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- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts
Microsoft has been publishing data about the gender, race, and ethnic breakdown of its employees for more than a decade. Since 2019 it’s been publishing a full diversity and inclusion…
- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet
Thirty years ago today, Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems issued a joint press release announcing JavaScript, an object scripting language designed for creating interactive web applications. The language emerged from…
- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
As for Wilcox, he’s long been one of that small group of privacy zealots who buys his SIM cards in cash with a fake name. But he hopes Phreeli will…
- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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Sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to government espionage victims, researchers say
Spyware maker Intellexa had remote access to some of its government customers’ surveillance systems, giving company staffers the ability to see the personal data of people whose phones had been…
- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply | Water
As Australia rides the AI boom with dozens of new investments in datacentres in Sydney and Melbourne, experts are warning about the impact these massive projects will have on already…
- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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Pixel-art cyberpunk game Replaced arrives in March
Based on what we’ve seen, Replaced is a gaming art director’s dream. The long-delayed indie title has lush pixel-art environments, set in a cyberpunk fever dream. And now we finally…
- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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The Download: LLM confessions, and tapping into geothermal hot spots
What’s new: OpenAI is testing a new way to expose the complicated processes at work inside large language models. Researchers at the company can make an LLM produce what they…
- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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Sorry, Spotify Wrapped. My Listening Age Is Not What You Think It Is
Spotify Wrapped is a fun annual roundup of your listening habits. Every year, the music streaming app adds new features, like back in 2023, when it assigned people a Sound…
- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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Spotify wants to be the next big video service
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Get ready for a lot…
- Technology
- December 4, 2025
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Trump wants tiny Japanese-style cars for US even as he cuts mpg goals
It’s been less than a year into the second Trump administration, and to many outside observers, US government policies appear confusing or incoherent. Yesterday provided a good example from the…
