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AI Summary

  • OpenAI is reportedly gearing up for an IPO, possibly in September, while also making significant advancements with a new audio model and disproving a geometry conjecture.
  • The tech industry is witnessing a surge in AI-powered startups, with companies like Airbnb leveraging AI for host onboarding and customer support, and Google introducing conversational AI search and agents.
  • Tesla's Full Self-Driving software is making its way into Europe, though the global EV market appears to be in a 'K-shaped' recovery, with the US lagging behind.
  • A significant cybersecurity incident has occurred, with GitHub confirming a breach of thousands of internal repositories through a malicious VSCode extension.
  • The gaming sector is seeing new developments, including Discord enabling end-to-end encrypted voice and video calls, and updates to Android XR promising a more immersive experience.

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  • I’ve tested the latest Switch 2 controllers, and this one is the best an hour ago by Cameron Faulkner
    Buying Guides, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gaming, Nintendo, Tech, Verge Shopping

    If you choose to get an extra controller for your Nintendo Switch 2, you can spend a lot — and get a lot in return. Buying Nintendo’s own $89 Switch 2 Pro Controller , for instance, will net you the console’s only wireless controller with a 3.5mm headphone jack for private listening, not to mention great-feeling rumble and a slick design. It’s not perfect, but it’s otherwise the total package in terms of features. But it’d be a disservice to you to call it a day there. There are several third-party models that are cheaper, yet don’t make many compromises

  • Anthropic and OpenAI take their beef to the midterm elections 2 hours ago by Tina Nguyen
    Column, Policy, Politics, Regulator

    Hello and welcome to Regulator , a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the car crashes piling up on a daily basis at the Washington-based intersection of technology and politics. If you're not a subscriber, sign up for our fine editorial enterprise today , especially as we process the end of Musk v. Altman. And if you have any tips about impending or hidden Washington car crashes, send 'em over to tina.nguyen+tips@theverge.com . A quick note: Regulator will be on hiatus for the next two weeks while I take a much-needed vacation. Unfortunately, this means I'll be missing the public release

  • Vibe coding is coming to your phone 2 hours ago by Allison Johnson
    AI, Android, Google, Google I/O 2026, Mobile, Tech

    Coming to your homescreen soon: your own app. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge "There's an app for that" was the promise of the App Store from the very beginning. The app that will get your phone to do the thing you want it to? It's just a few taps away. The tagline wasn't strictly true - I'm still waiting for that one perfect grocery list app . Still, apps shaped the modern smartphone into what it is today. We spend all day, every day inside of apps - scrolling, listening, and tapping until we find what we want.

  • Volvo is trying to put its EV stumbles in the rearview 2 hours ago by Andrew J. Hawkins
    Cars, Electric Cars, Transportation, Volvo

    Volvo once had ambitions to fully exit the gas car business . Now it's trying to keep its tenuous foothold in the EV market. It's not an understatement to say that Volvo's EV journey has been a bumpy one. The compact EX40 has been a consistent winner, but the Swedish brand's other EVs have been plagued with problems. The EX90 was supposed to be a bold statement for the future , but persistent software bugs have forced Volvo into an expensive hardware replacement. The tiny EX30 faired no better, with tariffs upending the rollout of the brand's first mass-market affordable

  • You can now remix other people’s YouTube Shorts with AI 3 hours ago by Terrence O’Brien
    AI, Google, Google I/O 2026, News, Streaming, Tech, YouTube

    Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people's videos using Gemini Omni . Now, at the bottom of a YouTube Short, when you click the remix icon, you'll see an option to "reimagine" it. Here, you can prompt Gemini to turn a video into pixel art, an anime, or a found-footage horror film. But, beyond that, you can also alter the contents by, say, inflating heads, inserting background actors, dressing people in pirate costumes, or even putting yourself in the clip. Creators can enable or disable the ability


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