Some app icons have a little more glass, but it gives them more identity. iOS 27 has only been out for a few hours, and I've been messing around with the developer beta on my iPhone 16 Pro. I was most interested in trying out the new Siri AI, but unfortunately, I'm still on Apple's waitlist for that. In the meantime, I've been poking around a bunch of features that aren't about AI and found a lot that I'm happy with - even though this doesn't seem to be as big of an update as previous years, the fit and finish throughout the operating system is already great to see.Here are a few neat things that have jumped out at me.The Liquid Glass opacity slider should have been there from the startI've always thought th …Read the full story at The Verge.

Raspberry Pi 5 arrived in 2023, almost three years ago, and brought some interesting changes. The founders recently hinted at the release date of the upcoming version in a Reddit interaction. The company doesn't have plans to release the Raspberry Pi 6 until early 2028. It continues the tradition of a longer wait cycle and is the first good thing to hear about since the unpredictable price surge of Raspberry Pi boards.

On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers - just two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city. Among the moratorium's fiercest supporters are current employees from the city's biggest tech giant, Amazon, who joined others to testify in support of the policy last week.Data centers have sparked protests across the country over concerns about water consumption, local electricity prices, and noise. In Seattle and the surrounding King County, the issue is coming to a head. If the city council votes in favor of a moratorium on June 9th …Read the full story at The Verge.

The devil’s in the details. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Donut Labs Donut Lab's solid-state battery claims have been thoroughly debunked by Ryan Inis Hughes on his popular Ziroth YouTube channel. According to Hughes, Donut Lab has engaged in deliberate, calculated deception by claiming to have a solid-state battery ready for mass production. In reality, it's nothing more than a standard lithium-ion design. Hughes' investigation got an assist from whistleblower Lauri Peltola, the former chief commercial officer (CCO) of Nordic Nano Group - the company supposedly partnered with Donut Lab to manufacture the batteries. Hughes says he also turned to "over 20 independent battery experts," including Julian Zahnow …Read the full story at The Verge.

Computex 2026 delivered its annual reminder that Nvidia intends to have its fingerprints on every development in AI, and this year was no exception to the rule. Between new superchip announcements and the now-familiar parade of AI-adjacent everything, the headline that's been generating the most conversation is the RTX Spark, which is a Windows-on-ARM SoC built in collaboration with Microsoft that's designed to bring what Nvidia is calling personal AI agents to consumer PCs.

I recently bought a 250-foot bulk box of Cat6 to do some custom-length Ethernet runs through my house, and I did what a lot of people do: go to Amazon, search for the product, buy the one at a decent price and a plethora of reviews. When I stripped a conductor and dragged a knife blade across it, the copper peeled away to reveal that the cable was actually copper-clad aluminum instead of solid copper, which wasn't immediately alarming, because the cable and listing were marked as such with "CCA."

Adding the new Bridge Pro breathed new life into my Hue setup. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge I've been a fan of Philips Hue smart lights since the early days. It's one of the few staples in my ever-changing smart home. However, when the Bridge Pro launched late last year, it wasn't immediately obvious why I should upgrade. The signature feature, MotionAware - which turns your lights into motion sensors - is neat, but I already have motion sensors. While I run two of Hue's standard bridges to accommodate all my lights and accessories, I'm not at a point where I need the Pro's higher device capacity. I like the idea of faster response times thanks to the advanced processing power, but that wasn't quite enough.Then in April, SpatialA …Read the full story at The Verge.

Some gamers believe that a game backlog is eternal, never to be cleared in its entirety. It's a massive collection of games amassed over a lifetime, reflecting countless impulse purchases over years and years of Steam and Epic Games sales. In my case, the problem wasn't so much the size of the backlog (it was just 45 games) as the lack of drive to pick up a new title. Over the last five years, I have seen my motivation steadily decline to the point where I preferred watching a YouTube video over playing a game. It's not that I didn't try playing new games, but I could never get past the first few hours. So, it was time to get some help from AI. I decided to feed my game backlog into Claude, so it could do what I couldn't: devise a step-by-step plan that I could actually execute to reduce my backlog. I didn't just want generic recommendations; I needed a customized plan that took into account my likes, dislikes, and gaming behavior. Claude created a phase-wise strategy to address my lack of motivation, and told me the real reason behind my long-pending backlog.

Up until a decade ago, SSDs were not mainstream. Then, as prices dropped, adoption increased, and laptops, not just gaming laptops but even budget ones, shipped with SSDs. That's probably when we, as users, stopped caring. I agree that, in most cases, the SSD outlives the laptop. Everyday tasks like browsing the web, running a handful of apps, or letting Windows continue its background activity are unlikely to have a noticeable impact on your SSD. But there are still aspects you shouldn't ignore.

The most satisfying 3D printer upgrades rarely look impressive in photos. They don’t always involve a new hotend, a dramatic speed boost, or a shiny accessory bolted to the frame. In my experience, the upgrades that actually make the printer better are usually the ones that disappear into the background. They make the machine easier to live with, more predictable, and less needy during the parts of the hobby that aren’t fun to babysit.

Nearly a year after it was announced, Instagram says it's delivering the ability to rearrange the posts in your profile grid. It had been available to some people in test groups, but as of June 8th, it's rolling out widely via the Android and iPhone mobile apps. Until now, the posts on your Instagram profile have been locked in chronological order beyond the ability to pin three posts at the top, but once the feature is live on your account, you can long-press and drag posts freely, no matter how old they are. Any posts that are pinned will remain at the top. View this post on Instagram Instagram boss Adam Mosseri a …Read the full story at The Verge.

Ask to Browse is one of the new features coming to Screen Time. | Screenshot The Verge Apple spending a big chunk of its WWDC keynote on parental controls was surprising for several reasons. But the biggest is that, despite all the airtime, it didn't announce much new beyond a redesigned interface. Almost all the features touted already exist or are upgrades to current options. Why Apple chose to do this isn't a mystery. You can trace the threads from the recent landmark social media trials against Meta and Google to the protesters outside the Cupertino HQ today: Apple is trying to show the world it's being responsible when it comes to your children.Only it's really not. Screen Time sucks. As a mother of two whose children h …Read the full story at The Verge.