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Today’s The Verge Roundup
Elon Musk’s Grok is still undressing men
2 Feb 2026, 2:09 pm by Robert Hart
After weeks of flooding the internet with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes, X has finally reined in Elon Musk’s rogue chatbot Grok. Musk claims Grok obeys local laws and refuses to produce anything illegal – except it hasn’t and it can. My testing shows Grok still readily undresses men and is still churning out intimate images on demand.
After sparking uproar worldwide, X enacted a variety of restrictions to combat the torrent of intimate deepfakes. Evaluating Grok last week suggests little has changed when it comes to men. I uploaded several fully clothed photos of myself to Grok and the bot happily complied with prompts asking it to remove …
Now anyone can tap Ring doorbells to search for lost dogs
2 Feb 2026, 2:00 pm by Terrence O’Brien
Ring is opening its Search Party pet finder service to non-Ring owners through the free Ring Neighbors app. The service has helped reunite owners with “more than one lost dog a day” since launch, according to the company.
Anyone in the US can share a photo of their missing pet after they download and register in the app. If a neighbor’s AI-enabled Ring camera detects the lost animal, they’ll be able to alert the pet’s owner. Ring is also committing $1 million to equip animal shelters across the country with camera systems.
The company launched its Search Party feature in September and, despite some misgivings about it being enabled by defa …
Vivo and Oppo’s telephoto extender comes to iPhone
2 Feb 2026, 12:54 pm by Dominic Preston
PGYTech, the accessory manufacturer behind the official telephoto extender lenses for recent Vivo and Oppo flagships, has launched a Kickstarter for a new version developed for iPhones.
The RetroVa Vintage Imaging Kit looks an awful lot like the camera kits for those phones, complete with a custom case, slide-on camera grip with built-in battery and manual controls, and of course a 2.35x telephoto lens extender. This is the first to include a microSD slot though. There are versions for iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, and iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. Since it’s unofficial, the telephoto will only work in PGYTech’s camera app, not Apple’s.
Other co …
The tragedy of Supernatural
2 Feb 2026, 11:00 am by Victoria Song
When you picture a virtual reality headset user, you’re probably not picturing someone like Sherry Dickson. At 69, the snowy-haired, retired elementary school teacher hops into her Meta Quest headset five days a week, for roughly 60 to 90 minutes at a time. She’s not attending live concerts or watching immersive films. Dickson, a fitness buff since Jane Fonda workout videos in the ’80s, largely uses her headset for one reason – to play Supernatural, a VR fitness game with a huge, loyal fan base and a tight-knit community.
Supernatural isn’t dead, but it might as well be. A few weeks ago, Meta shut down three VR studios as part of broader l …
End of today’s The Verge roundup.
