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onsemi to buy Synaptics in $7bn bet on ‘physical A...
onsemi is buying Synaptics in an all-stock deal worth about $7bn. The onsemi Synaptics deal bets tha...
Sometimes, health tracking accuracy is overrated
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects a...
Volkswagen reportedly plans to cut 100,000 jobs
Volkswagen reportedly wants to cut 100,000 jobs, about 15% of its workforce, and close German plants...
Bacteria could be the secret sauce to keeping your...
A new study finds that bacteria can grow materials that cool electronics far better than current opt...
California built a tool to catch AI killing jobs
California has built the first state tool to watch for AI wiping out jobs. The early read: no mass l...
Of course Meta thinks gambling is the future
Meta is, by and large, a company built on other companies' ideas. It has almost perfected the strate...
Polestar forced to exit the US market. It’s a sham...
Polestar can still sell existing U.S. stock, but future model-year 2027 EVs are blocked, taking one ...
Anthropic’s Mythos mess is only getting worse
It's been two weeks since Anthropic took its Mythos-class models offline after a Friday evening ulti...
You may have to wait until 2027 for Macs with Appl...
Apple may be reshuffling its Mac silicon roadmap in a big way. While the M6 is reportedly arriving s...
I found these two Prime Day flagship laptop deals ...
These Samsung and Microsoft Prime Day laptop deals take different routes to high-end value: a 16-inc...
OpenAI told Cannes it is “clearly in the advertisi...
OpenAI made its debut at the Cannes Lions advertising festival this week, but it did not book a beac...
As Spotify embraces AI, Deezer will let you remix ...
Deezer’s Remix Lab is a new in-app feature launching first in France that lets fans remix select son...
Patronus AI raises $50M to stress-test AI agents
Patronus AI has raised $50m to build simulated worlds where AI agents can be tested before they touc...
I found two Prime Day budget charger deals that do...
These Anker and Belkin Prime Day charger deals are cheap, practical, and from brands I’d trust more ...
Apple’s AirPods Max 2 headphones are still $150 of...
One of the best deals this ongoing Prime Day has been on Apple’s latest flagship headphones. The Air...
Malaysia intercepts $13M AI chip shipment bound fo...
The shipment passed through Kuala Lumpur declared as ordinary computer components. Inside the 72 ser...
Elon Musk’ Starlink could soon offer mobile servic...
SpaceX may be preparing its boldest Starlink expansion yet. Instead of just supporting mobile carrie...
Prime Day is offering rare discounts on Philips Hu...
Philips Hue products don’t often see major discounts, which makes this year’s Prime Day deals especi...
Zalando plunges after German regulator opens accou...
Germany’s financial regulator is reviewing a disclosure tied to the About You takeover. Zalando says...
Your Windows 10 PC just got an extra year of secur...
Millions of Windows 10 PCs that can't run Windows 11 just got breathing room, as Microsoft stretches...
Framework found a way to make its new laptop cheap...
Some Framework Laptop 13 Pro buyers will get upgraded from 500GB to 1TB SSD storage while also seein...
AI voices are getting harder to spot — this Eleven...
AI-generated voices are becoming nearly impossible to identify. ElevenLabs is now embedding invisibl...
With GTA looming, consoles are getting expensive a...
The release of Grand Theft Auto VI is a singular moment, the kind of massive cultural phenomenon tha...
France’s statistics department hit by cyberattack ...
The institution that counts France found itself counting victims this week. INSEE, the national stat...
Swatch wants $170m from Samsung over copied watch ...
A London court already found 26 of Samsung’s smartwatch faces infringed Swatch trademarks. Now the t...
Android 17’s cool new gaming trick is to turn your...
Android 17’s foldable gaming mode splits the screen into gameplay and virtual controller zones, maki...
Samsung will soon start charging to access its sma...
From October this year Samsung will roll out a variety of new paid tiers for access to its SmartThin...
YouTube Shorts is getting 2x speed and a cleaner v...
Four new Shorts updates landed today, and while 2x playback and Clear Screen mode are welcome, remov...
Apple’s most powerful Macs might be waiting until ...
Apple is expected to shake up its usual Mac silicon release strategy, with Bloomberg's Mark Gurman r...
This app turns your iPhone into a tiny iPod-style ...
UltraPod started as a viral Apple Music concept and is now a free iOS beta that turns an iPhone into...
It’s the last day of Prime Day — here are over 130...
We’ve arrived at the final day of Prime Day, which at this point should probably be called “Prime We...
Kobo rejected 45% of self-published books last yea...
A self-publishing platform exists to say yes. Kobo’s, last year, spent a remarkable share of its tim...
Samsung’s $647bn home investment heads for the chi...
Numbers in the trillions have a way of losing their edges, so it is worth holding this one still for...
The US government asks OpenAI to slow its next mod...
Sam Altman told staff Washington wants GPT-5.6 released first to a short list of trusted partners, w...
Cargo drone startup Elroy Air nears an $800m SPAC ...
The maker of the autonomous Chaparral is in advanced talks to go public through a blank-cheque merge...
TikTok and YouTube cut 4.7 million under-16 accoun...
The number arrives with the bluntness of a government tally. TikTok and YouTube have deactivated rou...
SpaceX wants to sell Starlink phone service direct...
Every satellite company eventually looks down at the much larger market on the ground, and SpaceX ap...
Airwallex raises $320m at an $11bn valuation, bett...
A 38% jump in valuation over six months is the kind of figure that tells you where investor appetite...
Trump Mobile will take your $499 right now
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We still don't have the ph...
Italy opens an antitrust probe into Microsoft 365’...
The regulator says customers were moved to a pricier Copilot-bundled plan unless they actively opted...
Australia’s teen social media ban works on paper, ...
A law is only as strong as the door it actually closes, and Australia’s ban on social media for unde...
Nothing Phone 4b might pack more than you’d expect...
A new leak from tipster Yogesh Brar suggests the Nothing Phone 4b may pack a Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chip...
Pool cleaning is finally getting smarter, and Beat...
Robotic pool cleaners have become increasingly capable, but many still require more manual intervent...
Apple just raised Mac prices, and Prime Day is you...
Apple raised MacBook prices this week. Amazon hasn't updated every listing yet, and these five Prime...
Android 17’s new foldable gaming mode could make f...
Android 17 is getting a dedicated gaming mode for foldables that will put a virtual gamepad with tou...
YouTube updates Shorts to make it even more like T...
YouTube is adding even more TikTok-like features to Shorts, including a new "clear screen" mode that...
The hidden cost of complacency and Jay Roland’s mi...
Corporate America is hemorrhaging money through inefficient IT business processes, and Jay Roland, f...
OpenAI will delay GPT-5.6 after Trump administrati...
The Trump administration, apprehensive of potential security issues, has reportedly asked OpenAI to ...
Building trust in AI health intelligence: why priv...
Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly visible part of healthcare. From administrative ...
Framework has good news and bad news
Thanks to the component crisis, it's a bad time to want a new computer. But if you are waiting on a ...
