Gemini’s latest updates are all about controlling your phone
…Google also has a new name for us to remember, because it just can’t help itself: Gemini Intelligence. It “brings the very best of Gemini to our most advanced Android devices…
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Cloud development platform Vercel was hacked
…A person claiming to be a member of ShinyHunters, which was behind the recent hack of Rockstar Games, posted some data online, including employee names, email addresses, and activity time stamps. Vercel…
We just got a new reason to believe the Trump phone is real(ish)
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Screen-Shot-2026-05-01-at-15.35.03-PM.png?quality=90&strip=all] Regular readers may recognize that name…
Anbernic’s new handheld is a pocket-friendly Android device with a swiveling screen
…What’s not so creative is the name of the new device; the Anbernic RG Rotate. The company shared a video yesterday showing off some of the RG Rotate’s features. The…
Your guide to sci-fi streaming season
…On the surface it looks like a classic noir-inspired detective story about a private eye named John Sugar (played by Colin Farrell). But thanks to a major twist in season 1…
Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI
…This one, though, names Altman, Brockman, Microsoft, and OpenAI itself as defendants, and it has made it to jury trial in a California federal courtroom. It’s expected to draw testimony from…
Spotify just won $322 million from music pirates it can’t find
…And as Billboard notes, Anna’s Archive has previously relaunched its operations on new domain names to prevent the website from being shut down.
Apple is bringing age verification to Texas this week
…Even if this law gets struck down in Texas, a federal version with the same name is still making its way through Congress and could impose age verification at the app store…
The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI
…money or subscribers for creators. Such tools violate the terms of service of these platforms. Names that pop up in the dataset range from pop stars like Lady Gaga and Fred Again…
Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook
…Google isn’t announcing the OS’s real name or giving many details about it just yet. “We’ll have more to share on the exact OS branding later this year,” Peter…