Amazon’s Ring cancels partnership with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police
This news comes less than a week after Ring’s Super Bowl commercial stoked controversy over the company’s capacity for mass surveillance.
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What if riders don’t close a robotaxi door after a ride? Try DoorDash.
Autonomous vehicles have a lot of potential. As long as you program them right, they won’t speed, won’t break traffic laws, and won’t get drunk, high, abusive, or violent. And the technology has been getting much more capable, even as…
Meta’s Quest 3S is $50 off, and includes Batman: Arkham Shadow for free
The Meta Quest 3S is an excellent entry-level headset that’s currently $250. | Image: The Verge Meta’s VR strategy is in a bit of an uncertain place right now, with the company recently cutting many jobs at its Reality Labs,…
Show HN: I speak 5 languages. Duolingo taught me none. So I built lairner
I’m Tim. I speak German, English, French, Turkish, and Chinese. I learned Turkish with lairner itself — after I built it. That’s the best proof I can give you that this thing actually works. The other four I learned the…
ICE moves out to the suburbs
Queen Anne Courts mobile home park where there ICE activity has been reported in Lakeville, MN on February 5th, 2026. | Photo by Jaida Grey Eagle / The Verge We sat in a parking lot and waited. We watched, knowing…
Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted
Meta aims to introduce facial recognition to its smart glasses while its biggest critics are distracted, according to a report from The New York Times. In an internal document reviewed by The Times, Meta says it will launch the feature…
Cohere’s $240M year sets stage for IPO
Cohere surpassed $240 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, highlighting strong enterprise AI demand as the Canadian startup positions itself for a potential IPO amid intensifying competition from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims
The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them via Meta’s AI assistant.
I spent two days gigging at RentAHuman and didn’t make a single cent
I’m not above doing some gig work to make ends meet. In my life, I’ve worked snack food pop-ups in a grocery store, ran the cash register for random merch booths, and even hawked my own plasma at $35 per…
There’s a tiny digital camera inside these retro 35mm film rolls
The OPT100 camera comes in three retro designs. | Image: Kakaku Following the popularity of the Kodak Charmera, it was inevitable that other retro-inspired digital toy cameras would start popping up. While the Charmera’s design was inspired by the ’80s…