The smart glasses race is really on now

The smart glasses race is really on now

Apple is reportedly putting more resources behind smart glasses. Will it crush Meta? Apple is reportedly putting more resources behind smart glasses. Will it crush Meta? Oct 2, 2025, 4:30 PM UTC Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Last month, I had a conversation with...
Fake actor deepens anxiety over AI in Hollywood

Fake actor deepens anxiety over AI in Hollywood

Scary. Terrifying. Deeply misguided. Those were among the visceral reactions this week from Emily Blunt, Whoopi Goldberg, Natasha Lyonne and many other actors and filmmakers over the sudden fame of Tilly Norwood. Norwood isn’t real — the brunette who appears in a...
Why AI Companies Are Pivoting to Short-Form Video

Why AI Companies Are Pivoting to Short-Form Video

OpenAI’s new short-form video app, Sora, seems to have all the ingredients of a viral hit. Just hours after the app’s launch on Tuesday, memes created using its AI video-generation technology were already spreading to other social networks—including, for example, a...