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Jay Peters

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    Google’s iOS app now lets you set alternate app icons.

    There are light and dark versions of the icon with a colorful G and with a monochrome G.

    If you have version 324.0 of the app or newer (it’s currently on 325.0), you can set your app icon from Settings > General > Change app icon. (To get the option to appear, I had to force-close the app and reopen it.)

    A screenshot featuring the four different app icon options for Google’s iOS app.
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang will be onstage together later this month.

    The two tech CEOS (and jacket-swapping friends) will have a live-streamed “fireside chat” at the SIGGRAPH conference to discuss AI. Their conversation will take place on July 29th at 6PM ET.

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    Jay Peters
    Approved.

    Delta 1.6 for the App Store has been approved following an earlier rejection. The new update adds support for a bunch of native iPad features.

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    Jay Peters
    Saudi Arabia is set to host the first Olympic Esports Games.

    Continuing a trend of video game investments — and despite criticism over Saudi Arabia’s history of human rights abuses — the country will partner with the International Olympic Committee for 12 years, with Olympic Esports Games events “held regularly,” according to a press release.

    Saudi Arabia is currently hosting the inaugural Esports World Cup.

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    Jay Peters
    Mark Zuckerberg is doing a stadium show... well, a podcast.

    He’s set to appear on the Acquired Podcast on September 10th at San Francisco’s Chase Center. Tickets haven’t gone on sale yet, but you can sign up for more information here.