Ric Roman Waugh went from stuntman to director. Here's how he became the king of smart but satisfying January action-thrillers.

ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it's not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk's AI-generated encyclopedia are starting to appear in answers from Google's AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, too. Data suggests that's on the rise, heightening concerns about accuracy and misinformation as Musk seeks to reshape […]

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, send Arc Raiders tips, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about wind turbines and phishing scams and oboes, keeping organized […]

Wildlight Entertainment explains how it built its debut shooter, Highguard, from a mountain of game design ideas.

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Global Energy Monitor: over 97 GW of gas-fired power in the US pipeline were explicitly earmarked for data centers in 2025, compared with just 4 GW in 2024  —  Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.