Also it feels important to say there is literally no possible way to know what an editor is like *as an editor* by reading published written work by that person, which often goes through… other editors!
If any Vergecast listeners can tell me when we have discussed the need to craft high stakes headlines I would love to know lol
Grammarly's "Expert Review" AI agents "inspired" by @reckless.bsky.social, @davidpierce.xyz, @seanhollister.bsky.social, and @tomwarren.co.uk are giving users """edits.""" There are several things wrong with this.
Couple things here:
1. What the fuck
2. I am allllllmost more offended by the suggestion that I would give this shitbox edit than having my identity stolen
3. The CEO is scheduled to be on Decoder soon and we will see if they back out!
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Unfortunately, “Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic
When @vicmsong.bsky.social and I talked about how covering fitness and wearable tech meant her beat now included wellness... well, I told her it was going to get bad and weird fast www.theverge.com/column/88992...
Anthropic's official line is that Claude is not "alive" but may be "conscious" which @haydenfield.bsky.social correctly called "highly suggestive uncertainty" www.theverge.com/report/88376...
This is how you do it people
I had one! It was notably creaky at the end lol
I’ve been reporting that the next Xbox would play PC games for 2+ years, and now it’s official. Microsoft has teased its next Xbox, and says “Project Helix” will play PC games. We’ll hear more about Project Helix at GDC next week 👍 www.theverge.com/games/890194...
it was! which means it's time to start tweaking it ;)
Google Zero was the entire impetus of our feed-based redesign five years ago, it's been the subject of several Decoder episodes, it's why we did an entire package about the culture and death of SEO two years ago. Welcome, everyone, you are freaking out at branded content from a marketing agency lol
This report keeps going around, which is funny because
1. The data here is garbage, and these numbers are not close to accurate for The Verge
2. I am the person who started warning everyone about Google Zero ages ago, and we have been hedging against this forever
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Oh it depends, about half the time it’s the exact opposite
Oh sure, every smaller site with comments or community! We probably would
I’ve spent years arguing that getting rid of 230 is a disaster but the law was meant from the start to operate in a world where tech companies were competing to keep kids safe, and, well
One of the reasons I feel so ambivalent about age-gating and various moves to limit 230 is that the version of the internet at risk was designed to have, like, companies that felt shame and tried to do the right thing?
I read Casey Means' entire book for research.
I'm going to leave you with this one excerpt.
I'm sorry friends. If you were born by c-section, you may not have been set up for metabolic success because you did not ingest your mom's vaginal organisms.
You see, they’re looking for something but still haven’t found it (80s babes and cocaine in Vegas)
I have no recollection of writing this or why on earth I wrote the hell out of it like this lol
Gonna be live with @reckless.bsky.social in a few minutes talking all things MacBook, iPhone, Studio Display and more. Come hang! www.youtube.com/watch?v=39E2...
David and I are both in NYC for the Apple stuff which means… EMERGENCY LIVE VERGECAST in five minutes!!! www.youtube.com/live/39E2Wu9...
“Saying you’re better is not a THREAT!” says Live Nation in its defense against the government's claims that it monopolized parts of the concert industry.
www.theverge.com/policy/88877...
i don't even know how to read this as a punch!
hey let's hastily migrate hbo max and discovery to the same oracle-hosted backend that takes five years to start a paramount+ stream and is regularly cracking under the strain of tiktok, this will go great www.theverge.com/tech/888647/...
a lot of incredible people built something very important there!
The Last Website On Earth
the verge is turning 15 this year, almost as many owners as engadget has had in that time www.theverge.com/tech/888364/...
Conversely any attempt to do antitrust enforcement is a republic-destroying infringement of liberties
I don’t disagree with any of this really, I just think the blunter assessment (which I sent to Ben) is that leaning so heavily on “might makes right” actually means laws don’t matter at all, only the ends desired by the most violent. Which, fascism
