Empathy for the optimizersThis is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here.Bryan Johnson, best known as the man who wants to live forever, has an incurable autoimmune disease. The internet’s most famous biohacker made the...

Facebook Marketplace now lets Meta AI respond to buyers’ messages Facebook Marketplace is rolling out new Meta AI features, including one that automatically replies to messages from interested buyers, Facebook announced Thursday. The social network is also using AI to help sellers list items faster and summarize profiles and is giving sellers the option to offer shipping on their listings. The...

ICE wanted to build a detention centre - this small farming town said no2 hours agoMadeline HalpertSocial Circle, Georgia Getty ImagesA proposed detention centre would triple the population of Social Circle, GeorgiaFor months, two neighbours, Democrat Gareth Fenley and conservative John Miller, have been united in the same daily mission.Each morning the two get into their cars and drive...

Celine Dion announces comeback shows four years after Stiff Person Syndrome diagnosisCéline Dion announces comeback shows: 'I'm so ready for this'Mark SavageMusic correspondentGetty ImagesCéline Dion is the biggest-selling Canadian artist of all timeCéline Dion has announced her return to the stage, four years after she was diagnosed with an incurable condition that affected her singing voice...

Chile's MAGA-inspired border control On Chile's northernmost border with Peru, military excavators carve a deep trench across the windswept pampa, part of a hardline effort to tighten control of migration and cross-border crime under President José Antonio Kast....