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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will meet on the presidential debate stage for the first time on Tuesday night.Though it's technically the second presidential debate of the general election, it's the first since Harris became the Democratic nominee, replacing President Joe Biden as the party's candidate. That happened after Biden's disastrous debate exacerbated concerns about his age, leading to a fracturing of support in the party and his eventual decision to step down and endorse his VP for the top of the ticket.Tech isn't likely to be a major focus of this debate, but since it's one of the first opportunities we've had to hear from Harris since she took on the nomination, we'll be listening for clues... Continue reading...

The first two Pixel Watches were playing catch-up. Now, Google's starting to flesh out its wearable vision. Continue reading...

The new pause option for iOS 18 can be seen here underneath the recording button. | Image: Tom Warren / The Verge Apple has added a new Camera app feature in the latest iOS 18 beta that gives iPhone users a dedicated option to pause video recordings. The feature, spotted by 9to5Mac, is coming to all iOS 18-supported iPhone models when the OS update is released on September 16th, unlike the wider Camera Control" tools that are exclusive to the iPhone 16.The feature will finally enable iPhones to film multiple shots in a single video instead of the current process that requires users to take separate recordings that must be edited together. When updated to iOS 18, a pause button is added to the Camera app which changes to a Record button when users have actively paused their video recording. Users can also switch between camera lenses while a... Continue reading...

Sure, it's expensive, but in exchange you get a phone that unfolds like a napkin. | Image: Huawei After weeks of teasing, Huawei has officially launched the world's first dual-hinged, triple-screen foldable phone and it's just as expensive as we feared. In China, prices for the Mate XT Ultimate Design start at 19,999 yuan (about $2,809) for the 256GB storage model - that's roughly $300 more than a brand-new 16-inch MacBook Pro.All models are equipped with 16GB of RAM, and two additional storage variants are available that cost 21,999 yuan (about $3,089) for 512GB and 23,999 yuan (about $3,370) for 1TB. Chinese retailer Vmall reported 3.7 million preorders before pricing was announced.The Mate XT features an inverse dual-hinge design that folds in a Z" shape, allowing it to be used in a variety of formats. The OLED display measures... Continue reading...

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Google and the US Justice Department each believe the other wants too much of one thing: control.Control is the defining characteristic of a monopolist," DOJ counsel Julia Tarver Wood said during opening statements in the federal government's second antitrust trial against the search giant, which kicked off on Monday in Alexandria, Virginia. To the government, Google exerts too much control over every step of the way publishers sell advertising space online and how advertisers buy it, resulting in a system that benefits Google at the expense of nearly everyone else.Control is the defining characteristic of a monopolist."To Google, the government is seeking control over a successful business by making it deal with rivals on more... Continue reading...

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple has revealed the launch date for iOS 18 - and it's just days away. The update, which will add new ways to customize your iPhone's homescreen and lockscreen, arrives on September 16th.In iOS 18, you can freely rearrange apps and widgets on your homescreen and change their appearance. Apple is rolling out a redesigned Control Center, too, along with a new password management app and support for satellite messaging. Some other updates include new text effects in messages, a revamped Photos app, and new ways to organize your inbox in the Mail app.However, this update doesn't include the Apple Intelligence features coming to the iPhone 15 Pro and across the iPhone 16 lineup. The upcoming tools will help you rewrite and summarize text... Continue reading...

A group of people on a film set staring towards the camera. | HBO HBO's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, is no stranger to building doomed cinematic universes, but the network seems game to poke fun at the messy business of it all with Armando Iannucci, Sam Mendes, and Jon Brown's new series, The Franchise.Set in a world where the fictional superhero movie Tecto: Eye of the Storm is deep into production, The Franchise follows as the film's crew tries to survive the experience of working on a project that seems destined to fail. Between dealing with temperamental actors and fire scares, things are difficult enough for production workers Daniel (Himesh Patel) and Dag (Lolly Adefope).But as studio executives drop in to give notes with clash with the director's vision, the vibe on set becomes... Continue reading...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Google and the government recently wrapped their search antitrust case, which ended in a judge finding Google to be a monopolist. Continue reading...

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...

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...

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...

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:

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...