A New Student Movement Wants You to Log Off

Two years ago a college sophomore started "the Log Off movement." This week the New York Times explored its progress — starting wi...

Is Debating AI Sentience a Dangerous Distraction?

"A Google software engineer was suspended after going public with his claims of encountering 'sentient' artificial intelligence...

WhatsApp now lets you mute individual users during group calls

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WhatsApp has rolled out several new features this past week, including the ability to mute people...

Google Engineer Who Believes Its AI is Sentient Cites Religious Beliefs

Google engineer Blake Lemoine thinks Google's chatbot-building system LaMDA attained sentience. But Bloomberg shares this rebuttal from ...

Verizon, AT&T Agree to Delay Some 5G Rollouts Near Airports

The Associated Press reports: Federal regulators say Verizon and AT&T will delay part of their 5G rollout near airports to give airlines...

A Linux Botnet That Spreads Using Stolen SSH Keys

ZDNet is warning that Linux users need to watch out for "a new peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that spreads between networks using stolen SSH...

US lawmakers call on Google to label or limit search results for ‘fake’ abortion clinics

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A group of US lawmakers has signed off on a letter to Google that urges the company to reevaluate...