With news that Meta has spent millions on an ad campaign to persuade people that having data centers in their backyard isn’t all that bad, Mark’s next move is an obvious one.
ScubaDiver:
Put one next to your house Mark! Be the change you want to see in the world.
Get the day’s best comment and more in my free newsletter, The Verge Daily.
At least in the UK, where the walkback comes after the country’s CMA opened a consultation on forcing Google to do just that, having given the company “strategic market status” last year. Ron Eden, Google’s principal for product management, says:
“We’re now exploring updates to our controls to let sites specifically opt out of Search generative AI features. Our goal is to protect the helpfulness of Search for people who want information quickly, while also giving websites the right tools to manage their content.”
That’s Bring Your Own Brick, of course. The five new Star Wars-themed sets launching on March 1st support the company’s new interactive features, with smart minifigures and tags, but only if you already own the crucial Smart Brick from one of the three existing Smart Play sets.
If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.
Reddit’s big dick subreddit has turned on ICE, who know a thing or two about being dicks themselves.
Species 8472:
and here I thought ICE were the huge dicks
Get the day’s best comment and more in my free newsletter, The Verge Daily.
Tennis’s biggest stars keep being asked to take their Whoop trackers off at the Australian Open. The wearable is permitted by the sport’s governing bodies, but banned by the tournament, prompting frustration from player (and, um, paid Whoop ambassador) Aryna Sabalenka:
“All the tournaments I play, we wear Whoop. It’s just for tracking my health. I don’t understand why Grand Slams are not allowing us to wear it.”
Parents since the ‘80s Satanic Panic have worried that kids playing Dungeons & Dragons wouldn’t be able to tell reality from fantasy, but maybe it was AI they should have been worried about all along.
cowboyxboombap:
I’m getting a kick out of this, honestly. I use Gemini as a D&D DM copilot and for some of the roleplaying moments with the players and now it thinks that’s all my actual life. I had to give it instructions that all of that stuff was made up. It’s hilarious
Get the day’s best comment and more in my free newsletter, The Verge Daily.
Some plurals are just more fun than others to say — this commenter gets it.
The Schpongler:
Must feel so good to use the plural “attorneys general” at a scale like this. It’s like “senators elect”, “notaries public”, or “Bigs Mac”.
Get the day’s best comment and more in my free newsletter, The Verge Daily.