Gears of War: E-Day is a great game launching at a terrible time
AI summary Gears of War: E-Day is a prequel to the original Gears of War, a cover shooter game with a focus on intense action and a sci-fi setting.
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Amazon is launching colorful new Kindles — and a case with physical page-turn buttons
AI summary Amazon has released new Kindle e-readers with improved design, colors, and storage options, including aluminum cases and a new remote control.
Amazon’s Carrie is a cyberbullying nightmare
AI summary Amazon's Carrie series is a modern retelling of the classic Stephen King horror tale, exploring cyberbullying and its effects on a teenager.
HP’s answer to the MacBook Neo is thinner, lighter, and comes with OLED
AI summary HP has announced the OmniBook 5 14, a laptop that competes with Apple's MacBook Neo, with OLED display and starting price of $699.99.
Huawei made a whole camera to attach to its latest phone
AI summary Huawei has released a detachable camera lens called the Ruiying Z10 for its Mate 90 Pro Max phone, which has a 1-inch-type image sensor and a 24-240mm zoom range.
This very fancy e-bike is one of the first to go semi-solid state
AI summary The Lemmo 3 is a premium, step-through longtail e-bike with a semi-solid state battery, offering improved safety and range. It has a 960Wh battery and can travel up to 180km on a…
The People of Utah vs. Kevin O’Leary
AI summary Kevin O'Leary's data center project, 'Wonder Valley', is being built in Utah despite local opposition. He claims Chinese agents are behind the backlash.
Noise from Universal’s latest ride made rich locals furious, fast
AI summary Universal Studios Hollywood has agreed to add a new sound barrier to its Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift ride after complaints from nearby residents.
Vivo’s X Fold 6 accidentally feels like a throwback
The X Fold 6 looks like foldables did three months ago. It's a quirk of the release calendar that when Vivo's X Fold 6 launched in China this June, it was just another foldable…
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design
Grokipedia, SpaceXAI's AI-powered competitor to Wikipedia, recently started incorporating edits again, and today, it got some design tweaks as part of a v0.3 update, including a…
The new and huger Paramount has a new co-CEO
AI summary Paramount appoints Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO alongside David Ellison, effective October 5th. Kreiz will focus on day-to-day management and integration of combined businesses.
Neon sticks it to A24 by announcing a Creative Commons SCP Foundation movie
AI summary Neon is making a movie based on the SCP Foundation, releasing it under a Creative Commons license after A24's similar project sparked controversy.
Google announces Gemini 4 and says it’s so capable that only ‘trusted cyber defenders’ can have it right now
AI summary Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model for complex tasks, but is limiting access to 'trusted cyber defenders' initially.
The AI Tamagotchis are coming
AI summary Meta and OpenAI are developing AI-powered devices, including a pendant-like device and a Tamagotchi-like device, to be released in 2027 and before the holiday shopping season…
Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots
AI summary Reddit is limiting access to the 'Old Reddit' experience to combat scraping and automated traffic, requiring users to be logged in and have used it within the last six months.
Amazon’s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos ‘almost constantly’
AI summary Amazon's delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos almost constantly, capturing thousands of images per shift, which will be uploaded to Amazon's AI platform.
Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan
If you think this shot is amusing, check out the panicked look on Zuckerberg’s face when Trump calls on him to speak. | Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images After hosting a meal…
This blog could help you poop better
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change…