Android
AI nutrition tracking stinks
The pitch is to take a picture and let AI do the rest. The latter is where it all breaks down. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Read more…
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The Asus Falcata Hall effect split gaming keyboard is $140 off right now
The Falcata takes up so much less desk space than the Kinesis Freestyle Edge RGB I use, and it works wirelessly, if you want. I recently published a review of the Asus Falcata, a 75-percent Read more…
Android
I signed up for Trump Mobile two weeks ago and I still don’t have my SIM
Dude, where’s my card? Where’s the Trump Phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. While we wait, we tried to order a Trump Mobile SIM card so we can test the service Read more…
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AirDropping stuff from a Pixel phone rules so much
A new way to AirDrop just dropped. It’s pretty rare when a cool new gadget feature gets announced that you can try right away on your own devices. But that’s exactly what happened yesterday when, Read more…
Android
Apple’s new limited edition iPhone grip is all about accessibility
The chunky grip doubles as a stand, and attaches using MagSafe. Apple has partnered with artist and designer Bailey Hikawa on a new MagSafe iPhone grip “designed with accessibility in mind from the ground up.” Read more…
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The new silicon valley (literally)
Arizona’s economy was once dominated by the “five C’s”: cotton, cattle, citrus, copper, and climate. But a new C has emerged that could grow to overshadow the rest: chips. New semiconductor manufacturing facilities are springing Read more…
Android
Google’s Nano Banana Pro generates excellent conspiracy fuel
The Gemini app produced this image of a second shooter hidden in the bushes with the Book Depository in the background. | AI Image: The Verge via Google Gemini It was really easy getting Google’s Read more…
Android
Grok’s Elon Musk worship is getting weird
It’s no secret that Elon Musk shapes the X social platform and X’s “maximally truth-seeking” Grok AI chatbot to his preferences. But it’s possible Musk may have needed a bit of an extra ego boost Read more…
Android
Google’s new AI image creator took my shirt off
Three pros. | Image: The Verge / Google, Nano Banana Pro I gave Google’s new Nano Banana Pro a try, and it immediately took my clothes off. I didn’t ask it to, but the AI Read more…
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Microsoft’s AI-powered copy and paste can now use on-device AI
Microsoft is upgrading its Advanced Paste tool in PowerToys for Windows 11, allowing you to use an on-device AI model to power some of its features. With the 0.96 update, you can route requests through Read more…