Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aiming to spend up to $20 million on equipping officers and agents with specialized gloves that deliver painful electric shocks. These plans were outlined in a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, with an unspecified quantity of the devices set to be delivered by March 2027.The electrified handwear outlined in the contract is the CTG 5 GLOVE (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter), which manufacturer Compliant Technologies refers to as a CD3 (Conductive Distraction and De-escalation) device. Compliant Technologies describes it as "a great, humane, low-optics, de-esc …Read the full story at The Verge.

The iPhone 17’s successor might not arrive until 2027. | Photography by Allison Johnson / The Verge According to an Economic Daily News report spotted by MacRumors, executives for Apple supplier Pegatron confirmed during an earnings call that the iPhone 18 Pro series phones will launch this fall, but the base iPhone 18 won't arrive until the first quarter of next year. The more affordable iPhone 18e and a new iPhone Air are also rumored to launch around the same time, in line with rumors that have been circulating for more than a year. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and The Information both reported last year that Apple was planning to only launch its premium iPhones in fall 2026, and earlier this year another Apple supplier said one of its custom …Read the full story at The Verge.

Twitch users can now opt out of allowing their content to be used to train Amazon's generative AI models. Opting out means that "your streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on your channel" won't be used in "future training" of an Amazon AI model "whose purpose is to generate or synthesize text, audio, images, or video," according to a Twitch support page.Other "AI-supported" features like captions and safety tools will still function if you opt-out of generative AI training. However, if you participate in a chat on another person's stream, "their opt-out preferences govern if that chat can be used for training," Twitch …Read the full story at The Verge.

Premium small-form-factor gaming PCs, or even a Steam machine, hit a price tag of over $1,000. However, the reality for many gamers is that they have a piece of forgotten hardware, probably somewhere in the back of a closet. An older desktop PC might be gathering dust in the corner of your room after a main rig upgrade.

The Pixel 11 Pro. | Photo: David Imel / The Verge Google just added four new phones to the Pixel family: the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. They're slightly more expensive than their predecessors, but they come with some notable upgrades, including improved cameras and a new Tensor G6 chip that should deliver faster performance. The phones also have new photography tools, like Magic Capture, along with improvements to Gemini Intelligence, expanded Live Translate capabilities, and the ability to use Circle to Search directly through the camera.To make deciding whether you'll upgrade or hold onto your last-gen phone a little simpler, we're focusing on co …Read the full story at The Verge.

Promotional artwork for Sam Barlow’s Precognition. Looks trippy. Kinetic Publishing, a new indie publisher from the development team behind the co-op horror game Phasmophobia, just hosted its first games showcase, and it includes five ambitious new titles set to release in 2027 and 2028. Perhaps the most significant announcement from Kinetic's show is that it's publishing the next game from Telling Lies and Immortality creator Sam Barlow, titled Precognition. (Barlow previously revealed the game as "Project C.") Like other Barlow titles, Precognition will feature FMV-sequences and nonlinear storytelling. Here's the setup: Players take on the role of Diana, a woman who discovers she can receive vision …Read the full story at The Verge.

Google Maps is the obvious default when I am traveling within a city. It can find almost any business, surface reviews and photos, and guide me through streets I have never visited. Once I leave the city and enter a highway, those features don't matter to me. I need to know about changing speed limits, enforcement cameras, sharp curves, potholes, stopped vehicles, road closures, and congestion early enough to react.

Amazon is fully stepping back from MMOs. After saying last year that it would be halting "a significant amount" of its work on first-party AAA games, "specifically around MMOs," Amazon will be handing over live operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark in the West to other companies, according to announcements on Wednesday. Throne and Liberty will be taken over by FirstSpark Games and NC in Q4 2026. Lost Ark will be run by Smilegate starting in early 2027.When Amazon announced the broader strategy shift in October, the developers of a third MMO, New World: Aeternum, announced plans to stop offering new content updates. As of January, y …Read the full story at The Verge.

A secondary SSD has been on my list for a while now, as the 1TB drive that I have can't really fit more than three or four games these days. Of course, if I didn't use my PC as a media server, my storage issue wouldn't seem as big as it is right now, but I don't have much of a choice. So, a 2TB SSD stood as a reasonable upgrade for me, but the current prices made me rethink.

If you're plugged into the gaming world, it's impossible to avoid bryanthaboi'sPokémon Red, Blue and Yellow PC port, gen1recomp. The fan-made PC port of the classic Pokémon game has exploded in popularity over the past few days thanks to its great-looking Dramatic Shape Voxel Mod and a slew of other add-ons, including one that even adds Pokémon roaming around the game's world.

The Pixel 11 Pro in matte obsidian. | Photo: David Imel / The Verge Looking to get your hands on the latest Pixel devices? After weeks of leaks and rumors, Google has officially announced its next generation of Pixel phones and watches.The base Pixel 11 starts at $899, the Pro and Pro XL are $1,099 and $1,299 respectively, and the Pro Fold starts at $1,899. The watch comes in two sizes, with the smaller 41mm model starting at $399, and the larger 45mm model starting at $429. The phones are available for preorder now, and will ship on August 20th, 2026.If you're looking to preorder an unlocked phone on its own, your main options are Best Buy, Amazon, and directly from the Google Store. All three are runni …Read the full story at The Verge.

Wi-Fi internet is one of those magical things that you typically don't have to think about, but when it starts having problems, it can be a nightmare to hunt them down. So many factors can influence Wi-Fi signal quality that finding the fix for your specific problem is harder than it should be.