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Archives for September 2026

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Gemini now has a Windows app.

With the app, you can press Alt + Space to pull up Gemini when you need it, Google says. Grab the app from Google’s Gemini website. Google launched a macOS app in April.

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Google makes it easy to switch Android password managers.

Now you can move both passwords and passkeys between Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, and Dashlane, with more password managers to come. It works at the OS level, so there’s no unencrypted text file for you to deal with on the import / export.

Importing and exporting requires just a few clicks.
Importing and exporting requires just a few clicks.
Image: Google
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Xteink plans to bring back USB-C as an option for its tiny e-readers.

Xteink has shared an update on Reddit following backlash to its new X4 Classic e-reader that uses a proprietary magnetic pogo pin charging cable. While the company isn’t planning to abandon the pogo approach any time soon, it’s also “working toward bringing USB-C back as an option in future products.”

A magnetic pogo pin USB cable sitting on the back of the Xteink X3 e-reader.
Photo: Andrew Liszewski / The Verge
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
macOS 27 Golden Gate, like iOS 27, will be available on September 14th.

Apple’s website now shows the release date for the next major macOS update, which includes features like Siri AI, Liquid Glass refinements, and fixed window corners.

iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27 will launch on September 14th, too.

A message on Apple’s website. It reads: “macOS 27 Golden Gate Introducing Siri AI. Truly helpful. Truly yours. macOS 27 Golden Gate available starting 9.14. Siri AI is rolling out in English.“
Here’s the message on Apple’s website.
Image: Apple
TC Sottek
TC Sottek
What a crybaby.

Elon Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro sent a legal threat to Alex Gibney and the production company behind the new Musk documentary, which so far is receiving strong reviews. We know very well by now that Musk’s “free speech” persona is just a cheap costume. The letter, described by THR, looks plainly like an intimidation device. At least Gibney doesn’t seem intimidated.

Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Elon Musk’s Boring Company digs up $3 billion.

The tunneling venture announced it raised $3 billion in a Series D funding round led by the United Arab Emirates that values the company at $23 billion. Last year, the Boring Company signed a preliminary agreement to dig the Dubai Loop, a 4-mile (6.4km) tunnel that includes four stations linking the Dubai International Financial Centre and Dubai Mall. With this new financing, the company plans on developing over 150km (93 miles) of tunnels throughout Dubai.

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
The Dell XPS 13 is the latest laptop to get a $100 price hike.

The XPS 13 now costs $699 for a base configuration with just 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. That price used to get you a configuration with 512GB of storage, but Dell’s now charging $799 for that one. It matches the pricing for Apple’s MacBook Neo, which also got a price hike earlier this year.

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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Instagram now lets you add posts you’re tagged in to your profile grid.

Tagged posts will appear in reverse-chronological order on your grid, but you can also reorder them if you want.

Screenshots showing how you can add an Instagram post to your grid and what it looks like on the grid.
Screenshots showing how you can add an Instagram post to your grid and what it looks like on the grid.
Image: Instagram
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Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Here come the Duo-sized power banks.

You’ll now have to be more careful when choosing a battery for your iPhone. BMX’s new SolidSafe Duo is one of the first that’s sized to fit Apple’s wider iPhone Duo. At $79.99 the SolidSafe Duo is expensive for a 5,000mAh battery even with wireless charging capabilities, but it uses safer semi-solid-state cell tech, and you get a big status screen.

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