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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6QPFA)
Multiple Stream Deck Studio interfaces can be stacked in a studio rack. | Image: Elgato Elgato's new Stream Deck Studio - the largest version of its Stream Deck controller yet - is designed for broadcast environments where workflows involve juggling more hardware, software, and media feeds than streamers and solo content creators typically have to deal with.Available starting today for $899.99, the Stream Deck Studio is a collaboration between Elgato and Bitfocus, whose Companion software already brought more advanced functionality to the original Stream Deck, letting you connect multiple controllers and configure them remotely through a web browser interface.Bitfocus helped make the Stream Deck a useful tool in traditional broadcast settings" and other applications outside of content creation. Companies like Virgin... Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6QPFB)
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Steam Summer Sale, like summer itself, is sadly well behind us, but Valve is beating one of its best deals on its own gaming handheld. That's because in addition to the Steam Deck LCD with 64GB of storage once again selling for $296.65 (around $52 off), the 512GB version, complete with its fancier antiglare etched screen, is selling for a new low of $336.75 (about $112 off). These are some exceptional deals on the two Steam Deck models that are being phased out.Whichever Steam Deck you choose, you're getting an excellent PC gaming handheld with a seven-inch, 1280 x 800 display that's compatible with many games on Steam. It may be a couple of years old and not as nice as the refreshed Steam Deck OLED model, but it's hard to beat... Continue reading...
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by Tom Warren on (#6QPBZ)
Image: The Verge Microsoft is announcing plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel. The announcement stems from a Microsoft-hosted security summit earlier this week at the company's Redmond, Washington, headquarters, where it discussed changes to Windows in the wake of the disastrous CrowdStrike incident in July.Windows kernel access has been a hot topic ever since the CrowdStrike catastrophe took down 8.5 million Windows PCs and servers. CrowdStrike's software runs at the kernel level of Windows - the core part of an operating system that has unrestricted access to system memory and hardware. That's what allowed a faulty update to generate a Blue Screen of Death as soon... Continue reading...
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6QPC0)
Meta will hide the AI Info" label in a menu if an image has been edited with AI. | Image: Meta Meta is updating how it labels content on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads that has been edited or manipulated using generative AI. In an updated blog post, Meta announced that its AI Info" tag will appear within a menu in the top-right corner of images and videos edited with AI - instead of directly beneath the user's name.Users can click on the menu to check if AI information is available and read what may have been adjusted. Meta previously applied the AI Info" tag to all AI-related content - whether it was lightly adjusted in a tool like Photoshop that includes AI features or fully AI-generated from a prompt.The company says the changes are being introduced to better reflect the extent of AI used" across images and videos on... Continue reading...
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by Charles Pulliam-Moore on (#6QPC1)
Pixar After breaking all kinds of box office records and becoming one of this year's biggest theatrical hits, Pixar's Inside Out 2 is coming to Disney Plus at the end of September.Though you can still catch the movie in theaters right now, Disney announced today that Inside Out 2 will make its Disney Plus streaming debut on September 25th. Ahead of the movie's premiere, Disney Plus is also rolling out a new Blockbuster Offer to first time and returning subscribers that will give them access to the platform's basic tier - which comes with ads and supports simultaneous streaming on up to 4 different devices - for $1.99 a month for three months.The Blockbuster Offer deal runs through September 27th, making it seem like a promotion that's really... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6QPC2)
Illustration: The Verge Google is rolling out its Gemini Live voice chat mode to all Android users for free. You can access the conversational AI chatbot on Android through the Gemini app or its overlay.Google first announced Gemini Live during its Pixel 9 launch event last month, but it has only been available to Gemini Advanced subscribers until now. Similar to ChatGPT's voice chat feature, you can ask Gemini Live questions aloud and even interrupt it mid-sentence. There are also several different voices you can choose from.
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by Thomas Ricker on (#6QPC3)
The Gocycle GXi we reviewed a few years ago. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Gocycle's designer-in-chief Richard Thorpe is rebooting the e-bike company he founded more than two decades ago. Following a January restructuring to reduce overhead, Thorpe is now turning to crowdfunding to help launch a new series of F1-inspired e-bikes while also expanding into nonelectric foldables - a space currently dominated by Gocycle's British compatriots Brompton.To drum up support, Thorpe is going to tell his story and the challenges and opportunities his small business faces in a series of videos that will be released over the next few weeks. The first, rather earnest installment focuses on Bikeaggedon," Thorpe's word for the turmoil created by soaring e-bike demand at the onset of covid, followed by a collapse of the... Continue reading...
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by Ash Parrish on (#6QPC4)
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge One year to the day since Unity announced its runtime fee pricing model, the software developer is canceling that program effective immediately. After extensive consultation with our games community and customers, we've decided to cancel the Runtime Fee," said Unity CEO Matt Bromberg in the blog post announcing the news. Instead of the runtime fee, Unity will return to a per-seat subscription model.Last year, Unity caused a stir within the game development community with a controversial update to its pricing model. Instead of charging developers a set monthly rate based on the number of users utilizing the software, it would implement a pay-per-download scheme that charged developers every time their game was downloaded. That meant... Continue reading...
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by Kylie Robison on (#6QPC5)
Image: The Verge OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of reasoning" models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can. It's being released alongside o1-mini, a smaller, cheaper version. And yes, if you're steeped in AI rumors: this is, in fact, the extremely hyped Strawberry model.For OpenAI, o1 represents a step toward its broader goal of human-like artificial intelligence. More practically, it does a better job at writing code and solving multistep problems than previous models. But it's also more expensive and slower to use than GPT-4o. OpenAI is calling this release of o1 a preview" to emphasize how nascent it is.ChatGPT Plus and Team users get access to both o1-preview and... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6QP8N)
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Google has unlisted an impressive Gemini demo video it posted last December that seemed remarkably conversational. BBB National Programs' National Advertising Division (NAD), an ad industry watchdog, inquired whether the video accurately depicts the performance of Gemini in responding to user voice and video prompts."Google chose to end the inquiry by ending its promotion of the video that showed Gemini quickly responding to various spoken prompts, such as identifying parts of drawings and creating a geography game on the fly.Buried in the description was a disclaimer indicating the demo might not be as good as it seemed: For the purposes of this demo, latency has been reduced and Gemini outputs have been shortened for brevity."A... Continue reading...
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by Chris Welch on (#6QP8P)
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Just days after Apple announced a new hearing aid feature for the second-generation AirPods Pro, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the software that powers this functionality. In a press release, the FDA describes Apple's solution as the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software device."The feature was evaluated in a clinical study with 118 subjects with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss," according to the FDA, and the results demonstrated that subjects who used the HAF self-fitting strategy achieved similar perceived benefit as subjects who received professional fitting of the same device."Enabling the AirPods Pro to double as clinical-grade hearing aids is one of several new features that... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6QP8Q)
Lego's McLaren P1 isn't quite as fast as the real deal. | Image: Lego After releasing a 24-inch-long scale replica of the McLaren P1 earlier this year, Lego has now debuted a full-size drivable version of the hypercar built from over 342,817 Technic pieces and powered by hundreds of Lego electric motors.That eclipses the 3,893 pieces that go into building Lego's 1:8-scale McLaren P1 model. The company says the full-scale version used 393 types of Technic components, including 11 specifically manufactured for the replica. That would make it hard to build a copy yourself, but you'd also struggle to find the time. Lego says it took 6,134 hours to design and plan its P1 and 2,210 hours to assemble it.Lego opted to build with Technic components instead of its standard bricks as it allowed the company's... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6QP8R)
On mobile, you get a one-tap unsubscribe under annoying website notifications from Chrome. | Image: Google Google is expanding a Chrome safety feature to help you cancel pesky website notifications with a single tap. It's already available on Pixels and is coming to more Android devices; adding a simple unsubscribe button in the notification so that you can get rid of websites you didn't mean to subscribe to, like horoscopes or weird facts about ducks (there's also an undo button in case you actually do still want those weird duck facts).There's also an updated Safety Check running in the background to automatically revoke permissions from websites that you haven't visited in a long time or are otherwise dangerous. You can see the actions taken in the summary panel, which lists other potential security concerns like compromised passwords and... Continue reading...
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6QP5C)
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta has acknowledged that all text and photos that adult Facebook and Instagram users have publicly published since 2007 have been fed into its artificial intelligence models. Australia's ABC News reports that Meta's global privacy director, Melinda Claybaugh, initially rejected claims about user data from 2007 being leveraged for AI training during a local government inquiry about AI adoption before relenting after additional questioning.The truth of the matter is that unless you have consciously set those posts to private since 2007, Meta has just decided that you will scrape all of the photos and all of the texts from every public post on Instagram or Facebook since 2007 unless there was a conscious decision to set them on... Continue reading...
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6QP5D)
Disney's current promo runs through September 27th and extends to both new and returning subscribers. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Like most streaming services, the price of a Disney Plus is about to go up in the not-so-distant future. Fortunately for those dreading the $2 price hike - which is due to take effect on October 17th - both new and returning subscribers can sign up for three months of Disney's ad-supported Basic plan for $1.99 a month through September 27th, saving you $6 a month or $18 over the entire promo period.If you can do without the ability to download content for offline viewing, Disney's ad-supported plan is virtually identical to the ad-free plan. Both provide access to the same Disney Plus shows and films - including the full Star Wars and Marvel slate - along with National Geographic and Pixar content. That means you'll be able to stream... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6QP5E)
Image: The Flappy Bird Foundation A self-described team of passionate fans committed to sharing the game with the world" says it's acquired the rights to Flappy Bird, the iconic mobile game whose creator took it offline less than a year after it was released. Now, The Flappy Bird Foundation Group" will relaunch the game on Android and iOS in 2025.But it's unclear whether the original creator of Flappy Bird, Dong Nguyen, is a part of the game's relaunch. The Verge reached out to Nguyen with a request for comment but didn't immediately hear back. His account on X and the website for his game development company don't show any recent updates. The Flappy Bird Foundation said it acquired the rights to the game from Gametech, LLC, which isn't associated with Nguyen.F... Continue reading...
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by Nilay Patel on (#6QP5F)
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images We've been covering the rise of AI image editing very closely here on Decoder and at The Verge overall for several years now - the ability to create photorealistic images with nothing more than a chatbot prompt has the potential to completely reset our cultural relationship with photography and, in particular, how much we instinctively trust photos to reflect the truth.But the debate over image editing and the inherent truth of photos is nothing new, of course. It's existed for as long as photography has existed, and it's raged since digital photo editing tools have become widely available. You know this argument; you've heard it a million times. It's when people say, It's just like Photoshop," with Photoshop" standing in for the... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6QP5G)
An aerial photo of a warehouse next to homes in Bloomington, California. | Photo by Wes Reel for The Verge The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just handed communities a powerful new way to hold nearby warehouses accountable for the pollution they create.Until recently, air quality regulations largely overlooked tailpipe pollution choking neighborhoods near sprawling warehouses. Warehouses may not have smokestacks releasing pollutants that the EPA and local agencies typically regulate. But they do attract a steady stream of trucks. It's a problem the warehouse wouldn't necessarily have been held accountable for since old-school regulations focused on pollutants coming from the facility itself.Warehouses are expanding to meet demand for e-commerceThat changed with a landmark policy in Southern California called the Warehouse Indirect... Continue reading...
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by David Nield on (#6QP5H)
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge These days, there are so many digital subscriptions out there - music, movies, fitness, cloud storage, software, podcasts, audiobooks, Patreons, security cameras, AI bots, and more - that it's perfectly understandable if you start losing track of what exactly you're signed up for.To make things even more complicated, you may be paying some subscriptions monthly and others annually. Then, there are those insidious free trials: you sign up to test something out, forget all about it after a few days, and then get billed unexpectedly (this is an occupational hazard for tech journalists). And of course, both Apple and Google make it immensely easy to sign up for various services almost instantly using their account.Luckily, Apple and... Continue reading...
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by Andrew J. Hawkins on (#6QP5J)
GM and Hyundai executives announced a new partnership to codevelop vehicles. | Image: Hyundai Auto tie-ups are nothing new, but they have become more frequent and wide-ranging in the age of clean energy and alternate fuel sources, as companies seek to spread out the cost and risk of adopting expensive new technologies.The latest alignment is between General Motors and Hyundai, which are joining forces to codevelop new passenger and commercial vehicles, including EVs and hydrogen fuel cells. They will also explore ways to save money on the acquisition of raw battery materials and steel, among other crucial supplies.The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to look for ways to leverage their complementary scale and strengths to reduce costs and bring a wider range of vehicles and technologies to customers... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QP5K)
Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos: Getty Images Apple revealed its iPhone 16 lineup on Monday, and the big selling point was Apple Intelligence. Apple's on-device AI system offers splashy features like the ability to rewrite emails, generate custom emoji, and a significantly upgraded Siri. But underneath it all, AI is delivering one other big change to the iPhone: more RAM.Although Apple never talks about RAM in its smartphones, MacRumors discovered that every iPhone 16 model now has 8GB of RAM, up from 6GB in the base models from last year. And it's not just Apple making changes like that. Last month, Google made similar changes to its AI-heavy Pixel 9; both the standard and pro models saw an increase in RAM, making 12GB the least you can get this year.The impetus behind these RAM... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6QP1V)
Privatey-trained astronaut Jared Isaacman emerges from the capsule. | Screenshot: SpaceX SpaceX's Polaris Dawn astronauts successfully performed a spacewalk, marking the first done by a private company. After depressurizing SpaceX's Dragon capsule, the billionaire funding the mission, Jared Isaacman, emerged from the spacecraft early Thursday morning.With his torso and head fully sticking outside the capsule, Isaacman performed tests on SpaceX's new spacesuits, which are designed for increased mobility. Back at home, we all have a lot of work to do," Isaacman said during the spacewalk. But from here, it sure looks like a perfect world."
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6QP1W)
Illustration: The Verge Google Wallet will start beta testing a digital ID soon that works at TSA checkpoints in almost half the country, including states like New York, California, Florida, Texas, and Illinois, but Google still advises that users keep their physical ID handy. Google says it's also working with partners to use digital IDs for other purposes, like car rentals, account recovery, and identity verification.To create the digital ID, you'll scan the security chip on the back of your passport into the Google Wallet app. Google will ask you to verify your identity with a selfie video and then generate the ID pass within a few minutes. The ID is encrypted, so you'll need a passcode or fingerprint to access and share it. Image: Google... Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6QP1X)
The iFixit portable soldering station. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge My first USB-C soldering iron was a revelation. You mean I can make liquid metal connections anywhere, in seconds, just by plugging this tiny stick into a USB cable?" Now, repair company iFixit is introducing its own take on the idea. It claims the iFixit FixHub Smart Soldering Iron is powerful enough for pros and easier for beginners than any others that have come before.So far, it's not a new revelation, but after my first couple of hours, I'm loving iFixit's improvements on an already great idea.For starters: the $80 iron comes with a heat-resistant magnetic storage cap so you can safely put it away at a moment's notice, an LED warning light that tells you if it's blistering hot, motion sensors to automatically shut it off if you... Continue reading...
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by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy on (#6QP1Y)
Level Lock incorporates all the smart tech into a deadbolt that can be retrofitted into an existing lock. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Smart locks may still be a niche product, but lock behemoth Assa Abloy is clearly betting on a digital future for our doors. Despite being sued by the US Department of Justice for trying to buy too many smart lock manufacturers, the Swedish-based company just bought another one: sleek smart lock maker Level Lock.With this latest purchase, Assa Abloy, which owns a staggering 190 brands in the access control" space, may now have a significant piece of the puzzle it needs to push the market into a digital future. Their innovative platform provides an easy transition from mechanical locking to digital access solutions with minimal effort," said Lucas Boselli, executive vice president of Assa Abloy, in a press release.Level's technology... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6QNZ4)
Those aren't gas pumps! | Image: GM / EVgo GM and EVgo are collaborating to build flagship" EV charging stations at urban sites with a total of 400 EV charging stalls.The flagship stations are cobranded by GM Energy, the automaker's battery and charging division, and EVgo. The stations will be located in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New York, and Texas at places with shopping, food, coffee shops, and other amenities.Each station will include 20 fast charging stalls with units supporting up to 350kW speeds, pull-through stations, security cameras, and gas station-style canopies with ample lighting. The first locations featuring EVgo's latest easy-deploying and modular prefabricated charging stations will open in 2025. Image: EVgo E... Continue reading...
by Jess Weatherbed on (#6QNZ5)
The new adaptive charging feature could help to save power and preserve the life of controller batteries. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Sony has released a batch of features in its latest PlayStation 5 system update, including support for adaptive controller charging, party link sharing, and a new widget hub. The adaptive charging feature, which monitors and automatically adjusts the power supplied when controllers are connected to the console's USB ports, is being released globally starting today - but only for the latest PS5 models.In its announcement, Sony says adaptive charging is only available on the PS5 Slim and its upcoming $700 PS5 Pro. The feature will work on PS5-era DualSense and DualSense Edge wireless controllers, alongside PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers, and the Access adaptive controller kit. Charging is adjusted based on the controller's current... Continue reading...
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by Georgina Torbet on (#6QNZ6)
Photo by Paul Hennessy / Anadolu via Getty Images The Starliner debacle fueled speculation that the space agency would dump Boeing. But if it did, it would be left with SpaceX - and Elon Musk. Continue reading...
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by Tom Warren on (#6QNZ7)
Image: The Verge Microsoft is laying off around 650 employees in its gaming division today. The latest cuts come months after Microsoft laid off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees, and after the closure of several game studios, including Redfall developer Arkane Austin.Xbox chief Phil Spencer announced the layoffs to employees in an internal memo this morning, seen by The Verge. The cuts are related to the Activision Blizzard deal, and Spencer makes it clear in his email that no games, devices or experiences are being cancelled" and no studios are being closed as part of the layoffs today.As part of aligning our post-acquisition team structure and managing our business, we have made the decision to eliminate approximately 650 roles across... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6QNWF)
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Between flashy shots of a sleek new Apple Watch and a colorful array of iPhones, Apple made a major announcement for a two-year-old product: the AirPods Pro 2. The earbuds will soon gain a hearing aid function that anyone can access, a move that will provide a cheaper alternative to traditional hearing aids and an all-in-one solution that could change the way people get help for hearing loss.The Food and Drug Administration signed off on over-the-counter hearing aids in 2022, giving people access to cheaper alternatives that don't require them to see a doctor. Provided Apple receives approval from the FDA, Apple's new clinical-grade" over-the-counter hearing aid capability will roll out as a free software update this fall. Some people... Continue reading...
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by Jess Weatherbed on (#6QNWG)
The entire iPhone 16 lineup also supports faster 25W MagSafe charging. | Image: The Verge All the new iPhone 16 models unveiled this week can reportedly charge more than 50 percent faster through a wired USB-C connection than the previous series. That's according to a Chinese certification posted on Weibo indicating that Apple's latest iPhones can support up to 45W of wired fast charging.The certification from the China Quality Certification Centre regulatory body, also posted to X by user ShrimpApplePro, shows all of the new iPhone 16 models were tested at 5-15 volts and 3 amps, which equates to a 45W maximum. The iPhone 15 lineup maxed out at 29W. As noted by 9To5Mac, it's not unusual for Apple to neglect announcements around wired charging.The 45W max of the iPhone 16 easily bests the Google Pixel 9's 27W capabilities... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6QNK2)
Image: The Verge Valve's new Steam Families feature is now available for everyone following a beta launch earlier this year. With Steam Families, parents are able to share games with their families, manage parental controls for their kids, and approve requests from their kids to buy Steam games.The big improvement with Steam Families over Valve's previous Family Sharing setup is that multiple people can play games from a shared library at one time. So if I'm playing Balatro, and my partner, who is part of my Steam Family, wants to play Arranger, we can both play those games at the same time. However, if my partner wants to play Balatro while I'm already playing it, she'll need to buy an additional copy. With Steam Families, you can play shared games... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6QNH5)
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images Google can now turn your research into an AI-generated podcast, complete with two hosts" that discuss what you've dug up. The experimental feature lives within NotebookLM, the AI note-taking app Google launched last year, and will have AI hosts summarize your material, make connections between topics, and banter back and forth."It's meant to build on NotebookLM's existing features that help you interact with all your notes, transcripts, and other research documents. The app already uses Google's Gemini AI model to help summarize your research, and this is sort of like an audio version of that.Google isn't making things up when it says the AI hosts will banter" with each other, either. When trying out Audio Overview for myself, I... Continue reading...
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6QNH6)
The Apple Watch Series 10 is bigger, thinner, and brighter than previous models - including the rugged Apple Watch Ultra 2. | Image: Apple Earlier this week, during Apple's It's Glowtime" event, the tech giant introduced the new Apple Watch Series 10 and a new look for the Apple Watch Ultra 2. The smartwatches start at $399 and $799, respectively, and both are available for preorder ahead of their forthcoming release on Friday, September 20th.The new Series 10 is both bigger and slimmer than its predecessor, and both the Ultra 2 and Series 10 now come in a slick black color. This is the first time Apple is offering the Ultra in a second shade, but it's not the only change Apple announced for the watch. Both watches will offer new capabilities, including notifications for sleep apnea (pending FDA approval), a disorder that makes people stop breathing while sleeping.... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6QNH7)
Klipsch's Flexus Core 300 soundbar will leverage Dirac's room correction calibration tools. | Image: Klipsch Klipsch has announced its new Flexus Core 300 soundbar, which it claims is the industry's first to utilize Dirac's Live Room correction technology to optimize its sound specifically for the room where it's installed and where listeners are sitting. Dirac Live is typically only featured in amplifiers and receivers that are part of a more complex - and more expensive - home theater setup.The $999 Flexus Core 300 will be available this winter," according to What Hi-Fi? and features eight side-firing, front-firing, and up-firing 2.25-inch speakers, plus four 4-inch subwoofers. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ethernet, 8K passthrough HDMI, HDMI eARC, USB-C, and a digital audio port. Switching inputs and adjusting settings like EQ is... Continue reading...
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by Garrison Lovely on (#6QNH8)
Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Newsom has until September 30th to decide the bill's fate, and both sides are lobbying hard. Continue reading...
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by Sean Hollister on (#6QNF6)
An AMD Strix Point laptop. | Photo by Joanna Nelius / The Verge Many laptops and gaming handhelds share a single pool of memory between the CPU and GPU - and sometimes, you might want that RAM boosting your graphics instead. Now, AMD won't make you dive into a BIOS to reroute that power. The company's new Variable Graphics Memory lets you turn up to 75 percent of your system memory into dedicated video RAM, just by tapping a button in AMD's desktop Adrenalin app.It's only currently available for AMD AI 300 Strix Point" laptops, and how much RAM you'll be able to divert depends on your system's total - AMD explains that the medium" setting will turn a 32GB laptop that came with 512MB of video memory into a 24GB one with 8GB of dedicated VRAM. Image: AMD You might be wondering:... Continue reading...
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by Antonio G. Di Benedetto on (#6QNF7)
The PS5 Pro looks like a slim that got a growth spurt. | Image: Sony After various rumors and leaks, the PlayStation 5 Pro is finally official - complete with a new GPU, $700 price point, and no built-in disc drive. But is that pretty much it? What makes this new console 40 percent more expensive than the existing PS5 you can buy today for $500? The same one that's bound to go on sale during the holidays, not long after the Pro's November 7th launch date.What are the differences between the PS5 and PS5 Pro that make it (depending who you ask) a worthwhile upgrade or a superfluous expense?Spec and performance differencesThe PS5 Pro has three core performance improvements over the standard PS5, according to Sony's technical presentation announcement, hosted by PS5 lead architect, Mark Cerny. It's got a... Continue reading...
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by Justine Calma on (#6QNCA)
Solar cells are run through a PV cell soldering stringer at Elin Energy's solar panel manufacturing facility. | Photo: Getty Images The US has quadrupled its capacity for manufacturing solar panels in just a couple of years since passing the biggest federal spending package yet on climate and clean energy.Domestic solar module manufacturing capacity grew to 31.3 gigawatts in the second quarter of 2024, according to a report published this week by Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association. That's a significant jump, comparable to around 80 percent of the roughly 40GW of solar the US installed last year.It's some welcome news as the US tries to meet goals it has set under the Paris agreement meant to keep climate disasters like wildfires and flooding from getting significantly worse. The Biden administration has made domestic manufacturing a... Continue reading...
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by Emma Roth on (#6QNCB)
Image: Bluesky Bluesky, the decentralized X alternative, now supports video. The platform announced on Wednesday that you can share videos up to 60 seconds long on its desktop site and mobile app.The videos will autoplay by default, but Bluesky says you can turn this feature off in the settings menu. You can also add subtitles to your videos, as well as apply labels for things like adult content. There are some limitations to Bluesky's video feature, as the platform will only allow up to 25 video uploads (or 10GB of video) per day.
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by Andrew Liszewski on (#6QNCC)
Don't want to commit to a new color of paint? Glasst's Unpaint can be peeled off after a couple of days. | Image: Glasst Glasst has come up with an unusual solution for DIYers struggling to commit to a new wall color. Its Unpaint is a paint alternative that can be applied using standard tools like brushes, rollers, or even sprayers, but not permanently. When it dries, the company claims the paint can be easily peeled off instead of requiring laborious sanding or solvents to remove it.Unpaint uses the Colombian-based company's proprietary Glasstommer technology, which allows a quickly applied liquid material to become a thin removable film. Glasst considers the exact makeup of the material a trade secret but does divulge that it contains a biodegradable elastic component" that dries to create a film that removes as easily as peeling an adhesive."The... Continue reading...
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by Sheena Vasani on (#6QNCD)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In case you missed the news, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions recently went up in price with the rollout of a new Standard" tier, which doesn't include day-one access to first-party Xbox games. Thankfully, if you're still keen on an Ultimate membership, CDKeys is offering one-month subscription codes for $11.19 ($9 off) and three-month codes for $29.79 (about $30 off). These aren't the lowest prices we've seen, but they sure beat paying the subscription's new price of $19.99 a month.If you need a refresher, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate grants access to a massive library of downloadable games for Xbox consoles and PCs. Naturally, that includes first-party titles like Halo Infinite and Hi-Fi Rush but also great third-party games like S... Continue reading...
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by Jay Peters on (#6QNCE)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile, which is working with SpaceX to let people text and make phone calls over satellite, says it has successfully sent a test emergency alert via a Starlink satellite. Satellite alerts can help ensure that people receive critical communication when they're out of wireless coverage range, and T-Mobile claims this is the first time a wireless emergency alert has been sent over satellite in the US.At 5:13 PM PT on Thursday, September 5th, T-Mobile initiated a test alert for a hypothetical evacuation notice," according to T-Mobile. The alert was sent 217 miles into space where it was received by one of the more than 175 Starlink direct-to-smartphone satellites currently in low earth orbit that effectively function as cell towers in... Continue reading...
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by Wes Davis on (#6QNCF)
Image: the Internet Archive Google Search is now adding links to archived websites in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. That's a bit of good news for anybody lamenting the disappearance of the cached pages link from Google's results.The Internet Archive hosts billions of archived webpages, as it notes in its blog post today about the change. The Wayback Machine is a very helpful tool for looking at older versions of websites to see what may have changed compared to past versions, which, in some cases, can go back decades.
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by Emma Roth on (#6QNCG)
Photo by Win McNamee / Getty Images Following last night's debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, several users on X homed in on the vice president's earrings - speculating that she was using them to get her talking points. Echoing a long history of political conspiracy theories, X users claimed she wore the Nova H1 Audio Earrings, which double as wireless earpieces. But anyone who looks closely can tell those aren't what Harris was wearing.The Nova H1 Audio Earrings were announced last year as part of a Kickstarter campaign. They feature real pearls that hide a pair of wireless speakers, which transmit audio up and into your ears. They're also almost certainly not what Harris was wearing.Apart from the large pearls on both Harris' earrings and the Nova H1... Continue reading...
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by Umar Shakir on (#6QNCH)
A Ram 1500 truck assembly process at Stellantis' Sterling Heights, Michigan plant. | Image: Stellantis Stellantis, the European parent company of American brands Ram, Dodge, Chrysler, and Jeep, is retooling its Michigan plants to enable more electric vehicle production.The automaker says it will put more than $400 million into three Michigan facilities to support its multi-energy strategy," enabling manufacturing of electric and gas versions of the same vehicles to be built in the same facilities. Most of the money will roll into the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP), where the upcoming 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger, an EV truck with a gas-powered range extender, will be built alongside the all-combustion engine versions of the pickup.Much of the investment will help EV and gas Ram trucks coexist on the same assembly lineSHAP will... Continue reading...
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by Kevin Nguyen on (#6QN9H)
Photo: Emilio Madrid Talking with writer Max Wolf Friedlich about his Broadway play that confronts the horrifying work of online content moderation. Continue reading...
by David Nield on (#6MY8A)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After previews at Google I/O 2024 and months of testing, the finished version of Android 15 is now available for developers.That doesn't mean it's out for users just yet: according to Google, it'll be a few weeks before it arrives on Pixels and then will get to Samsung and other select devices in the coming months." As usual with Android, the software will come with a variety of different tweaks and variations depending on the make of your phone.In terms of the core Android 15 functionality that Google, Samsung, and others are building on top of, here's some of what's new with this release.Better multitaskingAndroid 15 will improve the multitasking experience on tablets and large-screen displays by enabling you to pin the taskbar... Continue reading...
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by Tom Warren on (#6QN9J)
The PS5 Pro's announcement yesterday wasn't a surprise. What was a surprise was the price: at $699.99, it debuts as Sony's most expensive console ever. It brought back memories of the PS3's controversial price tag, a console that when adjusted for inflation is the same $779 price point of a PS5 Pro with the additional disc drive. It's a very expensive PlayStation, and I fear it's a test of what's to come for next-gen console pricing.For years, console gamers have been used to purchasing hardware at a significantly reduced price compared to what you could build yourself in the PC gaming space. Yes, you can find components that match the PS5 or Xbox Series X on paper, but it's still difficult to hit the price points that consoles sell... Continue reading...
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by Andrew Webster on (#6QN6P)
Image: A24 We're in a pretty great period for established actors doing weird shit. Obviously, there's Nic Cage, playing everything from an ancient vampire to a deranged satanist to an average man who haunts your dreams. But the likes of Amy Adams (mom who transforms into a dog) and Hugh Grant (oompa loompa and evil wizard) are also in experimental eras. Now, Grant has taken perhaps his most surprising role: the antagonist in A24's horror movie Heretic from codirectors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. Even more surprising? He's scary as hell.Heretic is centered on two young Mormon missionaries - Sister Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (Chloe East) - who aren't having much luck preaching the good word door-to-door. So, when they meet Mr. Reed... Continue reading...