Woot is offering solid discounts on some of the best Nintendo Switch 2 games
Woot is offering solid discounts on some of the best Nintendo Switch 2 games Donkey Kong Bananza is $61.99 ($8 off) at Woot. There haven’t been a lot of opportunities to catch Switch 2 games on sale since the console launched in early June, but that’s changing thanks to Woot. The store is having a […]
Where is the Trump phone?
Where is the Trump phone? A definitely real, existent phone. Almost exactly a month ago, I wrote an article for theverge.com pointing out that the T1 Phone 8002 (gold version) — a.k.a. the Trump phone — had missed its promised release date. Now here I am again, because the phone still hasn’t come out. In case […]
Sound Blaster’s modular hub is a reconfigurable Stream Deck for audio
Sound Blaster's modular hub is a reconfigurable Stream Deck for audio Full apps can be run on the hub’s 3-inch touchscreen, including a DOS emulator for retro games. | Image: Creative Creative, the company best known for its Sound Blaster line of sound cards that boosted the audio capabilities of ’90s-era PCs, is reviving the […]
Perplexity’s new AI tool aims to simplify patent research
Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research Patents are notoriously difficult to search for, but Perplexity has launched an AI-powered tool that’s supposed to make the process a little easier. Its new patent research agent allows you to search for patents using natural language, rather than a string of keywords. As an example, […]
The FCC is letting ISPs hide fees on your broadband bill
The FCC is letting ISPs hide fees on your broadband bill The FCC is moving to dismantle a rule requiring internet service providers to publish detailed “nutrition labels” for their service plans, just over a year after the requirement went into effect. The changes it’s proposing could roll back transparency requirements that took years to […]
The Bose Ultra gen 2 earbuds are still chunky, but their ANC is incredible
The Bose Ultra gen 2 earbuds are still chunky, but their ANC is incredible With the second-gen Ultra Earbuds, Bose has again delivered top-notch noise-canceling performance. Bose has built its modern reputation on noise-canceling performance, offering the best in class for a good two decades, since the launch of the QuietComfort headphones in 2000. But […]
God will be declared by a panel of experts
God will be declared by a panel of experts What is AGI? We know it stands for Artificial General Intelligence. That’s a good start. But what does AGI mean, really? And how do we know when we’ve achieved it? For that matter, who decides we’ve achieved it? Does the AGI decide? This week, as OpenAI […]
A bizarre Windows 11 bug duplicates Task Manager instead of closing it
A bizarre Windows 11 bug duplicates Task Manager instead of closing it The Task Manager isn’t managing its tasks. | Image: u/Hary06 If you’re a Windows 11 user who frequently uses the Task Manager tool, you should probably avoid Microsoft’s latest OS update. Reddit users and my colleague Tom Warren are reporting that a bug […]
Microsoft’s agent platform play
Microsoft's agent platform play Jay Parikh in 2018. | Photo: Andrej Sokolow / Getty Images This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. To understand how Microsoft sees its role in the AI race, look at what […]
Tim Cook says more AIs are coming to Apple Intelligence
Tim Cook says more AIs are coming to Apple Intelligence Tim Cook says Apple has plans to embed more third-party AI tools into the company’s operating systems. “Our intention is to integrate with more people over time,” Cook said in an interview with CNBC. Apple has already embedded ChatGPT into Siri, with a Google Gemini […]