Yes, I really did bring my own Logitech K400 to the Framework event to compare with Framework’s new keyboard+touchpad. I also accidentally left the Logitech there and had to go back; my colleague Victoria can confirm! Also in this video: check out what I am now calling Framework’s “anti-dongle.”

Dan Crenshaw was supposed to be the future of the GOP. Instead, he proved politicians really can be too online.




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Apple turnover / Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO, to be replaced by John Ternus. What is Cook’s legacy and what’s next for Apple?


Does Tim Cook’s newly announced successor have what it takes to regain the company’s lost ground in the AI race?

John Ternus inherits a smart home platform that’s been waiting a decade to matter. His first act could be making it happen.

Cook and incoming CEO John Ternus made a computer company the most important audio company of the 21st century.

Who is John Ternus, Apple’s new CEO?
IP…no? / SpaceX is reportedly preparing to go public, but more than data centers in space stand in its way.


It’s either a gilded pathway to the stars or a financial black hole.


“I am hesitant to foist being public on SpaceX, especially given the long term nature of our mission.”

The AI vibe shift / AI usage is exploding. So is the backlash.


OpenAI is juggling public controversies, strategy shifts, and increasing competition.

The vast majority of AI resistance is nonviolent, but recent attacks highlight the risk.

On The Vergecast: AI apps we really want, the future of foldables, and the DLSS 5 backlash.

The head of OpenAI has a reputation for deception. The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow on why that matters.
Apple @ 50 / Apple celebrated 50 years this month. Look back at the biggest moments from the last five decades.


With Steve Jobs in exile, Apple’s ‘90s featured some of its most lasting triumphs and weirdest failures.

On The Vergecast: AI’s pivot to business, and the impossible task of ranking Apple’s 50 best products.


Bondi Blue iMacs, block-long iPhone lines, and other moments from the company’s first 50 years.


He also probably didn’t save them from execution.
The platform has doubled the maximum file size to 2MB, and the resolution limit has been upped to 4000x4000. There are photo carousels now, too.
Wired has the story about the not-real partnership, which was promoted alongside other announcements last week. How did this happen??


Tesla cars on HW3 won’t be getting unsupervised FSD.
That’s “up from 50% last fall,” according to a blog post from Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Google recently created a “strike team” to improve its AI models’ coding capabilities and catch up to Anthropic, which as of February writes 70 to 90 percent of its code with Claude Code.
After announcing in September it was working with industry group DDEX on a standard for disclosing when AI is used in a song, AI credits are launching with DistroKid as the first partner. Unfortunately, even if the rest of the industry gets on board, voluntary labels likely won’t be enough as AI uploads threaten to overtake humans.


Grok will personalize your timeline based on the topics you select.


Tesla says it will soon begin preparations for its first ‘large-scale’ factory to make Optimus robots.
Per 9to5Mac, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian was excited to boast about Gemini’s big new customer. The upgraded Siri is still coming “later this year.”


“The first big stumble will have everyone running for the exits.”
Kennedy’s remarks come from congressional hearings today. He claims AI, while “very dangerous” has the opportunity to “develop new drugs and personalized medicine for every citizen.” Please, a moment of silence for my sanity.
The prediction market took action against a handful of congressional candidates: Ezekiel Enriquez (a Republican running in Texas); Mark Moran (an Independent in Virginia, who says he meant to get caught); and Matt Klein (a Democrat in Minnesota) for betting in markets related to their political races. Each was banned from the platform for five years and fined modest amounts ranging from several hundred to several thousand dollars.


The new workspace agents can perform tasks like reporting on product feedback on their own in the cloud.


The Reddit cofounder took a stand against the administration’s deportation policies, breaking from the tech CEOs trying to curry favor with Trump.
Earlier this month, 404 Media reported that the FBI obtained deleted Signal messages saved inside an iPhone’s notification database. It looks like the iOS 26.4.2 security update addresses this, as Apple says it has fixed an issue where “notifications marked for deletion could be unexpectedly retained on the device.”
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A former executive at Beast Industries says she and other women at the company were harassed by male colleagues.
Sullivan and Cromwell, the law firm representing President Trump in many of his cases and which handled the SpaceX and xAI merger, was just forced to apologize to a federal judge for filing documents full of fake case citations hallucinated by AI. The list of errors ran three pages long, the NYT reports. Just the latest in the legal profession forgetting that language is not actually intelligence.
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Framework told PCWorld that its new eGPU kit will include the first OCuLink 8i connector in a laptop — meaning eight lanes and 128Gbps of PCI-Express connectivity, which means it should be even faster than Thunderbolt 5 and shouldn’t bottleneck a GPU as much as the four-lane solutions we’ve tried before.
Microsoft’s new gaming boss said the “idea” isn’t dead, pointing onlookers to a legal brief it filed in a case. That case is Epic v. Google, and the brief is an argument that Judge Donato should stay the course and force Google to carry stores like Microsoft’s. There, Microsoft claims it’s put “significant efforts” behind “new consumer offerings” for Android.


The Ember Mug 2 can keep your cup of joe at the perfect temperature for hours on end.


Ace is an AI-powered articulated robot that uses 12 cameras to compete against top table tennis players.
A new security feature in Chrome Enterprise can help businesses detect and combat “anomalous” activity by AI-powered agents within compromised extensions or online services. Google is rolling out its AI auto browse feature to enterprise customers as well, which can perform multi-step tasks in Chrome on your behalf.
When you’re in a Threads Community’s live chat, you can talk with real time with other users about what’s going on. For the NBA playoffs, the NBA Threads Community will be hosting some live chats to follow games. Live chats will come to other Community feeds in the coming months, Meta says.


CISA, embattled under the Trump administration, reportedly hasn’t gotten Anthropic’s powerful AI.


Microsoft is looking at new ways to bundle third-party services into Game Pass.
The latest poster for DC Studios’ upcoming Clayface movie — out October 23rd — from director James Watkins definitely leans into a kind of body horror that’s very different for the DCU. That kind of energy could be nice change of pace as the studio builds its new cinematic universe.
Update: And now we’ve got a trailer.


Users can also get AI summaries and transcripts for meetings in Zoom and Teams.


Microsoft has been trying to launch an Xbox mobile store for years, but it has been counting on app stores opening up.
The feature, which first arrived for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in January, lets you use Gmail’s search bar to ask questions about what’s in your inbox. Gmail will then provide an AI-generated summary that draws from the information in your emails.
We’re recording the next six episodes of Version History next week, and I’d love your input on all of them! We want to feature your stories and memories and try to answer your questions. Here are the next six episodes, all related to the smart home:
- The Nest thermostat
- The Clapper
- The Harmony remote
- The Hue lights
- The Roomba
- The Keurig
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Unsurprising, given Oura’s discreet form-factor and its long-term relationships with several professional sports organizations. You likely won’t see it on the pitch during this year’s World Cup (FIFA is a no-go for wearables during play). That said, it is another example of how professional athletes are integrating wearables into their training.


John Ternus inherits a smart home platform that’s been waiting a decade to matter. His first act could be making it happen.
Our pal Joanna recently left The Wall Street Journal to go start her own thing, and just dropped the first episode of her new YouTube show! Casey Neistat makes an appearance, and Joanna writes with a Sharpie on camera, so you know it’s good YouTube.


We also found some great deals on Google-made fitness trackers starting at $109.95.
Boards of Canada have just confirmed that their first album in well over a decade, called Inferno, will be out on May 29th. I was already sold, but this cryptic 40-second-long teaser has me even more excited.


The ‘Model Capability Initiative’ records mouse activity, keystrokes, and screenshots to use as AI training data.
The original Atlas is 5mm thick, but the $129.99 Atlas Pro slims that down to just 1.9mm with a 1.1 mm sheet of tempered glass atop a 0.8 mm anti-slip base. The surface of the mat features a micro-etched texture, ensuring it’s compatible with optical sensors, while the edges of the glass have been CNC-milled to create a comfortable rounded finish.
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Though Warner Bros. tried to kill Coyote vs. Acme for the insurance money tax write-offs, Ketchup Entertainment has released the long overdue movie’s first trailer ahead of its theatrical debut on August 28th.















