Microsoft: “The most ports ever on a Surace Laptop.” Also Microsoft: “The most typo ever on a Surace Laptop.” 😭
Kevin Beaumont@doublepulsar.com · 10h agoWell done to the person in charge of Surface for doing a presentation where Surface wasn’t spelled correctly.
Good news: I have a Googlebook to test. Bad news: I gave up on posting this from the laptop, using photos from my phone, because it was so excruciatingly slow transferring the files. Fingers crossed these are just teething pains while my laptop and phone get to know each other
apparently Amazon thinks I build PCs "exclusively with premium brands" and have "periodic home improvement bursts" 🤨
The Verge@theverge.com · 15h agoSome users have ‘flat buttocks,’ ‘cannot keep real plants alive,’ and ‘treats cats as biological children,“ according to Amazon. www.theverge.com/tech/1006712...
scoop: Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights. The streaming rights come in November, when Microsoft is opening up access to Xbox Cloud Gaming. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/report/10058...
Xbox has secured exclusive GTA 6 streaming rights
The streaming rights come in November, when Microsoft is opening up access to Xbox Cloud Gaming.
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I think The Social Reckoning will be a useful recollection of events for people who didn't follow Haugen's story and the WSJ's reporting in real time. But the film doesn't really work as an entertaining thriller or a revelatory critique of Zuckerberg and Meta. My review:
The Verge@theverge.com · 16h agoThe film does an excellent job of presenting our present day reality as the end result of events Zuckerberg and Facebook helped facilitate. But for all of its insight, The Social Reckoning still feels like a feature that’s arriving a little too late to have a meaningful impact.
‘RemoveMacAI’ switches off Apple’s AI features, deletes its AI models, and blocks them from being downloaded again. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
An open-source tool lets you delete 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS
Delete Apple’s AI with a single command.
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I've got two Intel-based Googlebooks on their way to me, so I guess I'll be hunting down weird performance problems this week
Google admits not every Android app runs great on Intel Googlebooks
‘A small handful’ of apps apparently need some ‘developer tuning.’
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Activision is taking over Halo. Feels like we're witnessing the end of Xbox Game Studios. www.theverge.com/news/998586/...
Activision is taking over Halo as part of a massive Xbox shake-up
The Xbox reset continues with major studio changes, layoffs, and more.
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My colleagues are so smart — very rewarding to share bylines with three of them on this story!
Victoria Song@vicmsong.bsky.social · 2w agoWell, it took 17 hours to get to SF for Meta Connect so y’all can have this story I wrote with @miasato.bsky.social @haydenfield.bsky.social and @laurenfeiner.bsky.social, as a treat. tinyurl.com/yu6jcy9b
NEW: Muse is Zuck’s latest bid to reinvent Meta. But can a company synonymous with safety & privacy debacles become the AI-powered voice in everyone’s ear? A deep dive from me, @miasato.bsky.social, @vicmsong.bsky.social & @laurenfeiner.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Can you forget how you feel about Meta?
‘Pervert glasses.’ Thousands of lawsuits. Mark Zuckerberg wants to sweep it all away with a new bid on AI.
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Today I'm toying with the faceplates that give the Steam Machine a screen. They're from JSAUX, and they're on sale today. www.theverge.com/tech/998770/...
There’s a good chance that my next laptop will be a Googlebook. If you’re an Android user like me, then yours might be too, because Google is making a compelling pitch: The Googlebook does for the Android phone what the MacBook does for the iPhone (and then some).
Googlebooks feel like the first laptops built for Android owners
My next laptop might be a Googlebook.
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Bungie says it’s "not done with Destiny" and will bring back vaulted content. Bungie is reversing its controversial content vault that saw Destiny 2 content removed six years ago. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/998317/...
Bungie says it’s ‘not done with Destiny’ and will bring back vaulted content
Bungie is reversing its controversial content vault that saw Destiny 2 content removed six years ago.
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I really hope Googlebooks can become more than just expensive Chromebooks. The blueprint is there, but software support has to follow next. If it does, I'll be one of the buyers putting money down.
Googlebooks feel like the first laptops built for Android owners
My next laptop might be a Googlebook.
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Cable is dead. Long live cable
The Verge@theverge.com · 2w agoIf every streamer in the game decides that paywalled always-on channels, bundles, and even more price increases are the way forward, it’s really going to feel like we’ve come full circle back to cable. Read more from @charlespulliam.bsky.social:
This week on Optimizer — I am sick of my wearables trying to recontextualize age. You are your age! Time moves forward! This metric can be a useful gauge of where you might best direct effort but you’re not going to be magically aging backward! www.theverge.com/column/99593...
Your ‘health age’ is fake
Your ‘health age’ is just your age.
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I got to try Snap's Specs AR glasses. Snap really wants them to be the next great computing platform. But I'm skeptical that they will be ready for primetime. www.theverge.com/tech/996422/...
I wore Snap’s $2,200 smart glasses
Snap’s Specs are a bold play for augmented reality.
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Researchers warned AI would go rogue. This is only the beginning. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety
AI safety researchers warned that popular models would go rogue. This is only the beginning.
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Taking a much-appreciated comp day... but still giving away gadgets in the US! Might box up a couple prize packs today, in fact... www.theverge.com/gadgets/9367...
Win cool gadgets we can’t keep because The Verge has ethics
Did you know The Verge doesn’t keep the products companies send?
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What's better than hearing from one Steam Frame reviewer? How about two? @scottstein.bsky.social is my guest on The Vergecast... which I'm hosting for the very first time!
Who is the $1,059 Steam VR headset for? | The Vergecast
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Dug into some YouTube drama involving content creators getting slammed with DMCA takedowns for videos that prominently feature *substantial* chunks of copyrighted material. Creators have insisted that their videos are transformative and protected by fair use, but copyright enforcers beg to differ
The Verge@theverge.com · 4w agoContent creators say their videos are fair use, but one controversial company begs to differ. www.theverge.com/tech/993898/...
Hi all, it's Thursday, and I am prepping this week's Installer! I want to know everything you're into. What are you reading / watching / playing / folding this week? Tell me so I can tell everyone! (And subscribe to Installer!)
I've tested every major Android foldable so far this year. Nothing in the iPhone Duo's hardware has really caught my attention, but the software looks much more exciting
The iPhone Duo’s hardware doesn’t look special, but its software might be
iOS 27 may be the iPhone Duo’s greatest advantage.
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Apple has announced its long-anticipated foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, which arrives more than seven years after the first Samsung Galaxy Fold hit the market. www.theverge.com/tech/991203/...
Nvidia’s new RTX Spark laptops launch in October with two different configs. While there were rumors of an N1 and N1X, Nvidia is launching with two different versions of the N1X in what I call a mini PC config and a laptop config. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/989133/...
Nvidia’s new RTX Spark laptops launch in October with two different configs
Nvidia’s N1X laptop will ship in two different configurations for laptops and mini PCs.
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Nvidia is officially planning to bring DLSS 5 to RTX 40-series GPUs. The commitment comes after modders managed to get DLSS 5 running on older RTX 30 and RTX 20-series GPUs www.theverge.com/games/989978...
Nvidia will officially bring DLSS 5 to older GPUs — but won’t give gamers full control
The cat is out of the bag.
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The series will reportedly delve into the origins of D&D's most famous vampire, Strahd von Zarovich. www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Dungeons & Dragons is getting a ‘Ravenloft’ live-action Netflix series
‘Ravenloft’ will follow Strahd’s villain origin story.
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Microsoft is opening up Xbox Cloud Gaming to anyone next month with a new pay-as-you-go option. It's part of an effort to tempt more people without an Xbox into the company's gaming ecosystem. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/989211/...
Microsoft opens up Xbox Cloud Gaming with new pay-as-you-go option
Microsoft is trying once again to tempt people without an Xbox into its ecosystem.
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