Hospitals are selling treasure troves of medical data — what could go wrong?

Illustration by Ana Kova Healthcare organizations and hospitals in the United States all sit on treasure troves: a stockpile of patient health data stored as electronic medical records. Those files show what people are sick with, how they were treated, and what happened next. Taken together, they’re hugely valuable resources for medical discovery....

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Brave Search is a new alternative to Google built on its own index

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Brave, makers of the privacy-focused Brave browser, launched a new search engine in public global beta on Tuesday (via TechCrunch). Brave Search, like the company’s browser, is meant to be a private and transparent alternative to Google’s offerings that doesn’t turn users into carefully surveilled targets...

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Instagram tests putting suggested posts ahead of your friends’

Instagram Instagram says reception to its “suggested posts” feature has been so positive that it’s launching a new test: this time, suggested posts will be mixed throughout your primary feed, sometimes ahead of photos and videos from people you follow. The company is testing new controls, too, that’ll allow users to add specific topics as...

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Foundation will debut on Apple TV Plus in September

Foundation — Apple’s big-budget adaptation of the classic Isaac Asimov books — finally has a release date: it’ll debut on Apple TV Plus sometime this September, according to an email to subscribers obtained by MacRumors. An exact release date has yet to be announced, although, presumably, Apple will provide details on that in the coming weeks as the...

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Marvel’s Avengers bug that showed IP addresses on-screen for PS5 players now fixed

Black Widow in Marvel’s Avengers. | Image: Square Enix The developers of Marvel’s Avengers have released a new patch that fixes a bad bug for PS5 players that showed their IP address on-screen. Having your IP address on display poses a particular problem for streamers and people trying to record gameplay of the game, as your IP address can...

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Supreme Court says a school can’t punish a cheerleader for swearing on Snapchat

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Supreme Court says a Pennsylvania school can’t punish a cheerleader for swearing on Snapchat. The 8-1 ruling determined that students’ rights to free expression outweighed the school’s interest in preventing potentially disruptive speech — in this case, a snap captioned “fuck school fuck softball...

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New York City votes to block new licenses for electric taxis, snubbing Revel’s Tesla plans

New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) voted to block the issuance of new for-hire vehicle licenses for electric vehicles. The move was widely perceived as a snub toward Revel, the company best known for its electric moped-sharing service, which was planning to launch a ride-hailing service using a fleet of Tesla vehicles. Revel announced...

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Samsung’s Watch Active 4 leaks in new renders

The watch will reportedly be available in four colors. | Image: OnLeaks / GizNext Renders of an unannounced smartwatch from Samsung called the Galaxy Watch Active 4 have leaked online, giving us our best look yet at Samsung’s first post-Tizen wearable. The renders, which come from leaker OnLeaks and GizNext, show a smartwatch with an edge-to-edge...

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The airwaves of Navajo Nation

KYAT DJ Sammy Boyd reads off PSAs in English and Diné Bizaad. | Photo by Ash Ponders for The Verge During the pandemic, two radio stations broadcast vital information about COVID-19 to remote stretches of the country’s largest Indigenous territory. But how do you reach listeners who don’t want to hear it? Continue reading…

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How to update your PS5 controller

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you’re one of the blessed 8 million-ish people who’s been able to get their hands on a PlayStation 5, you’ve probably run into the controller update process at some point. I got mine on launch day (November 12th, 2020), and I’ve had to update the DualSense controller a few times since, as well as when...

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