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In the end, graphic-obsessed gamers only really care about maximizing frame rates. But that’s not all gaming laptops are good for. If you ignore the blinking RGB lights most gamer devices stuff into every crevice, they pack high-end CPUs and GPUs built for intensive graphics processing—handy for artists or AI developers. Whereas there are plenty of workstation laptops with high-end specs built for working stiffs, Acer said screw it and gave us a business-centric laptop that looks like a gamer’s
What we like about it: The Tempo Studio is a smart home gym that resembles an armoire, meant to blend in with your home. It's an ideal smart home gym to own, whether you're new or experienced with strength training. The Tempo Studio's basic package comes well-equipped with two dumbbell bars, weight collars and five sets of weight plates from 1.25 to 25 pounds. The Tempo Studio is designed to hold all of its equipment neatly, so you won't need to worry about it being spread across your living ro
is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Acer is announcing a new Swift Air 16 at IFA 2025, and it’s an absolute featherweight of a 16-inch laptop. Weighing in at 2.18 pounds / 0.99kg with an IPS display or 2.43 pounds / 1.1kg with its optional OLED, the Swift Air is lighter than even a 13
is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. The holy grail of the smart home is ambient computing — technology that disappears into the background, anticipating your needs without a word or a tap. Lights turn on as you walk in, doors unlock as you approach, coffee brews before you reach the kitchen. This is the proactive home: a space that adapts to its occupants t
ZDNET's Kerry Wan takes a photo with the Google Pixel 10 Pro camera. Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Isaac Reynolds has been working on the Pixel Camera team at Google for almost a decade -- since the first Google Pixel phone launched in 2016. And yet, I think it's fair to say that he's never been more bullish about the technology that Google has integrated into a phone camera than he is with this year's Pixel 10 Pro. A new wave of AI breakthroughs in the past year have allowed Google to use Large Language
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff participates in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025. Salesforce has cut 4,000 of its customer support roles, CEO Marc Benioff recently said while discussing how artificial intelligence has helped reduce the company headcount. Benioff revealed the layoffs during an interview published Friday on The Logan Bartlett Show podcast. "I've reduced it from 9,000 heads to about 5,000, because I need less heads," Benioff said while
LightCycle A classic TRON-inspired light cycle game built with Rust and ggez. Features Single-player and Two-player modes - Battle against AI or a friend - Battle against AI or a friend Adjustable AI Difficulty - Easy, Medium, and Hard AI opponents - Easy, Medium, and Hard AI opponents Boost Mechanic - Limited energy boost system for strategic gameplay - Limited energy boost system for strategic gameplay Visual Effects - Particle trails, screen shake, and glow effects - Particle trails, s
It's long been the practice of private health insurers to require "prior authorization" before you can get the treatment you need. Often, they'll try to deny as many of these claims as possible — including with the use of AI models. Government-backed plans like Medicare, however, have tended to cover what private insurers don't, and without the laborious application process. But that could be poised to change. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it'll experiment with its own ve
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Until 18 months ago, I wrote every line of code myself. Today, AI writes 80% of my initial implementations while I focus on architecture, review, and steering multiple development threads simultaneously. This isn't another "AI will change everything" post. This is about the messy reality of integrating AI into production development workflows: what actually works, what wastes your time, and why treating AI like a "junior developer who doesn't learn" became my mental model for success. The back
Alphabet's Waymo unit will begin test drives of its robotaxis in Denver and Seattle this week, with humans behind the wheel, the company said Tuesday. "We will begin driving manually before validating our technology and operations for fully autonomous services in the future," a company spokesperson said in an email. Waymo announced the tests in blog posts. The autonomous vehicle venture aims to expand its driverless, ride-hailing service across the U.S. after already launching commercial opera
A very strange video appearing to show large objects being thrown out of a window at the White House went viral over Labor Day weekend. President Donald Trump was asked about it during a press conference on Tuesday, and he insisted it must be AI. Curiously, White House staff told Time magazine it was just regular maintenance. The video appears to have been first posted to Instagram on Aug. 31 by an account called WashingtonianProbs. “One of our community members noticed some things being throw
Something keeps happening to people who get hooked chatbots like ChatGPT. Mental health professionals are calling it "AI psychosis": turning to the AI models for advice, users soon become entranced by the sycophantic machine's human-like responses. It becomes not just a tool but a companion — and the worst kind, constantly plying you with what you want to hear and validating anything you say, no matter how wrong or unbalanced. That leads to cases like a man who was repeatedly hospitalized after
Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Apple has reportedly launched an AI chatbot for its retail staff. Asa is intended to be an automated digital sales assistant. The chatbot arrives just weeks before the launch of iPhone 17. Apple has reportedly launched a new AI chatbot -- for its employees, not for its customers. Nicknamed Asa, the chatbot is designed to serve as an automated digital assistant for the company's retail staff, maki
Until 18 months ago, I wrote every line of code myself. Today, AI writes 80% of my initial implementations while I focus on architecture, review, and steering multiple development threads simultaneously. This isn't another "AI will change everything" post. This is about the messy reality of integrating AI into production development workflows: what actually works, what wastes your time, and why treating AI like a "junior developer who doesn't learn" became my mental model for success. The back
Anthropic has completed a Series F fundraising of $13 billion led by ICONIQ. This financing values Anthropic at $183 billion post-money. Along with ICONIQ, the round was co-led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The investment reflects Anthropic’s continued momentum and reinforces our position as the leading intelligence platform for enterprises, developers, and power users. Significant investors in this round include Altimeter, Baillie Gifford, affiliate
Just when you thought anticipation for the theatrical debut of MAPPA’s Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc and a film compilation of its first season was at its maximum, the Tatsuki Fujimoto train continues to show no signs of slowing down. Soon, more of the acclaimed manga creator’s early short stories will join the likes of his emotional gut-punch of a film, Look Back, in a new anime anthology series coming to Prime Video this November. Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26, produced by Flagship Line, will a
Sam Altman and Elon Musk have been locked in an ongoing standoff over the fact that OpenAI has operated like a for-profit business despite its nonprofit status. The fight, which has been ongoing in the court of public opinion for years and in the actual courts for months, is starting to rack up collateral damage. According to a report from the San Francisco Standard, critics of OpenAI have started receiving subpoenas from the AI firm over what the company’s leadership seems to believe is a consp
CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 9.2 / 10 SCORE Ninja Crispi $180 at Amazon $180 at Best Buy $180 at Target Pros Cook, serve, and storage capabilities Easy to clean: almost everything is dishwasher-safe Intuitive operation No concern about PFAS Ability to see cooking in progress Can buy additional glass vessels for maximum food prep Small storage footprint with nesting capabilities
Labor Day deal: Labor Day weekend might have ended, but there are still deals to be found. The Anker Nebula Mars 3 Air is still just $470 on Amazon right now. That's a 22% discount and a savings of $130. The price is likely to go back up soon, though, so this might be your last chance to buy this portable projector. CNET's key takeaways Anker's Nebula Mars 3 Air is a compact portable projector with a reasonable $599 price (and currently on sale for $470 Despite its size, it delivers a bright
is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. OpenAI has started to build out its Applications team under Fidji Simo, its new CEO of Applications, who left her former position as Instacart’s CEO to start in the executive role on August 18th. On Tuesday, the company confirmed it’s shuffl
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 8, 2025. OpenAI continued its spending spree, announcing on Tuesday that it has acquired Statsig, a product development startup, for $1.1 billion. Statsig helps OpenAI and other companies test features and use real-time data in their operations. As part of the acquisition, Statsig CEO Vijaye Raji is joining OpenAI as technology chief in t
Apple has a new Vision Pro 2 launching soon, but two of the main complaints about Vision hardware—weight and cost—likely won’t be addressed until 2027’s rumored ‘Vision Air’ ships. Today, a new report outlines how much cheaper and more affordable that Vision Air product might be. Vision Air expected to be nearly half the weight and less than half the price of Vision Pro Ming-Chi Kuo writes on his blog: Apple is expected to launch Vision Air in 2027, which will address the high weight and pric
AirPods Pro 3 are almost here, and rumors indicate Apple plans to follow the highly successful proven playbook of AirPods Pro 2. Here’s what that means. AirPods Pro 3’s rumored upgrades follow the path set by AirPods Pro 2 Apple launched AirPods Pro 2 three years ago, and has continually improved them ever since. AirPods Pro 2 have improved upon Apple’s original model in several key ways: H2 chip enabled more powerful audio features Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) got a big upgrade Health-
It looks like Meta’s hiring freeze definitely does not apply to Apple engineers. As reported by Bloomberg, Jian Zhang, Apple’s Lead AI Researcher for Robotics, will be joining the Meta Robotics Studio. And he’s not the only one leaving. Here are the details. Apple’s AI alternatives (and teams) keep getting slimmer Last month, following a report that said that, despite Meta’s hiring freeze, there could be exceptions, Bloomberg reported that the company had poached Frank Chu, “who has led Apple
Become a superconnector We spend hours on messages. Yet we often reply late, sometimes completely forget to reply. We then end up losing deals, opportunities for connection, and missing connections. It's not anybody's fault. Messaging itself has not changed a decade – it has just gotten messier. Our conversations are scattered across different social networks with distinct UI full of distractions. Finding the right thread takes minutes. The context and the small details are forgotten. M
Gmail is a hugely popular email service, with over 2.5 billion users. So when rumors start to swirl about Gmail problems, people pay attention. On Monday, Google made an unusual statement, formally denying that it had issued a broad warning about a major Gmail security issue. "Gmail's protections are strong and effective, and claims of a major Gmail security warning are false," the post read. "While it's always the case that phishers are looking for ways to infiltrate inboxes, our protections c