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Samsung’s flagship laptop is a MacBook Pro clone gone horribly wrong
Samsung really captured the aesthetic of the MacBook Pro. The feel and performance, not as much. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge II know I'm not the only person who wants a MacBook Pro...
Spotify now lets AI agents like OpenClaw generate personal podcasts
Rejoice, nerds.
Qualcomm reveals two new affordable phone chips with Smooth Motion UI tech
The Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 promises next-gen AI camera features while the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 offers a big boost in GPU performance.
Who’s actually listening to all the health influencers dominating social media
A generation or two ago, when you had a medical question, the solution was obvious: Ask your doctor. But these days, as trust in doctors and other traditional medical authorities like the Centers...
Spotify’s AI-powered personal DJ expands to more languages and countries
Premium users in more than 75 markets will now have access to it.
OpenClaw and Claude can put your AI-generated podcasts in Spotify
Save to Spotify is a new command-line tool designed specifically for AI agents like OpenClaw, Claude Code, or OpenAI Codex. If you're the kind of person who collects research on a topic, then feeds...
Google’s taking a big swing at AI health with the Fitbit Air
The Fitbit Air can be preordered today and will be available starting May 26th. | Image: Google It's a Whoop dupe. That was my first thought when I saw the new $99 Google Fitbit Air. You can hardly...
The Google Fitbit Air is an AI-infused take on Whoop wearables
It's basically a small Fitbit Inspire without a strap.
Ploopy’s new mouse makes the ThinkPad’s iconic TrackPoint portable
Ploopy has announced another open source mouse alternative that skips touchpads and trackballs. While the new Ploopy Bean looks like a tiny travel-friendly mouse, you don't need to move it around....
The exploding costs of fighting US wildfires
Two Rogue River Hot Shots take a break in O'Brien, Oregon, while trying to stop a 188,000 acre fire in the Siskiyou National Forest August 2002. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images This story was...