Sony sold just 1.5 million PS5 consoles in its most recent fourth fiscal quarter, down 46 percent year over year. The slump in PS5 sales comes after Sony raised the price of its PS5 consoles twice over the past year, pushing the price of the regular PS5 from $499.99 all the way up to $649.99.Sony blamed "continued pressures in the global economic landscape," for the price hikes in March, amid an ongoing memory crisis and pressure from the war in Iran. Sony now forecasts that annual gaming revenue will drop 6 percent, but these forecasts could be impacted by ongoing memory costs. "We plan to base our PS5 hardware sales in FY26 on the volume …Read the full story at The Verge.

For years, tinkerers have helped us answer the age-old question: what's going on around us? Okay, sure, you can just turn your head and look, but that's neither as cool nor as fun as making a device that does the looking for you. As such, we've seen all kinds of projects, from motion sensors to security cameras, to help us see more than we usually can.

For most people shopping for a new TV, the first impression happens in a showroom, the worst place to judge picture quality.

Though both the NotebookLM and Gemini trains had long left the station before I jumped on either of them, I got there eventually. And then Google put them on the same track through a new feature called Notebooks. At first, I couldn't help but notice similarities to Claude's Projects because of their persistent context. But after using them for a few weeks now, it became clear where they actually slot into my workflow - connecting the learning to the practicing.

Yesterday, I told you how a hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower. We explained how thousands of these bladed Chinese robots, made by Yarbo, could be hijacked with ease - exposing people's GPS coordinates, Wi-Fi passwords, email addresses, and more to any casual hacker who comes along. Today, Yarbo has issued a thorough 1,200-word response that you can read in full below. The company is confirming the security researcher's findings, apologizing, and providing a detailed plan to tackle many of its self-created security issues head-on. Yarbo writes that it's already temporarily cut off remote access and is addressing many of its most he …Read the full story at The Verge.

We all start our self-hosted media journeys with the purest intentions, ripping a few Blu-rays, naming the files perfectly, and organizing them into a folder structure we swear to follow for posterity. I started my Plex server on my first NAS this way too, but just a few months later, that pristine directory devolved into a wasteland of dumped files, incorrectly named folders, random subtitle files spilling over, and other mysterious sub-folders.

While everyone is debating whether Claude or ChatGPT has a more ‘human’ writing style, I have quietly moved my entire workflow elsewhere. With most AI chatbots, you have to bring the data to them, copy-paste your notes, and manually explain your life.

When I saw that Claude could integrate with productivity tools like my calendar and Asana, I decided to see what the AI would do if I asked it to plan my day. After all, there are plenty of task management apps that market AI features as a way to increase productivity and break down to-do lists into more manageable chunks.

VRAM has been one of the biggest topics of discussion around gaming GPUs for the last couple of generations. The GPUs themselves continue to become more efficient and performant overall, but the amount of VRAM has largely stagnated, especially around the mid-range. Benchmarks show that 8GB is no longer just bordering on not enough. For some games, it falls underneath the minimum requirement.

I typically rely on my Network-Attached Storage rig to create backups, sync random projects via network shares, and archive ripped media files. However, I also use it to self-host essential services that I wouldn’t want to run on my experimental workstations. But there are times when I whip up some fun experiments with my NAS, especially storage-hungry projects that aren’t risky enough to bring my storage server down.

Watch models like the Apple Watch Series 11 (pictured) are also now available at discounted education rates for the first time. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple now requires proof of eligibility from US customers who purchase products online at discounted education rates, which also apply to the Apple Watch for the first time. According to a new pop-up message displayed on Apple's education webstore, Apple is directing students, parents, and teachers to verify their status via Unidays' third-party verification service - a system the Cupertino company has already implemented in other countries, including the UK.Apple Insider reports that the Unidays service is now also being rolled out to Apple customers in Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Turkey, and Chile. Eligible customers can use an email a …Read the full story at The Verge.

Nintendo is raising the price of its Switch 2 console globally, "in light of changes in market conditions," and is now forecasting a drop in sales over the next year. Starting September 1st, the Switch 2 will cost $499.99 in the US, up from its current $449.99 price. At the same time, prices will also increase by $50 in Canada ($679.99, up from $629.99) and €40 in Europe, bringing it to €499.99 (about $587). The price increases in Japan go into effect sooner, on May 25th, and impact a greater range of Switch products. The Switch 2 will increase from ¥49,980 (about $318) to ¥59,980 (about $382), with similar increases being applied to the o …Read the full story at The Verge.