You can ditch Gemini if you want to.Aug 12, 2025, 4:58 PM UTCSean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget.You just want to search your archived photos, instead of interacting with an AI assistant.Inside the app, tap the Google account button at top-right, then go to Photos … [Read more...]

The unsolicited offer is higher than Perplexity’s valuation.Aug 12, 2025, 4:50 PM UTCEmma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.Perplexity has just offered to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion — a bid that’s far more than the AI search startup itself is valued at, according to … [Read more...]

Just two years since its launch as a competitor to Twitter (now X), Meta’s Threads has topped 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday. “As of a few weeks ago we there are more than 400 million people active on Threads every month,” Mosseri wrote in a Threads post. “It’s been quite the ride over the last two years. This started as a zany idea to … [Read more...]

As anticipation builds for the Made by Google 2025 event, there’s a buzz around the Pixel 10 series, arriving notably before the iPhone 17. Apple’s hardware event is expected to take place in September.  The tech giant has made its intentions clear to grow the Pixel line, likely incorporating more generative AI capabilities with Gemini. Made by Google will be at 10 a.m. PT on August 20. Get … [Read more...]

OpenAI and Anthropic seem to be using a popular software playbook on the federal workforce.Aug 12, 2025, 4:31 PM UTCLauren Feiner is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform.Ever since the launch of ChatGPT, AI companies have … [Read more...]

Last week, I wrote about how ChromeOS Flex didn't convince me as a great replacement for Windows 10 if you're trying to revive an old laptop, and how I preferred Zorin OS instead. However, since then, an interesting new alternative was brought to my attention: FydeOS. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]

Imagine your Security Operations Center (SOC) as the tactical center of a medieval fortress, where vigilant sentries scan the horizon for approaching threats. But instead of watching for enemy armies, your digital guardians monitor an endless stream of network traffic, system logs, and security alerts. The Digital Guardians: Your SOC’s Critical Mission Like those ancient watchtowers that … [Read more...]

Aug 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Financial Security An ongoing data extortion campaign targeting Salesforce customers may soon turn its attention to financial services and technology service providers, as ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider appear to be working hand in hand, new findings show. "This latest wave of ShinyHunters-attributed attacks reveals a dramatic shift in tactics, moving … [Read more...]

Anthropic is increasing the amount of information that enterprise customers can send to Claude in a single prompt, part of an effort to attract more developers to the company’s popular AI coding models. For Anthropic’s API customers, the company’s Claude Sonnet 4 AI model now has a one million token context window — meaning the AI can handle requests as long as 750,000 words, more than the entire … [Read more...]

Entertainment‘We are committed to defending our brand, our history, and our continued right to operate as Apple Cinemas.’Aug 12, 2025, 4:13 PM UTCJay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.Apple Cinemas, a theater chain not affiliated with Apple, has responded to Apple’s recent lawsuit over alleged trademark … [Read more...]

If you've ever worked on coding projects, DevOps tasks, or even computing experiments, you've probably used virtual machines. From experimenting with wacky ideas to tinkering with different operating systems, there are plenty of reasons to use virtual machines. Sure, they tend to require more resources than containers, but their superior isolation provisions make them ideal for demanding … [Read more...]

Amid the rise of new AI-powered low code developer tools aimed at hobbyists and non-technical folks, Uno Platform is doubling down on enterprise developers instead. Montreal-based Uno Platform offers a suite of enterprise-grade tools for developers to build cross-platform .NET applications that can be supported on Android, Apple, Linux, and Windows systems. Users code an application once and Uno … [Read more...]

The updated UP Phone will eventually be made in the US, but it isn’t yet.Aug 12, 2025, 4:00 PM UTCDominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor.Unplugged, a company cofounded and backed by Erik Prince, who is also the founder of infamous private military contractor Blackwater, has just released a new version … [Read more...]

Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud months after his extradition to the US. Aug 12, 2025, 3:57 PM UTCEmma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud three years after his collapsed cryptocurrency … [Read more...]

More than 17,000 VMware ESXi installations worldwide are at risk from a severe integer-overflow vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-41236 (CVSS 9.3), cybersecurity researchers warn. This critical vulnerability, first flagged in July, has prompted urgent calls for patching, but the latest scan results suggest progress remains slow, with thousands of systems still unpatched. Shadowserver … [Read more...]

Anthropic has announced it will offer its Claude AI model to all three branches of the US government for $1, following OpenAI offering an almost identical deal last week. These deals both follow the General Services Administration adding OpenAI, Gemini and Anthropic to a list of approved AI vendors for the federal government.Similar to the OpenAI deal, Anthropic will offer access to its … [Read more...]

Just a week after OpenAI announced it would offer ChatGPT Enterprise to the entire federal executive branch workforce at $1 per year per agency, Anthropic has raised the stakes. The AI giant said Tuesday it would also offer its Claude models to government agencies for just $1 – but not only to the executive branch. Anthropic is targeting “all three branches” of the U.S. government, including the … [Read more...]

Zoom has disclosed a critical vulnerability affecting multiple Windows-based clients, potentially allowing attackers to escalate privileges and compromise user systems. Designated as CVE-2025-49457 under bulletin ZSB-25030, this flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.6, classifying it as critical due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability stems from an … [Read more...]

Apple's AirPods could be getting a live translation feature in the near future as part of iOS 26, according to a report by 9to5Mac. A new beta version of the operating system dropped today and users have spotted a system asset that strongly points to the earbuds getting a language translation tool.The asset appears to depict a gesture that's triggered by pressing both earbud stems at once. The … [Read more...]

Longing for the nostalgia of watching home movies, like in the VHS days, but stuck with all your personal videos saved on an iPhone? Sure, you can AirPlay them to the TV, but the experience is not the same. This struggle inspired developer Devin Davies to create Cassette, a new iOS app that plays back videos in a format similar to VHS, making your iPhone videos feel more like old home recordings. … [Read more...]