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Three new Gemini features come to Google TV
Google has announced a trio of new AI-powered features for its Google TV platform, after showing off smarter Gemini integration at CES back in January. Google TV can now provide "richer visual...
Apple confirms ads are coming to Apple Maps
Apple Maps will soon have ads, Apple confirmed in a blog post announcing the company's new Apple Business platform. Reports that Apple planned to expand its ad business outside of the App Store and...
For All Mankind is returning for a sixth and final season
Apple TV's long-running sci-fi show For All Mankind has just been renewed for a sixth and final season, ahead of this week's season five premiere. This seems more like the natural endpoint of the...
The Apple Watch SE 3 is even easier to recommend at $50 off
When Apple released the latest Apple Watch SE, it surprised us, outshining Apple’s more expensive models while improving on the basics. Now that it’s on sale, it’s even easier to recommend. The...
iOS 26.4 is here, with Playlist Playground and new emoji
iOS and iPadOS 26.4 are here, with a surprising number of new features for a point release. Chief among them is a new AI playlist generator, similar to one Spotify launched in 2024.Playlist...
ChatGPT and Gemini are fighting to be the AI bot that sells you stuff
The AI-powered shopping rivalry is heating up as Google and OpenAI launch new features to help you buy things while interacting with their chatbots. Now, Google is teaming up with Gap Inc to allow...
Bandsintown integration for concerts is coming to Apple Music
The live music discovery platform Bandsintown’s partnership with Apple goes way back, but iOS 26.4 brings the deepest integration between the two companies to date. Concert listings from Bandsintown...
Welp, I bought an iPhone again
It’s not the phone I was hoping I’d pick, but at least it’s green! | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It takes a week to switch phones. First, there's the technical process of moving...
Pokémon Champions will hit Switch and Switch 2 on April 8
Pokémon Champions — a battle-focused game along the lines of Pokémon Stadium — now has a release date, and it's pretty darn soon. It will hit Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 on April 8. A mobile...
A BlackBerry you might actually want just landed on Kickstarter
The Titan 2 Elite will be available in black and orange color options. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge When The Verge's Allison Johnson went hands-on with the company's Titan 2 Elite phone at...