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Verge hed: Samsung's wider Z Fold 8 feels just right by Dominic Preston Photo of a person holding a passport-style foldable phone
Verge headline: SpaceX in your index fund, explained by Elizabeth Lopatto Photo illustration with Elon surrounded by money
Verge headline: Who's afraid of the big, bad GPU? by Justine Calma Illustration of a giant graphics card sitting on top of a carved out landmass of water and vegetation
Verge headline: Sony's flagship RGB LED TV is incredible by John higgins Photo of the Sony Bravia 9 II with a bird on the screen John has tastefully arranged some movies and games on the TV stand, including Cyberpunk on Xbox, a Switch game I'm gonna guess is Breath of the Wild, Blade Runner 2049 and crucially Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in what appears to be an old Blockbuster DVD case
Verge headline: Inside the big business of selling AI to the police Illustration of a police badge with glitchy red and blue background of computer readouts and maps
Verge headline: Don't blame the explosive diarrhea parasite on Taco Bell by Gaby Del Valle Photo of an innocent Taco Bell location
Verge headline: Let's build a children's public internet by Adi Robertson glitchy illustration of silhouetted teens walking down a school hallway
Verge headline: ICE are heavily armed killers. They’re also huge losers by TC Sottek Photo of masked agents
tearphones: What was the most dangerous place you've taken a photo in? And what was the most colorful? David Imel: Maybe Morocco because I got robbed at knifepoint twice in 12 hours lol. And most colorful.. honestly probably Mount Rainier in Washington. There is SO much color in July there it's kind of nuts.
Verge headline: I spent a week using the Trump phone -- it sucks by Dominic Preston Photo of the Trump phone sitting on a pile of fake plastic gold treasure
Verge headline: If you criticize ICE online, agents might just show up at your house by Gaby Del Valle Illustration depicts a megaphone surrounded by barb wire, the fencing material, not the 1996 Pamela Anderson movie
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quote: “It’s already illegal to have a homemade unlicensed gun, and this technology [3D printing] isn’t efficient for manufacturing firearms. But it’s a good way to sell it to the public. The actual mechanism for control is vague and remains undetermined.” - Seattle Makers founder Jeremy Hanson
Verge headline: The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself by Jess Weatherbed Illustration of a pair of hands typing at a keyboard, the hands have extra fingers like old AI image generation used to make
Verge headline: Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? by Mack DeGeurin Photo of a 3D printer making a Don't Tread on Me snake
Verge headline: America's greatest idea is still under threat by TC Sottek Photo of seven planes flying through the air leaving red white and blue contrails
Verge headline: Rivian makes the iconic American car -- but that may not be enough by Andrew J. Hawkins Photo of an R2 rolling off the assembly line at a factory to the applause of a large crowd
Verge headline: What is Partiful selling? by Mia Sato Grainy and kind of creepy photo of balloons coming out of an envelope
Verge headline: Xbox is a disaster by Andrew Webster Screenshot of one of the bad guys from the Gears games
Verge headline: The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it by Bethany Brookshire Illustration of an American flag draped into a measuring glass, where it dissolves
Verge headline: It's a bad time to want a new computer by Jay Peters Photo of a MacBook
Verge headline: GTA VI is a worrying sign for the future of physical games by Jay Peters Screenshot of one of GTA6's protagonists holding a phone
verge headline: I drove the Slate Truck -- there's more to it than EV minimalism by Rani Molla Photo of the plain Slate Truck on a show floor, with a big sign that says $24,950 above it
Verge headline: Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband by Karl Bode and Sean Gonsalves Photo illustration of Elon Musk's silhouette revealing a small town. An error pops up, "You are not connected to the internet"
Verge headline: AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes Illustration/collage of apartment photos with AI sparkles on them
Verge headline: The best Prime Day deals we found Photo of a person wearing Apple AirPods Max 2
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Verge review headline: The Steam Machine is the most ambitious game console I’ve ever played by Sean Hollister Photo of a Steam Machine, it's basically a PC cube with an orangey faceplate
Verge headline: Read this before you vibe-code another app by Yael Grauer Photo illustration of a computer leaking green ooze, backed by glitchy code in the background
The public letter goes on to state that though Anthropic’s Mythos-class models are skilled at finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities and taking advantage of exploits, they aren’t “uniquely good” at these tasks and that Fable 5’s safeguards “were so aggressive as to be the source of humor in the cyber community on launch day.” Stamos told The Verge that “there’s a real overstatement of Mythos’ capabilities. Anthropic is somewhat responsible for this themselves, clearly … Mythos is great, but the real turning point was really last year.”
Mock review scorecard of the Trump phone Trump Mobile's T1 Phone 8002 Verge Score: ??? THE GOOD - Some people have held it, so it technically exists in some form, somewhere on this planet THE BAD - Isn't widely available even a year after it was announced - Requires $100 deposit for a preorder but still has no release date - Initially marketed as "designed and built the United States" despite failing to meet FTC requirements for making that claim - Seemingly just a reskin of an HTC phone - Kind of ugly
Verge headline: Inside the fight over Claude Mythos 5 by Hayden Field Photo collage/illustration of the Pentagon surrounded by binary code
Verge headline: I spent a year trying to figure out if the Trump phone is a scam by Dominic Preston Photo of a cake with several slices taken out of it, screenprinted on the cake is a photo of a man holding the Trump phone, first shown to The Verge over a video call.
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Verge headline: Is Apple TV the new HBO? by Janko Roettgers Image of Helly R. (or Helena?) from Severance
Verge headline: The world's first trillionaire is a killer by TC Sottek Image of Elon Musk doing a "fascist salute" in the form of an oil painting on a wall
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Victoria Song: "What is an agent?" Asks Rockwell. An iteration of What is a photo?
Victoria Song 3:28:47 PM lay. I'm going to bring a zesty pasta that compl weet and savory notes of the watermelon feta s ext party. I'm a zesty pasta gal. Nilay Patel 3:28:03 PM here is no chance any real human has ever text pout bringing this zesty pasta" to another human
Nilay Patel, quoting: "This is the amount of the Google assistant we use, which is none." "We use none of the models Google deploys to their customers. We don't use Google search or anything like that."
list of ios 27 features SAVE A VIDEO FRAME AS A PHOTO FASTER APP LAUNCHES REDESIGNED SHORTCUTS EDITOR CONTINUOUS SENDING OF PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND TEXTS IN MESSAGES HIGHLIGHTED: CONSOLIDATED NOTIFICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE TAPBACKS IN MESSAGES MORE FLEXIBLE SHARING OPTIONS IN FIND MY GUIDES IN MAPS AVAILABLE IN MORE PLACES MAPS PARKED CAR WIDGET IN SMART STACK EASIER CARD SELECTION AND PAYMENT MANAGEMENT WITH APPLE PAY SMARTER BLUETOOTH POWER MANAGEMENT SMART LANGUAGE AND KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION SUGGESTIONS SEARCH WITHIN SHOWS IN PODCASTS MORE ACCURATE PHOTO ORIENTATION FASTER LOADING OF NEW CAPTURES IN PHOTOS
Victoria Song: Nilay, you're going to be a menace vibe-coding shortcuts, aren't you. Nilay Patel: God I can't wait to text my wife every time I experience a time and place transition during the day. Image of a vibe coded shortcut: When I'm leaving work, message Pedro "I:'m on my way" with my ETA and play Up First
Verge headline: Apple announces Siri AI and its next generation of Apple Intelligence by Dominic Preston Photo of the new Siri suggesting a door code to someone on an iPhone screen
Nilay Patel: Siri looks different -- big bubbles coming off the dyanmic island at the top of the screen. Allison Johnson shares a photo of what this looks like on a phone Nilay Patel: There's now a dedicated Siri app, and visual intelligence across platforms.
Victoria Song: The fact that iOS 27 is available to so many iPhone models is also an acknowledgement that many people aren't upgrading their phones as frequently. Even so, this is a good thing. List of iPhones from 11 to 17 Pro max that will support iOS27
Headline reads: Protesters demand Apple crack down on deepfake apps Video shows a large protest sign near Apple HQ, it reads: Apple is powered by Child Sexual Abuse. John Ternus -- what will you do?
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Verge headline: MAHA is coming for your clothing by Mia Sato Photo illustration of RFK Jr. on a scribbly orange background
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Verge headline: Can AI tell if your script will make a hit film? by Charles Pulliam-Moore Illustration of a pair of hands holding a melting clapperboard/film slate and about to slap down the bar to call "action"
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Verge headline: Let us filter AI slop, you cowards by Jess Weatherbed Illustration of shrimp jesus surrounded by shrimp
Verge headline: Trans teens want to talk about their future by Grace Byron Illustration: overlapping silhouettes and soft gradient of a child, a parent, and Donald Trump.
On the one hand, this is one of the most astonishingly impressive AI experiences I have ever had. Google’s AI prowess, combined with the vast quantity of data it has on me through Google’s Personal Intelligence feature, produced a personalized and useful itinerary that was well suited to my needs and my family. It put together the itinerary, and presented it to me, the way an actual human assistant would have — with lots of details specific to our situation, with the names of the people who matter, and with affordances made for all of our specific needs. Every time I read the itinerary I’m blown away by another detail of it; I suspect we’ll follow it almost exactly.
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Verge headline: AI grifters are creating fake Black people to sell Shein junk by Nicole Froio Illustration depicts a collage of what appears to be AI-generated Black people who are crying about the state of their small business. One caption reads "Even as a black woman, I have more faith that white women will stay 13 seconds to save my belt buckle business..."
The Verge's Jay Peters tests out haptic "singing" via the new Steam Controller