Image: Intel Why canât you just plug a USB cable between two PCs, drag your mouse cursor between their screens, and drop files between them, as if they were a single machine? Well, you can and have for years â but Intel may be about to turbocharge that idea with Thunderbolt Share. Itâs a proprietary app that Intel will be licensing to laptop, desktop, and accessory manufacturers to bundle with... Read more âș
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Image: Max Max is going way back in time for its upcoming Dune prequel show. The streamer just released the first trailer for the limited series â dubbed Dune: Prophecy â which is set 10,000 years before Paul Atreides set foot on Arrakis in the movies. The show is slated to start streaming later this fall, though it doesnât have a specific date just yet. The story is focused on... Read more âș
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Image: Netflix Netflix has finally named and dated its new anime series Terminator Zero, releasing worldwide on August 29th. If you recall your convoluted time-traveling, skin-wearing cyborg apocalypse history, youâll realize thatâs the 27th anniversary of the seriesâ Judgment Day, when the machines begin their conquest of humanity. Well, one of them, anyway. The show is mainly set in 1997 Tokyo, and according to its writer, it wonât be ignoring... Read more âș
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Mike Krieger has a long history in tech and AI. | Photo by Jerod Harris / Getty Images for Vox Media As Anthropic tries to take on the AI giants, it has a new big-name executive on board: the company announced this morning that Mike Krieger is its new chief product officer. Krieger, of course, was one of the co-founders of Instagram and spent the last few years working on... Read more âș
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Every Thursday, The Vergeâs veteran Microsoft reporter will uncover the secrets and strategy behind the worldâs biggest software company for paid subscribers Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Iâm excited to announce Notepad, a new weekly newsletter Iâll be writing at The Verge. Notepad is an inside look at my notes on Microsoft, a company Iâve spent the past 20 years trying to make sense of through my reporting, scoops, and analyses. This newsletter is designed to uncover the secrets and strategy behind Microsoftâs era-defining bets on AI, gaming, and the future... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Every Met Gala has some sort of controversy, whether itâs about the dress code and theme, the guest list, or a now-infamous brawl in an elevator at an afterparty. Because this is 2024, itâs only fitting that the outrage began this year because of a TikTok audio track. In a now-deleted video, an influencer named Haley Kalil shows off her elaborate floral... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge Google I/O introduced an AI assistant that can see and hear the world, while OpenAI put its version of a Her-like chatbot into an iPhone. Next week, Microsoft will be hosting Build, where itâs sure to have some version of Copilot or Cortana that understands pivot tables. Then, a few weeks after that, Apple will host its own developer conference, and if the buzz is anything to... Read more âș
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Every month, streaming looks more and more like cable. | Image: The Verge Yet another streaming service bundle is on the horizon, this time courtesy of Comcast. Variety reports that the telecommunications giant is planning to launch a three-way bundle for Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV Plus later this month, which will be available to Comcast broadband and TV customers at a discounted rate compared to subscribing to each service... Read more âș
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Where the Blade comes ahead in performance, the Zephyrus wins on value. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images We already know Dell is getting ready to launch a new Arm-powered variant of its popular XPS 13 laptop, but now a confidential document has leaked a lot more details on Dellâs future XPS plans. VideoCardz has obtained and published a 311-page document from Dell that goes into detail on the XPS 13 â thatâs due soon â and when we... Read more âș
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From left to right: Wireless Temperature Sensor X, Heat Pump Optimizer X, Thermostat X, and two Smart Radiator Thermostat X | Image: Tado Tado just launched a new range of heating products â called Tado X â that supports the Matter smart home protocol. It joins Nest as being one of the few (only?) European smart heating control systems to support the new standard designed to improve interoperability between devices... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge This is not a joke: Google will now let you perform a âwebâ search. Itâs rolling out âwebâ searches now, and in my early tests on desktop, itâs looking like it could be an incredibly popular change to Googleâs search engine. It filters out almost all the other blocks of content that Google crams into a search results page, leaving you with links and text â and... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge Ilya Sutskever, the OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist who helped lead the infamous failed coup against Sam Altman and then later changed his mind, is officially leaving the company. Both Altman and Sutskever have farewell posts on X: Ilya and OpenAI are going to part ways. This is very sad to me; Ilya is easily one of the greatest minds of our generation, a guiding light of... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge Google has announced that the code for Project Gameface, its hands-free gaming âmouseâ that you control by making faces, is now available open-source to Android developers on Tuesday. Developers can now integrate the accessibility feature into their apps, allowing users to control the cursor with facial gestures or by moving their heads. For example, they can open their mouth to move the cursor or raise their eyebrows... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta is throwing in the towel on Workplace, its Facebook-based alternative to office communication platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams alternative, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Meta spokesperson Ashley Zandy confirmed to The Verge that it will be available to customers for use through August 31st, 2025. Formerly known as Facebook @ Work, it was used internally for two years before its public... Read more âș
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Marvel You can never be sure what to expect out of Disneyâs upfront presentation, but this yearâs showcase of the studioâs new projects brought a slew of news about Disney Plusâ upcoming WandaVision spinoff series. While thereâs been a bit of confusion about what the Agatha Harkness-focused series would ultimately be called, Kathryn Hahn, Patti Lupone, and Joe Locke revealed today that it will, in fact, be titled Agatha All... Read more âș
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The just-released iPad Pro and iPad Air have a new Battery Health menu option that includes an optimized charging option and provides more data about the battery. As reported by MacRumors, the new menu matches the settings introduced on iPhone 15, which lets users set their device to not charge past 80 percent, which can help extend the usable life of the... Read more âș
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Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Eight TikTok creators are suing to stop a law that would ban the app unless its Chinese parent company divests it, arguing that the measure would strip them of their livelihoods and creative outlets. The suit is similar to the companyâs own challenge to the law in that it leans on First Amendment arguments, calls lawmakersâ concerns around the app... Read more âș
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Photo: Sonos A week after introducing a redesigned, sleeker app that omitted many core features, Sonos held an Ask Me Anything event on its forums today. The purpose was partly to make it clear that customer frustrations are being heard. But as has been the case since last week, the feedback skewed overwhelmingly negative. This companyâs community remains pretty damn angry over losing software capabilities like local music search, sleep... Read more âș
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