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... Read more âș
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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 â and Elon Musk. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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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... Read more âș
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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... Read more âș
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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. Thatâs according to a Chinese certification posted on Weibo indicating that Appleâs latest iPhones can support up to 45W of wired fast charging. The certification from the China Quality... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge Valveâs 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 Valveâs previous Family Sharing setup is that multiple people can play games from a shared... Read more âș
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images Google can now turn your research into an AI-generated podcast, complete with two âhostsâ that discuss what youâve dug up. The experimental feature lives within NotebookLM, the AI note-taking app Google launched last year, and will have AI hosts âsummarize your material, make connections between topics, and banter back and forth.â Itâs meant to build on NotebookLMâs existing... Read more âș
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The Apple Watch Series 10 is bigger, thinner, and brighter than previous models â including the rugged Apple Watch Ultra 2. | Image: Apple Earlier this week, during Appleâs âItâs Glowtimeâ 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... Read more âș
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Klipschâs Flexus Core 300 soundbar will leverage Diracâs room correction calibration tools. | Image Klipsch Klipsch has announced its new Flexus Core 300 soundbar, which it claims is the industryâs first to utilize Diracâs Live Room correction technology to optimize its sound specifically for the room where itâs installed and where listeners are sitting. Dirac Live is typically only featured in amplifiers and receivers that are part of a more... Read more âș
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Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Newsom has until September 30th to decide the billâs fate, and both sides are lobbying hard. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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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 â and sometimes, you might want that RAM boosting your graphics instead. Now, AMD wonât make you dive into a BIOS to reroute that power. The companyâs new Variable Graphics Memory lets you turn up to 75 percent of your system... Read more âș
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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 â 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 thatâs... Read more âș
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BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS - APRIL 25: Solar cells are run through a PV cell soldering stringer at Elin Energys 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,... Read more âș
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Image: Bluesky Bluesky, the decentralized Twitter 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... Read more âș
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Donât want to commit to a new color of paint? Glasstâs 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... Read more âș
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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 âstandardâ tier, which doesnât include day-one access to first-party Xbox games. Thankfully, if youâre 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 arenât the... Read more âș
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Image: the Internet Archive Google Search is now adding links to archived websites in the Internet Archiveâs Wayback Machine. Thatâs a bit of good news for anybody lamenting the disappearance of the cached pages link from Googleâs 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... Read more âș
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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 theyâre out of wireless coverage range, and T-Mobile claims this is the first time a wireless emergency alert has been sent over satellite... Read more âș
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Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Following last nightâs debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, several users on X homed in on the Vice Presidentâs earrings â speculating that she was using them to get her talking points. Echoing a long history of political conspiracy theories, they claimed she wore the Nova H1 Audio Earrings, which double as wireless earpieces. But anyone who looks closely enough can tell theyâre not... Read more âș
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A Ram 1500 truck assembly process at Stellantisâ 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 âmulti-energy strategy,â enabling manufacturing of electric and gas versions of the same vehicles to... Read more âș
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