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  • The Franchise makes building cinematic universes look like hell in first trailer

    A group of people on a film set staring towards the camera. | HBO HBO’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, is no stranger to building doomed cinematic universes, but the network seems game to poke fun at the messy business of it all with Armando Iannucci, Sam Mendes, and Jon Brown’s new series, The Franchise.…

  • Here’s our first look at the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus

    The colors are good this year. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus are official, with Action Buttons inherited from the 15 Pro and a new look for the camera bump. We’ve just gotten some hands-on time with them in Cupertino, California, following the announcement, and the great news…

  • Apple Watch Series 10 hands-on: bigger, brighter, and thinner

    It’s quite light on the wrist. I was surprised. Now that Apple’s Glowtime event is over, we’ve gotten to spend some time with the Apple Watch Series 10. This is the 10th anniversary of the Apple Watch, but the Series 10 isn’t that different from what you already know. It looks a lot like prior…

  • The only thing better than Astro Bot is more Astro Bot… for free

    Image: Team Asobi Astro Bot cannot stop winning — whether it be the hearts of fans and critics or racking up some of the highest review scores of a game this year. Now, the game will continue its well-earned victory lap with the news that it’s getting DLC… for free… this year. Astro Bot director…

  • Apple’s Visual Intelligence is a built-in take on Google Lens

    Finding out what kind of dog this is with Visual Intelligence. | Screenshot: Apple Apple has announced a new feature called Visual Intelligence that will be part of iOS 18’s Apple Intelligence suite of AI features “later this year.” The feature works much like similar features offered by other multimodal AI systems from Google or…

  • The AirPods Pro 2 will soon double as hearing aids

    The AirPods Pro 2 are also getting a five-minute hearing test feature. | Screenshot: Apple Apple has announced a batch of hearing health updates coming to the AirPods Pro 2, including a new “clinical grade” hearing aid feature for users with mild to moderate hearing loss. The iPhone maker says the hearing aid functionality is…

  • AirPods 4 hands-on: noise cancellation for people who hate ear tips

    For the first time, Apple’s AirPods for the masses come in two different versions. Today, the company announced its AirPods 4 earbuds, which start at $129, but there’s also a higher-tier $159 model that brings active noise cancellation to this open-style design. We’ve seen this attempted by other brands before — most recently Samsung with…

  • It sure looks like FineWoven is dead

    Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge It seems like Apple is already moving on from FineWoven. After introducing the FineWoven brand with a series of very bad cases and accessories last year, it appears as though Apple opted not to release new cases featuring the material for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro.…

  • iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max hands-on: don’t call it a shutter button

    The iPhone 16 Pro Max. I just spent a few minutes with the new iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max, which feature bigger displays with thinner bezels, revamped cameras, and Apple’s new Camera Control button, which is pretty fascinating. Let’s start with Camera Control, which is a physical button — it depresses into the case…

  • Apple’s iPhone 16 event: the 8 biggest announcements

    Screenshot: The Verge Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event has just come to a close. While the iPhone 16 was the headliner of today’s showcase, Apple had several other announcements to share, including some exciting new additions to its smartwatch and AirPods lineups. Here are all the biggest announcements from the event. The iPhone 16 adds two…