Google’s AI enters its ‘agentic era’

Project Astra is supposed to be more useful than ever — and it knows where you are. | Image: Google I stepped into a room lined with bookshelves, stacked with ordinary programming and architecture texts. One shelf stood slightly askew, and behind it was a hidden room that had three TVs displaying famous artworks: Edvard…

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We asked our staff for their 2025 predictions

2024 had some stand-out moments in tech: from AI-generated images to TikTok’s near ban, to beigecore, Windows BSOD, the best smart ring of them all, and the list goes on. If you want to see the technology that we just couldn’t ignore, check out our video here. But now, we’re looking toward 2025, and it’s…

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Why every company wants a podcast now

Image: The Verge. Photos: Getty Hello, and welcome to Decoder! I’m David Pierce, editor-at-large of The Verge. As you may have noticed, we’re dropping some extra episodes in the feed this week. You’ll have Nilay back on Friday and for next week, as we run toward the end of the year. But I’m really excited…

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Former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner, convicted of illicit contact with minor, files to run for NYC Council

Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., whose once-promising career was seemingly destroyed by sexting scandals, is eyeing a political comeback and exploring a return to New York City Council. Weiner, 60, who resigned from Congress in 2011 after admitting to sending women explicit photos, has filed to run for a seat on the council where he previously…

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Jana Kramer’s husband will ‘never’ allow his wife to film sex scenes like the ones in ‘Yellowstone’

Jana Kramer and her husband, Allan Russell, were very candid about how comfortable they are with allowing sex scenes to be filmed during their marriage. On the actress’ “Whine Down” podcast, Russell joined his wife and discussed a recent “Yellowstone” episode the couple watched together.  During one of the final episodes of the hit Western,…

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