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May 14, 2026 5:00 PM There are no confirmed cases in the US, but 41 people who were potentially exposed to the Andes virus are in quarantine or being monitored for symptoms. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring a total of 41
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Elizabeth Lopatto is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. Yesterday, in Musk v. Altman, before the jurors came in, Sam Altman’s team passed up what looked — from a distance
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TL;DR Carta acquired Avantia, a UK-based AI-powered law firm for asset managers, launching Carta Law as an integrated legal and compliance layer inside its private capital ERP platform. The deal is Carta’s fourth acquisition since October 2025, following Accelex, Sirvatus, and ListAlpha. Avantia was founded in 2019 by
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TL;DR OpenAI is preparing possible legal action against Apple over their two-year-old ChatGPT-Siri partnership, which OpenAI says has failed to deliver expected subscription revenue. OpenAI lawyers are working with an outside firm on options including a breach-of-contract notice. OpenAI believed the deal could generate billions per year; instead, Apple’
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TL;DR Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller told CNBC that “pump anxiety” has replaced range anxiety as the dominant consumer concern, with rising fuel prices from the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz closure driving a measurable shift toward EV demand. EU EV registrations jumped 51% in March. Polestar reported a
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Many people review tech so they can test fancy and expensive new gadgets, but I love the cheapies; the affordable yet competitive tech that most consumers actually buy, that offers you actually exciting value for money. Because of that, I've always had an aversion to expensive audio products.
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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. The Private AI That Remembers — Anuma is the all-in-one AI platform with private, portable memory.
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In Brief 1:58 PM PDT · May 14, 2026 Codex is going mobile. The coding tool — which OpenAI launched approximately a year ago — has now been integrated into the ChatGPT app, allowing users to monitor and manage their development workflows remotely. The new function allows users to see their Codex
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MIT master’s student Sunshine Jiang ’25 and Rupert Li ’24 are recipients of this year’s Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. Now in its ninth year, the highly competitive scholarship provides up to three years of financial support for graduate studies at Stanford University. Sunshine Jiang ’25 Sunshine Jiang, from Hangzhou, China,
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Karissa Bell for Engadget When I reviewed the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, one of my top frustrations was that there were only a handful of apps that could take advantage of the frames' impressive display and they were all made by Meta. Now, that's finally changing. Meta
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Tom Warren is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Hours after a smaller Xbox Cloud Gaming controller appeared online, Brazil’s Anatel regulator has also accidentally published images of what appears to be Microsoft’s
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The next installment of the Grand Theft Auto series is poised to dominate 2026. Here's what we know so far. 3 min read It's rare that you can say a game will be the bestselling game of that year, and the likely Game of the Year
