Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Fujifilm’s X Half digital camera wasn’t designed to replace your main camera, though you’d be forgiven for assuming it was with its ludicrous $850 price. However, the...
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Russian hackers turn Kazuar backdoor into modular P2P botnet
The Russian hacker group Secret Blizzard has developed its long-running Kazuar backdoor into a modular peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet designed for long-term persistence, stealth, and data collection. Secret Blizzard, whose activity overlaps that of Turla, Uroburos, and Venomous Bear, has been associated with the Russian intelligence service (FSB) and is known for targeting government and diplomatic...
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Developers can now debug and evaluate AI agents locally with Raindrop’s open source tool Workshop
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Tell HN: Dont use Claude Design, lost access to my projects after unsubscribing
Tell HN: Dont use Claude Design, lost access to my projects after unsubscribing 258 points by pycassa 12 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 71 comments I wanted to try codex after 5 months of claude code max subscription. And then I went back to my previous projects on claude design only to...
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Texas Sues Netflix for Alleged Data Collection of Children Without Consent
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued streaming service Netflix, alleging that the company collects users’ and children’s data without their consent while making the platform addictive. The complaint alleges that Netflix built a “behavioral-surveillance program of staggering scale” that “requires getting Texans and their children glued to the screen and then extracting every possible...
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Teenage Engineering’s KO Sidekick is a mixer with fun performance effects
Terrence O’Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering’s stylish new two-channel mixer, clearly designed to connect two of its KO-II samplers for live performances and DJ sets. Though, it can connect any two audio...
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Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Apple’s rumored AirPods with cameras are nearing a stage where the company will test early mass production, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. Currently, Apple testers are “actively using” prototypes that are in the...
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MIT’s virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
Skip to content Computational model lets users tweak parameters to hear effect on the sound in early design process. A 1729 Stradivari known as the “Solomon, Ex-Lambert” on display at Christie’s in New York in March 2007. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and...
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Orchid, the buzzy Tame Impala synth, is back in a gorgeous clear colorway
Terrence O’Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. The Telepathic Instruments Orchid has been unavailable for a few months now. But a new batch is ready to drop on May 11th for $649, and the company is celebrating with a limited...
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Don’t pay scalper prices for a Steam Controller
Image: Valve Happy May 4th, the day when Valve’s Steam Controller goes on sale and nothing else significant at all. It doesn’t take space wizard powers to predict that the redesigned Steam Controller is a hot item, both because it’s elusive Valve hardware and it’s the first (hopefully not the last) one available from the...