
On Aug. 6, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully touched down on the Martian surface in a way never attempted before: a rocket-powered sky crane. Here’s why it mattered.

“Phobos crosses the Martian sky three times a day, and Earth is visible for months at a stretch, but catching one directly behind the other takes planning and a little luck.”

Today, I’m talking with Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, about the growing backlash against AI data centers. Gaby recently reported a fantastic piece about Hernando County, Florida, where last month the county commission unanimously approved a yearlong moratorium on data center construction. She attended a protest there organized by a […]

BMW is hurrying to ramp up production of the new i3 after opening orders early due to stronger-than-expected demand.
Google is set to release the Pixel 11 soon, and although my Pixel 9 Pro is two years old, I won’t be upgrading for five specific reasons.

A police department in Parker, Colorado, pulled over a Tesla going 64 mph in a 45 mph zone whose driver insisted they weren’t responsible, because the car was running “Full Self-Driving.”
Of course, Tesla will never take responsibility for that inciden…
Bose’s new QuietComfort Headphones bring TrueSpatial audio, lossless USB-C playback, improved noise cancellation, and a refreshed design for $359.
The industry has made enormous progress on settlement infrastructure, but it has not made comparable progress on payment recovery.
Xbox is attempting to win back fans, or at least satisfy the ones they already have, by making changes, big and small. Now, Platinum Trophies are coming.
Anthropic launches an in-house chip team as labs push custom silicon to cut token costs, even while expanding massive TPU commitments with Google and Broadcom.