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• Ikea’s Xbox collection includes a giant thumbstick stool (theverge.com)
  Ikea has teamed up with Microsoft to launch a new assortment of Xbox-inspired furniture and home accessories.
• Bill Gates is deeply worried about AI, and he’s no longer staying quiet (theverge.com)
  Microsoft’s cofounder used to be optimistic about AI, now he’s concerned it could be ‘the worst source of injustice.’
• The second-generation Bose QuietComfort Headphones are good, but don’t stand out (theverge.com)
  There’s nothing really wrong with the QuietComfort Headphones 2nd Gen, but there’s nothing exciting about them, either.
• Rockstar finally responds to ‘heartbreaking’ GTA 6 leaks (theverge.com)
  The Grand Theft Auto developer releases a statement following a week of repeated leaks.
• Ring says its new encryption limits what it can give police (theverge.com)
  Throw Away The Key Encryption (TAKE) is a new encryption method that will become the default on all Ring cameras.
• Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major lawsuit settlement (theverge.com)
  Meta agreed to settle claims brought by state attorneys general across the country saying it misled users about the safety of its apps for…
• Elden Ring on the Switch 2 isn’t tarnished (theverge.com)
  Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition brings FromSoftware’s open-world RPG and its expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, to the Nintendo Switch 2.
• You can now buy music on SoundCloud (theverge.com)
  A new beta feature lets artists sell tracks directly on their profile, and SoundCloud won’t take a cut.
• Your Oura Ring can’t measure what’s going on in your skull (theverge.com)
  This week’s Optimizer dissects a recent class-action lawsuit against Oura and its claims that Oura duped people with its marketing.
• Microsoft’s 25th anniversary Xbox will cost $899 (theverge.com)
  Microsoft has revealed how much its translucent green 25th anniversary Xbox Series X will cost when it launches in November.
• Xbox announces disc-to-digital feature that digitizes your physical games (theverge.com)
  Microsoft is launching a new Xbox feature to digitize Xbox discs. Xbox owners will be able to turn their physical game collections into dig…
• Volvo’s cars will warn one another about hazards in the road (theverge.com)
  Volvo’s connected safety alerts will now warn drivers when there are animals, pedestrians, cyclists, roadwork, or accidents ahead.
• Xbox’s 25th anniversary controller is available to preorder now. (theverge.com)
  You’ll have to wait until tomorrow to preorder the $899.99 translucent green Xbox Series X (unless you received an early invitation from Mi…
• Apple is upgrading some recent Mac Mini M4 orders to M6 or M5 Pro versions for free. (theverge.com)
  Usually buying new hardware ahead of a revision is a bad thing, but some Mac Mini orders are getting a free upgrade as a result, probably d…
• Apple announces September iPhone launch event (theverge.com)
  Apple has announced a September 9th date for its next big event, which has a “Surprise and shine” tagline, where it’s expected to announce…
• Google’s new AI transcription edits out your ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’ (theverge.com)
  Google has updated Gemini Audio, introducing new transcription capabilities that automatically detect specialized jargon and more than 85 l…
• Xbox’s new Fable embraces color and humor. Refreshing! (theverge.com)
  I dig just about everything in the new 18-minute video demo that you can watch on YouTube. (I can’t embed it because it’s age-gated.) The w…
• Apple Maps has ads now (theverge.com)
  Ads are starting to show up in the Apple Maps iPhone app, at the top of search results and suggested places labeled with an “ad” icon.
• The Switch 2’s $50 price increase is happening next week (theverge.com)
  Just a reminder that Nintendo’s Switch 2 will cost $499.99 instead of its usual $449.99 price starting September 1st.
• Being a mom is hard — the heat is making it harder (theverge.com)
  Kids are even more vulnerable to heat stress than adults are as a result of climate change, a new study finds.
• Amazon knocks $150 off Pixel 11 phones, with up to $200 in gift cards (theverge.com)
  We also spotted discounts on the Scuf Valor Pro, a Cuktech 100W battery pack, and the lowest price yet for Doom: The Dark Ages.
• All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens (theverge.com)
  Meta has agreed to make sweeping changes for teens on Instagram and Facebook as part of a child safety settlement.
• Panic is passing Playdate tariff refunds on to customers. (theverge.com)
  “It just felt like the fair thing to do,” Panic says in an email shared on Reddit. The exact refund amount seems to vary; the email screens…
• OpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thought (theverge.com)
  Two new reports from OpenAI and METR shine new light on the OpenAI-Hugging Face cybersecurity incident that rocked the AI industry in July.
• Nvidia is about to be a hundred-billion-dollar-a-quarter company (theverge.com)
  Nvidia reported a record $96.2 billion in revenue in Q2 2027, putting it within sight of earning over $100 billion next quarter driven by A…
• Here’s more of Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg. (theverge.com)
  Sony’s new trailer for The Social Reckoning features a few brief snippets of Strong’s performance. The voice is pretty uncanny. The film de…
• Giveaway nine! (theverge.com)
  [Image: Some of the actual items in the giveaway. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/verge-titw-giveaway-1.jp…
• Amazon’s adding another 2 million of Nvidia’s GPUs to its AWS data centers. (theverge.com)
  That’s on top of the 1 million Nvidia GPUs it was already planning to add, before demand “exceeded” expectations. The two companies doubled…
• Xiaomi’s new Redmi phone lasts for three days on a single charge (theverge.com)
  The 9,210mAh silicon-carbon battery fits into a phone that’s thinner and lighter than an iPhone 17 Pro Max.
• Of course Samsung made a 1,100Hz gaming monitor (theverge.com)
  Samsung announced its upcoming lineup of Odyssey gaming monitors will feature “world-first innovations” across display speeds and design.
• Sleep score court is in session (theverge.com)
  In the wellness justice system, sleep tracking-based offenses are considered especially heinous.
• Samsung’s Galaxy S26 FE pairs last year’s hardware with last month’s software (theverge.com)
  At least it comes in the Z Fold 8’s popular pistachio color.
• Adobe is adding more AI to Photoshop (theverge.com)
  Photoshop’s new ‘AI Assisted Editor’ interface puts AI features in a simplified toolbar.
• Plaud is launching AI earbuds (theverge.com)
  The Plaud One AI recorder can be worn like traditional earbuds or used through its standalone charging case.
• Are you ready for today’s GTA VI preview? (theverge.com)
  The “extended look” coming to Netflix and YouTube will be 26 minutes long and feature gameplay captured on the PlayStation 5, according to…
• Hugging Face’s new robot is an adorable rollerskating duck (theverge.com)
  Hugging Face’s Pollen Robotics has launched its second robot, the Microduck, a colorful, open-source biped you can train to do new tricks.
• Who really runs OpenAI now? (theverge.com)
  Sam Altman might be the CEO of OpenAI, but cofounder and president Greg Brockman has emerged as the new day-to-day operational leader.
• If Meta’s going down, it’s taking TikTok and YouTube with it (theverge.com)
  Meta’s $17 billion kids online safety settlement with state attorneys general includes an incentive to get rivals on board with design chan…
• In a swipe at Tesla, Waymo says ‘cameras… aren’t enough’ (theverge.com)
  Waymo took multiple swipes at Tesla in a new blog post that outlined why the robotaxi company believes that lidar and HD maps are necessary.
• Google launches Pokémon Sleep special-edition Fitbit Air (theverge.com)
  Google has announced a special-edition Fitbit Air themed around the Pokémon Sleep game with a blue Pikachu band that costs $129.
• Rockstar wants to turn actual Miami into Vice City. (theverge.com)
  The Miamian obtained a Rockstar pitch deck through a public records request that proposes Vice City-themed takeovers of places like Miami’s…
• Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras (theverge.com)
  The surveillance cameras have become another flashpoint of growing bipartisan anger against tech industry excess.
• The new Scott Pilgrim brawler is getting more characters. (theverge.com)
  As part of $3.99 DLC for Scott Pilgrim EX, you can now play as Stephen Stills, Kim Pine and Knives Chau. The game, which launched in March,…
• Sony finally has a cheaper OLED to compete with midrange Samsung and LG TVs (theverge.com)
  The Bravia 6 is Sony’s first OLED TV with four HDMI 2.1 ports.
• Streamers can host Netflix’s GTA VI event as long as they talk over it. (theverge.com)
  Last night, Rockstar shared these streaming guidelines ahead of today’s GTA VI “extended look”: > Quick clarification: you are free to live…
• Jensen Huang says Nvidia achieved AGI, again — not that it matters (theverge.com)
  Such milestones are ‘senseless,’ according to Nvidia’s CEO.
• Speedo’s new smart goggles module can track all four swim strokes (theverge.com)
  A removable Speedo iQ module tracks swim strokes, head movement, breaths, distance, and more.
• Xbox’s limited-edition green Series X is already sold out. (theverge.com)
  The $899.99 console went on sale at 10AM ET and was out of stock right after, and eBay’s sold listings show that people are paying more tha…
• Kalshi is partnering with The Weather Company for climate-based bets. (theverge.com)
  The prediction market platform will use The Weather Company’s data to verify weather-related market outcomes, such as how high the daily te…
• Google tells Android app developers to cool it on memory use, or else (theverge.com)
  Android apps that fail to meet new memory usage restrictions could wind up in real trouble, with limited exposure from Google in the Play S…