Using agentic AI for tasks is the new big thing, whether that's for productivity collaboration, automating workflows, or offloading cognitive load to a silicon second brain. It's an incredibly powerful tool, but I'm not comfortable setting it free on my main system. LLMs make mistakes, whether it's confidently offering the wrong answer as true, or making hilariously dangerous decisions about data security.

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Glasses look nearly identical to Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in leaked images from Android Headlines. The glasses, which could be announced at Google I/O next month, are code-named "Jinju" and will reportedly cost between $379 and $499, on par with the display-free Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2. They'll reportedly include a Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 processor, a 12-megapixel Sony IMX681 camera, a 155mAh battery, and bone conduction speakers; however, this pair won't have a built-in display. Samsung is reportedly saving a micro-LED display for a more premium pair of glasses, code-named "Haean," which it plans to launch in 20 …Read the full story at The Verge.

The supposed “Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide” dummy unit can be seen in the middle. | Image by Sonny Dickson The wide foldable phone that Samsung is reportedly developing is expected to arrive later this year, and now we may have some idea of what it will look like. Leaker and journalist Sonny Dickson has shared images online of what he says are dummy units of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy foldables, including the "Z Fold 8 Wide" - showing a passport-like design that's primed to take on Huawei's Pura X Max and Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone.The leaked dummy unit suggests that Samsung's wide foldable will feature a dual-camera setup on the rear, down from three cameras on Samsung's other Z Fold phones. All three of the dummy units feature promin …Read the full story at The Verge.

I've been around Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling long enough to see it swing between "must-have toggle" and "turn it off immediately," depending on who you ask (or how my YouTube Shorts algorithm is feeling on any given day). Ever since it arrived with Windows 10, HAGS has been regarded as an optimization miracle by some, and an unnecessary complication by others. You'll find benchmarks praising its latency improvements, all while the comments will be rife with anecdotes of smoother gameplay with it disabled.

Hey hey, it's Jay Peters, senior reporter at The Verge. Today, Valve finally announced that the second version of the Steam Controller - and the first piece of Valve's slate of new gaming hardware set to launch this year - is finally going on sale for $99 on May 4th.My colleague Cameron Faulkner and I have had the new Controller in our hands for more than two weeks, and we've each written reviews of it. For Verge subscribers, we have a treat: if you have any questions about the new gamepad, we'd be happy to answer them for you in the comments of this article.Valve hasn't shared any new information about when the Steam Machine PC and Stea …Read the full story at The Verge.

You're probably wondering why anyone would change their SATA mode. It started the way a lot of bad tech decisions happen late at night, scrolling through TikTok, half-paying attention, when a tech video caught my attention. This video popped up claiming that changing your SATA mode in the BIOS could "unlock performance" from your SSD. The creator made it simple: go into the BIOS, change a setting, reboot, and enjoy a faster system. There were definitely no risks mentioned and no explanation of why you should change it just to boost speed, but my curiosity pushed me to try it.

Spotify has dabbled in customized running playlists, but now it's diving more firmly into the fitness space with curated playlists and content from creators like Yoga with Kassandra, Sweaty Studio, Chloe Ting, and Pilates Body by Raven. Not only that, but Premium subscribers will have access to over 1,400 classes from Peloton.Spotify has already expanded well beyond its music roots, with audiobooks, podcasts, and video. So moving into fitness and wellness doesn't seem like a big stretch, especially since there are plenty of playlists out there built around exercise. But it does further crowd an already messy app.Users will now have acces …Read the full story at The Verge.

The smart lighting company is having a busy month. After releasing its first solar-powered lights, a cordless table lamp, and an updated LED light wall over the past few weeks, Govee has announced a new multicolor ceiling light. Available starting today through the company's online store and Amazon for $249.99, the Govee Ceiling Light Ultra is larger than previous versions and for the first time uses its array of color-changing LEDs to display images.At 21-inches in diameter, the new Ultra version of Govee's ceiling lights will potentially be better at illuminating larger rooms up to 30 square meters. While the cheaper 12- and 15-inch vers …Read the full story at The Verge.

The auto design world is full of advanced 3D visualization tools and VR sculpting platforms, but your average new car still enters the world as a sketch. Those sketches traditionally see endless iteration and refinement from all angles before being turned into 3D models by hand, some dying in the digital world, others sculpted into clay to better visualize lines and profiles. That's just the beginning of a design and development process that often takes a half-decade or more. That means many new cars hitting dealerships this summer were first sketched in 2020 or 2021, initiatives kicked off when alternative fuel incentives were widesprea …Read the full story at The Verge.

Chrome is synonymous with the word ‘browser’ at this point. Its humongous market share hasn’t dwindled much, even after a lot of smaller, better versions based on the same engine became available. The only competitor, Edge, also shifted to Chromium and has a slightly noticeable presence because it defaults on Windows, which has millions of users. However, Chrome’s tightened grip on ad-blocking extensions and excessive tracking makes it a tough pill to swallow.

OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership-turned-situationship just got even less committed. And a clause about artificial general intelligence, which has for years dictated the future of their deal, has officially been dropped.On Monday morning, Microsoft announced a handful of big changes to its long-standing OpenAI deal. Microsoft will remain OpenAI's "primary cloud partner, and OpenAI products will ship first on Azure, unless Microsoft cannot and chooses not to support the necessary capabilities." But OpenAI can "now serve all its products to customers across any cloud provider." That lets OpenAI pursue its goals of courting enterprise custom …Read the full story at The Verge.

Who’s asking for this? | Image: Turtle Beach Turtle Beach's latest collection of PC peripherals are so focused around touchscreen displays that the company even slapped one on a gaming mouse. The $160 wireless Command Series MC7 features a 2.25-inch touch display bar on the left side of the mouse, which seems to be located in just the right position for users to worry about accidentally hitting it with their thumbs.The display bar is designed to function like a built-in Stream Deck, allowing users to assign customizable commands for macros, apps, and OBS controls. It also brings to mind the infamous MacBook Pro Touch Bar, which was easy to accidentally hit while typing until the feat …Read the full story at The Verge.