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• Netflix’s GTA VI “extended look” is starting soon. (theverge.com)
  The preview is scheduled to debut on Netflix at 3PM ET, though creators can stream it as long as they talk over it. Starting at 9PM ET, you…
• Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” (theverge.com)
  The executive order, which comes days after Canada announced retaliatory tariffs against the US, says Trump is changing the name to honor L…
• Google’s AI note-taking app now allows you to interact with books (theverge.com)
  Google is bringing a new “Expert Intelligence” feature to its Gemini Notebook app that pulls information from the books you’ve purchased.
• GTA VI looks just as great as we could hope for (theverge.com)
  Netflix and Rockstar Games just wrapped up their big “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI, and it featured a bunch of story scenes and sh…
• GTA 6: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series (theverge.com)
  Grand Theft Auto VI has had its release date delayed twice, and is currently scheduled to ship on November 19th, 2026.
• Here are some of the first preview impressions of GTA VI. (theverge.com)
  A few publications and other outlets got to watch a Rockstar North co-lead play the game, and their coverage has a bunch of information abo…
• Meta addresses ‘pervert glasses’ reputation with a privacy fix and a new marketing campaign (theverge.com)
  Meta is updating its AI-powered smart glasses to fix a workaround that allowed wearers to keep recording after covering the front-facing LE…
• The biggest video game of all time looks like a movie (theverge.com)
  Rockstar’s “extended look” at GTA VI, which debuted first on Netflix, felt like a slice of a prestige crime drama, with the studio clearly…
• The GTA VI ‘extended look’ is now streaming on YouTube (theverge.com)
  Rockstar Games has published the official YouTube version of the GTA VI “extended look” that originally premiered for Netflix subscribers.
• Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules (theverge.com)
  The move was ‘unlawful retaliation in violation of the First Amendment.’
• Bandai is doing business cards right. (theverge.com)
  You’re never too old to enjoy Gundam, and sometimes it’s fun to inject your favorite hobbies into your professional life. Like this 3,300 y…
• Apple TV’s sci-fi thriller Dark Matter gets even trippier in season 2 (theverge.com)
  The sci-fi thriller Dark Matter, based on the book of the same name by Blake Crouch, returns for season 2 on Apple TV on August 28th.
• You can customize the look of your chats in Google Messages now. (theverge.com)
  The themes menu for RCS chats now has options for different bubble colors and wallpapers, including an option to upload your own background…
• Apple TV now costs $14.99 a month after its fourth price hike in four years (theverge.com)
  Apple TV is going up in price, with the monthly subscription going from $12.99 to $14.99 per month.
• The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra’s inner display died in JerryRigEverything’s bend test. (theverge.com)
  Foldables tend to struggle with the bend test, but the smaller Galaxy Z Fold 8 survived it, and this year’s Pixel foldable didn’t go up in…
• The iPhone Fold could make concerts even worse (theverge.com)
  On The Vergecast: new Macs, the Meta settlement, GTA VI, and more.
• DLSS 5 leaked and modders are putting Nvidia’s AI effects on everything (theverge.com)
  Modders are applying an unofficial version of Nvidia’s DLSS 5 to a bunch of different games after code for the AI upscaling tech appeared i…
• Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution (theverge.com)
  The Trump administration could make it easier for data center developers to fly under the radar by tossing out this federal air quality rul…
• Asahi Linux says it’s “almost ready” to launch support for M3 Macs. (theverge.com)
  As Phoronix reports, the project’s contributors said in a blog post that they recently enabled full webcam and microphone support in Linux…
• Save hundreds on a TCL mini-LED TV with quantum dots and high refresh rate (theverge.com)
  We also found discounts on a MagSafe power bank, a Belkin Thunderbolt 3 dock, and the Picard Collection on Blu-Ray.
• Xbox CEO calls Project Helix a ‘family of devices’ (theverge.com)
  Xbox CEO Asha Sharma tells BBC News that Project Helix will be a “family of devices.”
• Google further buries search results under AI mode (theverge.com)
  Google Search now automatically expands AI Overviews at the top of the results page for some searches, as reported by Search Engine Roundta…
• Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters (theverge.com)
  The spread of AI-generated EDM music is creating a culture of callouts and mistrust among artists.
• The Galaxy Z Flip 8 is at its best when there’s friction (theverge.com)
  The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8’s cover screen feels more like a phone than ever, but the limitations are still what makes it.
• Arturia’s Pure Sub is all about that bass. (theverge.com)
  The company’s latest virtual synth is focused entirely on the low end. It’s purpose-built for EDM wubs, tuned 808 thumps, and even some hea…
• Welcome to Night Vale creator Joseph Fink learned from Grim Fandango (theverge.com)
  Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn’t Dead creator Joseph Fink’s latest book The Nudge tells the story of a man trying to outrun a mysterio…
• Distraction-free writing gadget BYOK is adding custom extensions (theverge.com)
  BYOK’s solution for adding features to its distraction-free writing tool without bloat is an optional scripting system.
• Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic (theverge.com)
  Sony Music and Warner Chappell accuse Anthropic of “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.”
• See SNES carts in an Xbox Ally and Doom on a Canon PowerShot, hear hot handheld news. (theverge.com)
  I guest-starred on the Expedition: Handheld podcast this week and brought LOTS of show-and-tell. It’s almost like an extended version of To…
• Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported by ICE (theverge.com)
  The controversial Gamergate figure Milo Yiannopoulos has been sent back to the UK by ICE after overstaying his visa.
• Brave is adding email aliases to its browser. (theverge.com)
  The privacy-focused browser will now let users create decoy addresses to sign up for services. Brave will still forward messages from those…
• Vicariously hike the Appalachian Trail in the gorgeous A Trail Tale (theverge.com)
  A Trail Tale is an interactive Appalachian trail journal inspired by Sierra point-and-click adventures and Oregon Trail.
• Another Poké-motorcycle. (theverge.com)
  First it was the Toyota Engineering Society’s Miraidon Project, a life-size version Pokémon Violet’s motorcycle-like mascot. Now it’s time…
• China’s robots race ahead (theverge.com)
  Bots were breaking records and breaking down at Beijing’s World Humanoid Robot Games.
• Two new small, powerful Macs (theverge.com)
  Plus: a new Star Wars game, a Nokia phone that can charge your phone, a Wyze cam with a great privacy feature, and more.
• Chess.com launched a poker site, and it’s planning even more classic games (theverge.com)
  Chess.com’s new poker site, Gambit, is its first expansion, and now it’s working on launching sites for more games, like go, backgammon, an…
• Texas Governor Abbott blocks funding for more Flock cameras (theverge.com)
  As bipartisan backlash mounts, more politicians are turning against AI surveillance.
• The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches to study dark matter and dark energy (theverge.com)
  The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will survey our universe 1,000 times faster than Hubble.
• What’s on your running playlist? (theverge.com)
  I recently started running again. And, as I started building back to my first half marathon in almost a decade, I realized — my running pla…
• Enormous 12TB Steam leak includes abandoned Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets (theverge.com)
  The archive includes basically every title uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013.
• Professor Murder Rides the Subway is a forgotten slice of dance punk perfection (theverge.com)
  Professor Murder Rides the Subway is the sound of mid-aughts Brooklyn in audio form.
• Rockstar says GTA has no generative AI or microtransactions. (theverge.com)
  During a recent episode of the Kinda Funny Gamescast, Andy Cortez said he asked the studio point-blank about the topics and was told there…
• Trump doesn’t actually care about free speech exhibit 2,048. (theverge.com)
  In a tirade on Truth Social, the president said that NBC News’ Kristen Welker should be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment,” bec…
• MapQuest knows this whole thing is ridiculous. (theverge.com)
  Google can have its “long-standing policy,” but MapQuest is having a laugh. [Media: https://twitter.com/MapQuest/status/2093069649713733725]
• The next PlayStation State of Play event will bring an extended look at Final Fantasy VII (theverge.com)
  The show will kick off on YouTube and Twitch at 9AM ET / 6AM PT, followed by a State of Play Japan livestream right after. [Image: https://…
• Instagram cracks down on AI accounts pretending to be human (theverge.com)
  Instagram will hunt down AI-generated profiles pretending to be real humans and limit their reach if they don’t self-label.
• ChatGPT to face tougher regulation in the EU (theverge.com)
  OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox will soon be subject to the European Union’s Digital Services Act, which regulates large online platfo…
• New York Governor Kathy Hochul: AI should be “less evil” (theverge.com)
  Governor Hochul discusses New York laws and policies relating to 3D-printed guns, AI data centers, Flock cameras and privacy, and teens’ so…
• New York governor to 3D-printed gun leader: ‘tell Cody I will get ahead of him’ (theverge.com)
  In an episode of The Verge’s Decoder, governor Kathy Hochul responded to Cody Wilson’s “Hochulization” tool meant to skirt New York’s ban o…
• George Santos is the first person banned from Kalshi for life. (theverge.com)
  Kalshi says that in February, the former Republican congressman “placed a series of large trades in a market where the underlying contracts…