Lockin’s new V7 Max smart lock uses ambient light to power it up, which allows you to forget about ever having to recharge the lock.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/851239/lockin-v7-max-optical-wireless-...

The Mui Board will support mmWave sleep tracking and gesture control using third-party sensors for its Spatial AI, Calm Sleep Platform

https://www.theverge.com/tech/853435/mui-board-mmwave-sleep-tracki...

Mammotion has taken the wraps off the Luba 3 AWD, the newest version of its flagship robotic lawnmower that combines lidar navigation with AI-powered cameras an...

https://www.theverge.com/news/850763/...

It will also allow third-party payment processing and web purchases, though with new fees to compensate.

https://www.theverge.com/news/847149/apple-third-party-app-stores-payment-processing-ios-japan

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Native Union’s Weighter costs $40 and provides an attractive cable management solution without adhesives.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/843386/review-cable-paperweight-native-union-weighter

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The US wants to make its own chips again. Will it bring back manufacturing jobs? Or guzzle up too much water in the desert? Can the semiconductor industry avoid...

https://www.theverge.com/features/825...

Adobe is giving filmmakers new generative AI audio tools that can quickly add thematically appropriate backing tracks and narration to videos.

https://www.theverge.com/news/807809/adobe-firefly-ai-audi...

Adobe has given us a first look at new and upcoming generative AI tools launching for the company’s Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Lightroom Creative Cloud apps...

https://www.theverge.com/news/807811/ad...

A new generative AI experience is coming to Adobe Express, enabling you to transform projects by describing what changes to make.

https://www.theverge.com/news/807802/adobe-express-ai-assistant-prompt-...

Things are getting weird.

https://www.theverge.com/column/805821/the-next-legal-frontier-is-your-face-and-ai

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The Palma 2 Pro, ChatGPT Atlas, Plants vs Zombies Replanted, A House of Dynamite, and much more in this week’s Installer newsletter.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/806697/boox-palma-2-pro-chatgpt-atlas-...

Sam Altman has tapped Mikhail Shapiro, an award-winning biomolecular engineer, to join the Merge Labs brain-computer interface startup he’s set to announce so...

https://www.theverge.com/column/806666/...

The $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display feature amazing, best-in-class engineering. They also raise several questions about privacy and the next era of mobile computing.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/801684/meta...

Plus: the Amazon Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, Logitech’s MX Master 4, Sora 2, Comet, and more, in this week’s Installer newsletter.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/791905/best-lists-apps-to-do-shopping-insta...

One of Discord’s third-party customer service providers was compromised by an “unauthorized party” that may have accessed things like names, usernames, an...

https://www.theverge.com/news/792032/discor...

Daniel Ek steps down as Spotify CEO, becoming executive chairman instead, leaving two co-CEOs to take his place.

https://www.theverge.com/news/788278/spotify-founder-daniel-ek-stepping-down-ceo-executi...

The screen reportedly swivels between landscape and portrait modes.

https://www.theverge.com/news/767940/lenovo-rotating-display-laptop-concept-project-pivo-leak

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Plus: some durable cables, a great new Alien show, a strange RPG, and more.

https://www.theverge.com/installer-newsletter/760232/teenage-engineering-pc-case-fairphone-cables-charger-alien-earth-install...

It could spell death for a foldable’s inner screen.

https://www.theverge.com/the-stepback-newsletter/760031/foldables-flip-phones-flaw

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In the aftermath of Steam and itch pulling thousands of pages of adult content, their creators are speaking about their experiences making a living selling smut...

https://www.theverge.com/report/75684...

Apple’s new AppleCare One subscription lets you cover multiple products with a single plan. Subscribers can also cover products that are up to four years old.

https://www.theverge.com/news/711972/apple...

Nintendo is hosting another “Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program.” Applications open on Monday, July 21st.

https://www.theverge.com/news/709530/nintendo-switch-online-playtest-program-july-august-...

Hideo Kojima returns with the sequel Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, which launches on the PS5 on June 26th.

https://www.theverge.com/games-review/690468/death-stranding-2-review-ps5

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The E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, DC, hosted antitrust trials for Google and Meta, alongside cases over DOGE and Trump’s immigration policies...

https://www.theverge.com/policy/690440/...

With no way to stop the onslaught of AI music, the industry is taking a different approach: figuring out how to make money off of it.

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/686767/music-in...

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop 13 offers exquisite hardware for $900, even though it’s more basic than the 13.8-inch. The crux of it is still Windows on Arm...

https://www.theverge.com/reviews/671554/m...

Maze Mice offers something different than many of the year’s biggest, best games: a small, pick-up-and-play experience.

https://www.theverge.com/games/667948/maze-mice-pc-early-access-small-game

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Plus: Doom: The Dark Ages, Murderbot, the DJI Mavic Pro 4, and more in this week’s Installer newsletter.

https://www.theverge.com/installer-newsletter/668638/best-wireless-headphones-doom-murderbot-ins...

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is one of the thinnest and lightest phones around, but will its 3,900mAh battery be able to last the day?

https://www.theverge.com/samsung/664844/samsung-galaxy-s25-edge-thi...

The Sennheiser Accentum Open earbuds launch in the US later than Europe, and cost more, which is likely thanks to Trump’s tariffs.

https://www.theverge.com/news/662477/sennheiser-accentum-open-earbuds-...