The new Discord integration on PS5. | Image: Sony Sony is improving its Discord integration on the PS5 so that you can join voice calls directly from the console. First launched last year, Discord support on PS5 currently requires you to manually transfer a call to a console by using the Discord app on mobile or PC. Sony is now rolling out an update that integrates Discord directly into the PS5 dashboard so you can select the server or DM group you want to join.The update is rolling out gradually over the coming weeks, starting with PS5 owners in Japan and Asia followed by Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, and then finally the US and Canada. You’ll need to update your PS5 to the latest system software to get this new Discord integration, and a PlayStation Network account... Continue reading…

Linda Yaccarino. | Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media During an internal all-hands meeting led by X CEO Linda Yaccarino on Wednesday, concerned employees tuned in to hear if she would address the pressing issue on their minds: performance reviews.Sources inside the company confirm that a promotions process was recently delayed without explanation and that X’s sales team doesn’t expect to meet its revenue targets for the quarter. Given how the company formerly called Twitter has continued to struggle under Elon Musk’s ownership, employees have been bracing for more layoffs.One of Musk’s key lieutenants, The Boring Company CEO Steve Davis, has been reviewing finances at X’s headquarters in San Francisco over the past several weeks, according to multiple employees who requested anonymity to... Continue reading…

We must have been put into a daze after all of the Microsoft, Apple, Google, and OpenAI announcements that hit us in waves over the past few months. Remenber the Snapdragon X Elite and Plus? They're scheduled to release in just under a week's time, and with them will come a new era of Copilot+ PCs. Until now, however, we didn't really know what the chip was packing with its built-in graphics. Now, Qualcomm has finally pulled back the curtain and let us take a look inside what the Snapdragon X Elite and Plus is capable of.

Apple's iPhone 15 Plus is a solid option for those who want to get into the Apple eco-system with a large-screen iPhone, but don't want all the bells and whistles that come with the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The current generation of regular iPhones may not have all the "pro" features, but they definitely look and feel similar to the more expensive Pro models with things like Dynamic Island, so you're not necessarily missing out on much with the Plus model, especially when you consider how they look.

Im a long-time Apple Watch and Apple Fitness user, with both serving as part of my daily routine. While Apple hasnt announced a new smartwatch since the Apple Watch Series 9 last year (we expect to see Series 10 by September), the company did launch watchOS 11 at its WWDC 2024 this June. This latest OS update, which will officially arrive in the Fall, includes exciting features I cant wait to use. Of the many new features in Apple watchOS 11, these are the ones Im most looking forward to trying (some of which I have already begun testing in the developer beta).

Allison Johnson / The Verge While the partnership between Apple and OpenAI announced at WWDC this week promises to give ChatGPT a prestigious place in Apple’s ecosystem, it seems neither party is paying the other to make that happen. According to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple instead believes that the exposure OpenAI will receive from being on hundreds of millions of Apple devices is “of equal or greater value than monetary payments.”The report also says this deal isn’t exclusive to OpenAI, and that Apple is in talks with Anthropic and Google to offer their respective chatbots as an alternative option, with an agreement for Google’s Gemini expected to be in place later this year. While Apple will utilize OpenAI’s GPT-4o model to power various AI... Continue reading…

macOS Sequoia is all about Apple bringing artificial intelligence to its desktop operating system, kind of like Microsoft is doing with Copilot and Copilot+. Unfortunately, all of those features in the Apple Intelligence suite won't be available until this fall, when they arrive in beta. Where does that leave macOS Sequoia in the first developer beta? It's undoubtedly a small update as-is, although it packs two crucial quality-of-life updates that longtime Mac users have been waiting a while for.

The Galaxy Watch FE will retail for $199.99 with Bluetooth and $249.99 with LTE. | Image: Samsung The leaks were right. Samsung just announced it’s launching a third smartwatch, the Galaxy Watch FE. It’s meant to be the company’s new entry-level smartwatch, offering a more affordable option compared to its flagship Galaxy Watch models.It makes sense that Samsung’s doing this now. The Galaxy Watch series used to be relatively affordable compared to the competition, but in the past two years, Samsung’s raised the starting price of its watches by $50 to keep up with inflation. The FE will retail at $199 for the Bluetooth-only version and at $249.99 for the LTE version — which is more in line with what its watches used to cost. This also makes Samsung’s smartwatch lineup look a bit more like Apple’s, with a budget model, flagship model,... Continue reading…

If you have a Windows PC, then you've probably heard of AppData. It's a folder that contains three subfolders: Local, LocalLow, and Roaming. Understanding the different types of AppData folders and their uses can be helpful for troubleshooting, managing storage space, and more. If you've ever wondered what these folders are for and why they're so important, you've come to the right place. In this article, we'll explain the difference between the three main types of AppData folders and what types of information are typically stored in each.

Illustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images Several Tesla shareholders are accusing Elon Musk and the company’s board of knowingly diverting talent and resources away from the company and directing it toward Musk’s rival artificial intelligence company, xAI. In a lawsuit, the shareholders allege that Musk and the board breached their fiduciary duty to Tesla by launching xAI, which was founded in 2023 on the premise of understanding “the true nature of the universe.”The plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in Delaware, where the company is still incorporated, only hours before Tesla shareholders are set to vote on a proposal to reincorporate the company in Texas after a Delaware court judge voided Musk’s enormous pay package. The lawsuit was first reported by Business Insider and T... Continue reading…

When leakers claimed that iOS 18 would be the biggest update to the iPhone operating system ever, expectations were understandably high. Luckily, when Apple previewed iOS 18 for the first time at the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10, the upgrade didn't disappoint. There are tons of cool features headlined by Apple Intelligence, which is a suite of new artificial intelligence and machine learning features that could change the way you use your great iPhone. On top of that, we have a redesigned Home Screen and Control Center, a refreshed Settings app, and more.

When it comes to top-tier productivity laptops, few names can stand in the same company as the MacBook Pro. But what if you don't like macOS and are a dedicated Windows user? Many great laptops run on Windows, but not many can claim to give the MacBook Pro a run for its money like the Surface Laptop 7 can. The new Surface Laptop 7 introduces some much-needed updates to Microsoft's Surface line, bringing it closer to offering a MacBook-like experience on a Windows machine.