How Ferrari bungled the design of its first EV
For nearly 80 years, Ferrari occupied a unique cultural space where its cars were aspirational, even for people who resented…
May 2026
What would you be willing to put in your body?
The Enhanced Games last weekend featured athletes who took performance-enhancing drugs. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge…
As Deepfakes Spread, YouTube Makes AI Labels Harder to Miss
As AI-generated videos become harder to distinguish from authentic footage, YouTube is rolling out more visible labels and automated detection…
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes on Launchpad Just Days After Being Cleared for Launch
The rocket experienced an anomaly during a hot fire test ahead of its fourth mission.
Rocket Report: A dark day for Blue Origin; Pentagon eyes new launch site
Welcome to Edition 8.43 of the Rocket Report! A disclaimer: No one yet fully appreciates the ramifications of Blue Origin’s…
These researchers would be in Africa fighting ebola—but Trump cut their funding
As the world struggles to contain the rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri Province,…
DIL Observatory: when the World Escalates, the Underground Responds
Digital Intelligence Lab (DIL) launches an observatory for reading cyber events as what they actually are: signals of a broader…
With Complex Cloud Integrations, Small Errors Lead to Major Compromises
Researchers discover an exploit chain combining over-permissioned roles, secrets discovery, and non-human identities that could have compromised a popular automation…
Guess What? Streaming-Only Gaming Handhelds Are Still a Thing
Acer’s Nitro Blaze Link is like if a PlayStation Portal ran Linux.
With Complex Cloud Integrations, Small Errors Lead to Major Compromises
Researchers discover an exploit chain combining over-permissioned roles, secrets discovery, and non-human identities that could have compromised a popular automation…