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by Wes Davis on (#6QKHF)
Finding out what kind of dog this is with Visual Intelligence. | Screenshot: Apple Apple has announced a new feature called Visual Intelligence that will be part of iOS 18's Apple Intelligence suite of AI features later this year." The feature works much like similar features offered by other multimodal AI systems from Google or OpenAI.Visual Intelligence lets you instantly learn about everything you see," Apple's Craig Federighi said during the company's September event today. Federighi said the feature is enabled by Camera Control," which is the company's name for a new capacitive camera button that's now on the side of the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro phones. To trigger it, users will need to click and hold the button, then point the phone's camera at whatever they're curious about.iPhones use a combination of... Continue reading...
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6QKHG)
The AirPods Pro 2 are also getting a five-minute hearing test feature. | Screenshot: Apple Apple has announced a batch of hearing health updates coming to the AirPods Pro 2, including a new clinical grade" hearing aid feature for users with mild to moderate hearing loss. The iPhone maker says the hearing aid functionality is still awaiting FDA clearance, but it expects the agency's approval alongside other regulatory bodies soon."When enabled, the over-the-counter hearing aid capability will boost specific sounds in real time, such as speech and other environmental noises. A new clinically validated hearing test feature will also be included in this update that can help to detect hearing loss. Apple says the test requires both the AirPods Pro 2 and a compatible iOS 18 iPhone or iPad and can be taken in under five minutes. ... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6QKHH)
Image: Apple Apple announced the iPhone 16 Pro lineup at Monday's product event, with bigger screens, a new A18 Pro chip, a bunch of new recording features, and improved battery life.The company's new flagship smartphones have slightly bigger screens across both models: 6.3 inches on the iPhone 16 Pro and 6.9 inches on the iPhone 16 Pro Max (up from 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches, respectively, on the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max). Apple also says the phones have the thinnest borders on any Apple product." The bodies of the phones are once again made from titanium. They come in four colors: black, white, natural, and a new desert titanium."The iPhone 16 Pro lineup comes with the A18 Pro chip, with a 16-core neural engine that it says will offer... Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6QKHJ)
The iPhone 16 gets a fair number of trickle-down features from last year's Pro models as well as some new features and colors of its own. | Image: Apple Apple has announced the iPhone 16, the latest edition of its mainline smartphone. The iPhone 16 comes in a variety of slightly refreshed colors that are more vivid compared to previous years. Also refreshed is the updated dual-camera arrangement on its rear, once again set up vertically, as last seen on the iPhone 12 from 2020.The iPhone 16 has a variety of new hardware refinements and features, like a new A18 chip with 3nm process, increased battery life, water and dust resistance, an Action Button that debuted on last year's Pro models, satellite messaging (starting in the US and Canada), Wi-Fi 7, improved thermal design for gaming with hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and a new physical Camera Control button below the power button.... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6QKHK)
Apple Watch Series 10 is available in an aerospace-grade polished titanium" | Screenshot: Apple The titanium Apple Watch Series 10 is carbon neutral, Apple announced during the It's Glowtime" event. Any Apple Watch in any finish can be carbon neutral this year, Apple says.To reduce emissions, the titanium watch is made with 95 percent recycled titanium, Apple's chief operating officer Jeff Williams said. Apple also makes enough renewable energy purchases to match the electricity used to manufacture the watch. It also says it's prioritizing non-air shipping" to limit pollution from transportation.Apple introduced its first-ever carbon-neutral products last year, select case and band combinations of Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2, and Apple Watch SE." Along with the announcement today, the watches are the company's... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6QKEA)
Image: Chris Welch / The Verge Apple is adding sleep apnea detection to the Apple Watch. The new feature is coming to the Apple Watch Series 9, the just-announced Series 10, and the Apple Watch Ultra 2, Apple announced at its product event on Monday.Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes you to stop breathing as you sleep. Sleep apnea is a feature that wearables makers have been working on for some time, with Samsung getting cleared by the FDA for sleep apnea tracking with the Galaxy Watch earlier this year. Apple says it's using the accelerometer on its watches to monitor a new metric that it calls breathing disturbances." You'll be able to see your nightly breathing disturbance values in the Health app.The company expects to get FDA clearance for its sleep apnea... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QKEB)
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 in black. | Photo: Chris Welch / The Verge Apple has refreshed the Apple Watch Ultra 2 with a new satin black" color option and sleep apnea detection feature, the company announced at its September event today. It's the first time Apple has offered the Watch Ultra in more than one color since it launched two years ago.The Watch Ultra 2 will use the watch's accelerometer and measurements over time to detect when a sleeper's motion is consistent with sleep apnea. The feature is coming to the new Apple Watch Series 10, as well as the Series 9. Apple also announced a new titanium Milanese Loop. It's $799 and available for preorder today ahead of a September 20th release. Screenshot: Apple The Watch Ultra will get watchOS 11, which brings with it updates to... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6QKEC)
Screenshot: Apple The 10th version of the Apple Watch has been announced at Apple's event on Monday and features a 40 percent brighter wide-angle OLED screen that's larger than the display on the Apple Watch Ultra.The new Apple Watch Series 10 is just 9.7 millimeters thick, making it 10 percent thinner than the Apple Watch Series 9. Apple says its larger OLED screen, the largest used in an Apple Watch to date, allows the wearable to display an extra line of text onscreen, making it easier for users to check emails and messages at a glance.Powered by Apple's new S10 chip with a four core neural engine, the Series 10 features a polished aluminum finish, and a new metal back integrating the smartwatch's various antennas. It's still water resistant to... Continue reading...
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by Verge Staff on (#6QKED)
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge We're here with the latest on Apple Intelligence, iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods. Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6QKEE)
Apple's It's Glowtime" iPhone 16 event is nigh. | Screenshot: YouTube Apple's first new phones since announcing Apple Intelligence debut in September. Continue reading...
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6QKAZ)
The US-only beta test is limited to a small group of narrators." | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon will begin inviting a small group of Audible narrators to train AI-generated voice clones of themselves this week, with the aim of speeding up audiobook production for the platform. The US-only beta test was announced on Audible's creator marketplace and will be extended to rights holders like authors, agents, and publishers later this year," according to Amazon.There is a vast catalog of books that does not yet exist in audio and as we explore ways to bring more books to life on Audible, we're committed to thoughtfully balancing the interests of authors, narrators, publishers, and listeners," Amazon said in its announcement. Participants in the beta will submit a voice recording to train their AI replica and will retain... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QKB0)
An apparent image of the Meta Quest 3S. | Image: Meta Meta appears to have leaked the Meta Quest 3S, its rumored budget follow-up to last year's Quest 3 headset, in its own Windows Meta Quest Link PC software. Spotted by UploadVR, the images posted on Reddit show a VR headset that's visually a bit of a cross between the Quest 2 and Quest 3.The headset is expected to make its first Meta-sanctioned appearance very soon at the company's Connect event that starts on September 25th.The Quest 3S" (if it ships with that name) appears to have front-facing cameras. Instead of three pill-shaped camera cutouts like on the Quest 3, they're clustered in two sets of three on the front cover of the device, while the strap remains the same. I could still find the image buried deep in the asset folders... Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6QKB1)
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge It may be iPhone 16 announcement day, but there's a great deal available right now for Android fans. Now that all versions of the Google Pixel 9 are out in the wild (including the excellent Pixel 9 Pro Fold), last year's Pixel 8 Pro has dropped to a new low of $624 ($375 off) at Amazon, Target, and Best Buy - and Best Buy is extending an extra $100 discount if you activate with a carrier through them.The 2023 Pixels may not feel quite as nice as the new models or have the same borderline-problematic AI camera tricks, but the Pixel 8 Pro remains a very good phone with a big, colorful 6.7-inch OLED screen and a camera system with a 5x telephoto sensor that achieves a further 10x magnification through digital zoom. In addition, the Pixel... Continue reading...
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by Tom Warren on (#6QKB2)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Sony is holding a PlayStation Technical Presentation" tomorrow, just days after teasing a PS5 Pro console. The nine-minute stream will be hosted by Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS5 console. Cerny previously revealed the full PS5 specs ahead of its debut in 2020.The stream will start at 8AM PT / 11AM ET / 4PM UK on September 10th and will be broadcast on the PlayStation YouTube channel. Sony hasn't provided any further details about the technical presentation, but the announcement comes just after Sony teased the PS5 Pro in a 30th anniversary PlayStation image.A montage included a PS5 design that looks identical to the PS5 Pro leak from last month. Leaked images of the PS5 Pro showed a console with three black stripes in the... Continue reading...
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by Nilay Patel on (#6QK7E)
Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: Anthropic Anthropic's new chief product officer on the promise and limits of chatbots like Claude and what's next for generative AI. Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QEHF)
The IFA tech show is celebrating its 100th year. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Laptops that twist, robovacs that can climb, and AI in everything; here's all you need to know about everything revealed at Europe's largest tech show. Continue reading...
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6QK2Z)
The Ultimate Ears Miniroll is available now in black, gray, pink, and blue colorways. | Image: Logitch / Ultimate Ears Ultimate Ears just launched the Miniroll, a new compact Bluetooth speaker that's more portable than the company's Boom-branded lineup. Priced at $79.99, the Miniroll is now the smallest and most affordable Bluetooth speaker offered by Ultimate Ears, and revives the disc design used by the company's discontinued Roll and Roll 2 products.As its name suggests, that familiar form factor has been shrunk to a diameter of around 4 inches (105mm), and a thickness of 1.9 inches (48mm) - making it easier to fit into pockets or smaller bags. The Miniroll weighs 9.8 ounces (279g) and still features a built-in strap that can be used to attach it to things like bags and belt loops. Ultimate Ears also says that the speaker is drop-proof" up to... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6QJZV)
Apple's iPhone 16 event invitation. | Image: Apple Apple is getting ready to announce the iPhone 16, which will surely be its most powerful and best-camera-having phone yet (at least for the Pro models). It's also expected to be the first iPhone to launch with Apple Intelligence across the board.In addition to the iPhone 16 lineup and a slate of new watches and AirPods, Apple is expected to show more AI features, like the ability to understand what's onscreen, along with features it introduced at WWDC in June, which include an upgraded Siri, image generation, AI rewrite, and call recording and transcription abilities.The word glowtime" is likely a reference to the glow effect that appears around the edges of the screen when Siri is activated in the latest developer betas of iOS 18.... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QJQJ)
AUKEY Aukey debuted three new magnetic wireless chargers at IFA in Berlin that come with fans to keep your phone cooler while it's charging. The company says that means the chargers, called the MagFusion 3-in-1 Pro, the MagFusion GameFrost, and the MagFusion Dash Pro, will charge your phone faster, too.All three use the Qi2 standard, which means up to 15-watt charging for compatible phones and backward compatibility with normal Qi devices. Aukey claims they can drop charging temperatures as much as 68 degrees Fahrenheit compared to traditional wireless chargers."The MagFusion 3-in-1 Pro stand can simultaneously charge an iPhone, AirPods, and an Apple Watch. It can tilt up and down over a 30-degree range, also. The MagFusion GameFrost is,... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QJP8)
Illustration by Carlo Cadenas / The Verge A pair of security researchers say they discovered a vulnerability in login systems for records that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) uses to verify airline crew members at airport security checkpoints. The bug let anyone with a basic knowledge of SQL injection" add themselves to airline rosters, potentially letting them breeze through security and into the cockpit of a commercial airplane, researcher Ian Carroll wrote in a blog post in August.Carroll and his partner, Sam Curry, apparently discovered the vulnerability while probing the third-party website of a vendor called FlyCASS that provides smaller airlines access to the TSA's Known Crewmember (KCM) system and Cockpit Access Security System (CASS). They found that... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QJJY)
Illustration: The Verge Tomorrow's iPhone 16 launch won't be the final Apple event of the year, as the company plans to debut some M4 Macs and new iPads with another showing in October, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman in today's Power On newsletter.Apple could be announcing a new iPad Mini for the first time since 2021 in October, as well as a Mac Mini with an M4 chip, packed into a box about the size of an Apple TV, making that the first real redesign of the diminutive desktop in over a decade. So it's about time for both! The event will include new versions of the iMac and MacBook Pro, both with M4 chips, as well, Gurman writes.Between that and updated iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods expected at tomorrow's Glowtime" event, only a handful of Apple... Continue reading...
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by David Pierce on (#6QJH2)
Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 51, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, I hope you love spy shows as much as I do, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)This week, I've been reading about cobalt miners and religious AI and the history of the Moleskine, listening to pop-punk Disney songs on repeat, finally starting The Sopranos (I know, I know), soundtracking my workday with the Earth.fm app, giving Tweek another whirl for simple task and calendar stuff, and spending too much time debating whether NFL Sunday Ticket is worth the money. It's definitely not, but it also, like, kind of is.I also have for you everybody's favorite new PlayStation game,... Continue reading...
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by Victoria Song on (#6QJH3)
The first Apple Watch was announced on September 9th, 2014. A decade later, it's the most popular smartwatch in the world. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It's been ten years since the Apple Watch was announced. Where does it go from here? Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QJ8Q)
Image: Apple The iPhone 16 is nigh as Apple prepares to debut its next smartphone lineup on Monday, September 9th, at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. The company is expected to officially announce four phones as usual, with two standard iPhone 16s and two iPhone 16 Pro models, all likely packed with Apple Intelligence AI features.You can catch the livestream at Apple's own website, on its YouTube channel, and even on an Apple TV. (Apple usually makes sure you see this when you scroll from the home screen of the Apple TV app, but you can search for Apple Event" to find it, too.)The Vergecast talks iPhone 16.Besides new iPhones, Apple will probably declare the release dates for its next major software updates, including iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15 Sequoia,... Continue reading...
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by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy on (#6QJ68)
Nanoleaf's Sense Plus Smart Switch wirelessly controls Nanoleaf's lights, including its new ceiling light. | Image: Nanoleaf After nearly a decade of development, Nanoleaf's smart switch is finally here. You can pre-order the $30 Sense Plus Smart Wireless Anywhere" Switch today, and it should ship in October. But to get to this point, Nanoleaf had to pivot from its adoption of Thread and create a new, proprietary protocol called Litewave.The battery-powered device brings physical control to Nanoleaf's smart lighting system, allowing you to press a button to turn lights on or off, dim or brighten, or change colors. Plus, built-in motion and light sensors let the Sense adjust your lighting based on room conditions.We needed to make sure that our products would work reliably with less dependence on the platforms," Gimmy ChuThe Sense, a version of which was f... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QJ4M)
The Verge Negotiations for a new carriage deal between Disney and DirecTV are continuing into this weekend, reports Deadline. Meanwhile, the two are lobbing messaging at customers who are left out in the cold as the first NFL weekend kicks off.It's been a week since DirecTV customers have been able to watch channels like ABC or ESPN. Disney published posts on Instagram and elsewhere, Variety wrote, pointing DirecTV viewers to alternatives like Spectrum or Disney's own Hulu with live TV subscription to watch things like the US Open tennis tournament or the upcoming Monday Night Football game between the Jets and the 49ers.Last week, Disney accused DirecTV of an agreement that undervalues our portfolio," while DirecTV insisted that Disney is... Continue reading...
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by Ash Parrish on (#6QJ34)
Image: Team Asobi The sequel to a simple pack-in game is a flawless love letter to both PlayStation's history and video games in general. Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QJ35)
Starliner just after undocking from the ISS. | Screenshot: YouTube The Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully completed its uncrewed flight back to Earth, NASA announced overnight. The return ended the Starliner's most recent flight test months later than intended and leaves its original crew, NASA astronauts Barry Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams, aboard the International Space Station until next year.The Starliner touched down right on time at 12:01 AM ET at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, according to NASA. Officials at the agency hailed its successful descent:
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6QJ10)
You can buy a disassembled iPhone 4S framed for just $99. | Image: Grid Studio If you're a fan of all things retro, Grid's framed disassembled gadgets are a celebration of vintage tech you will likely find charming. The company turns obsolete smartphones, gaming consoles, controllers, and other old-school gizmos into collage-like artwork placed in shadowbox-style frames, making for incredibly unusual pieces of home or office decor. And right now through September 12th, many of our favorite Grid items are up to around 40 percent off in honor of the company's fourth anniversary.A wide range of nostalgia-inducing gadgets are on sale; you can check them all out here. You can, for instance, buy the translucent Game Boy Color and the iPod Photo from 2004 for $159.20 when you use promo code GRID4 at checkout. For me,... Continue reading...
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by Allison Johnson on (#6QHZN)
Regular iPhone, rise up. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Look, I get it.People aren't buying phones like they used to, so Apple's really gotta put the squeeze on us every upgrade cycle. And recently, that has meant pushing more people toward the Pro iPhone, rather than the regular one. Every year for the past few years, Apple has withheld more and more features for its Pro phones, bring them down to the standard iPhone at a drip. But that might be changing this year, if the rumors are true, and to that I say: it's about damn time.In the past couple of cycles only the Pro" models have gotten the latest Bionic chipset. That doesn't just mean that the Pro models are more powerful - it also means that the regular iPhone won't be eligible for the same feature updates that the Pro models get... Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6QHRP)
A still image of Doom on a volumetric display. | Photo by James Brown (@ancientjames) In 2022, I introduced you to James Brown, the Weta Workshop graphics engineer whose hobby is building amazing displays. Now, he's built a crystal ball filled with shimmering, spinning volumetric light - and of course he's playing Doom on it.But not just any Doom. Voxel Doom, where every dot of the game's graphics lives in 3D space, just like the dots of the volumetric display he's created.As he explains on YouTube, the physical illusion is fairly simple: It's like a hologram fan, but instead of spinning a 1D strip to make a 2D image, it spins a 2D panel to make a 3D image." On his Mastodon, he breaks it down a bit more with visual aids:Brown's been working on this for over a year now: if I'm not mistaken, he introduced the... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QHPZ)
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA's Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. | Image: NASA The Starliner flew home empty after undocking autonomously, while the astronauts it took to the ISS will make a separate trip back to Earth in 2025. Continue reading...
by Emma Roth on (#6QHQ0)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Rumors about the Watch Series 10 have been relatively scant in the runup to Apple's event next week, where it's expected to debut alongside the iPhone 16. However, a report from 9to5Mac says it will have an upgraded ECG sensor capable of detecting sleep apnea.That backs up today's reporting from Bloomberg, which says the Watch Series 10 will be capable of identifying whether someone shows signs of sleep apnea - a condition that causes people to suddenly stop breathing during sleep. If the watch determines that the user may have sleep apnea, it will then recommend that they see a medical provider for more tests.Some other upgrades potentially coming to the Watch Series 10 include slightly larger displays and a thinner case, as well as... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6QHNC)
Illustration: The Verge Meta has finally pulled the curtain back on what its plans for third-party chats in WhatsApp and Messenger will look like. The change, which is coming for users in the European Union, introduces new options to put Messenger and WhatsApp messages in the same inbox as third-party chats or keep them separate.It's building new notifications into Messenger and WhatsApp as well, which will let users know when they can link chats from newly supported apps. Meta says it has gone above and beyond the basic' features required for interoperable messaging" and will offer rich messaging features, like reactions, direct replies, typing indicators, and read receipts. Image: Meta It will also start including the option to create... Continue reading...
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by Lauren Feiner on (#6QHND)
Illustration: The Verge The Justice Department wants to learn more about Google's AI strategy in order to determine what kinds of changes it will ask for to resolve Google's monopoly in search.The request came during a hearing on Friday in a federal court in Washington, DC, where Google and the DOJ met before Judge Amit Mehta, who recently ruled in favor of the DOJ and agreed that Google is an illegal monopolist. Mehta's decision officially ended the first phase of the trial, which focused on whether Google is liable under antitrust law. Now the parties are moving onto the remedies phase, where the government will propose solutions to correct the illegal behavior and restore competition to the market.DOJ attorney David Dahlquist told the court that the... Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6QHNE)
The AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme is the chip inside the Asus ROG Ally X, Asus ROG Ally, and Lenovo Legion Go - and in early 2025, AMD will announce its successor, the Z2 Extreme, for future PC gaming handhelds.That's the word from Digital Trends' Jacob Roach, who heard AMD computing and graphics boss Jack Huynh say it's targeting a 2025 release on an IFA stage in Berlin; I just confirmed with AMD spokesperson Stacy MacDiarmid that the company plans to announce it in early 2025, though AMD's declining to say any more about it today.The only other things we've heard: AMD says it's working with multiple partners, so the chip may already be in handheld makers' hands. And it's probably based on AMD's Strix Point; so say Jez Corden's sources over... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6QHNF)
With just a single USB-C port, Anker's new Nano is its smallest and lightest 100W charger yet. | Image: Anker Anker's new 100W Nano Charger is about 60 grams lighter than the company's last ultracompact 100W wall charger, but it has a big tradeoff. To make its smallest 100W power adapter yet, Anker had to sacrifice a couple of USB ports.The new 100W Nano Charger is available for preorder for $44.99 and ships in mid-September. The new frame is about 26 percent smaller and 30 percent lighter than Anker's Prime 100W GaN charger, which is the smallest 100W power adapter the company previously sold with two USB-C ports and a single USB-A.To better put the Nano's size into perspective, with its prongs folded, it's only about 17 percent larger than the Apple AirPods Pro 2's charging case, so the Nano should fit in any pocket you can squeeze AirPods... Continue reading...
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by Elizabeth Lopatto on (#6QHJW)
Look out below! | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It's been a minute since I checked in on our friends at Coinbase, and so when I saw Reuters noting that a class action suit would be going ahead, I thought perhaps we should all reflect together on Coinbase's cruel summer.The company's shares have fallen by more than a third in the last 6 months, to $147.95 as of this writing, from $238.55 on March 6th. On the company's first day of trading, in April 2021, its closing price was $328.28.Quite a turn of fortune! Certainly some price fluctuation can be chalked up to the vagaries of the cryptocurrency market - Coinbase was trading at $153.98 at the start of this year, before a Bitcoin ETF got approved. When Bitcoin began a run in February, Coinbase also started trading up. Still, there... Continue reading...
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by Allison Johnson on (#6QHJX)
The Pixel Fold's successor features an updated format that makes it a joy to use. Continue reading...
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by Alex Heath on (#6QHG8)
Illustration: The Verge As Roblox marches toward its ultimate goal of 1 billion users, the company is finding new ways to share revenue with the developers who have made millions of games on the platform.During the company's annual developers conference in San Francisco on Friday, CEO David Baszucki announced that creators of these games, which Roblox calls experiences, will be able to keep between 50 and 70 percent of revenue from their paid titles when they're purchased in real currency on desktop computers. That's significantly more than the roughly 30 percent revenue split Roblox gives developers for purchases made with its native Robux currency inside freemium experiences.The move could help incentivize the creation of more premium games as Roblox looks... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6QHG9)
iPhone 15 Pro shoots 4K 60fps in ProRes. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple's iPhone 16 event is in three days, and today, there's a new leak (from reliable sources" speaking to 9to5Mac) that claims the Pro version will support the ability to record video in 4K at an impressively smooth 120fps. According to that same source, iPhone 16's rumored new camera trigger button will support changing from the default camera app to a third-party one.The article goes on to state that the 4K 120fps video can be shot up to ProRes quality when used with an external SSD. Apple is also reportedly improving its photo mode video recording shortcut QuickTake to shoot in 4K quality instead of 1080p. Other features like JPEG-XL image format support, the ability to pause a video recording, wind noise removal, new special... Continue reading...
by Emma Roth on (#6QHGA)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images In a post on Telegram Friday, founder and CEO Pavel Durov set out a new approach for the app and announced it's disabled some outdated" features. The first changes to the app following his arrest in France last month affect its built-in blog posts and a People Nearby" location-based feature.The changes come as Durov attempts to reverse Telegram's reputation as a hotspot for criminal activity that came as a result of lax moderation policies. In late August, French authorities arrested and charged Durov with enabling legal transactions and complicity in the distribution of child sexual abuse material.Durov's first post-arrest statement Thursday said, Telegram's abrupt increase in user count to 950M caused growing pains that made it... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6QHDG)
Spectators and cyclists during a heatwave coinciding with the Paris Olympics on August 4th, 2024. | Photo by Magali Cohen / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images The Northern Hemisphere just experienced the hottest summer on record since at least 1940, even topping last year's record-breaking season, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.The temperature-related extreme events witnessed this summer will only become more intense."Scorching temperatures so far this year also put 2024 on track to be the hottest year since recordkeeping began in 1850, potentially unseating 2023 for the top spot. Temperatures have risen steadily since greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels soared with the Industrial Revolution, showing a clear trend in the data.The temperature-related extreme events witnessed this summer will only become more intense, with more... Continue reading...
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by David Pierce on (#6QHDH)
Image: The Verge Imagine an iPhone. But slightly bigger. And slightly faster. Okay, now add another button to the side. Make it gold. You in?Apple's next event is on Monday, and the rumors and reports have been swirling for months about what we will and won't see. New iPhones are a safe bet. New Apple Watches seem to be on the docket, and there's strong evidence we'll get some new AirPods, too. There's even some smoke suggesting a new Mac Mini is in the offing... but that's probably coming a bit later.On this episode of The Vergecast, we discuss all the rumors, reports, speculation, and blatant wishful thinking surrounding the event. We talk a lot about cameras because that's frankly mostly what iPhones are for now, and we talk a lot about AI because... Continue reading...
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by Mia Sato on (#6QHDJ)
Image: Instagram Instagram is adding a handful of new features to direct messages, including photo editing capabilities and stickers.Users will be able to edit photos by drawing on them or adding stickers before sending them via DM, similar to editing features that already exist for Instagram Stories. The company also said users will be able to make their own custom stickers from existing photos and use them in DMs. Put together, the photo editing tools in chats are expanding to be closer to Stories.Instagram is also adding new chat themes that change the look and design of DMs, like a fall theme or one promoting a new album by pop star Sabrina Carpenter. Users can also now add a birthday cake icon to Notes, the away status-like blurb that is visible... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6QHDK)
Image: Laura Normand / The Verge Former President Donald Trump says that if reelected, he'll create a government efficiency task force - and that Elon Musk has already agreed to lead it. During a speech in New York on Thursday, Trump said the new efficiency commission would conduct a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government" and make recommendations for drastic reforms."Musk's companies are recipients of government spending, with records showing Tesla has received nearly 13 percent of the EV charging awards granted as part of President Joe Biden's infrastructure law, according to Politico. Meanwhile, SpaceX has received billions in federal funding since its inception.As we noted after Musk endorsed Trump in July, that came despite... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6QHA6)
Midea is delivering some of the first cordless kitchen appliances with its new Celestial Flex Series collection. | Image: Midea Days after the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) announced it had finalized its Ki wireless power transfer standard, Midea has debuted its first line of cordless kitchen appliances that wirelessly draw all the power they need using the Ki induction technology.Cooktops that use electromagnetic induction to heat pots and pans have been available in kitchens for years, but Midea is one of the first companies to leverage that technology to wirelessly deliver power to appliances. Its new Celestial Flex Series includes a blender, steamer, and kettle that simply need to be placed on top of an induction plate to run.Midea is a member of the WPC and participated in the development of the Ki standard, so it makes sense that it would be one of the... Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6QHA7)
Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge The cheaper option among our top picks for robovacs that can also mop your floors just got even cheaper. The Dreame L20 Ultra hybrid robot vacuum / mop is selling for a new low price of $699 ($700 off) at Wellbots until September 15th when you use checkout code VERGE100.Dreame may not be the household name that iRobot's Roomba line is, but it makes some of the best hybrid cleaning bots around for both vacuuming and mopping your floors. The pricier X40 Ultra is our top choice for best hybrid robovac, but the L20 Ultra makes for a much better value at this big discount. It features strong suction for picking up a sizable amount of dirt and getting down deep into carpets, obstacle avoidance, and the ability to automatically remove mop... Continue reading...
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by Lauren Feiner on (#6QHA8)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Google and the Justice Department are set for a rematch of sorts on Monday when they return to court to argue about Google's alleged monopolistic behavior over how ads are bought and sold on the internet.The DOJ is fresh off a win in its search antitrust case against Google, where a federal judge in Washington, DC, agreed that Google had illegally monopolized the online search market. This time, the two parties will argue before a different judge in Virginia about whether Google has also illegally monopolized markets for advertising technology.This is kind of a one-two punch," says Vanderbilt Law School antitrust professor Rebecca Haw Allensworth. Google is probably licking its wounds from having lost the last one. And it would be... Continue reading...
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6QH4X)
Snap Groups is basically Snap Layouts for Chromebooks. | Illustration: The Verge Google is rolling out a new ChromeOS update that makes it easier to keep your on-screen apps organized, copy text from images, and adjust camera and microphone settings on Chromebook devices.One of the more notable features introduced in ChromeOS 128 is Snap Groups - a feature similar to Windows 11's Snap layouts that allows you to easily group apps together in a variety of fullscreen layouts. The feature is even triggered the same way as Microsoft does it, by hovering over the maximize app button.The ChromeOS camera app now supports Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to extract text from captured images of letters or other documents. It allows users to copy or search the text in images, more easily convert images into searchable... Continue reading...
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