Dominic Preston

Tesla has revealed the fourth part of its “Master Plan.” Part three dropped in 2023, promising to create “a sustainable energy civilization.” The new plan is instead about “sustainable abundance,” promoting clean energy and automation that will “give people back more time to do what they love.” Or, as Electrek puts it:

Google has been testing Live Updates for its Android mapping app for a while now, but some beta users are seeing a new look. Android Authority reports sightings of a new persistent notification that shows journey progress, ETA, the next turn, and flags any spots of traffic ahead.

After debuting during a PlayStation event in June, Hitman developer IO Interactive’s new James Bond game is getting a little more love from Sony.

We’re a little skeptical about Showrunner, a new platform that promises to be the “Netflix of AI.” It lets viewers generate their own shows from just a few prompts, unlocking whole new levels of streaming indecision.

Taco Bell’s attempt to roll out an AI assistant across hundreds of drive-thrus has gotten off to a rocky start, but at least it’s given us CTO Dane Mathews’ novel approach to taking responsibility.

If there’s one thing we love to hate at The Verge, it’s proprietary chargers. So I’m pretty happy to echo this commenter, delighted to find that Chipolo’s first rechargeable trackers support USB-C and Qi wireless (which have their own sets of standards to worry about, but that’s a whole other post).

It’s been less than two weeks since the NYT Games app added its latest free offering, the domino-based Pips, but now we’re paying the price: the Mini Crossword has been paywalled, in a devastating blow to my morning routine. Tiles and Letter Boxed now need a subscription too, but I never played them anyway.

You hold one deranged late night talk show tech event hosted by Jimmy Fallon, and all of a sudden that’s all anyone wants you to do, whether you’re launching a new phone or a Duolingo knock-off.