Google announced at its annual Google I/O event on Tuesday that it’s launching Pics, a new AI-powered design and image-generation app for Google Workspace. The tech giant says it designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners. With Pics, users can generate everything from social media graphics and invitations...
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Dyson’s super-slim PencilWash just hit its best price to date for Memorial Day
Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge. If Dyson’s PencilVac Fluffycones made you wish the company had built something similarly slim for scrubbing the hard floors in your home, enter the recently released Dyson PencilWash. The cordless cleaner is designed...
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Fujifilm’s X Half is even more whimsical with a $300 price cut
Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025. Fujifilm’s X Half digital camera wasn’t designed to replace your main camera, though you’d be forgiven for assuming it was with its ludicrous $850 price. However, the...
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Russian hackers turn Kazuar backdoor into modular P2P botnet
The Russian hacker group Secret Blizzard has developed its long-running Kazuar backdoor into a modular peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet designed for long-term persistence, stealth, and data collection. Secret Blizzard, whose activity overlaps that of Turla, Uroburos, and Venomous Bear, has been associated with the Russian intelligence service (FSB) and is known for targeting government and diplomatic...
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Developers can now debug and evaluate AI agents locally with Raindrop’s open source tool Workshop
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Tell HN: Dont use Claude Design, lost access to my projects after unsubscribing
Tell HN: Dont use Claude Design, lost access to my projects after unsubscribing 258 points by pycassa 12 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 71 comments I wanted to try codex after 5 months of claude code max subscription. And then I went back to my previous projects on claude design only to...
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Texas Sues Netflix for Alleged Data Collection of Children Without Consent
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued streaming service Netflix, alleging that the company collects users’ and children’s data without their consent while making the platform addictive. The complaint alleges that Netflix built a “behavioral-surveillance program of staggering scale” that “requires getting Texans and their children glued to the screen and then extracting every possible...
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Teenage Engineering’s KO Sidekick is a mixer with fun performance effects
Terrence O’Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering’s stylish new two-channel mixer, clearly designed to connect two of its KO-II samplers for live performances and DJ sets. Though, it can connect any two audio...
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Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Apple’s rumored AirPods with cameras are nearing a stage where the company will test early mass production, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. Currently, Apple testers are “actively using” prototypes that are in the...
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MIT’s virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool
Skip to content Computational model lets users tweak parameters to hear effect on the sound in early design process. A 1729 Stradivari known as the “Solomon, Ex-Lambert” on display at Christie’s in New York in March 2007. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and...