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Google Unveils New Intelligent Eyewear Models With Gentle Monster & Warby Parker
Google's new smart glasses offer voice control, translation, and hands-free features, challenging Ray-Ban Meta with audio and display models.
Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the car crashes piling up on a daily basis at the Washington-based intersection of technology and politics. If you're not a subscriber, sign up for our fine editorial enterprise today, especially as we process the end of Musk v. Altman. And if you have […]
Vibe coding is coming to your phone
"There's an app for that" was the promise of the App Store from the very beginning. The app that will get your phone to do the thing you want it to? It's just a few taps away. The tagline wasn't strictly true - I'm still waiting for that one perfect grocery list app. Still, apps […]
‘It’s in the air’: Apple TV’s hottest new shows explore different sides of OnlyFans
Apple TV is best known for its lineup of science fiction shows and feel-good sitcoms, but of late the streaming service has veered in a different direction. A pair of its current buzziest shows explore the world of OnlyFans creators and cam models, and they're timed up near perfectly; just as one ends (Margo's Got […]
Android 17 is getting its own version of Apple’s Handoff
Google is adding a new Android feature that resembles Apple's Handoff, allowing you to start a task on your Android phone and continue it right where you left off from a compatible tablet. "Continue On" is designed to eventually be bidirectional, but Google says that at launch it will only support tasks moving from a […]
Mercedes’ electric AMG GT 4-door coupe can go 0-60 in 2 seconds
The era of ultra-high performance Mercedes EVs is here. The German automaker finally revealed its new super sedan, the AMG GT 4-door coupe, with technology borrowed from the automaker's XX concept that last year made history by driving 24,901 miles in under 8 days at Nardò Ring in southern Italy. With the production model, Mercedes […]
Wear OS 7 will keep track of deliveries and sports scores on your wrist
Amid the flurry of today's Google I/O announcements, Google shared details about Wear OS 7, the next major update to its smartwatch platform. To help you keep track of things like deliveries and sports scores, Wear OS 7 will get the iPhone-style Live Updates that were introduced on Android last year - which can appear […]
USM Modular Furniture Goes HiFi Compatible With Symbol Speaker Modules
SummaryUSM Modular Furniture and Symbol Audio debuted a series of HiFi speaker modules designed to seamlessly integrate into USM’s iconic shelving frameworks at NYC Design Week.The collaboration features high-fidelity audio components alongside acoustic-optimizing soft panels, expanding on the brands' ongoing partnership in industrial-style media solutions.It’s safe to say that USM’s modular furniture system is now HiFi-compatible with its latest collaboration. USM Modular Furniture and Symbol Audio are taking their partnership to the next level with the official unveiling of their USM-compatible HiFi speaker modules at NYC Design Week. Showcasing the “Wall of Sound” at the Afternoon Light Design Fair in Lower Manhattan, USM and Symbol debuted their innovation in an immersive lounge center...
Ugreen’s new soccer ball-shaped tracker has up to 7 years of battery life
Ugreen has announced a new Apple Find My-compatible tracker with a novel design that limits where you can hide it, but greatly benefits battery life. Inspired by "major football tournaments" the company doesn't call out by name, the Ugreen FineTrack 2 is shaped like a soccer ball and is designed to be used hanging off […]
Kickstarter just killed its new mature content rules
Last week, we noted Kickstarter's new content guidelines, which had some pretty weird new additions, including a prohibition on "sexual wellness products that are not designed for insertion or penetration and are not marketed primarily for sexual gratification." Those rules have now been eliminated and the company has restored an earlier version of its guidelines. […]
LG will release the first 1000Hz, 1080p gaming monitor this year
If you just can't choose between refresh rate and resolution, LG's next gaming monitor could solve your problem, as the UltraGear 25G590B monitor is the first one announced that will be capable of a native 1000Hz refresh rate at 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. So far, the 1,000Hz models we've seen have only been capable of […]
Google is rolling out its redesigned Workspace app icons
It's not just you - the Google Workspace apps are getting a new look. The redesigned app icons, leaked last month, are now rolling out widely, as we started noticing this morning. Users with the redesigned icons will notice they now have a gradient look that fades from lighter to darker shades, rather than being […]
