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Google isn’t waiting for a settlement — the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead
In November, Epic and Google jointly proposed a settlement that would change Android's fate globally without cracking open Google's Android monopoly quite the way it otherwise might. Today, Google...
Downdetector and Speedtest sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion
Downdetector and Speedtest - the free platforms that allow people on the web to quickly check internet speeds or see if an online platform may be down - will soon have a new owner. On Tuesday, the...
Google Pixel 10a review: Small changes, but still great value
Over the past few years, Google's A-series Pixel phones have consistently been some of the best midrange phones you can buy. But with the AI boom causing memory shortages and the price of...
Honor’s Robot Phone is a bad robot, an interesting camera, and maybe your friend
The friend-shaped phone. After over four months of teasing, I've finally been able to see Honor's Robot Phone in action. And after all that, it looks pretty legit - just so long as you weren't...
Well, there goes any reason to buy an iPad Air
Apple just announced the MacBook Neo, a 13-inch laptop offering the full macOS experience for just $599. It is the machine, I’m sure, plenty of the company’s fans have been clamoring for since the...
iPhone 17e hands-on: Pretty in pink, with portraits enabled
The iPhone 17e was announced on Monday through a press release, so there was no real chance to immediately get a hands-on with it. But at Apple’s event in New York today, the phone was on display...
MacBook Neo versus an old MacBook Air: good luck
Are you the one? | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge My first thought when Apple announced the MacBook Neo today was "okay, but why not just get an older Air?" If you're thinking that too,...
MacBook Neo hands-on: Apple’s $599 laptop feels shockingly great
The most interesting product Apple announced this week was its cheapest and least powerful laptop, the MacBook Neo. It’s just fascinating to see the company tackle an entirely new category — it’s...
Google faces wrongful death lawsuit after Gemini allegedly ‘coached’ man to die by suicide
A lawsuit filed on Wednesday accuses Google's Gemini AI chatbot of trapping 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas in a "collapsing reality" that involved a series of violent missions, ultimately ending with...
Scientists have been underestimating sea levels — for decades
Jakarta, Indonesia experienced tidal flooding in January. Many parts of Southeast Asia have higher sea levels than previously thought, according to a new study. | Claudio Pramana/NurPhoto via Getty...