Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more. Heâs also covered major tech and gaming events, interviewed CEOs like Steve Huffman and Tim Sweeney, appeared on broadcast outlets like CNBC and NPR, and reviewed a lot of indie games. Before The Verge, he worked at Techmeme and in technology public relations. He graduated from the University of Oregonâs School of Journalism and Communication.
The agent initially launched earlier this month on iOS, Android, and the web, but now, you can use it on your Mac computer, as announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. With Muse on Mac, the agent can do things like organize files, fill out forms, and pull information from apps including Messages, Calendar, and Notes, Meta says.
On the Noto Emoji site, you can search for emoji, download 2D and 3D files of the (open source) emoji in different formats, and even see the original proposals that helped things get turned into emoji in the first place. (In 2019, I wrote about that proposal process for my submissions of the waffle and yawning face emoji.)
I also recommend Googleâs post about designing its Noto 3D emoji, itâs good stuff.
Anthropicâs proposals, laid out in a big website, are:
The extent to which AI is building the next version of itself, as opposed to being built by humans
Our ability to oversee and intervene in actions that AI agents take on Anthropicâs systems
The resources that power the development of more capable models
The company also includes a âsnapshotâ of the metrics inside the company.
The three CEOs have apparently have been encouraging him to be hands-off with his approach to AI and âsuccessfully stalledâ a plan for an industry-funded AI regulator pitched by Google DeepMindâs Demis Hassabis, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump also likes to call Huang while heâs onstage.
[The Wall Street Journal]
Universal Pictures, which has the rights for Musk outside of North America, hasnât put a release date on the film yet and sources told The Hollywood Reporter that they believed Universal would be dropping it. In a later report, though, THR said that its initial article led to meetings at Universal, and Universalâs head of comms said in a statement that that âThe studio remains committed to releasing it in theaters internationally.â
My colleague Andrew Webster reviewed Musk this week.
Update: Added second THR report.
[The Hollywood Reporter]
The video, posted by Inner City Press, was shown during the DOJâs trial against Huawei, which kicked off last week and follows the 2018 arrest of Huaweiâs CFO and an indictment in 2020.
Bloomberg interviewed Twitch CEO Dan Clancy:
âWe spent a lot of time talking with Rockstar about their plans, and also helping them think about how they can engage our creators,â Clancy said in an interview. âYou are going to see this big bump with GTA 6, but then an even bigger one next year when they launch multiplayer.â
In an investor call today, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick also said that PC is âbecoming more and more important to our company over time,â according to GamesRadar. Perhaps we wonât have to wait too long for a PC version of GTA VI?
Update: Added new Zelnick comment.
The September 2025 agreement said that Amazon would pay up to $1.5 billion over âdeceptiveâ Prime signup practices. But after a court approved a joint motion, more people now qualify for refunds, there is now a maximum payment cap of $200 (up from $51), and Amazon will distribute refunds automatically, according to a press release.
[Federal Trade Commission]
The stream, Lofi House, stars Lofi Teacher, a mustachioed dude. âOnce the final bell rings and school is out, he switches gears to pursue his passion behind the decks,â the Lofi Girl X account says. Love the lore.
The stream is live now, itâs great.
Late last night, we published my video about trying Snapâs Specs AR glasses at the companyâs headquarters. The hardware, which costs $2,195, is interesting, but the experience of actually using them was rather finicky. Despite yesterdayâs splashy launch event, the Specs also donât yet have a firm release date beyond sometime this fall.
Check out my full article for more.