Tag: The Verge

Casio’s Furry AI Robot Pet is Coming to the US

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First announced nearly a year ago, Casio’s robotic pet Moflin has been selling so well in Japan, per the Wall Street Journal, the company is now expanding its availability to other markets including the UK and the US. As The Verge reports, preorders for the gold or silver version of Moflin are now available through Casio’s US website. The robot, which looks like an […]

Nvidia’s GeForce Now is upgrading to RTX 5080 GPUs

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It’s been two and a half years since Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service got a big boost in graphics, latency, and refresh rates. As The Verge reports, finally in September, Nvidia’s GFN will officially add its latest Blackwell GPUs. You’ll soon be able to rent what’s effectively an RTX 5080 in the cloud, one with a whopping 48GB […]

ChatGPT 5 has Arrived – Here are the 6 Biggest Changes

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GPT-5 has finally arrived. As The Verge reports, along with the announcement of the highly anticipated AI model, OpenAI also previewed several updates coming to ChatGPT, ranging from visual changes to improvements to the chatbot’s performance. Here’s a rundown of all of the changes you can expect to see in the latest version of ChatGPT. Say […]

Ring has Resumed Allowing Law Enforcement Request Footage from Users

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Ring has once again started letting police request footage from users. Axon, a law enforcement technology company and maker of Taser, announced in April that it’s partnering with Ring to allow customers to share “relevant video with law enforcement to help solve crimes faster and safeguard neighborhoods,” as initially reported by Business Insider. Now, as The Verge reports, this […]

Right After Trump Tariffs go into effect, Nintendo Announces Switch Prices are Going Up

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Nintendo has raised the price of the original Switch “family of systems and products,” the company announced on Friday, the same day that President Trump’s wide-sweeping tariffs went into effect. As The Verge reports, along with the first-generation Nintendo Switch, the price change also affects the Switch OLED, Switch Lite, and “select” accessories. Nintendo hasn’t confirmed […]

OpenAI prepares to launch ChatGPT-5 in August

ChatGPT app on smart phone

Despite launching its ambitious ChatGPT Agent just last week, in typical OpenAI fashion, there are rumblings of an even bigger release on the near horizon: GPT-5.  As ZDNet reports, while speculation about GPT-5 isn’t new — OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman said GPT-5 was “releasing soon” on X just earlier this week — new reports show it may be sooner […]

Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser for stealing iOS secrets

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Apple has sued the well-known leaker Jon Prosser for the alleged theft of trade secrets related to iOS 26. As The Verge reports, Prosser has been accused of tasking another man, Michael Ramacciotti, with secretly accessing an Apple employee’s development iPhone and using that information to report on Apple’s planned changes in the then-unannounced iOS 26. […]

US Government Announces Contract for Elon Musk’s xAI to Modernize the Defense Department

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A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. As The Verge reports, xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the […]

Google Says They Plan to Merge ChromeOS and Android Op Systems

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Google’s head of Android has said that the company plans to combine its mobile operating system with ChromeOS, the software that currently runs across Google’s Chromebook laptops. Sameer Samat, president of Google’s Android ecosystem, told TechRadar that “we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform.” Samat, who’s responsible for Android’s implementation across […]