Americas News
Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers
- Technology
- Mia Sato
- Jun 10, 2026
New college graduates around the country have been booing and heckling commencement speakers who hype up AI. Microsoft would like everyone to talk it out. In a blog post running more than 3,100 words,...
The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows
- Technology
- Tina Nguyen
- Jun 10, 2026
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politics, tech influence, and tech shenanigans in Washington, DC. (If you're not a subscriber, you can get on board here.)...
Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jun 10, 2026
If you've uploaded a song to YouTube, Google almost certainly considers your video fair game for training its Lyria music AI, it just won't admit it right now. A group of independent musicians is suin...
You can just tell the Instagram algorithm what you want now
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Jun 10, 2026
Instagram is going to let you tweak what its algorithm shows you on your main feed. With the Your Algorithm feature, "you can now see the topics we think you're interested in, and change them, across...
Amazon’s Echo speakers can now help kids wind down and fall asleep
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Jun 10, 2026
Amazon has launched a new feature for its Echo and Echo Kids smart speakers called Sleep Studio that's designed to make the daily transition to bedtime more enticing for kids and less stressful for pa...
Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Jun 10, 2026
Anthropic released Claude Fable, its first Mythos-class AI model, yesterday and it's already causing concerns inside Microsoft. Sources tell me that Microsoft is limiting the use of Claude Fable 5 for...
Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Jun 10, 2026
Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search under a new "Sear...
Boox’s quirky page-turning remote won me over
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Jun 10, 2026
Following the launch of the surprisingly popular Kobo Remote, Boox has released its own device to ease the burden of reaching for an e-reader’s touchscreen that’s an arm’s length away. The Tappy isn’t...
The Apple Watch Series 11 is back to its best price
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- Jun 10, 2026
Apple’s upcoming watchOS 27 update will bring Siri AI and other exciting features to the Apple Watch Series 9 and newer Apple Watch models. If you’re contemplating an upgrade, all colorways of the GPS...
Valve is phasing out physical Steam gift cards due to scammers
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Jun 10, 2026
After over a decade, Steam will no longer sell physical gift cards in stores. In a support page spotted earlier by Windows Central, Valve says it will no longer restock its gift cards once they run ou...
Five questions for the duo behind The Pelley Minutes
- Technology
- TC. Sottek
- Jun 10, 2026
Websites are so back! Today's website worth visiting is The Pelley Minutes, a clever project that puts the career of longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley into perspective. The show may only...
The Social Reckoning trailer gives us our first look at Jeremy Strong as Zuck
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Jun 10, 2026
Over 15 years after David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's The Social Network premiered in theaters, Sony has released the first trailer for The Social Reckoning ahead of its theatrical release on October 9...