Things are getting weird.

https://www.theverge.com/column/805821/the-next-legal-frontier-is-your-face-and-ai

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The Palma 2 Pro, ChatGPT Atlas, Plants vs Zombies Replanted, A House of Dynamite, and much more in this week’s Installer newsletter.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/806697/boox-palma-2-pro-chatgpt-atlas-...

Sam Altman has tapped Mikhail Shapiro, an award-winning biomolecular engineer, to join the Merge Labs brain-computer interface startup he’s set to announce so...

https://www.theverge.com/column/806666/...

The $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display feature amazing, best-in-class engineering. They also raise several questions about privacy and the next era of mobile computing.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/801684/meta...

Plus: the Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, Logitech’s MX Master 4, Sora 2, Comet, and more, in this week’s Installer newsletter.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/791905/best-lists-apps-to-do-shopping-insta...

Daniel Ek steps down as Spotify CEO, becoming executive chairman instead, leaving two co-CEOs to take his place.

https://www.theverge.com/news/788278/spotify-founder-daniel-ek-stepping-down-ceo-executi...

One of Discord’s third-party customer service providers was compromised by an “unauthorized party” that may have accessed things like names, usernames, an...

https://www.theverge.com/news/792032/discor...

The screen reportedly swivels between landscape and portrait modes.

https://www.theverge.com/news/767940/lenovo-rotating-display-laptop-concept-project-pivo-leak

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Plus: some durable cables, a great new Alien show, a strange RPG, and more.

https://www.theverge.com/installer-newsletter/760232/teenage-engineering-pc-case-fairphone-cables-charger-alien-earth-install...

It could spell death for a foldable’s inner screen.

https://www.theverge.com/the-stepback-newsletter/760031/foldables-flip-phones-flaw

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In the aftermath of Steam and itch pulling thousands of pages of adult content, their creators are speaking about their experiences making a living selling smut...

https://www.theverge.com/report/75684...

Apple’s new AppleCare One subscription lets you cover multiple products with a single plan. Subscribers can also cover products that are up to four years old.

https://www.theverge.com/news/711972/apple...

Nintendo is hosting another “Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program.” Applications open on Monday, July 21st.

https://www.theverge.com/news/709530/nintendo-switch-online-playtest-program-july-august-...

Hideo Kojima returns with the sequel Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, which launches on the PS5 on June 26th.

https://www.theverge.com/games-review/690468/death-stranding-2-review-ps5

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The E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, DC, hosted antitrust trials for Google and Meta, alongside cases over DOGE and Trump’s immigration policies...

https://www.theverge.com/policy/690440/...

With no way to stop the onslaught of AI music, the industry is taking a different approach: figuring out how to make money off of it.

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/686767/music-in...

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop 13 offers exquisite hardware for $900, even though it’s more basic than the 13.8-inch. The crux of it is still Windows on Arm...

https://www.theverge.com/reviews/671554/m...

Maze Mice offers something different than many of the year’s biggest, best games: a small, pick-up-and-play experience.

https://www.theverge.com/games/667948/maze-mice-pc-early-access-small-game

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Plus: Doom: The Dark Ages, Murderbot, the DJI Mavic Pro 4, and more in this week’s Installer newsletter.

https://www.theverge.com/installer-newsletter/668638/best-wireless-headphones-doom-murderbot-ins...

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is one of the thinnest and lightest phones around, but will its 3,900mAh battery be able to last the day?

https://www.theverge.com/samsung/664844/samsung-galaxy-s25-edge-thi...

The Sennheiser Accentum Open earbuds launch in the US later than Europe, and cost more, which is likely thanks to Trump’s tariffs.

https://www.theverge.com/news/662477/sennheiser-accentum-open-earbuds-...

Experts warns that the Trump administration’s anti-diversity efforts could impede space science and threaten missions.

https://www.theverge.com/space/629948/space-science-dei-diversity-nasa-trump

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have lost touch with reality and substituted a world built from their favorite mediums: TV and the internet.

https://www.theverge.com/politics/631078/trump-musk-doge-tesla-in...

Ford said it has distributed complimentary NACS adapters to 140,000 customers. Now it’s selling them for $200.

https://www.theverge.com/news/627230/ford-nacs-adapter-tesla-supercharger-price

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Uber customers in Austin can now hail a Waymo robotaxi exclusively through the Uber app.

https://www.theverge.com/news/623302/waymo-uber-austin-robotaxi-app-launch

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The Verge has IDC data showing how the Steam Deck has dominated the nascent handheld PC gaming industry.

https://www.theverge.com/pc-gaming/618709/steam-deck-3-year-anniversary-handheld-gaming-shipment...

Musk’s xAI is investigating why its Grok AI chatbot suggested that President Donald Trump and Musk deserve the death penalty.

https://www.theverge.com/news/617799/elon-musk-grok-ai-donald-trump-death-p...

Eufy’s latest smart lock is also a video doorbell. It uses palm recognition to unlock and supports Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, and more through Matter.

https://www.theverge.com/news/615019/eufy-familock-...

Threads now has more than 100 million daily active users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday. The platform also has more than 300 million monthly acti...

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/2...

Nvidia is officially launching its new app which will replace the GeForce Experience. The new Nvidia app will come bundled with GeForce drivers, too.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294442/nvidia...