The company said it has recently integrated its app with AI to make it easier for customers to find cars and manage reservations. Read more: Car rental service SelfDrive expands in Ireland and the UK
Read MoreImage: Porsche Porsche has announced the 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, its first hybrid electric model, a car that it says can go from zero to 60mph in 2.9 seconds and tops out at 194mph. There’s also some new tech in the dash, including an all-digital instrument cluster on a 12.6-inched curved display that now
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Opera browser users can get more up-to-date information and more conversational responses as it integrates Google’s Gemini AI models into its existing Aria AI extension. Aria, released last year, acts like an AI assistant to answer user queries, write code, and perform other tasks. According to Opera, Aria
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: Just before Microsoft closed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it said that it would take some time to bring the publisher’s titles to Game Pass. We’ve only seen one such addition so far in the form of Diablo IV, but the company has announced another, somewhat notable one. Call
Read MoreAmazon’s latest Echo Show 8 is still on sale at one of its best prices to date. Memorial Day weekend may now be a thing of the past, but don’t feel too sad. Many retailers are still celebrating Memorial Day with quite a few good deals. Others have ended their official Memorial Day sales, but
Read MoreAccording to proponents of this myth, Microsoft is out to kill Apple’s Macs with a “new” PC it will design and build on its own. Once it arrives, they expect Microsoft to clean up not only the PC market, but also the market for Edge AI software sales, leaving Apple on the sidelines. Microsoft’s Copilot+
Read MoreThe Apple Vision Pro has picked up three new games including oldie-but-goodie “Job Simulator,” its follow-up “Vacation Simulator,” and tabletop survival RPG “Demeo.” Battle together with friends in “Demeo” Job Simulator, which came out in 2016, asks players to step into the shoes of various jobs, like mechanics, chefs, office workers, and store clerks —
Read MoreImage: The Verge More than 77 percent of people who participated in a big Apple-sponsored study have experienced tinnitus at some point in their lives, according to preliminary data. Around 15 percent say they’re affected daily by tinnitus, perceiving ringing or other sounds that other people can’t hear. In one of the largest surveys of
Read MoreSales of SUVs hit a new record in 2023, making up half of all new cars sold globally, data has revealed. Experts warned that the rising sales of the large, heavy vehicles is pushing up the carbon emissions that drive global heating. From a report: The analysis, by the International Energy Agency, found that the
Read MoreMacworld If there’s something I hate a lot nowadays, it is seeing the battery life draining away, as I know for sure I won’t be able to reach my charger before it all shuts off. One thing that can help is the Baseus for MagSafe Portable Charger, which is available at a fantastic price of
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority T-Mobile announced it plans to acquire most of US Cellular in a $4.4 billion deal. The deal includes the regional wireless carrier’s customers, stores, and about 30% of its spectrum assets. US Cellular customers can choose to stay on their current plan or switch to a T-Mobile plan. T-Mobile
Read MoreMacworld Apple’s M3-series MacBook Pro was released in the fall of 2023, but Apple has seemingly put the laptop on a more frequent update cycle, with reports of an M4 MacBook Pro hitting the rumor mill. We’ll see more rumors between now and the M4 MacBook Pro release. This article will keep track of what’s
Read MoreImage: Activision Microsoft is confirming today that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the next installment in the popular franchise, will be available day one on Xbox Game Pass. After a premature notification earlier today, an official Xbox Wire blog post has now revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be available on
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge OpenAI is forming a new safety team, and it’s led by CEO Sam Altman, along with board members Adam D’Angelo and Nicole Seligman. The committee will make recommendations on “critical safety and security decisions for OpenAI projects and operations” — a concern several key AI researchers shared when leaving the company this
Read MoreImage: Google Google announced Tuesday it’s adding Gemini and AI features from its other devices to Chromebook Plus laptops, including a few from Asus and HP already on the market and brand-new ones from Acer. These and future Chromebook Plus laptops will support new features like Google’s “Help me write” tool and the ability to
Read MoreFollowing the acquisition, T-Mobile will give millions of UScellular customers, particularly those in rural areas, access to its extensive national 5G mobile network. Read more: T-Mobile to acquire most of UScellular in $4.4bn deal
Read MoreGenesys’s Orla Coleman talks about making the leap from working as a chef to working with software and the challenges that came with a complete career change. Read more: From cooking to coding: How this chef made the move into tech
Read MoreLego’s Great Deku Tree set. | Image: Lego The rumors were true: Lego is finally making a Legend of Zelda set. The Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 includes 2,500 pieces, is available for preorder now for $299.99, and will start shipping out in September. The set covers two different Zelda games: Ocarina of Time and Breath
Read MoreThe US stock market is finally as fast as it was about a hundred years ago. Bloomberg News: That was the last time share trades in New York settled in a single day, as they will from Tuesday under new Securities and Exchange Commission rules. The change, halving the time it takes to complete every
Read MoreMacworld When Apple unveiled the new iPad Pro and iPad Air at its Let Loose event in early May, the most notable change was the new location for the front camera. Following the 10th-gen iPad’s lead, Apple finally moved the camera to the longer “landscape” edge, making FaceTime calls much more natural when docked. However,
Read MoreThe Galaxy Z Flip 5 is both one of the finest and most affordable foldable phones, especially today. With its successor potentially launching later in the summer, we’ve just picked up on the best price drop on the Android phone that we’ve ever tracked, thanks to the Best Buy Memorial Day sale. The 512GB model
Read MoreGoogle has announced a slew of AI features coming to some Chromebooks. These features include tone adjustments, text generation, Magic Editor, and summarization smarts. The vast majority of these new AI features require a premium Chromebook Plus device. Microsoft recently announced its Copilot Plus initiative for premium, AI-powered PCs, but Google isn’t standing still. The
Read MoreSome disappointing news coming in for Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4) users! If a recent report is to be believed, the highly anticipated and popular game Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) won’t be playable on PS4 consoles. PS4 Users Won’t Be Able To Play the GTA 6 game According to video journalist Stephen Totilo, Sony’s
Read MoreImage: Alex Parkin / The Verge Almost 12 years ago, Microsoft showed us the Surface for the first time. Back then, the company’s big bet was that the laptop market was ready for a shake-up, that it could radically change both the hardware and software of a Windows PC and make everything better. Windows 8
Read MoreWe were more than a little impressed with the Garmin Venu 2 Plus when we ran it through its paces. The $450 price tag was one of the few factors we took issue with, so the chance to pick it up for just $299.99 in this Garmin sale is too good to miss. Garmin Venu
Read More
