Your Top Performer Just Got Promoted. Here’s Why That Might Be a Mistake.

Promoting your best employee feels like a reward. Sometimes it’s actually a setup for two failures instead of one.

They want your blood
They want your blood

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. It’s an overcast Saturday morning when I give my 12th vial of blood for testing in six weeks. It’s my […]

Waymo starts offering rides at the Las Vegas airport

Pickups and dropoffs will happen at dedicated “autonomous vehicle zones” at Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.

Photon Bridge raises €10M to mass-produce lasers for AI data centres
Photon Bridge raises €10M to mass-produce lasers for AI data centres

Eindhoven-based Photon Bridge has raised €10M, co-led by the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and 360 Capital, to build laser light sources for the optical links inside AI data centres. It plans first samples in 2027 and volume production from 2028. Photon…

Neutrinos May Be The Key To Why We Are Surrounded By Matter
Neutrinos May Be The Key To Why We Are Surrounded By Matter

In the early Universe, neutrinos interacted strongly with other matter before some of them “decoupled.” The heaviest of these decoupled neutrinos may be the solution to the matter-antimatter cosmic mystery.

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Apple Music just got a new logo. And yeah, it’s inspired by sound and liquid.

Apple says that it actually used music to create the visuals. The colors are gone, and what you get a black-against white look with glass-inspired design elements.

Chrome warns you about suspicious websites now – how to turn on Google’s new scam protection

Google’s browser will flash two types of warnings based on whether the site is deemed dangerous or just suspicious.

Harvey adds Australian startup Mary’s case-fact tools to its legal AI
Harvey adds Australian startup Mary’s case-fact tools to its legal AI

Sydney-based Mary Technology has connected its litigation tool to Harvey, the $15.6B legal AI company. Lawyers drafting in Harvey can now draw on the facts, evidence and reviews their team has built up in Mary, including conflicting accounts. Workflow …

NASA to Conduct NCAA Flyover, Engage Fans at University of Alabama
NASA to Conduct NCAA Flyover, Engage Fans at University of Alabama

As part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, NASA will conduct a flyover at the University of Alabama vs. Texas A&M football game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Saturday, Oct. 24. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will pilot one of three F-5 fighter jets during the flyover, highlighting NASA’s contributions to aeronautics and the agency’s continued commitment to […]

Three dormant US nuclear reactors are being restarted to power AI data centers
Three dormant US nuclear reactors are being restarted to power AI data centers

Two US nuclear plants are set to come back online as soon as 2027, with a third set to arrive by 2029.