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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 15:32 EDT

Another Pixel 10 leak points to wireless Qi2 charging

We’re just one week away from Google’s Pixel 10 launch event, but the steady stream of leaks shows no sign of stopping. Now, new leaked images shared by Dutch outlet NieuweMobiel show what looks like Google’s rumored “Pixelsnap” cases with a ring in the center, hinting at support for the Qi2 wireless charging standard. Bringing […] Read more

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 14:09 EDT

Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature

Starlink now charges $5 a month to pause its high-speed, low-latency internet service, a feature that used to be available for free. It affects Roam, Residential, and Priority subscribers in the US, most of Europe, and Canada with lots of exceptions. SpaceX hilariously calls it an upgrade, but I call it a bait and switch […] Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 13:39 EDT

New York claims Zelle’s shoddy security enabled a billion dollars in scams

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the banks behind Zelle over claims that their payment platform enabled “massive amounts of fraud” that caused customers to lose more than $1 billion between 2017 and 2023. In the lawsuit, James alleges Zelle was rushed to market, resulting in a design that made the platform “an […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 13:37 EDT

Insta360’s next ultra-compact action camera is getting a redesign

It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but leaked pics and specs have revealed the new design and capabilities of Insta360’s next ultra-compact action camera. The most notable update, thanks to product shots shared by reliable leaker Roland Quandt, is a new square design for the camera, which has previously been pill-shaped. It will also supposedly […] Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 13:36 EDT

The Xbox app for Windows on Arm will soon let you download games

Microsoft is adding the ability to download ARM64 compatible games to its Xbox app for Windows on Arm. Windows Insiders can now test a new update to the Xbox app that lets them install games locally, instead of having to rely on Xbox Cloud Gaming. Currently, the Xbox app on devices like the Qualcomm-powered Surface […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 13:26 EDT

The best ereader to buy right now

Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast-sized library’s worth of books in your pocket, but so will your phone. An ebook reader offers a more book-like reading experience, with fewer distractions and less eye strain, and many include extra features, like adjustable frontlighting. Some really are pocketable. Others are waterproof […] Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 12:00 EDT

Google’s Gemini AI will get more personalized by remembering details automatically

Google is rolling out an update for Gemini that will allow the AI chatbot to “remember” your past conversations without prompting. With the setting turned on, Gemini will automatically recall your “key details and preferences” and use them to personalize its output. This expands upon an update that Google introduced last year, which lets you […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 11:59 EDT

LinkedIn’s Mini Sudoku is a clever twist on the classic puzzle

I love sudoku, so I just couldn’t resist checking out LinkedIn’s new Mini Sudoku game that it launched this week. Two puzzles in, I can already tell you that I like it a lot. The rules in Mini Sudoku are quite similar to regular sudoku: you need to fill in all of the blank spots […] Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 11:00 EDT

Tensor wants to be the first company to sell you a ‘robocar’ — but who are they?

A new company is launching today that claims to have developed “the first volume-produced, consumer-ready autonomous vehicle — designed from the ground up for private ownership at scale.” The company is called Tensor, and it describes itself as a “leading AI agentic company” that’s based in San Jose, California — but little information exists online […] Read more

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Hayden Field @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 10:48 EDT

Some doctors got worse at detecting cancer after relying on AI

We’ve heard about upskilling and re-skilling due to AI — but how about de-skilling? A new study published this week found that doctors who frequently use AI to detect cancer in one medical procedure got significantly worse at doing so. The researchers set out to discover whether continuous exposure to AI impacted doctors’ behavior when […] Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 10:41 EDT

Twelve South’s 120W charger with Apple Find My support is nearly half off

It’s not every day you come across a wall charger that can both power and help you keep track of your devices, but that’s the beauty of Twelve South’s 120W PlugBug. The slim wall charger with four USB-C ports can double as a location tracker when needed, and it’s currently on sale at Amazon for […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 10:28 EDT

A veteran toy racing company is trading slots for smartphone-controlled RC cars

Carrera, a German company that has been making slot car toys since the ‘60s, has announced a new scaled racing experience that does away with the slots altogether. Carrera Hybrid still has you racing 1:50-scale cars around a reconfigurable track, but you control them using an app on a mobile device and you’re now free […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 10:00 EDT

Years before ChatGPT jump-started the generative AI wave, OpenAI technology powered a game called AI Dungeon 2 that essentially let you improvise an open-ended, anything-goes story with an AI narrator. Hidden Door, a new platform that's now in early access, also lets you cowrite a choose-your-own-adventure-style story with AI. But this narrator won't let you […] Read more

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Antonio G. Di Benedetto @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 10:00 EDT

I tested a bunch of gaming laptops and these are the best

Gaming laptops come in various shapes and sizes, though many of the heavy hitters remain thick and beefy machines that maximize cooling to get the most out of their powerful chips. Most are awash in RGB lighting and edgy designs geared towards capital-G Gamers, but there are also thinner, lighter options that are more portable […] Read more

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 09:01 EDT

Here’s a look at the final Pebble Time 2 design

Now that Pebble is Pebble again, we’re getting an official look at the new Pebble Time 2 that’ll ship to customers later this year. (We got a sneak peak back in March, but those were preliminary designs.) The designs were posted today by Core Devices CEO Eric Migicovsky on his blog and YouTube. The Time […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 09:00 EDT

Hisense’s 116-inch RGB MiniLED TV is now available for $30,000

Following Samsung’s announcement of the company’s first Micro RGB TV yesterday, Hisense has finally revealed the price tag for its 4K TriChroma TV that uses similar technology and was first revealed at CES 2025. The 116-inch Hisense 116UX is available now from “select national retailers and authorized resellers” including Best Buy for $29,999, while a […] Read more

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Kevin Nguyen @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 09:00 EDT

The new War of the Worlds movie is even more terrible than you’ve heard but also hilarious

There's a micro-genre of film called "screenlife movies," where all of the action takes place on a desktop computer. In 2014, Unfriended made a horror movie out of video chat and text messages, and it was successful enough to inspire a sequel. The more thoughtful Searching from 2018, in which a father attempts to find […] Read more

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Adi Robertson @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 08:46 EDT

Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets

On Monday, xAI's Grok chatbot suffered a mysterious suspension from X, and faced with questions from curious users, it happily explained why. "My account was suspended after I stated that Israel and the US are committing genocide in Gaza," it told one user. "It was flagged as hate speech via reports," it told another, "but […] Read more

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Geoffrey Bunting @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 08:00 EDT

Drag x Drive is more drag than drive

When Nintendo announced Drag x Drive, a Joy-Con mouse-controlled wheelchair sports game, for the Switch 2 I was tentatively excited. I have a lot of time for developers trying new things, and sports video games are hardly replete with disability representation. Having been hands-on with the game, however, Drag x Drive has left me baffled […] Read more

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 08/13/2025 07:15 EDT

Sam Altman’s new startup wants to merge machines and humans

If you’ve enjoyed Elon Musk’s ongoing beef with Sam Altman and OpenAI, get ready for a whole new chapter: soon they’ll be rivals not just in AI, but in brain-computer interfaces too.  The Financial Times reports that Altman and OpenAI are backing a new company called Merge Labs developing brain implants, making it a pretty […] Read more

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