IFA’s best (and weirdest) gadgets, ask us anything
Europe’s biggest tech trade show, IFA, has taken over Berlin this week – and we’ve been on the ground all week checking it out in person. We figure you have questions, so we’re hosting an AMA that’s exclusive to Verge subscribers at 12PM ET today. That’s when we’ll start dropping answers, but you can ask…
Bluetti launches ‘e-generator’ to take on noisy, stinky, polluting gas generators
Bluetti doesn’t want you to call the Pioneer 5000 a solar generator (SoGen) even though that’s what it is. What makes it slightly different from other large power stations that can be charged off solar – aka, a SoGen – is the dolly cart and up to 18KW of instant surge power available to start…
The Best Dyson Vacuums (2026) to Buy—and Some to Avoid
Feeling the pull of a new clean machine? I’ll help you make sense of Dyson’s whirlwind vacuum lineup.
The Best Automatic Litter Box of 2026: Petkit and Litter-Robot
With these high-tech automatic litter boxes, gone are the days of scooping and smells. Welcome to the future.
How a Secret Orangutan Breeding Program Is Creating a Baby Boom
The success of a program linking zoos across the US has created social media stars and generated a wave of interest in how to protect the endangered great apes in the wild.