Emma Roth is a news writer at The Verge. She covers a wide range of topics in the tech industry, with a particular focus on the streaming industry, artificial intelligence, and the relationship between government and Big Tech. Emma's work has been featured in various publications including MakeUseOf, TechWiki, and Times Observer.
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By: Emma Roth
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The polishing cloth costs $9 instead of $19. By: Emma Roth
Unlike the computer-controlling AI tool Perplexity launched earlier this year, the Portable Computer feature runs AI models fully locally and will ask for permission if it needs to access the cloud “for more advanced research and reasoning.” It will be available on Nvidia’s DGX Spark first, before rolling out to PCs with compatible Nvidia RTX GPUs. [Link: Introducing Portable Computer for local-first AI
The Reels-editing feature automatically cuts out pauses across your clips.
The base Fenix 9 starts at $999.99.
August 25, 2026 Posted Aug 25, 2026 at 7:40 PM UTC Nokia's new dumbphone doubles as a smartphone charger.
A report from Reuters details Mark Zuckerberg’s “Project Organization Transformation” — a plan that involved having AI “take over much of the daily work performed by thousands of human employees.” Though Meta went through with layoffs affecting 10 percent of its workforce in May, Reuters reports that the company called off further cuts in November as employees began to revolt. [Link: Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded.
You’ll have to wait until tomorrow to preorder the $899.99 translucent green Xbox Series X (unless you received an early invitation from Microsoft), but you can preorder the matching controller now for $79.99. The device will begin shipping on October 20th. [Image: https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-26-at-10.40.05-AM.png?quality=90&strip=all]
Teens across the US will soon be subject to two-hour time limits across Facebook and Instagram.
X sued the startup after it attempted to cancel its ownership of the “Twitter” and “Tweet” trademarks, claiming they had been “abandoned.” But a preliminary ruling from April suggests “X seemed to have given up intellectual property claims,” leading Operation Bluebird’s co-founders to launch the Twitter.now platform, as reported by Ars Technica. The platform is currently available in early access to “founders” who pay $20. [Link: New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name
