Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge Wear OS is much better than it used to be, so thereâs never been a better time to consider a smartwatch. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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The Verge Microsoft is holding a special Copilot event later this month that will be focused on âthe next phase of Copilot innovation.â Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and vice president of AI at work Jared Spataro will host the âwave 2â Copilot event on September 16th. The event will be hosted on LinkedIn and focus on the business side of Microsoftâs Copilot offerings. I revealed in my Notepad newsletter last... Read more âș
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Image: Qualcomm Qualcomm launched its first big wave of Windows laptops this summer at $999 and up â but a new, somewhat weaker chip could soon shave off at least $100. Today, the companyâs announcing its first 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will feature in a new Asus Zenbook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 thatâll retail for $899 each. While the new Qualcomm chips have all the same... Read more âș
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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft is ready to start selling its Qualcomm-powered Surface devices to businesses. Starting on September 10th, both the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 will be available for business customers for the first time, after launching in June to consumers as part of Microsoftâs Copilot Plus PC wave of devices and its Windows on Arm push. The hardware inside the Surface Pro... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snapchat will soon start âexperimentingâ with placing sponsored messages next to chat threads from friends, according to CEO Evan Spiegel. These âSponsored Snapsâ from brands will appear as unread messages in Snapchatâs main Chat tab, implying that theyâll sit above messages from a personâs contacts until theyâre acted on. This is the first time Snap will show ads in the most used part... Read more âș
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Image: Instagram Instagram is adding the ability to leave comments on Instagram Stories, the ephemeral posts that many people use even more than traditional posts these days. Previously, replying to an Instagram Story sent a private message visible only to the person who posted the content. The addition of comments adds a more public way to respond to Stories. The ability to comment in the first place is more limited,... Read more âș
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The port is on the wrong side of the car for most Tesla Supercharger stalls, but at least Hyundai didnât tape it on this time. | Image: Hyundai The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 refresh revealed today looks like it will be one of the first non-Tesla vehicles to get a native Tesla-based charging port, now known as the North American Charging Standard, or NACS, built in from the factory. Last... Read more âș
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Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Microsoft has started testing a new gamepad keyboard layout in Windows 11 thatâs designed for Xbox controllers. The gamepad keyboard layout improves the on-screen keyboard in Windows 11, so you can use an Xbox controller to type or navigate around the OS. The gamepad keyboard is now in testing as part of the beta channel for Windows 11 and even includes... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge In a reversal, Starlink says itâs âcomplying with the orderâ to block access to X in Brazil. The company previously refused to restrict X unless Brazil unfroze its financial assets. Starlink, the satellite internet company controlled by Elon Musk, has been caught in the crosshairs of an ongoing feud between the billionaire, who also owns X, and Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. In addition to... Read more âș
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Cath Virginia / The Verge An antitrust investigation by the Department of Justice focusing on Nvidiaâs AI dominance as the hardware company of choice is escalating, reports Bloomberg. The outlet reports that Nvidia and other companies have received legally binding requests for information as its sources say regulators are investigating whether Nvidia is âmaking it harder to switch to other suppliers and penalizes buyers that donât exclusively use its artificial... Read more âș
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You can buy the third-gen AirPods starting at $139.99, which is one of their better prices to date. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Appleâs ever-popular AirPods. Since Apple launched the third-gen AirPods at the end of 2021, weâve seen the starting price of the second-gen, entry-level model consistently dip below $100. And now that the... Read more âș
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Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Last month, it was discovered that an inactive piece of software that ships on all Google Pixel smartphones presented a potential security vulnerability for device owners. The company quickly said it would remove âShowcase.apk,â which was created years ago âfor Verizon in-store demo devices and is no longer being used.â But in the off chance it was ever exploited, cybersecurity form iVerify found... Read more âș
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Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. | Image: Konami For anyone looking to explore the best Castlevania has to offer, the just-launched Castlevania Dominus Collection is pretty much a no-brainer. It includes a trilogy of games from the Nintendo DS era that show designer Koji Igarashi arguably at the height of his powers: the experiences combine smooth, satisfying action with worlds that are intricate labyrinths to be mastered slowly over time. Bringing... Read more âș
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Image: Volkswagen Volkswagen has announced itâs rolling out its improved in-car AI voice assistant, IDA, with both locally processed and cloud-based responses from ChatGPT and other models, starting on September 6th. The first cars getting the feature will be the 2025 Jetta and Jetta GLI and the 82-kWh battery version of the 2024 ID.4, with other cars getting it later this year. Drivers in cars that support ChatGPT will need... Read more âș
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Nick Barclay / The Verge People are losing a lot more money to Bitcoin ATM scams. In a report released Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission said itâs found the amount of money lost to Bitcoin ATM scams has increased nearly 10 times from 2020 to 2023 â going from $12 million to a whopping $114 million. Consumers have already lost $65 million to the ruse in the first half of... Read more âș
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The Google Pixel 9. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Android 15 has officially arrived â for developers, at least. Googleâs next-gen operating system is available in the Android Open Source Project, with support for Pixel phones due to roll out in the coming weeks. Youâll have to wait a little longer if you have a compatible device from Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus, Nothing, or other brands, while Google describes... Read more âș
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The first Pixel Fold (left) and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold (right). The highest compliment I can pay the Pixel 9 Pro F â oh forget it, letâs just call it the Pixel Fold â is that I forgot I was using a folding phone while I was using it. Sounds like a weird compliment, right? Isnât the whole point of the thing that it opens up so you can... Read more âș
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Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Clearview AI has been hit with its largest fine yet under Europeâs General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by a Dutch regulator. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced a fine of 30.5 million Euros, or about $33.7 million. The American facial recognition company, which built a database of images scraped from social media platforms, has been the target of regulators around the world for... Read more âș
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Neon Director Asif Kapadia is best known for his documentaries chronicling the lives of entertainment icons whose work left indelible marks on the worlds of music and sports. But his next feature looks like a nightmarish vision of a future that feels all-too-possible. Though Kapadiaâs new film 2073 features plenty of archival news footage from our present, itâs also a sci-fi thriller set in a distant future where years of... Read more âș
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images California lawmakers push to regulate artificial intelligence. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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You can still get a free smart color bulb when you buy the Echo Show 8 on sale for $104.99. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Itâs always sad when a three-day weekend ends, especially when it also marks the unofficial end of summer. On the bright side, many Labor Day deals are lingering, which means you still have an opportunity to save on a slew of... Read more âș
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