Microsoft’s Mico heightens the risks of parasocial LLM relationships
“It looks like you’re trying to find a friend. Would you like help?”
Microsoft Revives Clippy with Mico: A Nostalgic, Human-Centered AI Assistant Revolution
Microsoft’s Copilot AI Evolves: Human-Centered Design Meets ‘90s Nostalgia With Animated Assistant Microsoft has taken a bold step in the evolution of AI assistants by launching its 2025 “Copilot Fall…
CS2 item market loses nearly $2B in value overnight due to “trade up” update
Once rare $14K knife now sells for $7K, some common guns jump from $10 to over $100.
Virginia Giuffre’s Memoir Exposes Epstein’s Network, Spurs Renewed Scrutiny on Prince Andrew
Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, published on October 21, 2025, stands as a deeply personal account of her harrowing experiences…
GM will ditch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, not just EVs
GM plans to drop support for phone projection on all new vehicles in the near future, and not just its electric car lineup, according to GM CEO Mary Barra. In Decoder interview with The Verge’s Nilay Patel, published Wednesday, Barra confirmed GM will eventually end support of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on both gas-powered
Samsung Galaxy XR hands-on: It’s like a cheaper Apple Vision Pro and launches today
Watching the first few minutes of KPop Demon Hunters on Samsung’s Galaxy XR headset, I think Apple’s Vision Pro might be cooked. It’s not because the Galaxy XR – which Samsung formerly teased as Project Moohan – is that much better than the Vision Pro. It’s that the experience is comparable, but you get so
Even Xbox developer kits are getting a big price hike
After raising prices on Xbox consoles and subscriptions, Microsoft is now turning its attention to Xbox developers. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the company is significantly increasing the price of its Xbox Development Kit (XDK) – the custom hardware used by developers to build Xbox games. The current Xbox dev kit
The mystery object that struck a plane in flight? It was probably a weather balloon
WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations.
The Sims Mobile is shutting down next year
The Sims is in a period of transition — and as part of that, the ongoing mobile version will be shutting down in a few months. EA announced that today’s update for The Sims Mobile will be its last, and that on January 20th, 2026 the game “will no longer be accessible to play and
X is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app
X is testing a change to the way it handles links on iOS so that the buttons to like, reply, and repost will always be visible. Normally, when you click a link on X the page opens up and completely covers the original post. Apparently, this leads to fewer people clicking like or otherwise engaging