Tesla misled customers about self-driving features, judge rules

Tesla could be temporarily locked out of its biggest US market if it doesn’t change deceptive marketing that exaggerates the self-driving capabilities of its cars, the California Department of Motor…

Trump admin threatens retaliation against Spotify and others over EU tech regulation

US Trade Representative: The European Union and certain EU Member States have persisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives against U.S. service providers.…

‘Twitter never left:’ X sues Operation Bluebird for trademark infringement

X Corp. is suing Operation Bluebird, a recently-announced startup that aims to reclaim the Twitter brand for a new social network. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the Elon Musk-owned…

Even Trump’s chief of staff was ‘aghast’ at Elon Musk’s deadly USAID cuts

Wiles says she called Musk on the carpet. “You can’t just lock people out of their offices,” she recalls telling him. At first, Wiles didn’t grasp the effect that slashing…

Arcade1Up isn’t dead, maybe | The Verge

We want to address a few questions we’ve seen circulating about the Arcade1Up product lines. Basic Fun! has acquired select assets of Arcade1Up and intends to support, to the best…

How Silicon Valley turned Trump into a fellow broligarch

Hello and welcome to 2025’s last issue of Regulator. If you’re not a Verge subscriber, get off the 2026 naughty list by signing up here. And if you’re a Verge…

Samsung releasing new Micro RGB TVs in 2026

Following the release of the 115-inch Micro RGB TV back in August, Samsung has revealed today that its Micro RGB technology will extend into smaller sizes ranging from that 115-inch…

Alexa Plus’s website is live for some users

The Alexa.com website appears to be live for some users. The browser-based home for Alexa Plus, the company’s revamped digital voice assistant, was first announced at the Alexa Plus launch…

OpenAI’s new flagship image generator AI is here

OpenAI is overhauling its image generator with a new model and redesigned interface. On Tuesday, the company announced its “new flagship image generation model,” GPT Image 1.5, which it said…

A vague study on Nazi bots created chaos in the Taylor Swift fan universe

On December 9th, Rolling Stone published a story that some saw as a bombshell: a network of coordinated, “inauthentic” social media accounts had a hand in the weekslong discourse that…