Android Auto is now one (screen) size fits all
…Google Maps’ new Immersive Navigation. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Android-Cars-Hero-Image.png?quality=90&strip=all] “You have the new BMW Neue Klasse…
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OpenAI claims ChatGPT’s new default model hallucinates way less
…Hallucinations have been an ongoing problem for AI models, but OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 Instant model has “significant improvements in factuality across the board.” The company claims that, based…
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has spent the past couple of months making her mark on the Xbox organization. After focusing on highly requested Xbox console features, reducing the price…
Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives
Anthropic has spent years building itself up as the safe AI company. But new security research shared with The Verge suggests Claude’s carefully crafted helpful personality may itself be a vulnerability…
Google Fitbit Air preorders come with a second band for free
…info on its capabilities, and how it stacks up against older Fitbit models (as well as the competition). The team behind the Air is also readying the new Google Health app for…
LinkedIn will tell others how you really use Adobe’s apps
…14 new apps, including Buffer, Fiverr, HubSpot, and more. Support for additional apps is “coming soon,” according to LinkedIn, which will expand to Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Fullcast/Copy.AI, Github Copilot…
Anker’s new earbuds’ call quality is ridiculously good
Soundcore, Anker’s audio brand, has mostly lived in the budget-to-midrange world, but with its new Liberty 5 Pro earbuds, it’s aiming at the big guys. The two new…
Apple wants Europe to blink
…Apple says its new AI-powered Siri will not launch on iPhones and iPads in the European Union because of the Digital Markets Act, the bloc’s competition law designed to stop…
Welcome to the personal software revolution
…Andrej Karpathy, an educator and researcher who was on OpenAI’s founding team, had called this new behavior “vibe coding.” Suddenly the vibes were off the charts. The rise of AI…
Intel’s cheaper Panther Lake chips are for budget-friendly laptops
…They’re capable of less TOPS, a lower TDP wattage, and are limited to two Thunderbolt 4 ports instead of four. All of that should translate to lower prices, but we’ll…