AMD is slightly delaying its Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs ‘out of an abundance of caution’ An image representing AMD’s new Ryzen 9000 desktop parts. | Image: AMDAMD was set to launch its new Zen 5 processors on July 31st, including the 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 9950X, a chip it’s calling “the world’s most powerful desktop consumer processor.” Instead, it’s now announcing a one- to two-week delay “out of an abundance of caution.” The …

Chrome adds new warnings and cloud scanning for suspicious downloads Image: GoogleGoogle has updated the suspicious file warnings Chrome displays for why it might have blocked a potentially suspicious or dangerous file download to hopefully give users clearer explanations. For people who turn on the anti-phishing Enhanced protection feature, opting in to upload suspicious files for scanning in the cloud, it’s als…

Olympic drone spying scandal lands Canadian coach a red card Canadian soccer coach Bev Priestman will miss the Olympic team’s opening match against New Zealand. | Photo by Vaughn Ridley / Getty ImagesA member of the Canadian Olympic women’s soccer team was caught using a drone to spy on New Zealand’s practice session on Monday. It’s said to be the second “drone incident” at a New Zealand practice over the…

Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay Illustration: The VergeReddit is ramping up its crackdown on web crawlers. Over the past few weeks, Reddit has started blocking search engines from surfacing recent posts and comments unless the search engine pays up, according to a report from 404 Media. Right now, Google is the only mainstream search engine that shows recent results when you s…

iPhones will soon be able to stream live video on 911 calls Image: Apple / RapidSOSFirst responder networks are lining up to support a major new emergency feature in iOS 18: Live Video support. Now, 911 support platforms, including RapidSOS Unite and Prepared, are integrating with Apple’s Emergency SOS Live Video, which was announced at WWDC in June. The new feature lets you video chat with 911 dispatche…

Meta cracks down on ‘Yahoo Boys’ and thousands of sextortion accounts Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeMeta shut down 63,000 Instagram accounts based in Nigeria that it says were engaged in financial sextortion scams and connected to what Meta calls a “loosely organized” group of cybercriminals known as the “Yahoo Boys.” Meta has been getting serious about cracking down on sextortion scams and educating use…

iPhone torrenting apps are now available in the EU You won’t find (most) of these on Apple’s official iOS App Store. | Image: Riley Testut / AltStore PALThe first batch of third-party apps are making their way onto AltStore PAL, just over three months after the alternative iOS app marketplace launched in the EU. Three out of the four apps being released today are exclusive to AltStore PAL and ca…

Apple may use Samsung for iPhone cameras, ending longtime Sony run Photo by Allison Johnson / The VergeApple might start using Samsung camera sensors as soon as 2026, marking the end of Sony’s decade-plus run as the sole supplier of the phones’ camera sensors. The phones are expected to use a Samsung-made “1/2.6-inch 48MP ultra-wide CMOS image sensors” starting “as early as 2026,” according to supply chain anal…

The Senate passed a bill cracking down on sexually explicit deepfakes Photo by Samuel Corum / Getty ImagesThe Senate unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday letting victims of nonconsensual intimate images created by AI — or “deepfakes” — sue their creators for damages. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act (DEFIANCE) Act lets victims of sexually explicit deepfakes pursue civil remedies agai…

We experimented with macOS on the iPad, and it was surprisingly good Apple executives Greg Joswiak and Craig Federighi have made it well known that the company has little interest in getting the iPad prepared for macOS software. During an event following Apple’s 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference in June, Federighi said, “We want to keep making iPad the best iPad it can be. We are not trying to create a Windows…

Apple’s Sunny imagines a cozy future where screens fade into the background Sunny the robot has a very expressive face. | Image: AppleThe murder mystery was a chance for showrunner Katie Robbins to imagine a different kind of sci-fi vision. Continue reading…

The Sonos Ace headphones are seeing their first discount at $40 off The Ace have an understated design that’s very sleek, especially in white. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeIf you’re looking to be an early-ish adopter of some fancy headphones and you like the color white, you’re in luck. The porcelain-colored Sonos Ace are on sale for $409.99 ($40 off) at Amazon. Sonos’ first wireless headphones feature top…

Sony tests a new PS5 3D audio profile setup to personalize in-game effects Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeThe latest PlayStation beta lets you create personalized 3D audio profiles on your PS5 that could help you “better sense the positions of characters and objects in a game world.” If you’re wearing headphones or earbuds with your PS5, you can perform sound tests to optimize the audio to best suit your n…

CrowdStrike blames test software for taking down 8.5 million Windows machines Image: The VergeCrowdStrike has published a post incident review (PIR) of the buggy update it published that took down 8.5 million Windows machines last week. The detailed post blames a bug in test software for not properly validating the content update that was pushed out to millions of machines on Friday. CrowdStrike is promising to more thoro…

Twitch is cracking down on sexual harassment in chats Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeTwitch has introduced new policy and moderation updates that aim to help curb sexual harassment. The streaming platform announced in a blog post that it has made its sexual harassment policy “easier to understand” by more clearly outlining prohibited conduct. Twitch’s moderation tools will now also allow s…

The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz In venture capital, you are what you fund. | Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeTwo of Silicon Valley’s famous venture capitalists make the case for backing Trump: that their ability to make money is the only value that matters. Continue reading…

The wireless GameSir G8 Plus controller works with smartphones and the Switch In addition to iOS and Android mobile devices, the GameSir G8 Plus works with the Nintendo Switch. | Image: GameSirGameSir’s latest mobile controller has an added bonus — it also works with the Nintendo Switch. In addition to turning iOS and Android smartphones into handheld consoles not dependent on finicky touchscreen controls, the new GameSir…

Google has big new ideas about the Play Store Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeGoogle is bringing a handful of new features to its Google Play store on Android today. There are new categorized “Collections” that highlight content from apps you’ve already installed. The company’s reward program is adding more prizes including Pixel hardware. Google’s Play Pass subscription service is i…

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is a great phone that’s out of ideas Samsung’s flagship foldable is as good as ever, but it feels anything but fresh. Continue reading…

E-commerce is driving up pollution near warehouses Trucks near a warehouse in San Bernardino County, California | Image: Wes Reel  / The VergeThe data is in, and it shows a significant rise in air pollution where e-retailers build their warehouses, and the neighborhoods hit the hardest have more people of color living in them. Warehouses have mushroomed across the US with the rise of e-commerce …