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Grammarly's AI writing assistance tools now work in five new languages

Since its debut in 2009, Grammarly has only been available in one language: English. Sure, you could switch between dialects, including Canadian and Indian English, but if you wrote in any other language, you were out of luck. That's changing today with Grammarly rolling out beta support for five additional languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The update is available to all Grammarly customers — whether you live in a country that speaks the language you want to write in o

Lyft launches autonomous fleet with May Mobility in Atlanta

Lyft and May Mobility have teamed up to launch a fleet of autonomous vehicles in Atlanta. It's a pilot program, so it's currently only available to Lyft riders in the area of midtown Atlanta. The companies promise a "measured, safety-first approach" with this rollout. The fleet consists of hybrid-electric Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicles equipped with May Mobility’s self-driving technology. Lyft and May Mobility announced this partnership last year, but Atlanta is the first city to get a flee

Google Doesn't Rank My Site for My Own Brand Name

I run a small business in Canada. Oddly, if you search my brand name, my own site doesn’t show up at all on the first page. Instead, Facebook, Instagram, and random sites that link to me outrank me. I’ve submitted my sitemap to GSC, checked indexing, and built branded backlinks—but Google still ignores my homepage. It’s bad because people looking for me are funneled into other platforms where I lose control of the user journey. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this Google punishing small/n

CPU Utilization is Wrong (2017)

The metric we all use for CPU utilization is deeply misleading, and getting worse every year. What is CPU utilization? How busy your processors are? No, that's not what it measures. Yes, I'm talking about the "%CPU" metric used everywhere, by everyone. In every performance monitoring product. In top(1). What you may think 90% CPU utilization means: What it might really mean: Stalled means the processor was not making forward progress with instructions, and usually happens because it is waitin

Insufficiently sanitized data allows unauthenticated access to FreePBX Admin

We’re back - it’s a day, in a month, in a year - and once again, something has happened. In this week’s episode of “the Internet is made of string and there is literally no evidence to suggest otherwise”, we present even further evidence that as a species we made a fairly painful mistake when we discovered electricity - and it just got worse and worse. Today, inside this hellscape we call the Internet, a mean person has discovered a zero-day(s) in FreePBX (now lovingly called CVE-2025-57819).

Microsoft’s AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an 'Illusion'

Mustafa Suleyman is not your average big tech executive. He dropped out of Oxford university as an undergrad to create the Muslim Youth Helpline, before teaming up with friends to cofound DeepMind, a company that blazed a trail in building game-playing AI systems before being acquired by Google in 2014. Suleyman left Google in 2022 to commercialize large language models (LLMs) and build empathetic chatbot assistants with a startup called Inflection. He then joined Microsoft as its first CEO of

Our Favorite Earbuds for Working Out Are Cheaper Than Ever

Beats has been a household name in headphones for years, known for punchy bass and bold styling. The Powerbeats Pro 2 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) use ergonomic over-ear hooks to stay absolutely secure in your ears when you're running, lifting, or just walking the dog. They're usually a little expensive at $250, but Amazon has them marked down to just $200 in a variety of colors. While ear hooks might sound a little odd coming from the world of more traditional wireless earbuds, there's no need to

SpaceX Targets an Orbital Starship Flight with a Next-Gen Vehicle in 2026

It has been two weeks since SpaceX’s last Starship test flight, and engineers have diagnosed issues with its heat shield, identified improvements, and developed a preliminary plan for the next time the ship heads into space. Bill Gerstenmaier, a SpaceX executive in charge of build and flight reliability, presented the findings Monday at the American Astronautical Society’s Glenn Space Technology Symposium in Cleveland. The rocket lifted off on August 26 from SpaceX’s launch pad in Starbase, Te

Apple isn’t packing a charging cable in with the AirPods Pro 3

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. The AirPods Pro 3 seem like a solid upgrade, but they have one significant drawback: Apple isn’t including a charging cable in the box, MacRumors reports. Apple spells it out right on the AirPods Pro 3 tech specs page, saying in the “In the Box” section that “USB‑C Charge Cable sold separately.” That means that if you want to charge the case for the AirPods Pro 3, you’ll n

You can preorder the AirPods Pro 3 right now

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple’s most impressive wireless earbuds are now available to preorder from Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target for $249. The new AirPods Pro 3 won’t arrive until September 19th, but you can place your order from the retailer of your choice, then be among the first to dig into their premium features on launch day. We’ve gone into detail about how the AirPods Pro 3 stack up against the rest of Apple’s AirP

Nvidia, Broadcom, TSMC, other AI names rally on Oracle's massive growth projections

Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison during a launch event at the company's headquarters in Redwood Shores, California June 10, 2014. Oracle 's massive growth trajectory for cloud infrastructure is lifting all boats. The cloud giant forecasted skyrocketing sales to $114 billion in the company's fiscal 2029, signalling demand for artificial intelligence processing will remain high over the next few years, and will require Oracle to build out new data centers. "The guide for a 14x of Oracl

Which new iPhone model should you buy? Here’s what Apple says

Apple just launched four new iPhones: the iPhone 17, 17 Pro and Pro Max, and iPhone Air. The introduction of iPhone Air makes a purchase decision especially difficult this year. But Apple seems to know that, as it’s published a new video to help shoppers decide on the right model for them. Can’t decide on a new iPhone model? Apple wants to help Following the conclusion of yesterday’s iPhone 17 unveiling, Apple published a new video titled ‘The Can’t Decide Guide.’ The video walks through the

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Pixel 10 fights AI fakes with new Android photo verification tech

Google is integrating C2PA Content Credentials into the Pixel 10 camera and Google Photos, to help users distinguish between authentic, unaltered images and those generated or edited with artificial intelligence technology. The American company notes that the problem of labeling synthetic media has become bigger in recent years as traditional approaches are no longer suitable and leave room for leave room for interpretation and misrepresentation. In the latest Pixel 10 phones, every JPEG photo

We can’t circumvent the work needed to train our minds

The Scam Called “You Don't Have to Remember Anything” Dear Zettlers, This scam is decades old now and it is quite surprising that people still fall for it. The search engines, old note-taking apps (you know, those with an elephant icon and the like) and AI have something in common: They claim that the effort of remembering things is outdated like using a candle in the age of electric light. The following is, by the way, from my Zettelkasten (2016): To find what you need online, you require

Elon Musk Was Just Unseated as the World’s Richest Person

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison is having a good morning. Oracle’s stock is up more than 42% on Wednesday, thanks to an earnings call on Tuesday that left investors stunned. The company missed earnings and revenue estimates, but the forward looking guidance alone was apparently good enough to get investors to rally around it. A bulk of that reaction had to do with the revenue that AI computing demand was expected to bring to Oracle’s cloud infrastructure service. The shares skyrocketed in respo

James Gunn Teases What ‘Superman’ Follow-Up ‘Man of Tomorrow’ Will Be About

James Gunn fulfilled a dream today, calling his appearance on The Howard Stern Show “one of the greatest days of my life.” The interview with Stern covered many aspects of his career, including Superman, Peacemaker, the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, and his role as the co-head of DC Studios. It’s a fun, informative segment—well worth tuning in if you have SiriusXM access—but the most newsworthy nugget came during a brief discussion of Superman follow-up Man of Tomorrow. When Gunn announced Ma

iPhone 17 Pro Hands-On: The Most Un-Jony Ive iPhones Apple Has Ever Made

I felt a sense of déjà vu as I picked up the iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max—in Cosmic Orange, of course—at the “Awe Dropping” Apple Event and tried to pin down what about these new Apple smartphones felt so familiar. Then it hit me as I left the Steve Jobs Theater in a tired daze last night: the iPhone 17 Pros remind me of the MacBook Pros with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. Like those first “pro” MacBooks, the iPhone 17 Pros are actually built for pros. It’s not just “pro” for marketing. The iPhone 17

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The Apple Watch Ultra 3 Delivers on a Long-Awaited Upgrade

If you're more comfortable hiking mountain trails or gliding under water, or you just prefer a chunky smartwatch with days of battery life, your patience over the last couple of years has paid off. At Tuesday's big fall event, Apple officially announced the Apple Watch Ultra 3, the next generation of Apple's high-performance smartwatch. The Ultra 3 adds a brighter, larger display, 5G cellular communication, satellite connectivity, a battery life increase of up to 42 hours and the ability to det

Apple Snuck a Clue About Its Smart Home Plans Into the iPhone Air Reveal - and I Caught It

Apple's "awe dropping" Tuesday event has wrapped up, and we're all still taking in the new paper-thin iPhone Air line (not everyone's in awe of it) as well as the iPhone 17 Pro. But something caught my ear in the middle of the iPhone Air announcement. Along with other connectivity support, Apple made sure to add that the iPhone Air would support Thread. In a presentation where every second and word was intentional, it means a lot that the company included it. (Preorders for the iPhone 17 Air ope

Anthropic reports outages, Claude and Console impacted

Anthropic reported a service outage impacting APIs, Console, and Claude earlier this afternoon. Users on GitHub and Hacker News noted issues with Claude at around 12:20 ET, with Anthropic releasing a status update eight minutes later, noting that its APIs, Console, and Claude AI were down. At press time, the company said it had implemented several fixes and was monitoring the results. “We’re aware of a very brief outage of our API today shortly before 9:30am PT,” an Anthropic spokesperson told

Arc gets its first major order for electric tugboats worth $160M

If you’ve heard of Arc Boats, the Los Angeles startup founded in 2021 by former SpaceX employees, it’s likely because you’ve seen its sleek sport boats. But the company’s also been pushing into the far less glamorous world of tugboats, and now has its first big order worth $160 million. The company announced Wednesday it has signed a contract of that value with Curtin Maritime, a tug and barge operator. The new hybrid-electric tugs are expected to hit the waters around the Los Angeles port in 2

Spotify Lossless ‘rolling out gradually’ four years after Apple Music upgraded entire library

In the four years since Apple Music upgraded its entire music catalog to lossless overnight, Spotify has been just around the corner from catching up. Starting today, Spotify is taking the very first steps toward making that actually happen. Premium subscribers will receive a push notification from the Spotify app when lossless support becomes available. So what took so long? Here’s what Spotify says. “The wait is finally over; we’re so excited lossless sound is rolling out to Premium subscrib

Center Stage is a better vision of the Apple Intelligence era

Apple has offered a few different variations of Center Stage — its photo tracking and enhancement suit — over the years, but with the iPhone 17 line and iPhone Air the company has designed the feature to solve a small (albeit annoying) problem with modern smartphones. Now there's no need to change how you hold the device to shoot portrait- or landscape-oriented selfies. It's vintage Apple: a seemingly simply melding of hardware and software in a way few other companies excel at. The reason it c

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iPhone 17 Pro vs. iPhone 14 Pro: Why I'm upgrading to this year's model after three years

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a current iPhone 14 Pro Max user, I still feel like my three-year-old iPhone gives me everything I need from a smartphone. Sure, it may still have a Lightning Port and no support for Apple Intelligence, but I get around those very minor discomforts by using a MagSafe charger and ChatGPT. Truth be told, the Apple Intelligence features haven't wowed me enough to make me fork over $1,000 on a newer iPhone. Also: Apple Event live updates: Ev

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"No Tax on Tips" Includes Digital Creators, Too

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act may have quietly changed the economics of the creator economy. The U.S. Treasury Department this past week released a list of occupations “that customarily and regularly received tips” and thus will be eligible for the administration’s flagship “no tax on tips” policy, which will let eligible taxpayers deduct their tipped income, within certain limits. And while the list includes the obvious (bartenders, food servers, casino dealers and housekeepers

Perseverance Rover Finds Potential Sign of Ancient Life in Martian Rock

Today, NASA officials unveiled intriguing new findings from “Sapphire Canyon,” the 25th geological sample collected by the Perseverance Mars rover. This rock core has captivated scientists ever since Perseverance extracted it in July 2024, as it may help them determine if microbial life ever existed on the Red Planet. Now, NASA has revealed that the initial analysis of the Sapphire Canyon sample could not rule out a biological origin for its distinctive features. “This very well could be the cl

The AirPods Pro 3 Can Read Your Heart Rate During Workouts, Without the Need of an Apple Watch

Apple unveiled the new AirPods Pro 3 during its "awe-dropping" event Tuesday. The latest iteration of the Pro earpods has improved noise cancellation, the ability to translate other languages in real time, better and clearer sound quality, and water resistance, so it can handle your sweatiest workouts. But the AirPods Pro's newest standout feature is its ability to read your heart rate using a small sensor implanted in the earpiece. That means during your daily walks or workouts, your AirPods w

The orange iPhone stole the show

is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple’s 2025 fall event was not the splashiest set of announcements in the company’s history. Some phones, some watches, some headphones, some cases. Some good stuff! But there was only one thing that seemingly caused deep feelings in everyone, both l