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This is a furry blog, where I write about whatever interests me and sign it with my fursona’s name. I sometimes talk about furry fandom topics, but I sometimes also talk about applied cryptography. If you got a mild bit of emotional whiplash from that sentence, the best list of posts to start reading to get a feel for my usual fare is here. When one of my more technical blog posts makes it to Hacker News or Reddit, I will inevitably read some pearl-clutching comment declaring the inclusion of

Going chain-free with the Priority Apollo gravel bike

In combining a belt drive with a gravel bike, Priority Bicycles has put a smart idea into action with the Apollo Gravel. The execution is mostly there, although the Apollo is perhaps best described as a fantastic commuter bike with a solid gravel upside—as long as the road isn't too rough. The Apollo Gravel comes in both aluminum and titanium frames. I tested the $1,999 aluminum model; the titanium version retails for $3,999. The aluminum version weighs in at 24 lb (10.9 kg), about a half-pound

I ‘fooled’ Samsung’s new antioxidant feature with a Cheez-It

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. If I were to believe the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, I don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables. Normally, smartwatches don’t make judgments about your nutritional intake. But this year, Samsung introduced a new experimental feature called Antioxidant Index. Using blue, yellow, and infrared LEDs, the watch’s sensor can pick up carotenoid l

How Is T-Mobile's Starlink-Based Satellite Service Different From the Rest? I Tried It First-Hand

T-Mobile's new T-Satellite service commercially launched this week. It uses the Starlink satellite network to let you send and receive text messages from space. For $10 a month (or included in the cost of the company's Experience Beyond plan), the service can be a communications lifeline when you're out of cellular coverage. But that's the thing: To test it out, I had to find a cellular dead zone. T-Mobile estimates there are 500,000 square miles in the US with no cell coverage, so I left my ho

Syncing desktops and better AI wallpapers are coming to ChromeOS

Google has released a new version of ChromeOS that allows you to sync desktops between devices, ideal for anyone who works across more than one Chromebook. It also significantly improves the AI wallpapers available on Chromebook Plus laptops with a completely freeform prompting field. Desk sync is designed to help you pick up where you left off when changing devices. It will sync your windows, tabs, and cookies so you can change devices without losing where you were. Google suggests it’ll be pa

Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature is now blocked by Brave and AdGuard

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature, that automatically screenshots nearly everything on a Copilot Plus PC, is meeting resistance from app developers. Signal kicked off a trend of blocking Recall earlier this year, with AdGuard and the Brave browser now also blocking the Windows AI feature. AdGuard calls Recall a “privacy concern” in a blog post outlining why it’s blockin

Modernish – A library for writing programs for POSIX-based shells and utilities

Releases For code examples, see EXAMPLES.md and share/doc/modernish/examples modernish – harness the shell Sick of quoting hell and split/glob pitfalls? Tired of brittle shell scripts going haywire and causing damage? Mystified by line noise commands like [ , [[ , (( ? , , ? Is scripting basic things just too hard? Ever wish that find were a built-in shell loop? were a built-in shell loop? Do you want your script to work on nearly any shell on any Unix-like OS? Modernish is a library fo

Ben Stiller documentary about his parents gets premiere date on Apple TV+

Apple TV+ has announced its latest collaboration with Ben Stiller: an original documentary that explores the lives and legacy of his parents, legendary comedy duo Jerry Stiller (Seinfeld) and Anne Meara (Night at the Museum). Here’s when to expect it. ‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost’ gets a theatrical release The documentary, Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost, will debut in select theaters on October 17, before hitting Apple TV+ globally on October 24. Here is Ben Stiller on how he feels abo

T-Mobile and Starlink's $10 a Month Satellite Texting Service Is Live. Here's How It Works

T-Mobile's T-Satellite internet service, powered by SpaceX's Starlink satellites, officially launched on Wednesday, July 23. The direct-to-cell messaging service that enables texting from anywhere isn't limited to T-Mobile customers -- AT&T and Verizon mobile customers can also purchase it for $10 a month. T-Mobile says its goal is to "eliminate mobile dead zones for good" by way of 657 Starlink satellites that'll be used exclusively for cellphone service. T-Satellite has been in beta testing s

Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship

Late in the evening on July 23, developers with games tagged as NSFW on Itch.io, a digital marketplace, began to notice something strange. Their work—whether it was a game about navigating disordered eating as a teenager, or about dick pics—no longer appeared in search results. “No notification or anything,” says former NYU Game Center educator and developer Robert Yang, whose work explores gay history and culture. “Just found out via Bluesky.” Itch.io is deindexing, or removing from its searc

Starlink suffers global outage, as T-Mobile rolls out integration [U]

For the past hour, Starlink customers around the globe have had trouble using the service. Although unrelated, the outage comes just one day after T-Mobile launched its integration with the satellite network. On X, Starlink acknowledged that it is working through the solution of a global outage, which began a little more than an hour ago: Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is

Court Rules Mike Lindell Doesn’t Have to Pay $5 Million in Hacked Voting Machine Bet

Mike Lindell, the founder and CEO of MyPillow, could be considered a loser in many ways, but not in a way that will cost him $5 million. The New York Times reports that a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Lindell will not have to pay out the prize money for his “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge, which offered up a $5 million reward to anyone who could sufficiently debunk his baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. Lindell offered up the prize money in 2021 dur

Starlink suffers global outage, as T-Mobile rolls out integration

For the past hour, Starlink customers around the globe have had trouble using the service. Although unrelated, the outage comes just one day after T-Mobile launched its integration with the satellite network. On X, Starlink acknowledged that it is working through the solution of a global outage, which began a little more than an hour ago: Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution. We appreciate your patience, we'll share an update once this issue is

Intel confirms it will cut a third of its workforce by the end of 2025

Intel provided more detail about the scope of its planned job cuts and other business changes while sharing its second-quarter earnings results . Reports in April suggested that Intel could eliminate around 20 percent of its staff in a restructuring plan. Today, the chipmaker said it anticipates having a core workforce of 75,000 employees by the end of 2025. That's about a third less than the 108,900 people it employed at the close of the previous fiscal year. These cuts are part of the company

Revisiting Moneyball

You can build a player in aggregate. The A’s discovered they could construct effective offensive production by combining players with complementary skills rather than seeking complete players. This insight challenged the traditional scouting preference for “five-tool players” who could hit for average, hit for power, run, field, and throw. Instead of expensive superstars, the A’s assembled a roster where different players contributed specific, undervalued skills: Scott Hatteberg: Exceptional

EE and BT network outage resolved, firm says

EE and BT network outage resolved, firm says 21 minutes ago Share Save Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images A network outage affecting thousands of EE and BT customers has been resolved, a spokesperson has said. Customers reported they were unable to make or receive calls as the mobile phone and landline networks faced an outage. Some customers reported issues with making 999 calls, but the government said these had "now been restored". A spokesperson from BT, which

Intel beats on revenue, slashes foundry investments as CEO says 'no more blank checks'

The Intel logo is displayed on a sign in front of Intel headquarters on July 16, 2025 in Santa Clara, California. Intel reported second-quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations on revenue, as the company's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan announced significant cuts in chip factory construction. The stock ticked higher in extended trading. Here's how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share : Loss of 10 cents per share, adjusted. : Loss of 10 cents per sha

New Koske Linux malware hides in cute panda images

A new Linux malware named Koske may have been developed with artificial intelligence and is using seemingly benign JPEG images of panda bears to deploy malware directly into system memory. Researchers from cybersecurity company AquaSec analyzed Koske and described it as "a sophhisticated Linux threat." Based on the observed adaptive behavior, the researchers believe that the malware was developed using large language models (LLMs) or automation frameworks. Koske’s purpose is to deploy CPU and

Working on a Programming Language in the Age of LLMs

I’ve been working on Rye since 2018. It’s a project of joy — but also because I believe there is a potential to create something of value to others, eventually. Even people living under a rock know we’ve entered the age of LLMs. I don’t jump to ships too soon, but eventually, even I had to admit: code can get generated from prompts. And in many situations — with a smart prompter — the results are quite OK. Even if you disagree, genie can’t be put back in the bottle. Technical progress generall

Mysterious Whale Makes a 17,000,000% Profit on a 14-Year-Old Bitcoin Bet

Several Bitcoin whales—investors who hold large amounts of the cryptocurrency — have recently started cashing out after leaving their Bitcoin untouched for more than a decade. Last week, one anonymous whale sold 80,000 Bitcoin for a whopping $9.5 billion. A user on X (formerly Twitter) first flagged the massive transaction, which was later reported by Tom’s Hardware. The seller had originally purchased the Bitcoin in 2011 for just $54,000, netting a staggering return of more than 17 million per

PS5 Beta Update Brings Simultaneous DualSense Controller Pairing to Multiple Devices

A system update for those in the PS5 beta program will enable a new feature for the DualSense or DualSense Edge controller, allowing it to be paired with multiple devices at the same time and quickly switch between them. Beta participants will get access to the new feature on Friday. The DualSense controller can be connected to several devices via Bluetooth that aren't the PS5, including computers (PC, Mac), and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. However, you can only connect to one o

Intel reveals it will lose 33,000 employees this year and retreat in Germany, Poland, and Costa Rica

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. In April, Intel attempted to announce layoffs without announcing layoffs. “We have not set any headcount reduction target,” Intel spokesperson Sophie Metzger told The Verge. But the company has laid off thousands of employees since — and today, in the company’s Q2 2025 earnings, it has revealed that Intel will dramatically shrink as a resul

Tesla dumped 75% of its bitcoin at one of the worst times, losing out on billions

In this article TSLA BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Thiago Prudencio | LightRocket | Getty Images Tesla missed on the top and bottom lines in the second quarter, but another miss was buried in its investor deck The company's digital assets are currently valued at $1.24 billion. That's up substantially from $722 million a year ago. But anyone who's been following the crypto market knows that the figure represents a lost opportunity amounting to billions of dollars in m

Microsoft's Satya Nadella says job cuts have been 'weighing heavily' on him

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks with Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Information Technology Budi Arie Setiadi, on the day of their meeting with Indonesian President Joko WIdodo, at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 30, 2024. Microsoft has laid off over 15,000 people so far in 2025. The stress of the belt-tightening has gotten to CEO Satya Nadella. "Before anything else, I want to speak to what's been weighing heavily on me, and what I know many of you are thinkin

Hubble Snaps Photos of Interstellar Invader

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped some spooky looking photos of our solar system's newest interstellar invader on the run. The object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, was first spotted careening through the outer limits of the Sun's domain earlier this month, and appears to be a comet. Upon closer inspection, its speed was found to be so incredible that there could be no doubt of its extrasolar origins, making it only the third detected interstellar object in history. Tantalizingly, it's hurtling straig

Installing the public betas? Here’s everything new with Apple Intelligence

This year at WWDC25, Apple acknowledged that its AI-powered Siri overhaul could have been smoother. But they also showed the work they have been putting into developing better models and features across their ecosystem. Here’s every new Apple Intelligence feature announced this year. Supported languages This year, Apple Intelligence is expanding its availability to almost 20 languages, beyond the very limited initial rollout. Here is the full list: Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional)

The POSIX specification of vi

Certain terminals do not have all the capabilities necessary to support the complete vi definition. When these commands cannot be supported on such terminals, this condition shall not produce an error message such as "not an editor command" or report a syntax error. The implementation may either accept the commands and produce results on the screen that are the result of an unsuccessful attempt to meet the requirements of this volume of POSIX.1-2024 or report an error describing the terminal-rel

Vet is a safety net for the curl | bash pattern

vet is a command-line tool that acts as a safety net for the common but risky curl | bash pattern. It lets you inspect remote scripts for changes, run them through a linter, and require your explicit approval before they can execute. Don't just run it, vet it. The Problem We've all seen this pattern for installing software: # This is convenient, but you're blindly trusting the remote script. curl -sSL https://example.com/install.sh | bash This is dangerous. The script could be malicious, th

Elon Admits That Tesla Is in for a World of Hurt

The ordeal isn't over yet for Tesla or its investors, according to CEO Elon Musk, as it misses heaps of Wall Street targets in its latest earnings report. "We probably could have a few rough quarters," Musk said in a conference call on Wednesday, as quoted by the Financial Times. If past is prelude, he could be onto something. In the second quarter, between April and June of this year, Tesla raked in just $1.2 billion in net income, when during that same period last year it made $1.4 billion.

Brave browser will block Microsoft Recall from tracking your online activity

ZDNET Microsoft has been touting its Recall feature to certain Windows users, but the screen snooper is already persona non grata with one popular browser. Starting with version 1.81, Brave for Windows will block Recall from automatically taking screenshots of your browsing activity, according to an article posted on Brave's website. "Given Brave's focus on privacy-maximizing defaults and what is at stake here (your entire browsing history), we have proactively disabled Recall for all Brave ta