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Today’s The Verge Roundup
Waymo is accepting public riders in Miami
22 Jan 2026, 2:00 pm by Andrew J. Hawkins
Waymo is kicking off the new year with a new city: Miami.
Starting today, anyone on the company’s waitlist of approximately 10,000 people can hail one of its robotaxis for trips within a 60-square-mile service area that includes popular neighborhoods like the Design District and Wynwood, Brickell, and Coral Gables – but not popular tourist destinations like South Beach. The vehicles also will initially avoid highways and stick to local roads, with plans to expand to faster-speed roads later this year.
It will be a similar phased rollout as in other cities, in which Waymo first opens up to those who have joined its waitlist and indicated …
Adobe is developing ‘IP-safe’ gen AI models for the entertainment industry
22 Jan 2026, 2:00 pm by Charles Pulliam-Moore
As Hollywood continues to embrace generative AI, Adobe is taking steps to make its Firefly suite of creative tools the go-to for studios’ entertainment production needs.
Timed to this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Adobe has announced that it is working with a number of studios, directors, and talent agencies to develop “private, IP-safe” Firefly Foundry gen AI “omni-models.” According to the company, Firefly Foundry models are meant to “accelerate creativity without eroding ownership or creative intent” while generating different kinds of assets like audio-aware videos and 3D / vector graphics that can be seamlessly integrated into workflo …
1Password is introducing a new phishing prevention feature
22 Jan 2026, 2:00 pm by Andrew Liszewski
A successful phishing attack can cost a business an average of $4.8 million, according to research from IBM. To help reduce the risk of one succeeding, either at work or at home, 1Password is introducing a new phishing prevention feature that will watch for telltale signs of an attack, such as a website URL that’s slightly misspelled.
When a 1Password user clicks a link and opens a website with a URL that doesn’t match the one they have saved alongside login details, the 1Password browser extension will do two things. It won’t autofill their login credentials, and it will display a pop-up warning explaining that the current website’s URL “i …
Big games are getting bigger — and so are the stakes
22 Jan 2026, 1:00 pm by Jay Peters
Ubisoft is making some massive changes to its business: As part of a reorganization, the company will focus its efforts on the big open-world games it’s famous for along with live service titles, and it has canceled six in-development games, including Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. It’s all part of a recent trend of the industry’s biggest publishers, including companies like EA and Sony, making fewer but bigger games to avoid risk.
Under its new structure, Ubisoft games will be developed by five “Creative Houses” focused on specific genres and franchises. The previously announced Vantage Studios, for example, will develop Ubiso …
Hundreds of creatives warn against an AI slop future
22 Jan 2026, 5:01 am by Mia Sato
Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians signed on to a new campaign against what they call “theft at a grand scale” by AI companies. The signatories of the campaign – called “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” – include authors George Saunders and Jodi Picoult, actors Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson, and musicians like the band R.E.M., Billy Corgan, and The Roots.
“Driven by fierce competition for leadership in the new GenAI technology, profit-hungry technology companies, including those among the richest in the world as well as private equity-backed ventures, have copied a massive amount of creative content online without authori …
End of today’s The Verge roundup.
