It feels like the Gulf of America all over again. Last year, President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico as part of an executive order. Now, in the middle of a trade war with Canada, he’s going back to the same playbook by issuing an order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America. As
You know the person blocking your view of the concert because their phone is swaying in the air, recording the entire thing? Get ready for the unfolded version of it. This week on The Vergecast, we dive right into the big week of Apple news. First, it’s the refreshed Mac Mini and Mac Studio, as
Don’t be fooled by the question mark in the title of an article published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association. When the authors, including medical superstar Ezekiel Emanuel and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, asked, “Will Autonomous AI Exceed AI-Physicians as the Best Medical Care?” they were being rhetorical. Their answer is
Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new “Machine Age” fund with $1.1 billion raised. The firm’s aim with the new fund is to “open the throttle and accelerate the physical buildout of AI.” The fund will focus on hardware, bucking the firm’s typical focus on the scaling power of software. In a post on the venture
Apple surprised the tech world this week by selling new versions of the Mac Mini and Mac Studio desktop machines, right as it also released a teaser for its big iPhone event on Sept. 9. No wonder the event tagline is Surprise and Shine. Launching new Macs and iPhones isn’t the typical Apple playbook for
Spoilers follow for the first season of Dark Matter. First, a reminder of where the story left us. Based on the novel of the same name, Dark Matter follows Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physics professor in Chicago who is living a relatively normal and contented life with his artist wife Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) and