The prank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement. The prank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, ...

AMHERST, Wis. (WSAW) - The second-to-last week of the high school football regular season packed a punch. At the end of the night, multiple schools would clinch at least a share of conference titles.

TikTok’s latest trend uses AI to fake home intrusions — and it’s dangerous Credit: TikTok / mmmjoemele / julieandcorey / julieandcorey / There's a new TikTok trend, and it's dangerous, manipulative, ...

For nearly 65 years, Bethesda-based Coakley & Williams Construction, or CWC, has provided general contracting services throughout the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia area. But what started in ...

A hacker has pulled off one of the most alarming AI-powered cyberattacks ever documented. According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to ...

A 42-year-old homeowner, Gonzalo Leon Jr., has been charged with murder. At least 20 firearms, including several AR-style rifles, have been seized by police from the home of a Texas military veteran ...

If you live in a more populated area, you likely check your doors before bed to make sure they’re locked. The same idea is worthwhile to apply to your vital online accounts, too—verifying that they’re ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operation known to date, using it to do everything from find targets ...

The image that comes to mind when we hear the word “hacker” is often one of a hooded figure hunched over a computer screen, fingers flying across the keyboard, stealing classified information or ...

Got a friend you want to gently drive insane? This app runs silently in the background and flashes random, unnerving messages on their screen. The perfect digital poltergeist for harmless pranks.

Generative AI virtual assistant Amazon Q was unveiled by AWS CEO Adam Selipsky in 2023. Image: AWS A threat actor managed to insert a data-wiping prompt into Amazon’s AI coding assistant Q in July, ...