There's probably no other interface that allows you to write, build and publish interactive applications as conveniently as Claude, and that's precisely why it makes artifacts such an incredibly underrated feature.

Apple is about to become a very different company. This September, Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down and will be replaced by John Ternus, the current head of hardware. But the shift is bigger than just a CEO transition - it's the most significant move yet into a world where Apple's executive team isn't handpicked by Steve Jobs.With the departure of Cook, who became CEO in 2011, the list of leaders who were in Jobs' inner circle is dwindling. There's still Apple's senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, who joined in 1989, and has said that Jobs was like a "family member" to him. There's also longtime marketing exec Phil Schiller, wh …Read the full story at The Verge.

Honor has announced the 600 and 600 Pro, which it calls "accessible flagships," and they look… familiar. Especially in that orange.The Pro makes the iPhone comparison especially obvious thanks to its triple rear camera - it even has the same flash layout - while the 600 is just a hair subtler because it drops the Pro's 3.5x telephoto lens. Honor actually pulled the same move with last year's iPhone Air-inspired Honor 500, but that phone only launched in Asia.Both phones have IP69K water-resistance ratings (a tougher rating that covers testing with water jets closer to the phone), midsize 6.57-inch OLED displays, and big 6,400mAh batterie …Read the full story at The Verge.

When someone tells you an Nvidia feature doubled their framerate, you probably immediately think of DLSS Multi Frame Generation or maybe the upscaler using the transformer model. Those features can be useful, but when it comes to fast-paced games where visual clarity and low latency are crucial, they're better left disabled. When I first heard of Nvidia's Smooth Motion toggle, I thought the same thing. Another frame generation setting that would add a ton of latency and not much else, so I ignored it until someone mentioned trying it on one of my favorite games, and it honestly blew me away. It doubled my framerate with next to no visual artifacting, and it actually lowered end-to-end latency. It doesn't work flawlessly in every game, but in the games that it does, it's really effective.

Modern operating systems on modern SSDs mostly just work. Plug a drive in, install the OS, and the defaults will get you a system that boots, runs games, and handles daily tasks without any manual intervention. Compared to a decade ago, we've come a very long way, but the defaults drives and motherboards ship with today are tuned for the widest possible range of hardware: laptops on battery, desktops with mixed SSD and HDD configurations, systems with limited RAM, and users who will never open a BIOS. For an enthusiast, some of these defaults are less than ideal, and they leave performance and potential endurance on the table.

Proxmox has always been one of those platforms that makes me want to tinker first and justify it later. When Proxmox VE 9.1 added native OCI image support, that itch got even worse. The pitch is immediately appealing because it sounds like the cleanest possible shortcut. Pull an OCI image, spin it up from the Proxmox interface, and skip some of the ceremony that usually comes with standing up containerized services.

Tesla vehicles with the company's Hardware 3 (HW3) computer actually won't receive unsupervised Full Self-Driving (FSD), CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday's Q1 2026 earnings call. Approximately 4 million Tesla vehicles operate on the HW3 platform, meaning that a significant chunk of Tesla owners - including customers that paid for the feature when they bought their cars - are now locked out of being able to use unsupervised FSD, which has been something Musk has been hyping for years, unless they upgrade their car or their car's hardware.Musk:I wish it were otherwise, but Hardware 3 simply does not have the capability to achieve unsupervi …Read the full story at The Verge.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump claimed to have secured the release of eight Iranian women condemned to execution for protesting the regime. Only the night before, he had posted on Truth Social about the imminent executions of these women, quoting a screenshot that included a collage of eight glamorously backlit, soft-focus portraits. The photos of the women were immediately accused of being AI-generated. "Trump is begging Iranian leaders to not execute 8 AI-generated women. This is the funniest thing I've ever seen," said one viral X post.Trump is begging Iranian leaders to not execute 8 AI-generated women. This is the funniest th …Read the full story at The Verge.

The bright yellow livery of Spirit Airlines may soon disappear from the skies. The country's seventh-largest airline has been in financial trouble for years: It hasn't turned a profit since 2019 and filed for bankruptcy twice in the last two years. Despite all that, its leaders predicted that the airline could exit bankruptcy and return to profitability as early as 2027. It just needed time and a little stability to do so.That time may have run out. On Monday, April 20th, Spirit approached the government to ask for a federal bailout. The sudden rise in fuel prices caused by the war in Iran will add an estimated $360 million in unexpected c …Read the full story at The Verge.

Let's say you're considering a $150 smart display for your nightstand or kitchen, but the interface just feels laggy when you test it out. The screen looks washed out, and it's essentially a locked-down advertising billboard for the manufacturer. Why should you have to view ads in your own home on hardware that you own?

Eight bulbs are powered by a rechargeable battery built into a 6W solar panel. | Image: Govee Govee announced its first solar-powered lights today. They include a 6W panel with an integrated 4,800mAh battery that can be recharged with a single full day of sunlight (though if the weather's looking a little overcast, you can still charge it over USB-C). The Govee Outdoor Solar String Lights are available now through the company's online store and Amazon for $99.99 and feature eight color-changing bulbs on a 34-foot cable.On a full charge the bulbs will run for up to 13 hours, Govee claims, but that's with their brightness limited to just 10 lumens. The bulbs have a maximum brightness of up to 50 lumens, but you can expect the battery …Read the full story at The Verge.

Microsoft is rolling out a new Agent Mode inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint this week. Previously described by Microsoft as "vibe working," the Agent Mode is a more powerful version of the Copilot experience in Office that Microsoft has been trying to sell to businesses."When we first shipped Copilot, foundation models were not powerful enough to use Copilot to command the applications," admits Sumit Chauhan, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Office Product Group. "This meant Copilot was a passive partner in documents: it could answer questions but missed the mark when it was asked to take action on the canvas direc …Read the full story at The Verge.