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Planet hunter gets the silent treatment | Space photo of the day for July 24, 2026
Facebook is getting a free verified badge to help spot real people
Humans actually prefer talking to an AI than a support person, says gas giant as it cuts jobs
Trump’s data centre power pledge draws scepticism from energy experts
The easiest way to learn the summer night sky starts with these 3 stars
Epic photo captures lightning striking a Chinese rocket during liftoff
EU charges TikTok with failing to protect children’s privacy under the DSA
SoftBank is reportedly weighing a deal for Swiss robotics startup Gravis
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What I track in a day
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects a...
Planet hunter gets the silent treatment | Space ph...
ESA's Plato spacecraft completes critical testing ahead of its spaceflight.
Facebook is getting a free verified badge to help ...
Facebook is rolling out a free, selfie-based Verified badge so you know there's a real person behind...
Humans actually prefer talking to an AI than a sup...
British Gas is cutting 1,300 customer service roles as its CEO argues that people are moving toward ...
Trump’s data centre power pledge draws scepticism ...
On July 23, President Donald Trump stood in the White House and promised that electricity bills for ...
The easiest way to learn the summer night sky star...
How to use the Summer Triangle stars — Vega, Deneb and Altair — as a key to unlock your understandin...
Epic photo captures lightning striking a Chinese r...
Lightning struck a Chinese Long March-3B rocket shortly after liftoff this week, but the launch stil...
EU charges TikTok with failing to protect children...
On 24 July, the European Commission issued preliminary findings that the TikTok platform breached th...
SoftBank is reportedly weighing a deal for Swiss r...
Gravis Robotics, an ETH Zurich spinout, fits autonomy kits to excavators. A tie-up would extend Masa...
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In Pasadena, California, there's a cute red brick courtyard where one storefront isn't like the rest...
This Week In Space LIVE: The Viking Mars landings ...
Tune in today, July 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET for a LIVE This Week In Space taping to mark the 50th annive...
Top Smart Home Upgrades Worth Making Before Your S...
A smarter home goes beyond security. Whether you're heading off on a vacation this summer or making ...
TikTok’s protection of minors should not be opt-in...
TikTok has attracted the ire of the European Union over its protection of children who use the video...
Facebook considers giving up and becoming TikTok
Facebook is planning some big changes to try and keep its users from jumping to rival social platfor...
Space is becoming Bezos and Musk’s next data cente...
SpaceX, Blue Origin, and others want enormous orbital data center constellations, prompting warnings...
Instagram is finally going after Ray-Ban Meta-wear...
Instagram has started banning accounts that post footage captured secretly using Ray-Ban Meta glasse...
The first possible exomoon is here, and it makes o...
Astronomers have found strong evidence for a Jupiter-mass object orbiting a brown dwarf, potentially...
Hubble telescope watches unique nova explosion fir...
Using Hubble, astronomers have discovered that the only known "helium nova" in the Milky Way is ridd...
