New Juul patent application hints at AI-powered vape to help users quit nicotine
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Juul has applied for a patent regarding a device, supposedly powered by artificial
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Month: February 2020
First cheetahs born through in vitro fertilization to surrogate mom
Two cubs, each weighing about as much as a can of tomato soup, became the first cheetahs to be born
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Slickwraps apologizes to customers after comically bad data breach
Slickwraps, which makes vinyl skins for phones, tablets, and other electronics, announced last week that it suffered a data breach.
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Music Fingers is the newest weird beat-making gadget
Image: Music Fingers The trend of gadgets that rethink the physical ways we make music is continuing with a little
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Fraidycat is a fantastic new app for keeping tabs on your favorite internet gems
Image: Kicks Condor Keeping up to speed with the galactic firehouse of daily internet detritus that gets blasted at our
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The Smithsonian has released more than 2.8 million images you can use for free
Image: Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution is releasing 2.8 million high-res images from its massive collection into the public domain,
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Toyota steers $400 million to self-driving startup Pony.ai
Pony.ai, a self-driving startup based in Silicon Valley and Guangzhou, China, is deepening its ties to Toyota. The two companies
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Tesla Autopilot, distracted driving to blame in deadly 2018 crash
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system
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Tesla ignored safety board’s Autopilot recommendations, chairman says
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Tesla ignored safety recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
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Argo AI’s CEO explains why its fleet of self-driving taxis won’t be all-electric (at first)
Photo credit should read JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images One of the burning questions facing self-driving carmakers is whether it
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