Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/20/24249770/microsoft-three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-deal-ai-data-centers
FTC says social media companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/19/24249073/ftc-data-retention-privacy-report-facebook-meta-youtube-reddit
Censorship accusations loom over Big Tech hearing on election threats https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/19/24248501/senate-intelligence-committee-election-threats-hearing-meta-google-microsoft
Former MoviePass CEO admits the $9.95 ‘unlimited’ ticket scheme was fraud https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/17/24247051/moviepass-ceo-mitch-lowe-guilty-plea-fraud
Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/16/24246428/amazon-return-to-office-five-days-a-week
23andMe agrees to pay $30 million to settle lawsuit over massive data breach https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/13/24243986/23andme-settlement-dna-data-breach-lawsuit
European iPad users can soon download apps from third-party stores https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/13/24243634/apple-ipad-eu-ipados-sideloading-alternative-app-store-date
The entire staff of beloved game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned https://www.theverge.com/games/2024/9/12/24243317/annapurna-interactive-staff-reportedly-resigns
Right-wingers can’t get enough of anti-Haitian AI disinformation https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24243021/springfield-ohio-haitians-ai-generated-misinformation-trump
OpenAI releases o1, its first model with ‘reasoning’ abilities https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24242439/openai-o1-model-reasoning-strawberry-chatgpt
Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007 https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24242789/meta-training-ai-models-facebook-instagram-photo-post-data
iFixit made its own USB-C soldering iron, and it’s already a joy https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24242497/ifixit-fixhub-usb-soldering-iron-station-battery-toolkit-price-release-date
Google Wallet will let you make a digital ID from a US passport https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24242033/google-wallet-us-passport-drivers-license-digital-id