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Palantir’s true believers are wearing this jacket
- Mia Sato
- May 11, 2026
In late April, Palantir - the software company that, in recent years, has perhaps become best known for its defense industry contracts and work with I...
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Apple brings encrypted RCS chats to iPhone
- Jay Peters
- May 11, 2026
Apple now lets you have encrypted RCS conversations with Android users through the Messages app on iOS. As part of iOS 26.5, which was released on Mon...
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Texas sues Netflix for advertising ‘bait and switch’ and spying
- Emma Roth
- May 11, 2026
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the company of "spying on Texans, including children, and collecting u...
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Google stopped a zero-day hack that it says was developed with AI
- Stevie Bonifield
- May 11, 2026
For the first time, Google says it has spotted and stopped a zero-day exploit developed with AI. According to a report from Google Threat Intelligence...
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A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers
- Sean Hollister
- May 11, 2026
A baby's eyes peer directly into the camera lens. A kid with a striped shirt looks up, then away. A boy in a policeman's costume, a gold star on his c...
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7 of our favorite deals from Amazon’s Pet Days sale
- Cameron Faulkner
- May 11, 2026
A big part of my job here at The Verge is to find deals on tech that readers will like. But in my personal life, I’m not spending anywhere near as muc...
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GM settles California lawsuit claiming it sold driving habit data to insurance companies
- Emma Roth
- May 11, 2026
General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle a California data privacy lawsuit that accused the automaker of selling driver location and...
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Matter and OpenADR team up to connect smart homes to the grid
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- May 11, 2026
Smart energy management just took a step closer to becoming simpler. This week, the organizations behind Matter, the smart-home interoperability stand...
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Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them
- Nilay Patel
- May 11, 2026
My guest today is longtime friend of the show Joanna Stern. You all know Joanna: she is the former senior personal technology columnist for The Wall S...
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TikTok is letting UK users pay to remove ads
- Jess Weatherbed
- May 11, 2026
TikTok is preparing to roll out a paid, ad-free version of its app in the UK. The new subscription announced today will be available to users over 18...
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Discord adds a free Xbox Game Pass ‘starter edition’ for Nitro subscribers
- Tom Warren
- May 11, 2026
Discord is announcing the launch of Nitro Rewards today, a new program for subscribers that bundles benefits from third parties like Microsoft, Logite...
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Wordle is being turned into a primetime game show
- Jay Peters
- May 11, 2026
Wordle could be the next great game show. NBC has greenlit a game show version of The New York Times' popular puzzle game, and it's set to debut in 20...