Once you have the relevant sensors and smart home devices, there are plenty of advanced automations you can build. For instance, you could turn on the living room lights when motion is detected, but only when the room is dark. You could also set them to 70% brightness before 10:00 p.m. and 25% afterward, while having them turn off after five minutes without motion.

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller is stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store and Apple events, according to a report from Bloomberg. Following the change, Schiller will keep his Apple Fellow title and continue "working on unspecified initiatives," Bloomberg reports.Schiller initially joined Apple in 1987 and became the company's head of marketing in 1997. He helped launch the App Store alongside Steve Jobs in 2008, but only started heading up the store in 2015. Over the years, Schiller has played a role in the development of many of Apple's products, including the iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Macs, and has presented severa …Read the full story at The Verge.

YouTuber Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach has invested enough in GoPro to become its single largest shareholder, with an 8.5 percent stake in the company, Bloomberg reports. Speaking to Bloomberg, Fischbach said he thought GoPro "seems undervalued" and sees his investment as "part of a larger mission to make filmmaking more accessible," following the release of his first feature film, Iron Lung, earlier this year. Fischbach posted a video last week praising GoPro's new Mission 1 ILS camera and comparing it to the pricier Red Komodo-X, saying he plans to use the Mission 1 ILS in future movies. It includes an affiliate code for the new camera, bu …Read the full story at The Verge.

I have slowly replaced many of the tools I use with open-source and self-hosted alternatives. I like knowing how my software works, where it runs, and what happens to my data. It also fits the way I work: I can try something new, run it on my own hardware, and keep it alongside the rest of my productivity setup. Remote access was one area where I had still stuck with a commercial option like TeamViewer. I didn't think much about it until I started looking for another tool to add to my self-hosted stack.

In the beginning of August, I published a rather alarming piece arguing that GDDR7 pricing and the overarching DRAM crisis were holding Nvidia's RTX 50-series refresh hostage. It now looks like the problem may be bigger than a delayed refresh, however, because there's growing evidence that an entire segment of Nvidia's GeForce RTX lineup is poised to find itself in what can only be described as an existential crisis.

For years, macOS has been my daily driver for anything work-related, and that time with Spotlight has spoiled me. I found myself longing for a way to navigate Windows just as quickly, and that's when I came across Raycast. This software calls itself the "shortcut to everything," and as hyperbolic as that sounds, it's not far from the truth. I set out to find a way to bring the best features of Spotlight to Windows, and instead discovered a launcher that matches those features and brings a whole lot more to the table.

Ceddanne Rafaela is tagged out at home plate at Yankee Stadium on August 28th. | Getty Images This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time. It was technically impressive, visually pretty remarkable, and also didn't make that much sense.Apple and Major League Baseball chose a classic match-up of the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees for the first of its series of four games streamed on the device. I do not review tech for The Verge, but I do watch a lot of baseball - if there's a game on and I'm at home, it's likely on my television. If this is the future of sports, live events, and wearable technology in general, I'd like to see what all the fuss is a …Read the full story at The Verge.

Steve Jobs' successor carried the torch of the iPhone and built Apple into a global powerhouse with few rivals. Since becoming CEO in 2011, Tim Cook has led the company to become one of the most dominant forces in the daily lives of billions of people. Today is his last day as CEO.Sending lots of love to the Apple community on my last day as CEO. My title changes tomorrow, but the love I have for the Apple community never will. Thank you for being a constant source of inspiration. My gratitude is endless, and I'm excited for the next chapter!- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) August 31, 2026We'll have a lot to say about new Apple CEO John Ternus a …Read the full story at The Verge.

The Alienware AW2726DM is a wallet-friendly screen with premium features for gaming. While memory and storage prices are still high, there are still good discounts on other gaming-related hardware. Take Alienware’s AW2726DM, for example. Dell is selling it for $319.99, a $30 break from the usual price of $349.99. The 27-inch gaming monitor features an QD-OLED panel for deep, immersive black levels, and quantum dots for full and vivid colors. With a 240Hz refresh rate for super smooth gaming, and AMD FreeSync Premium Plus to keep your frames per second and refresh rate locked together, this monitor is a great, budget-friendly choice for PC gamers who don’t want to compromise on contrast and fast response times.Alienware AW2726DM QD-OLED monitorWhere to Buy: $349.99 $319.99 at DellConnectivity is a bit limited, with a DisplayPort 1.4 port that supports up to 240Hz at 2560 x 1440, and two HDMI ports that support up to 120Hz at its peak resolution. While some other screens have USB hubs or audio connections, they aren’t necessary for PC gaming, and sometimes add to the cost. The included stand has adjustable swivel, height, pivot, and tilt, with a 100 x 100 VESA mount in case you want to mount it to a monitor arm or use a different stand. It also sports a lengthy three year warranty with coverage for burn-in.Read our Alienware AW2726DM hands-on.

Automakers keep shoving more tech into their cars, despite evidence that consumers are increasingly fed up with huge screens and glitchy software. In fact, the features that car owners appreciate the most happen to be the ones they barely notice, according to the latest tech survey from JD Power. The consumer research firm surveyed 68,084 owners of new 2026 model-year vehicles after 90 days of ownership. The survey touched on 40 automotive technologies covering comfort and convenience; connected vehicles; driver assist; electric vehicles; and smart vehicles.The features that scored the highest were the ones that were the most inconspicuo …Read the full story at The Verge.

To say that my Plex library is large would be an understatement. It's so large that at this point it's hard for me to find anything to watch on my personal Netflix server. The problem is that Plex doesn't do a particularly good job of helping me discover the right kind of content that I want to watch. You know, Netflix-style recommendations that tell me that if I liked something, I'll probably like another movie of the same kind.

Nvidia's unfinished and unreleased DLSS 5 AI-powered neural rendering is undeniably controversial, and now someone has figured out a way to add the over-the-top filter to Switch and Switch 2 titles.