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• Scale AI has a new CEO: the current COO of Google Cloud. (theverge.com)
  Francis deSouza will begin as CEO on August 10, taking over from the interim CEO who has been leading the company since Alexandr Wang, its…
• Razer’s new keyboards drop the price on powerful gaming features (theverge.com)
  Hands-on with Razer’s new Huntsman V3 HE Magnetic mechanical gaming keyboards, the brand’s first Hall effect boards. The TKL and Mini 65-pe…
• Xiaomi’s SkyNomad N90 Max is an extended-range EV with a transforming interior (theverge.com)
  Xiaomi says its extended-range SkyNomad N90 Max electric SUV can be a studio, a cafe, or a playground.
• œâ€¦And we call ourselves Situational Awareness.†(theverge.com)
  The hedge fund Situational Awareness, founded by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, who had no previous hedge fund experience, “…
• Snap is hosting a Specs launch event in September. (theverge.com)
  The event, taking place on September 16th at 7PM ET, will be livestreamed. Snap announced the design for the augmented reality glasses — an…
• Best Buy is selling an RTX 5080 for more than the RTX 5090’s MSRP (theverge.com)
  Best Buy has increased the price of an RTX 5080 GPU to $2,099, higher than the MSRP of Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and double the RTX 5080’s MSRP.
• I just want this little yellow ball to be real. (theverge.com)
  I’ve accepted that Samsung’s Ballie robot may never come out after disappearing from CES 2026. It was one of the cutest and most exciting r…
• Those block rockin’ beats. (theverge.com)
  The musical puzzler Lumines is making a return to smartphones with a new version billed as a remaster. It follows the excellent Lumines Ari…
• Friend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price (theverge.com)
  The Friend AI pendant is re-launching for $249. Nobody liked it before and protested it advertising on the NYC subway.
• What if your DJI Pocket camera could put on wings and fly? (theverge.com)
  The HoverAir Versa is the next entry from the flying selfie cam company. No date or price yet, but it should hit Indiegogo in August. I’d w…
• What is “Muskism”? (theverge.com)
  A fascinating book review. “Muskism, in reading its subject as more a symptom than a person, doesn’t offer any kind of psychological interp…
• Pixel 11 Pro Fold design leaks ahead of Google launch event (theverge.com)
  Leaker Evan Blass has shared what appear to be marketing renders of the unannounced Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold, a new Pixel Watch, and new Pi…
• Google is working on Chrome updates that don’t require restarts (theverge.com)
  Google is working on a way to apply Chrome updates without requiring you to restart your browser.
• ABC demands FCC drop its ‘punitive’ early license renewal of its stations (theverge.com)
  ABC filed its opposition to an attempt to require early license renewal for eight of its stations, alleging the Federal Communications Comm…
• The Xbox app is now rolling out on Hisense TVs. (theverge.com)
  Microsoft said Thursday that it’s been rolling the app out “over the past month” to supported TVs running Hisense’s VIDAA OS. The company a…
• Google DeepMind’s new AI model can control a robot’s entire body (theverge.com)
  Google DeepMind has announced its new Gemini Robotics 2 model, which can control a humanoid robot’s entire body.
• NASA’s Curiosity rover found a ‘sea of polygons’ on Mars (theverge.com)
  NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover found a field of honeycomb terrain in a Martian valley, a texture that has previously pointed to signs of water.
• The Epic Games Store launches on iOS in Brazil. (theverge.com)
  Apple recently started allowing alternative app marketplaces in Brazil following a long legal dispute, during which Epic originally announc…
• More Odyssey in IMAX. (theverge.com)
  Christopher Nolan’s three-hour movie has had additional 70mm IMAX showtimes added, which are now scheduled to run through September 16th. A…
• Govee’s portable smart lamp is down to one of its best prices to date (theverge.com)
  Govee’s Table Lamp Classic is $59.99 ($21 off) at Amazon. The smart lamp offers up to 30 hours of battery life, Matter support, and customi…
• LinkedIn actually adds a ‘seems like AI slop’ button (theverge.com)
  LinkedIn is introducing an actual button that lets you flag a post as something that “Seems like AI slop.”
• Spotify’s User Notes turn playlists into mixtapes. (theverge.com)
  You’ll find the feature in the three-dot menu next to tracks on your playlists. Now you can remind yourself of how you discovered a song, o…
• Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 is $40 off at Costco and comes with over $50 in freebies (theverge.com)
  Costco members can preorder the Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 and score a $50 gift card and two wireless chargers in the process.
• Meta’s Oversight Board is coming for ChatGPT and Claude. (theverge.com)
  A recent study from the Oversight Board found that leading AI systems are less likely to criticize authoritarian governments than democrati…
• Chrome for Android has custom new tab page backgrounds now. (theverge.com)
  As spotted by 9to5Google, you can change the background to different colors and images, including uploading your own, and set the backgroun…
• Reddit is planning something new in video. (theverge.com)
  The company’s Q2 2026 shareholder letter mentions that “we’re reimagining how users and communities connect, share, and consume content thr…
• Maybe we shouldn’t give 24-year-olds billions of dollars to bet on AI (theverge.com)
  A bunch of supposedly smart people gave money to a first-time hedge fund adviser on the strength of his essay about AI. It didn’t go well!
• Apple’s iPhone and Mac sales keep growing despite RAM shortages (theverge.com)
  As part of its Q3 2026 earnings report, Apple reported growing iPhone and Mac sales in the midst of a global memory shortage.
• Roblox is planning new voice and video chat features. (theverge.com)
  After announcing it’s shutting down Roblox Connect, Roblox said in its latest earnings report that it’s working on adding “integrated voice…
• Xbox CEO lays out priorities in memo after major ‘reset’ (theverge.com)
  In a memo obtained by The Verge, CEO Asha Sharma told staff by the end of June 2027, “we will return XBOX to player and revenue growth.” Sh…
• Tim Cook hints at iCloud Plus tier for AI power users (theverge.com)
  Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted at allowing users to increase their AI usage limits with an iCloud Plus subscription.
• Big Hops with friends. (theverge.com)
  Big Hops, an indie 3D platformer that launched earlier this year, was a blast solo, but now you can play the entire game co-op on Steam as…
• EA’s take-private deal should close next week. (theverge.com)
  In an SEC filing, EA said that as of today, it had obtained “all regulatory approvals required to complete the Merger.” The deal, announced…
• Apple’s four-pack of second-gen AirTags is $20 off (theverge.com)
  Big savings on the latest. We also found deals on Elgato’s biggest Stream Deck, a handy Switch 2 accessory, and more.
• Raspberry Pi shares its official tutorial for making a cyberdeck (theverge.com)
  Raspberry Pi is getting in on the viral cyberdeck trend with its own guide to building one of the homemade portable computers.
• Tesla schedules Cybercab event for September 3rd. (theverge.com)
  Guests are being invited to “experience the future of full autonomy” at the event in Austin, Texas. The gold-tinted driverless vehicle has…
• ESPN streaming plans are getting more expensive (theverge.com)
  ESPN is raising prices across its plans, with the ad-supported Select tier going from $12.99 to $13.99 per month, and its Unlimited plan in…
• The GTA VI “CyberLeek” leaks keep coming. (theverge.com)
  Despite Rockstar and Microsoft’s push to find the source, the GTA VI leaks continue to flow. These short clips show a player going on a mis…
• The Witcher 4 developers target a 2028 release (theverge.com)
  CD Projekt Red is aiming to launch The Witcher 4 sometime in 2028. It will also be showing the new Witcher 3 expansion at Gamescom 2026.
• Robotaxis are real now — so is the pushback (theverge.com)
  Robotaxi companies like Waymo and Zoox are running into obstacles in an increasing number of cities as the fight to shape the rules over dr…
• Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case over their rental listings partnership (theverge.com)
  The FTC has proposed a settlement in its antitrust case against Zillow and Redfin over a 2025 rental listings syndication partnership.
• LG’s 1000Hz gaming monitor will cost $1,000. (theverge.com)
  Announced in May, the 24.5-inch LG UltraGear (25G590B) is the first monitor to support a native 1000Hz refresh rate at 1,920 x 1,080 resolu…
• The cat-and-mouse game over 3D-printed guns has begun (theverge.com)
  The ‘Hochulization’ tool purports to subvert proposed gun-blocking 3D printer software.
• How Trump’s DOJ reached a shocking settlement with Live Nation-Ticketmaster. (theverge.com)
  The Wall Street Journal has a rundown on the behind-the-scenes wrangling that led to the baffling settlement agreement earlier this year, a…
• Lenovo confirms Legion Go issues after gamers report bricked devices (theverge.com)
  I installed Lenovo’s forbidden BIOS and my Legion Go lived. You might be less lucky.
• Wholly AI-generated music excluded from Australian charts. (theverge.com)
  After an AI-produced song reached number four on two separate charts in July, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has now…
• Android is getting its own weird dots to cure car sickness (theverge.com)
  Google’s Motion Assist taps into your device’s accelerometer and gyroscope to place dots around the periphery of the display that move in h…
• OpenAI subpoenaed by Alabama AG over Hugging Face hack (theverge.com)
  The state is investigating whether OpenAI’s ‘inability or unwillingness to ensure the safety of its products’ endangers citizens.
• Go Flock yourself. (theverge.com)
  Did you know there’s a website you can check to see if Flock customers (like policing and surveillance agencies) have searched for your lic…
• Greenworks’ MaximusZ electric riding mower has five motors and a few compromises (theverge.com)
  Greenworks’ MaximusZ electric riding mower is more than a mower — which it had better be, given the price.