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Predicting human error before it leads to maritime emergencies

Despite advances in navigation technology, human error still accounts for most maritime accidents globally. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) reports that human factors played a role in over 80% of marine accidents from 2014 to 2022. Although investigations typically pinpoint the causes of accidents, predicting where errors are likely to occur before a voyage remains a significant challenge.

The Verge’s 2026 gift guide for dads

Gone are the days when you could just buy your father a random tie or some leather-clad alcohol vessel or a shaving kit. Dads want - nay, deserve - something memorable. Luckily for you, it's not that hard to find something special that he'll approve of, and we're here to guide you. We've curated this [...]

Popular gaming chair and desk maker Secretlab launches dedicated US brick-and-mortar locations — new shop in LA, spaces in Best Buy

Secretlab now sells its wares inside Best Buy and in a dedicated store in LA.

It's the end of the world as we know it, per a physicist's 1960 prediction

Heinz von Foerster thought population would grow exponentially and "squeeze" us all to death.

Bessent blames Lutnick's Commerce Department for failing to block Megaspeed

Scott Bessent told CNBC that several government agencies "were in favour of putting Megaspeed on the entity list for months".

Screenless GPS: Slate Auto says, "Remember the road atlas"

What’s more fitting than a spiral-bound map for a bare-bones two-door pickup?

ElevenLabs' new app combines meeting note-taking and dictation for teams

ElevenAI is a new meeting notetaker and dictation app aimed at teams and enterprises.

The Motorola Signature 27 is a beast

Motorola's latest phone has a monstrous tandem OLED display, a huge 7,000mah battery, fancy cameras and a massive $1,600 price tag.

Ministry of Defence delays decision on £2bn military satellite contest

Ministers weigh between awarding contract to US defence giant Lockheed or sticking with Europe’s Airbus as pressure mounts

Ministry of Defence delays decision on £2bn UK military satellite contest

Ministers weigh between awarding contract to US defence giant Lockheed or sticking with Europe’s Airbus as pressure mounts

Palantir adds three UK police forces to its beat with £10.1M deal

Five-year contract follows London setback as former Met chief Cressida Dick emerges as a paid adviser

Jensen Huang didn't show confidence in his successor, report says

Huang described Kress as a "deer in the headlights" during a meeting in summer.

Rocket Report: Starship set for historic test flight; a century of Electron

"You can simplify it as a big tank feeding engines."

Businessweek In December Is All About China

China’s car business is miles ahead of the rest of the world. Brad Stone took a special look at its EV supremacy in Businessweek’s special December issue on the Asian nation. (Source: Bloomberg)

The hidden gatekeeper: How water in tiny rock pores shapes underground energy storage

Storing renewable energy on a large scale is one of the biggest challenges facing the energy transition.

Specialized’s Tarmac SL9 S-Level is built to wreck your Zone 2 ride

Specialized’s second-fastest bike may be the smart buy.

BOFH: The best way to stop an idea spreading is a controlled burn

The Boss mentions 'AI security,' triggering an entirely proportionate incident response

Crackdown on UK medical record snooping after staff reported sneaking 300+ times this year

Watchdog wants assurances from 200 execs that employees aren't poking around patient files they have no business viewing

Whoop Humans is a social network designed for fitness enthusiasts

Whoop, a company that makes screenless fitness trackers, has launched its own social network.

Brit police watchdog says cops' use of facial recog risks wrongful arrests

New report calls for change, highlights hodgepodge governance and misunderstanding about tech’s limitations among officers

Palantir's NHS cancer app gets plenty of praise, precious few users

Official figures put uptake at just six trusts, while FoI responses raise questions about which are actually benefiting

Heat pumps: How much heat does your home really need?

Knowing how much heat your home loses is important before installing a new heating system.

Hyperscalers Are Strongest Tech Conviction: JPMorgan (Video)

BYD admits wheel assembly error on its flagship electric SUV

The electric automaker has apologized and said it will fix the issue for affected vehicles.

C++26 stumbles at finish line over Contracts dispute

ISO working group faces a fight over runtime checks, complexity, and the language's release timetable

Phantom energy: New report exposes empty promises behind nuclear power and data centers

The push for nuclear-powered data centers is entirely dependent on technology that remains commercially unproven and prohibitively expensive, according to a new report released today by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Alibaba's Qwen3.8 re-educated with a more Western worldview

Open weight model can now say things Chinese authorities don't like

Xbox announces Wolfenstein 3

It's been nearly a decade since Bethesda's MachineGames released Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus in 2017, and now Xbox is ready to announce a sequel from the studio. Wolfenstein 3 was officially announced today, just days after Bethesda also confirmed that the next Elder Scrolls game will be called The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel. In [...]

Samsung Is in Talks to Acquire Data Center Cooling Firm Modine

Samsung Electronics Co. is in talks to acquire Modine Manufacturing Co., a maker of cooling systems for data centers, according to people familiar with the matter.

In reversal, American Cancer Society urges prostate cancer tests for all men

Men aged 50–69 and at average risk should get PSA screening every two years.

In reversal, American Cancer Society urges routine prostate cancer screening

Men aged 50–69 and at average risk should get PSA screening every two years.

US facing extreme power transmission crisis, experts warn

As electricity demand surges across the United States due to the electrification of transportation and heavy industry and the rapid expansion of data centers, the nation's aging power grid is failing to keep pace.

Lego marketplace BrickLink in pieces after 'unusual activity' takes it offline for almost a week

Lego fans demand answers as outage approaches a week with no confirmed cause

Meet the people who want peptides to be made in America

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. We'll be taking a break next week and will be back on November 25th. Opt in for Optimizer here. The SS Jeremiah O'Brien is a [...]

Ukraine says it can’t stop Russian strikes because Starshield is limited again

Report: Ukraine suspects speeds limits are intended to help Russia in peace talks.

Twitch CEO: GTA VI Could Be Our Biggest Moment

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy sat down with Bloomberg’s Romaine Bostick from his company’s annual “TwitchCon” to discuss the rise of the creator economy in streaming, and how Twitch is preparing for the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI. (Source: Bloomberg)

Palantir’s Karp takes a sharp left turn, says he and the company’s products are actually ‘progressive’

Trump donor says he privately questioned deportation tactics. Shame about the privately bit

Netflix releases new trailer for Ray Gunn

"It's hard being the only honest players in a crooked game."

Building a rocket is hard. AST SpaceMobile thinks it's "simple."

"We're not doing this thing because we like rockets."

Man's secret use of synthetic testosterone for cows nearly destroyed his heart

Doctors warn that such life-threatening cases are becoming more common.

Oh, Palantir is ‘progressive’ now, is it?

I had other things to do today, but Alex Karp's pathetic attempt to pivot back to the left gave me no choice but to put them on hold. Last week's elections were a bloodbath for the right, a problem for all the wannabe fash founders who had tied their political fortunes to a "vibe shift" [...]

Zelenskyy says Starshield has been slowed again, endangering Ukraine's defense

It comes three weeks after Ukraine's speeds were restored following the last throttling incident.

Save $119 on DDR5 RAM with this high-end AM5 gaming combo from Newegg — 3-item gaming PC combo includes 9800X3D, 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM, and premium MSI X870E Carbon Wifi motherboard for only $1,250

Newegg's latest combo deal pairs 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 RAM, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, a MSI X870E Carbon Wifi motherboard and a free Rosewill Frostmax 360mm AIO for only $1,250, a savings of $119.

HubSpot Co-Founder Halligan Returning as CEO as Rangan Steps Down

Brian Halligan, the HubSpot co-founder who stepped down as CEO in 2021 after a snowmobile accident, is back at the helm. HubSpot on Thursday announced that Halligan is replacing CEO Yamini Rangan, who has held that role for the past five years, effective today. HubSpot, which sells customer ...

The amazing disappearing exoplanet

An exoplanet seems to stopped transiting in front of its host star.

The rise and fall of Jensen Huang - how the tech superstar became mired in scandal

Within days, Huang's status as a seemingly untouchable figure leading the global tech race has crumbled.

Whoop just launched a social network

Whoop is launching a social network that lets members share their sleep, recovery and workout data, but the bigger bet is on becoming more of a personal health brand, with CEO Will Ahmed hinting at acquisitions to come.

The rise and fall of Jensen Huang

Within days, Huang's status as a seemingly untouchable figure leading the global tech race has crumbled.

The superstar tech boss - who is Jensen Huang?

Within days, Huang's status as a seemingly untouchable figure leading the global tech race has crumbled.

Lego’s BrickLink marketplace has been offline for a week following ‘unusual activity’

Bricklink, a popular online marketplace that Lego bought in 2019 where fans can buy and sell parts and sets, has been down for a week and the company doesn't know when it will return. The team who runs the site has been sharing updates over the past week including estimates of when it will be [...]

Hundreds of streaming services and nothing to watch

Most viewers wish there was a TV Guide for streaming.

The Download: COP31’s climate challenge and the quest for immortality

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. What to know about this year’s UN climate talks Thousands of delegates, lobbyists, and journalists have gathered in Antalya, Turkey, for COP31, the annual UN climate talks. But this year’s negotiations...

Suspected Chinese spy at center of Jensen Huang affair surfaces in Beijing

There are multiple speculations about Alice Huang's s history and how she built her relationship with Jensen Huang.

Can green cement decarbonise the data centre building boom?

Scrutiny has mostly focused on electricity consumption, but their construction also creates significant emissions

Ring confirms its camera drone won’t have manual controls after crashing on CBS News

When (or if) Ring's security camera drone flies into our homes in January, you won't get the option to pilot it yourself. The Ring Drone Cam relies entirely on an "AI Pilot" system to follow pre-programmed routes and navigate autonomously around obstacles, with no manual control option available - and an embarrassing demonstration with CBS [...]

Rockstar workers vote on union recognition as GTA VI launch looms

UK staff get their say while a separate union-busting dispute heads towards its conclusion

Orbit Global Menu: A working global menu addon for GNOME

We love this, but suspect this is the Marmite of GNOME extensions

London hotel put admin login for booking website on whiteboard behind the front desk

You could check out more than your room

Data sovereignty takes more than keeping data close to home

SPONSORED POST: Knowing where your data lives is only part of the challenge. Who controls it, who can access it and how quickly you can recover when things go wrong matter just as much.

Why are gamers driven to destruction?

The principal activity in ‘Virtue and a Sledgehammer’ is destruction, prompting players to examine their attitudes to violence

Accelerating Business

The last in a monthly series that examines how the legal ecosystem uses new technologies to serve fast-changing business needs. This time: as buyers reach ‘tool fatigue’, we reflect the breadth of offerings by showcasing eight legal-tech start-ups

Disgraced former CA eMudhra blames buggy script for hopelessly weak certificates

Couldn’t get the hardware it needed to generate certs, so tried to code a workaround

Lego marketplace BrickLink offline after 'unusual activity' detected

Known as the eBay of Lego, it has been down for three days and is yet to disclose what caused the shutdown.

Prusa launches new carbon-fiber and carbon-nanotube-filled 3D printing filament for electronics manufacturing

Prusament PETG ESD is the cheapest ESD filament on the market, while being carbon-fiber reinforced, something the competition doesn't have.

T-Mobile illegally imposed 50GB cap on low-income home Internet plan, NY says

Law requires 25Mbps home Internet. T-Mobile lowers speed to 600Kbps after 50GB cap.

Anduril says its first satellite can see adversaries maneuver in orbital night

"What's unique is it's got a huge dynamic range. We can see things in full dark."

Engineers challenge 90-year limitation in digital audio sensing

What does a faint heartbeat have in common with a thunderous concert? Both present a challenge for digital technology: capturing the quietest details without losing the loudest sounds.

Cash App founder's killer gets 16 years to life in prison

Bob Lee died from multiple stab wounds in 2023.

Sri Lanka launches pilot of Chinese flying taxi service

Sri Lanka has authorized a Chinese manufacturer to begin testing a pilotless two-seater air taxi, authorities announced Wednesday at a flight demonstration in Colombo.

Peacock is redesigning its mobile app to focus more on vertical videos

This is an attempt to "win another hour per user, per month."

US bit barn boom sees energy needs grow 10x as fast as grid capacity

Operators face longer connection waits and a growing need to bring their own electricity

What to know about this year’s UN climate talks

It’s that time of year again: Thousands of delegates, lobbyists, and journalists are gathered for the annual UN climate talks, taking place this time in Antalya, Turkey. COP31 officially kicked off on November 8, marking the beginning of negotiations on one of the biggest stages of the climate world. Turkey and Australia are cohosting this...

PC peripheral maker Logitech giving all of its 7,000 employees the day off to play GTA 6

Accessory maker Logitech has a new "Logi Game Day" initiative that allows employees to take a day off from now until this time next year to play a game of their choice — including the one everyone is talking about.

The best early Black Friday deals you can already shop

The countdown to Black Friday is on, and the first discounts are starting to appear. Although the shopping holiday isn't officially until November 27th, retailers are already dropping early deals on some of our favorite tech. Of course, with prices rising across the board, a good discount doesn't necessarily mean you're getting a historically low [...]

Ocarina of Time is even better if you use a smartphone app

I never liked hunting for Golden Skulltulas in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The game has 100 of them tucked all over Hyrule, and even over my many hours with the N64 classic growing up, I can't remember ever actually finding all of them, or even wanting to. Jumping into the Ocarina of [...]

New Indian mega library rocked by scandal over 'AI-generated books'

The Tamil Nadu government has ordered an internal audit of library collections across the state.

Robot vessels take on the dangerous work of mine hunting

The conflict in the Gulf is an opportunity for the US to test its autonomous mine-hunting systems.

Evolving metal extraction processes

The metals industry has experienced transformational moments before: the Bessemer process, flash smelting, electric arc furnaces, and modern continuous casting all changed what was possible. Yet, for more than a century, most extraction processes rely on techniques and pathways that would be familiar to metallurgists from generations ago. Processes have become larger and control systems...

The backlash about data centers might really just be about electricity

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. As voters went to the polls across the US last week, I was in Ashburn, Virginia, part of what’s known as Data Center Alley—the world’s largest data center hub. It’s also where...