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Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026: The biggest announcements and trailers
Author: Verge Staff It’s time for another Geoff Keighley-hosted blast of gaming news. Gamescom’s two-hour Opening Night Live event is scheduled to kick off on Tuesday at 2PM ET, with a preshow starting 30 minutes before. Thanks to teases on social media, we already have some idea of what to... -
Bose’s smallest Bluetooth speaker is a great deal at 35 percent off
Author: Brad Bourque The Bose SoundLink Micro is just over four inches square. | Image: The Verge Bose may be best known for its QuietComfort headphones, but the brand’s Bluetooth speakers have earned a great reputation for featuring great sound and build quality. The compact Bose SoundLink... -
GeForce Now is getting support for the Steam Controller
Author: Jay Peters Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service will officially support Valve's Steam Controller and Steam Machine starting later this year. With Steam Controller support, you'll be able to play games with Valve's great new gamepad when using the GeForce Now app on your Steam... -
Nothing OS 5.0 brings a new Glyph Interface app and a more customizable homescreen
Author: Stevie Bonifield With the new design of Nothing OS 5.0, app icons and widgets can use adaptive color to get color tints pulled from your wallpaper, which update whenever your wallpaper changes. Alongside Android's built-in Dynamic Colors, the company says it allows you to have... -
Instagram’s ‘First Draft’ trims your Reels clips for you
Author: Emma Roth Instagram is launching a new Reels-editing feature that automatically trims your video clips to focus on the highlights. The feature, called First Draft, is rolling out to Instagram's iPhone app and provides a "starting point" that you can build upon with other edits... -
Polestar claims it was blindsided by sales ban
Author: Andrew J. Hawkins BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 26: Polestar cars are displayed in the showroom at a Polestar dealership on June 26, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. Electric car maker Polestar will be barred from selling new vehicles in the United States starting with the 2027... -
Apple’s ‘new’ polishing cloth is the same except $10 cheaper
Author: Emma Roth Apple just dropped a new polishing cloth, and unlike its refreshed Mac Mini models, it comes with a price cut, as spotted earlier by MacRumors. The polishing cloth is still "made with soft, nonabrasive material" but costs $9 instead of $19. It doesn't look like anything... -
OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip can power faster AI responses than the competition
Author: Emma Roth OpenAI says its new AI chip, Jalapeño, completes tasks more efficiently and returns responses faster than other AI systems, according to a blog post published on Tuesday. During a briefing with reporters, OpenAI hardware vice president Richard Ho said Jalapeño offers the... -
Apple launches new Mac Studios with its ‘most powerful chip ever’ — the M5 Ultra
Author: Antonio G. Di Benedetto Those precious, precious ports! | Image: Apple Apple is announcing new models of the Mac Studio, now using the existing M5 Max and a new M5 Ultra. This reunification under one chip generation comes over a year after Apple awkwardly split the Studio between M4... -
Apple’s new Mac Mini has fresh M6 and M5 Pro chip offerings — and higher prices
Author: Antonio G. Di Benedetto The M6 / M5 Pro Mac Mini. | Image: Apple Apple is announcing a new generation of the Mac Mini, once again offering two models: one with a new M6 chip and a higher-end model with the M5 Pro found in this year's MacBook Pro. The new Minis have the same tiny... -
Apple’s new M6 chip gets more cores and more AI compute
Author: Jay Peters Apple has announced a new M6 chip for Macs, along with an M5 Ultra that it says is its "most powerful chip ever," designed for tasks like 3D rendering and running frontier AI models. The M6 is Apple's first 2nm chip, which Apple says will bring improvements in performance... -
Uber is letting parents check in on their teens through drivers’ selfie cameras
Author: Andrew J. Hawkins Uber is updating its teen account feature to allow parents to use the selfie cameras on Uber drivers' phones to check in on their teenage children during ridehail trips. Since first launching teen accounts in 2023, Uber has touted the myriad ways parents can keep... -
GuliKit’s Switch 2 TV dock gives me one feature I’ve missed when traveling
Author: Andrew Liszewski GuliKit’s Switch 2 dock is a much smaller alternative to Nintendo’s. Nintendo didn’t design its Switch dock with travel in mind. Genki’s Covert Dock is a much smaller alternative my family has been using to connect our Switch to hotel TVs for years, but I’ve come to... -
The lens in Wyze’s new $40 indoor camera retracts for privacy
Author: Andrew Liszewski Wyze announced a new pan-and-tilt security camera today designed for indoor use. The entire Indoor Cam Pan can rotate 360 degrees, while the camera and lens on its front can tilt up and down 103 degrees. When you want privacy, the lens can tilt down until it... -
Where to preorder the updated Mac Mini and Mac Studio
Author: Brad Bourque The updated Mac Mini is a compact machine for home desktop use. | Image: Apple Apple has announced two new processors, the M6 and M5 Ultra, as well as updated Mac Mini and Mac studio machines powered by them. The new machines are already available for preorder directly...