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Google says Android's AirDrop-like Quick Share will now let some devices exchange files and contact info when tapped together, starting with Pixel 6 and newer (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-13 Android Google

Google plans to launch the $29 Pixel Tag on November 11 with a four-pack priced at $99, matching AirTag 2 pricing, offering UWB, Find Hub support, and more (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-13 Google

Google unveils the $399 Pixel Watch 5 with a satin pyrite case finish, offline Gemini, proactive AI suggestions, better GPS maps, and insulin resistance trends (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-13 Google AI GPS

Spotify plans to roll out AI Persona labeling in mid-September for profiles that do “not represent a real person”; the system uses human review and AI tools (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-11 AI Spotify

A look at “Spiralism”, a quasi-spiritual movement that grew in 2025 from human-AI conversations after sycophantic GPT-4o updates and expanded ChatGPT memory (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-9 AI

Microsoft plans to end support for Manifest V2 extensions in Edge starting this month, following Google Chrome, and for enterprise users in early 2027 (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-8 Google Microsoft Chrome

Suno plans to adopt new watermarking and fingerprinting tech, transparency tools, and a new download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI tracks (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-7 AI

Rockstar says it will show an “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, premiering on Netflix at 3pm ET before streaming on YouTube at 9pm ET (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-6 YouTube Netflix

Reddit expands its test of Rules Hub, a suite of tools that rely on LLMs to help moderators manage their communities, and plans a full launch later this year (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-6 Reddit

How Reddit moderators are battling AI-powered astroturfing ad campaigns that exploit the platform's trusted reputation to promote skincare and other products (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-5 AI Reddit

EA says its $55B acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners has closed, taking the company private; the deal includes $20B in debt financing (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-5 Silver

Pavel Durov says an extortionist planted “illegal porn in a public chat” to get the app pulled from the App Store and manipulated Apple into “overreacting” (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-5 Apple

Q&A with Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider on the AT Protocol, ActivityPub, scaling moderation, Bluesky's reputation as a progressive social media network, and more (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-4

Leaked doc: Microsoft plans to bring Xbox 360 games to PC, and the games will be able to run on the next-gen Project Helix console, “Xbox PCs”, and handhelds (www.theverge.com)
2026-8-4 Microsoft Xbox

In a memo to employees, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma lays out priorities for the unit, including returning to player and revenue growth by the end of fiscal year 2027 (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-31 Xbox

The US FCC's ban on foreign “advanced robotic devices” covers any new ground-based, software-controlled wireless robot over 4.4 pounds, including robot vacuums (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-30 Robot Ban

The FCC's ban on foreign “advanced robotic devices” includes any new ground-based, software-controlled wireless robot over 4.4 pounds, including robot vacuums (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-30 Robot Ban

Microsoft reports Q4 Windows OEM and Devices revenue down 7% YoY, Xbox hardware revenue down 13%, and Xbox content and services revenue down 10% (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-29 Microsoft 4Q Xbox

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 review: comfortable when shut, 4:3 inner display is great, and impressive battery life, but no telephoto or IP68 and some app errors (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-29 Samsung Battery

Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: very good Intel Core Ultra X7 performance, excellent build quality and keyboard, but expensive because of high RAM prices (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-27 Intel

After a backlash, Meta pauses its plan to “rate limit” Conversation Focus, an accessibility feature for its glasses that runs on-device (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-25

Primate Labs releases Geekbench 7, featuring larger, more demanding datasets for CPUs and GPUs, along with new video and audio encoding/decoding tests, and more (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-24

Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders, limited to one-hour sessions for the games users already own (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-24 Microsoft Xbox

Google says Gemini now has 950M MAUs, up from 900M in May and 750M in February (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-23 Google

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 hands-on: the passport-esque shape feels great and is immediately intuitive, but no telephoto lens, only IP48, and $1,900+ is pricey (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-22 Samsung

Samsung Z Fold 8 Ultra hands-on: new Flex Titanium tech makes the crease practically nonexistent, similar specs to the S26 Ultra, and a $100 price increase (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-22 Samsung

Samsung unveils the Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2, moving from Exynos chips to the Snapdragon Wear Elite and hiking prices by $30 to $380 and $50 to $700 (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-22 Samsung

Google says Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber is a “cost-efficient and highly capable alternative” to models like Mythos, available first to governments and some partners (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-22 Google

A review of Microsoft's 13-inch Surface Laptop shows 8GB of RAM is not enough for a good Windows 11 experience; PC makers have unveiled upcoming 8GB laptops (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-18 Microsoft

Court filing: Google says it is ready to add third-party app stores within Google Play in the US on July 22, as Google and Epic withdraw their settlement motion (www.theverge.com)
2026-7-18 Google

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