The journalist and author of I Am Not a Robot on her year living with AI and starting a new media company.
Boox’s new e-reader remote has a distinctive two-button typewriter design, a radically different approach to the form factor than Kobo took.
magpie-lark:
love the design on this but im very happy with my kobo remote that looks like a sex toy
Get the day’s best comment and more in my free newsletter, The Verge Daily.
Maybe — at least for one X user, who claims Codex earned them $16.88 after being told “to go off and make me $5.” Not exactly life-changing, but not nothing. And it caught Sam Altman’s eye. Still, it reportedly took 22 hours, and the token bill is unclear. Not quitting the day job just yet.
It’s part of One UI 8.5, rolling out now in the US after the Korean rollout began last week. Along with AirDrop compatibility, the update brings other features that launched on the Galaxy S26, including an updated Bixby, AI call screening, and easier AI image editing in Creative Studio.
Like Roland’s flagship, Polyend Drums combines analog and digital drum synthesis, with samples, powerful sequencing features, and a ton of hands-on controls, including a morphing fader. It’s also expensive as hell at $2,699. But it might be the last drum machine you ever need.
I’m Not a Robot has a simple premise: Finish a series of CAPTCHA to prove your humanity. But quickly, your usual click-a-box or identify-the-stop-sign gives way to Where’s Waldo, Tic-Tac-Toe, and word searches. I got stuck at level 17, and now I’m not sure if I actually am a human.
[Neal.fun]
If you’re hoping Apple will reverse course, hate to break it to you: it ain’t happening. That said, the company could address some of its most glaring issues, including transparency and shadows that make text-heavy areas harder to read on desktop. According to Mark Gurman:
Liquid Glass itself isn’t going away, as I’ve said before. It’s simply being refined. I also expect iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 to include a range of interface tweaks, though nothing will be too dramatic. The goal is more of a cleanup and refinement effort aligned with the company’s wider push to polish its software this year.
