The MSI Claw EX is the most important PC handheld since Steam Deck — I still wouldn’t buy one
The MSI Claw EX is the most important PC handheld since Steam Deck — I still wouldn’t buy one

As The Verge’s resident handheld reviewer, I have nearly every portable gaming PC on a shelf in my house. The MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus is now the first one I reach for. Thanks to a next-gen Intel chip and improved MSI design, the Claw EX is the most powerful handheld that truly feels […]

Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba
Apple trained its own AI model for China with help from Alibaba

Apple has reportedly trained a custom AI model for the China market alongside domestic tech giant Alibaba, a rare cross-border partnership that cuts across growing tensions between Beijing and Washington. The China-focused large language model was developed in partnership with Alibaba and trained with the company’s support, Reuters reports, citing three unnamed people familiar with […]

Help build a monument to that ‘sad little bitch’ Elon Musk
Help build a monument to that ‘sad little bitch’ Elon Musk

Cards Against Humanity is gearing up to build “something that will annoy Elon Musk,” and it’s crowdfunding the project with its usual flavor of vulgarity. The company behind the card game announced plans to build “a grand monument” to Musk on the parcel of land it owns near Starbase, Texas, with the aim to “make […]

Why the Founders Winning With AI Agents Aren’t the Ones Automating the Most

The founders pulling ahead aren’t automating more than everyone else — they’re reinvesting the reclaimed hours into the judgment work only they can do.

Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store

In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links that don’t use the company’s in-app purchase system. Epic has already responded, saying that Apple’s request is “far outside of the bounds” of the […]

WhatsApp Fights Back Against Scammers With New AI Alert Tool

Meta’s new Scam Alert tool will flag potential scam texts in WhatsApp while your messages stay encrypted.

Using AI Shopping Carts Could Lead You to Spend More Money, Study Says

Smart screens mounted on shopping carts might change people’s behavior at grocery stores in a few interesting ways.

‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier
‘That is not acceptable’: Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier

One month after Epic Games and Google seemingly stopped fighting over the future of Android app distribution, they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today – where Judge James Donato just ordered Google to make it easier to install rival app stores on Android. It’s been nearly three years since a jury unanimously decided […]

The fight over Flock and other ALPRs
The fight over Flock and other ALPRs

There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s cameras, and others like them, use AI to identify and track vehicles based on their license plate number, make, model, color, and other info, networked together to track vehicles and people’s movements throughout the day and across […]

Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot

Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot’s voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it’s going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have “more to react to,” as reported earlier by GeekWire. Mico launched in Copilot’s voice mode last […]