The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 series is all about the bezels Samsung brought the rotating bezel back for the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic (right), while the bezels on the regular Watch 6 are 30 percent thinner.The Classic’s rotating bezel is back — and the display bezels are a lot thinner all around. Oh, and here comes Wear OS 4. Continue reading…

How to preorder the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 Are these iterative Flip and Fold updates compelling enough for you? | Image: SamsungSamsung kicked off a new generation of foldable phones at its latest Unpacked event, and it’s already taking preorders for those looking to punch their tickets to hot foldable summer. This time around, the announcements of the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5…

The ‘monster’ car that almost broke Tesla Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIn 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stood on a stage in Los Angeles to introduce the company’s new car to the world: the Model 3. There was just one problem. The car didn’t exist yet. In episode one of Land of the Giants: The Tesla Shock Wave, we’re diving into the tumultuous production of the Model 3, Tesla’s fi…

Samsung’s Unpacked event spoiled by major leak Press images of the Galaxy Z Flip 5, which is expected to be announced today. | Image: EVLeaksJust hours before Samsung’s latest Unpacked event where the company is expected to announce its latest foldables, wearables, and tablets, leaker Evan Blass has shared a more or less complete look at the company’s forthcoming lineup via his restricted Tw…

The Futurama crew touches down in Fortnite Image: Epic GamesPlanet Express, meet battle royale. As was teased yesterday, a collaboration between Futurama and Fortnite kicked off today, which mostly involves three characters from the show being available in the item shop. You can now fight your way through the game as Fry, Leela, or Bender, and the Planet Express ship is also available as…

GitHub and others call for more open-source support in EU AI law Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIn a paper sent to EU policymakers, a group of companies, including GitHub, Hugging Face, Creative Commons, and others, are encouraging more support for the open-source development of different AI models as they consider finalizing the AI Act. EleutherAI, LAION, and Open Future also cosigned the paper. Thei…

T-Mobile says its ultrafast 5G capable of up to 3.3Gbps is rolling out now Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeT-Mobile has started the rollout of its new 5G tech that can deliver speeds of up to 3.3Gbps using carrier aggregation, which combines four different 5G channels into one for devices that can handle it (only Samsung’s newer Galaxy S23 phones at the moment), similar to a trick used by Wi-Fi routers to create…

Google’s CFO just got a promotion Illustration: The VergeAlphabet, the parent company of Google, is promoting chief financial officer Ruth Porat into a new role, according to a press release about Alphabet’s Q2 earnings. As part of the newly created role of president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google, Porat will oversee Alphabet’s “Other Bets” investments and w…

General Hospital is using scab writers, and it’s complicated Image: ABC / Christine BartolucciGeneral Hospital, the longest-running American soap opera, is turning to scab writers to keep the show going amidst the Writers Guild of America’s ongoing strike. One of the show’s writers, Shannon Peace, shared the news on her Instagram account, saying, “Starting next week, the show will be penned exclusively by…

OpenAI can’t tell if something was written by AI after all Image: OpenAIOpenAI shuttered a tool that was supposed to tell human writing from AI due to a low accuracy rate. In an (updated) blog, OpenAI said it decided to end its AI classifier as of July 20th. “We are working to incorporate feedback and are currently researching more effective provenance techniques for text,” the company said. As it shuts…

PS5 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will officially run on Steam Deck Image: SonyOriginally, Sony and Insomniac claimed that PS5 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart wouldn’t even be possible without the console’s blazing-fast SSD. But not only is the game now coming to PCs with traditional hard drives — it’s also going to be playable on the Steam Deck. Insomniac just tweeted that the game is officially Steam Dec…

Why you won’t see any new TV rewatch podcasts during the Hollywood strike Getty ImagesThis is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Today, I’ll dive into Spotify’s second quarter earnings call this morning. Despite layoffs and the shutdown of a number of podcasts, it’ll be a while until we see the benefits from a thriftier company. I also have an update on acto…

Amazon’s new page alerts buyers to recalled or unsafe products Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeAmazon has a new place to share product recall info for products purchased on its site. The personalized alert page can help consumers learn if anything they’ve bought on Amazon has known issues that make it dangerous to keep using. Amazon says it “always proactively” notifies customers about items purchase…

You can’t just leave Threads in the Following feed Image: The VergeThe brand-new Following feed in Meta’s Threads won’t always stick around if it’s your preferred way to use the app. The much-needed Following feed is unfortunately a bit hidden: you can make it appear by tapping the home icon at the bottom of the screen or the Threads logo at the top. Once you see it, you can switch between “Foll…

Windows and devices take a hit in Microsoft’s Q4 earnings, but Xbox is mostly up Illustration: The VergeMicrosoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2023 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $56.2 billion in revenue and a net income of $20.1 billion during Q4. Revenue is up 8 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent. As expected, Windows and devices revenue has been hit hard again this qu…

Elon Musk just changed Twitter’s logo again — sort of Emma Roth / The VergeAfter replacing Twitter’s little blue bird with an X logo, Elon Musk is now changing it again — well, kind of. In a video Musk reposted from @DogeDesigner, Musk shows off a version of the logo with slightly thicker lines. You can see the differences between the two in the image embedded above. The new version of the logo has…

The Exorcist: Believer looks like a hellish double feature in first trailer Lidya Jewett as Angela Fielding and Olivia Marcum as Katherine.Though Warner Bros.’ 1973 adaptation of The Exorcist is an iconic piece of horror cinema, none of the studio’s subsequent sequels ever really managed to make all that much of a splash. Only time will tell whether that also ends up being the case with Universal and Blumhouse’s new tri…

Three new Starfield animated shorts offer more glimpses of Bethesda’s new universe Image: Bethesda Game StudiosStarfield will be released in just over a month, and on Tuesday, developer Bethesda Game Studios released three animated shorts as part of a new anthology series called Starfield: The Settled Systems. In the shorts, you’ll get a glimpse of three of the game’s big cities. “Follow a delivery pilot in New Atlantis seekin…

How to use Safari Tab Groups Tab Groups live here. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeIf you’re using Safari but you’re not using Tab Groups, well, it’s time to change that. Tab Groups, as the name implies, allows you to group a selection of tabs together and essentially set them aside for future use. For example, if you have a bunch of tabs you use for work and a b…

It’s the last day to get a $50 credit when reserving a Galaxy Z Flip 5 or Z Fold 5 Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeSamsung’s new phone announcements are expected tomorrow, July 26th, at 7AM ET during its next Unpacked event, so that means today’s the last chance to net $50 of preorder credit by making a free reservation. While Samsung may be keeping the full details of its Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 folding pho…