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No surprise there. Guessing AI is going to be a big part of this presentation. The place is filling up with about 10 minutes to go.

Liberal justice Sonia Sotomayor says that if the court believes only intermediate First Amendment scrutiny applies to the data protection concerns, then the government is only required to use “reasonable means” to address their interests.

If you’re running into a problem where articles on The Verge are flashing and disappearing instead of showing up like they should, we apologize.

Clem Delangue, the CEO of AI model repository Hugging Face, just shared his 2025 AI predictions, which include: A major AI protest, a big company seeing its market cap divided by two or more because of AI, 100,000+ pre-orders for personal AI robots, China leading the AI race thanks to open source, and breakthrough applications in biology and chemistry.

If you’ve been admiring the poppy backdrops in our holiday gift guide, I’ve got good news: you can now buy your own Verge wrapping paper from our merch store. I’ll be wrapping all my presents (mostly socks) in these gorgeous prints by our senior designer Cath Virginia.

Progressives say the state measure, which won 54-46, is a distraction from the prevailing goal of reclassifying drivers as employees. Even the drivers say they aren’t opposed to the measure, but would prefer a more comprehensive fix. The ballot measure is the first of its kind in the US.

iPod co-creator and Nest founder Tony Fadell spoke—how should I say this—candidly about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco yesterday.

After years of demand, our friends over at Eater just released their app for iOS, which helps you find nearby restaurants they’ve covered with over 10,000 maps in more than 100 cities. (Tip: if you’re looking to show off to friends and family, the Heatmaps are a great way to discover the hottest new restaurants.)

You might have heard that it’s 2004 Week on The Verge. There are lots of awesome, super nostalgic stories that you absolutely need to go check out right now.

In descending order of importance, it was the year I got my first boyfriend, the year Veronica Mars came out, and the year when much of our digital world was created. It was also the year when some incredible music was released. Kazaa is long gone so we’ve put together this playlist to set the vibes as we revisit 2004. Enjoy!

Pitchfork was the music tastemaker of the blog era. Now, after media empire Condé Nast acquired it and eventually gutted the staff, several former Pitchfork writers are launching a (mostly) worker-owned music site called Hearing Things. NYT has the backstory of how it came together.

I’m real excited for the weekend — we’re gearing up for Fleet Week here in San Francisco, so lots of rooftop shenanigans and a Blue Angels show. Until then, I cannot stop banging this song from Crowded House. I’ve probably looped it 20 times today.

The Flytrap is a new indie newsletter in the vein of Defector and Aftermath, featuring a number of smart contributors including Verge regular s.e. smith. The group of ten writers is currently trying to launch their publication by crowdfunding through Kickstarter.

The Switchbot Wallet Finder Card is a smart tracker that taps into Apple’s Find My Network. It supports NFC card functionality, so SwitchBot Lock owners with a keypad can have it unlock their door. It also works with the SwitchBot Hub to turn on smart lights as you approach home.

The claim that the Titanic was swapped with a sister ship and intentionally sunk for an insurance payout is, according to Reuters, a long-running and meritless rumor.

Lionsgate parted ways with marketing consultant Eddie Egan, who was in charge of the materials for the Megalopolis trailer that was recently pulled after quotes used for it were found to have been fabricated, reported Deadline.

Earlier today, we issued a story with the headline “Are Copilot Plus PCs really the Windows alternative to Chromebooks?” We’ve removed the story as it did not meet our editorial standards.

I had to the good fortune of reading an early copy of Andrew Chow’s smartly researched and brightly written new book, Cryptomania (which I always say to the tune of “Lisztomania”). It joins Zeke Faux’s Number Go Up as one of the great chronicles of the crypto boom, and it’s out this week.

Is the new Jamie xx single about KOSA? Probably not, but it’s a bop.

Maybe the fears around AI are overblown, but if you’re going to argue that the human mind is more creative than a computer, then maybe you want to write sentences that are less embarrassing than what GPT might spit out.

but what about her favorite record?