Hey there, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Hayden Field, senior AI reporter at The Verge and your Thursday episode guest host. I’m subbing in for Nilay while he’s still out on parental leave, and I’m excited to keep diving into the good, the bad, and the questionable in the AI industry. It’s been a very big news week in AI, …
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Images of a quizzical 38-0 loss to the Jets in 2009 flashed. Visions of that bemusing 52-0 defeat at St. Louis in 2014 materialized. Echoes from last month’s 41-24 no-show at Washington bounded about. This, though, was something else. Because after the defense put the clamps on Indianapolis to start the game, the Colts scored touchdowns on their next six …
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MILAN – A report from Italy’s space policy office questioned whether the country is underrepresented in the IRIS² program, the European Union’s planned public-private communication constellation for low and medium earth orbit, while acknowledging SpaceX has offered to provide Starlink services for the country. Combined, the two points raised new questions about Italy’s position on Starlink. Those conversations come just months before …
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Katty KayUS Special Correspondent BBC It has been a brutal week in America and I’m not the only one wondering whether the country can pull itself out of this spiral of hatred and violence. After one of the most searing assassinations in US history, the governor of Utah pleaded for Americans to turn down the political temperature. But hardly anyone …
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The news breaking Tuesday that Kirill Kaprizov turned down an NHL-record eight-year, $128 million contract offer from the Minnesota Wild sent a shock through the hockey world — and especially fans in Minnesota. The most important question: What does it mean? Kaprizov, who will be 29 when the new contract would kick in next July 1, would have had a …
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The Chicago Sky ended the 2024 season outside of the playoffs for the first time in six seasons, but at least it was with the hope that they had found their next franchise cornerstone. Angel Reese was an immediate star off the court and ended her rookie season as an All-Star and the WNBA’s single-season leader in rebounds, the only …
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Attendees view a John Deere 7R 270 row crop tractor at the Deere & Co. booth during the World Ag Expo at the International Agri-Center in Tulare, California on February 11, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images John Deere is facing a crossroads as the company continues to see weaker demand in the agricultural sector even while …
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