The Verge: DJI camera clone company Xtra is halting and refunding all preorders
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/policy/970742/dji-camera-clone-company-xtra-is-halting-
and-refunding-all-preorders
The Verge: Nothing confirms layoffs, but calls market exit rumors ‘fake news’
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/970848/nothing-layoffs-rumors-phone-4b
The Verge: Blade Runner 2099’s moody dystopia streams on Amazon in November
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/970524/blade-runner-2099-date-trailer-ama
zon-prime-video
The Verge: You can’t ignore Google Zero anymore
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/970735/google-zero-reddit-ai-publishers-vergeca
st
The Verge: Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/970105/claude-opus-5-announc
ed-anthropic-ai-model-release
there is something nice about tuning around at night and catching some distant
station fading in and out.
not efficient. not clean. half the time it sounds like ghosts in a dryer.
still better than...
Live Science: AI web browsers 'aren't ready for the public,' scientists warn as
they highlight massive security red flags
Link:
https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/ai-web-browsers-arent-r...
The Verge: What I track in a day
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/column/970056/optimizer-health-tracking-fitness-wearabl
es-what-i-track-in-a-day
The Verge: Whack-a-drone
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/report/969725/fcc-drone-ban-odyssey-robot-galiview-etak
-randolph-howard-eason
The Verge: Facebook considers giving up and becoming TikTok
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/970504/facebook-video-experience-testing-tiktok-up
dates
Wired: Some of Our Favorite Brain-Boosting Toys for Kids of All Ages
Link:
https://www.wired.com/story/these-are-some-of-our-favorite-brain-boosting-toys-f
or-kids-of-all-ages/
The Verge: Microsoft pressures LG into killing unwanted McAfee ads
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/970489/lg-mcafee-ads-windows-microsoft-crackdown
A bit morbid I know, but it feels appropriate to mention here those who are
sadly no longer with us to see this modern interpretation of UseNet.
Too many to remember all at once but a few who spring t...
This is a genuine question, not a troll.
I have of course done some research and pretty much all of it tells me it's just
not worth doing nowadays.
I'm a complete n00b to this so if anyone here can of...
The Verge: Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated
instructions
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/tech/970399/amazon-alexa-plus-ai-update-smart-home-devi
ces
The Verge: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s war on the First Amendment
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/policy/970284/brendan-carr-fcc-chairman-first-amendment
The Verge: Claude’s voice mode is now available for Opus and Sonnet
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/970065/anthropic-voice-mode-
claude-opus-sonnet-haiku-ai
The Verge: Patreon is laying off 20 percent of workers
Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/970211/patreon-layoffs-ai
Bloody Elbow: ‘I guess this is it’… KSI describes recent elevator standoff with
Dillon Danis
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/07/23/i-guess-this-is-it-ksi-describes-recent-eleva
tor-standoff-with-di...
The Verge: Corsair’s PC case with a panoramic glass design is $70 off
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/960331/corsair-frame-4500x-deal-pc-case-sale