OnePlus has launched the 13T, which packs a larger battery than most Ultra flagships despite being barely bigger than an iPhone 16 or Samsung Galaxy S25.OnePlus calls the 13T’s 6.32-inch OLED screen “small,” though it’s slightly larger than the displays in either the Apple or Samsung flagships. The 13T is bigger and heavier than those phones overall too, though not by much. Still, the panel is half an inch smaller than the standard OnePlus 13’s, and the phone is almost an ounce lighter, so this is definitely compact by OnePlus standards.More impressive is the inclusion of a large 6,260mAh battery. That’s not only far bigger than either the iPhone 16 (3,561mAh) or Galaxy S25 (4,000mAh), but it’s actually more battery capacity than the larger OnePlus 13 (6,000mAh) and Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra (5,000mAh). The battery boost comes thanks to using an updated version of the silicon-carbon technology found in the 13, which makes it possible to squeeze more capacity into smaller cells than traditional lithium-ion batteries allow.OnePlus fans will also note that the 13T makes a major step change for the brand: the trademark alert slider is no more, replaced by a customizable shortcut button that can be used to control notification volume, but can also open specific apps, take screenshots, or trigger AI tools. The same shortcut key appeared earlier this month on the Oppo Find X8 Ultra, and is expected to replace the alert slider on future OnePlus phones too.Beyond that, the 13T is powered by the same Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset as the 13, with up to 16GB RAM and 1TB storage. Two 50-megapixel sensors sit in the redesigned rear camera — a main and a 2x telephoto — and there’s 80W wired charging to top that big battery up, but no sign of wireless charging support. The price in China starts at CNY3,399 (around $466) when it goes on sale next week — roughly $100 cheaper than the regular 13 — but OnePlus hasn’t confirmed if it plans to launch the phone elsewhere.

My productive workspace felt cluttered with multiple apps, with each serving a specific purpose. Then I decided to adopt Notion – an all-in-one productivity software that promises to replace all the existing tools. From crafting simple to-do lists to constructing project dashboards and even hosting basic websites, Notion’s versatility is tempting.

Google’s AI Overviews in Search now have “1.5 billion users per month,” CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement as part of Alphabet’s Q1 2025 earnings.Google started to widely roll out AI Overviews last May. Despite some awkward suggestions found shortly after their launch, the company has continued to expand upon the tool with updates, showing AI Overviews for more types of queries, and even officially adding ads as it aims to compete with other AI-powered search tools like ChatGPT Search and Perplexity.AI Overviews are just one of many AI tools the company is working on; in Q1, it rolled out features like the Gemini 2.5 Pro experimental AI model, a feature that lets you make AI podcasts from Gemini’s Deep Research tool, and the Gemini-powered ability for Google Maps to scan screenshots to help you plan trips.Google also announced in March that it would be officially dumping Assistant for Gemini on mobile “over the coming months,” and on today’s earnings call, Pichai said that “tablets, cars, and devices that connect to your phones such as headphones and watches,” would be moved over to Gemini later this year.On the hardware front in Q1, Google announced the Pixel 9A, though it didn’t launch the phone until April 10th due to a “component quality issue.”During Q1, Google earned $90.2 billion in revenue, a 12 percent increase year-over-year. In its earnings release, Pichai also highlighted that the company passed 270 million subscriptions, a figure that’s “driven by YouTube and Google One.”One thing looming over Google right now, however, is the possibility that it will be broken up due to major losses in antitrust cases brought against the company by the US Department of Justice. The remedies trial following the ruling that Google is a monopoly in search is happening now, while Google lost its ad tech monopoly case in a ruling announced last week.The company’s earnings call kicked off at 4:30PM ET.

Adobe has launched two new versions of its text-to-image generative AI model alongside a host of new Firefly features and Creative Cloud app updates coming to Photoshop and Illustrator. The fourth-generation Firefly Image models follow a similar precedent that OpenAI and Google have set for their chatbot releases, providing users with a choice between one model that’s suited for speed and efficiency, and another for more demanding tasks.Adobe says that Firefly Image Model 4 is its “fastest, most controllable, and most realistic Firefly image model yet,” allowing users to generate images in up to 2K resolution with more control over style, format sizes, and camera angles. The updates from its predecessor are designed to improve the quality of image outputs while allowing them to be generated “quickly and efficiently.” For image prompts that require more “detail and realism,” Adobe is also launching Firefly Image Model 4 Ultra, which is more capable of rendering “complex scenes with small structures.”The new Firefly image models are generally available now via the Firefly web app alongside Adobe’s text-to-video and text-to-vector models, which previously launched in public beta. A brand new Firefly web platform tool that’s also launching in public beta today is Firefly Boards — a FigJam-like collaborative generative AI moodboarding app that was introduced during Adobe’s Max event in October as “Project Concept.” Adobe also says that a Firefly mobile app is “coming soon” for  iOS and Android devices. The Firefly web app now also gives users access to third-party AI models when generating images or video. Users can select between OpenAI’s new GPT image model or Google’s Imagen 3 for images, or Google’s Veo 2 model for video alongside Adobe’s own AI models, with support for Luma, Pika, Runway, fal.ai, and Ideogram “coming soon,” according to Adobe.The company describes these third-party offerings as being available for “experimentation” rather than publishable work, however, and clearly marks its own models as being “commercially safe.” That’s not terribly surprising given Adobe trains its AI models on public or licenced content, while OpenAI, Google, and Runway can’t claim the same.Adobe is also rolling out a smattering of updates for its popular Creative Cloud apps. Illustrator’s generative shape fill and text to pattern tools are now generally available after being introduced in beta last year, while Photoshop is making it easier for users to make color adjustments, and automatically select details like hair, clothing, and specific facial features. The Actions panel in Photoshop is also being updated to make improved editing suggestions “based on a creator’s unique style,” and will form the foundation of the creative AI agent that Adobe is planning to build into the photo editing platform.

Preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2 have finally gone live at multiple retail outlets. Gamers who have been eagerly awaiting the successor to the Switch now have a chance to secure one of their own. But it's been anything but a smooth experience for most people looking to pick up Nintendo's next console.

Thanks to its interlinking capabilities, Canvas board, graph view, vibrant community, and flexibility, Obsidian is quickly gaining popularity in the PKM scene. While it excels at knowledge management, Obsidian doesn’t support databases and Kanban boards by default. Here is where a third-party plugin called Kanban comes into play.

Stellantis says its solid-state batteries are getting closer to reality. The parent company of brands like Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and many others is working with startup Factorial on the new batteries, which have just been successfully validated for automotive use and will be installed in a demonstrator fleet in 2026. Most EVs use “wet” lithium-ion batteries containing liquid electrolytes to move energy around. Solid-state batteries, which have been slow to come to market, promise faster charging speeds, more capacity, and longer range vehicles.Stellantis and Factorial call the new packs Factorial Electrolyte System Technology, or FEST, arguing that unlike conventional lithium-ion batteries, the solid-state batteries have higher density and can support faster charging. Think 15-90 percent in just 18 minutes at room temperature. Factorial’s technology uses a lithium-metal anode (the “positive” charge side of the battery), quasi-solid electrolyte, and high-capacity cathode (the “negative” side).Stellantis says its 77Ah FEST cells have demonstrated an energy density of 375Wh/kg with over 600 charging cycles, “a milestone for large-format lithium-metal solid-state battery.” In addition to faster charging speeds, the solid-state batteries can also deliver higher power output with discharge rates up to 4C, for greater EV performance. Factorial’s cells can also work under a variety of weather conditions, including extreme cold and extreme heat. The company says the batteries perform well in temperatures ranging from -30°C to 45°C (-22°F to 113°F).“Battery development is about compromise. While optimizing one feature is simple, balancing high energy density, cycle life, fast charging, and safety in an automotive-sized battery with OEM validation is a breakthrough,” said Siyu Huang, CEO of Factorial Energy, in a statement. “This achievement with Stellantis is bringing next-generation battery technology from research to reality.”Stellantis’ announcement is a sign of progress, and it’s not the only company making some. Hyundai is a Factorial investor, and so is Mercedes, which said it would have Factorial’s semi-solid-state batteries “in EVs on the road in 2026,” according to Reuters. Honda plans to introduce solid-state EVs in the latter half of the decade, while Toyota’s roadmap includes mass-producing solid-state batteries that enable more than 621 miles of range by 2028. And Volkswagen is working with Quantum State, which just logged its own milestone. But the US is in danger of being lapped by China, where companies like CATL and BYD have been teasing new tech that allows EVs to fast charge in just five minutes.

Unlike a decade ago, it's much easier to find authentic reviews, benchmarks, and advice on PC hardware. Still, some performance myths refuse to die, whether due to questionable forum posts or misinformation repeated in YouTube comments. Some users stick to long-held beliefs while others refuse to change their opinions in the face of overwhelming evidence. I've picked seven such PC performance myths that are still far too common in the community. You might be surprised to know that you believe in some of them yourself.

Listen up. If you're perfectly happy with your ISP's router, then I have one question for you—well, two, really—because I want to know how long you've had that router and what download speed you're paying for. Oh, and if you hate money because there's every chance your ISP has been charging a monthly rental fee for that router for years, and they're not likely to stop, or offer you an upgraded router now they've got new gear in.

Volkswagen isn’t typically mentioned in conversations about robotaxis, but the German auto giant has been quietly working on its own self-driving technology for over a decade. And now the company is ready to deploy its first autonomous vehicles on Uber’s ridehailing platform, starting with a commercial robotaxi service in Los Angeles in 2026. The vehicles will be VW’s ID Buzz electric minivans equipped with self-driving sensors and software developed by subsidiary Moia. The long-wheel base version of the Buzz can seat at least seven passengers, so VW is clearly trying to maximize its ridehailing potential. The goal is to ultimately have “thousands” of vehicles operating in multiple US cities over the next decade, the automaker says. VW will begin testing the service later this year, using vehicles with safety drivers behind the wheel. The company says it will only proceed with fully driverless operations after receiving the necessary permits and clearance from regulatory agencies. VW will begin testing the service later this year, using vehicles with safety drivers behind the wheel.VW has been testing its self-driving technology in the US for a number of years. It deployed autonomous Buzz vehicles in Austin, Texas, in 2023, after a number of years testing them in Germany. The vehicles it tested in Austin use technology developed by Mobileye, the driver-assist sensor and software company owned by Intel, as well as sensors like cameras, radar, and lidar. VW has said that it will put the vans in service as a ridesharing fleet under its subsidiary Moia, which has been operating a fleet of electric vehicles as part of its “ride-pooling” service in Hamburg since 2017. VW’s autonomous driving software is developed by another subsidiary, Cariad, which has gone through numerous leadership shakeups in the past year.VW has dabbled in autonomous driving for years — but not without setbacks. VW has in the past partnered with self-driving startups like Aurora and Argo, the latter of which was forced to shut down after the automaker, along with Ford, pulled its funding. “Volkswagen is not just a car manufacturer—we are shaping the future of mobility, and our collaboration with Uber accelerates that vision,” said Christian Senger, CEO of Volkswagen Autonomous Mobility, in a statement. “What really sets us apart is our ability to combine the best of both worlds—high-volume manufacturing expertise with cutting-edge technology and a deep understanding of urban mobility needs.”Meanwhile, Uber has been on a streak of striking deals with AV operators as it seeks to become a one-stop shop for robotaxis and autonomous delivery vehicles of all brands. In addition to VW, Uber has partnerships with Waymo, Motional, Avride, and WeRide for self-driving cars, and Serve, Cartken, and Nuro for delivery robots.

LinkedIn is expanding its free verification system to the wider web, allowing external sites and platforms to integrate LinkedIn verification rather than building their own tool. Adobe is among the first companies to sign up.Adobe is integrating LinkedIn verification into its new Content Authenticity app and existing Behance portfolio platform, allowing creators who’ve gone through LinkedIn’s verification to display a “Verified on LinkedIn” badge on their profiles. If verified creators use Adobe’s digital Content Credentials tools, their identity will also appear alongside their work whenever it’s shared on LinkedIn.“It’s getting progressively cheaper and easier to pretend you’re someone you’re not online,” Oscar Rodriguez, LinkedIn’s vice president of trust, told The Verge. “You’re also able to do so in a way that looks more credible than ever before. Obviously authenticity is super important for LinkedIn, the platform is founded on this premise of trust.”“Online platforms across the board are facing the same issues around inauthenticity, so we believe that this collaboration with Adobe will be critical in the sense of empowering LinkedIn members and partners to be able to understand specific attributes of someone’s identity that have been verified.”LinkedIn introduced verification in 2023, allowing users to confirm specific details such as their identity, workplace, or education history using government-issued ID or company emails. The company says that over 80 million people have verified themselves using the tools since then. Alongside Adobe, other early adopters of the expanded verification system include enterprise platforms TrustRadius, G2, and UserTesting.This week social media network Bluesky introduced its own verification system for “authentic and notable” accounts, aping its rival Twitter with a blue checkmark design. Twitter verification was once the de facto standard online — the company even partnered with Adobe on a Content Authenticity Initiative to attach attribution to images — before its verification program was wound down following Elon Musk’s purchase and the checkmark instead became exclusive to paying X Premium subscribers.

Adobe has a new tool that makes it easier for creatives to be reliably credited for their work, even if somebody takes a screenshot of it and reposts it across the web. The Content Authenticity web app launching in public beta today allows invisible, tamper-resistant metadata to be embedded into images and photographs to help identify who owns them.The new web app was initially announced in October and builds on Adobe’s Content Credentials attribution system. Artists and creators can attach information directly into their work, including links to their social media accounts, websites, and other attributes that can be used to identify them online. The app can also track the editing history of images, and helps creatives to prevent AI from training on them.For additional security, Adobe’s Content Authenticity app and Behance portfolio platform — which can also be embedded within Content Credentials — allow creators to authenticate their identity via LinkedIn verification. That should make it harder for people to link Content Credentials to fake online profiles, but given LinkedIn isn’t exactly known for its creative community (yet), it’s also a likely dig at X. Then known as Twitter, X was previously one of the founding members behind Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative in 2019, before withdrawing from the partnership and transforming its verification system into a paid subscription reward under Elon Musk’s ownership.The Content Authenticity web app is “currently free” while in beta, according to Adobe, though the company hasn’t mentioned if this will change when it becomes generally available. All you need is an Adobe account (which doesn’t require you to have an active Creative Cloud subscription).Any images you want to apply Content Credentials to don’t need to have been edited or created using one of Adobe’s other apps. While Adobe apps like Photoshop can already embed Content Credentials into images, the Content Authenticity web app not only gives users more control over what information to attach, but also enables up to 50 images to be tagged in bulk rather than individually. Only JPEG and PNG files are supported for now, but Adobe says that support for larger files and additional media, including video and audio, is “coming soon.”Creators can also use the app to apply tags to their work that signal to AI developers that they don’t have permission to use it for AI training. This is far more efficient than opting out with each AI provider directly — which usually requires protections to be applied to each image individually — but there’s no guarantee that these tags will be acknowledged or honored by every AI company.Adobe says it’s working with policymakers and industry partners to “establish effective, creator-friendly opt-out mechanisms powered by Content Credentials.” For now, it’s one protection of many that users can apply to their work to prevent AI models from training on it, alongside systems like Glaze and Nightshade. Andy Parsons, Senior Director of Content Authenticity at Adobe, told The Verge that third-party AI protections are unlikely to interfere with Content Credentials, allowing creatives to apply them to their work harmoniously.The Content Authenticity app isn’t just for creative professionals, however, as it allows anyone to see if images they find online have Content Credentials applied, just like the Content Authenticity extension for Google Chrome that launched last year. The web app’s inspect tool will recover and display Content Credentials even if image hosting platforms have wiped it, alongside editing history where available which can reveal whether generative AI tools were used to make or manipulate the image.The bonus is that the Chrome extension and inspection tool don’t rely on third-party support, making content easy to authenticate on platforms where images are routinely shared without attribution. With increasingly accessible AI editing apps also making manipulations harder to detect, Adobe’s Content Authenticity tools may also help to prevent some people from being misled by convincing online deepfakes.