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The macOS 27 public beta is worth it just for the Liquid Glass tweaks

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Golden Gate’s public beta should be at parity with the third developer beta, which is pretty stable. The macOS 27 Golden Gate public beta is here , and anyone with an M-series Mac now has easier access to test-drive Apple's latest changes - including a more subdued Liquid Glass aesthetic. That's reason enough to be at least a little excited for macOS 27 (particularly if you're on Tahoe and disliking all the transparency). But there are other things that make trying out this beta a little more appealing than usual. There was a rumor earlier this year that this new macOS would focus on performance optimizations, bug fixes, and a bunch of small quality-of-life improvements, rather than being a major overhaul. And aside from dialing down Liquid … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/964701/apple-macos-27-golden-gate-public-beta-impressions-liquid-glass-siri-ai
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The EV market is on the road to recovery thanks to high gas prices

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As the US war on Iran sent gas prices soaring , American car buyers flocked to electric vehicles - and in particular hybrids . After a sluggish winter and fall, EV sales rebounded in the second quarter of 2026, with automakers posting some of their best numbers since the elimination of the federal EV tax credit last year, according to a Q2 analysis from Cox Automotive . I wouldn't go so far as to say EVs are back to their pandemic-era numbers, but there are some promising signs that we may be through the worst of it. Drivers snapped up about 247,000 EVs in the second quarter of 2026, a nice 14.7 percent jump from the start of the year, acco … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/transportation/964663/ev-sales-q2-2026-gas-prices-tesla-toyota
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The 6 wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI

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When Apple employees interviewed for jobs at OpenAI, the AI startup's hardware head allegedly asked them to show up with something unusual: components they were working on and unreleased product samples. That's according to a blockbuster lawsuit filed by Apple, which accuses OpenAI of stealing confidential documents , spying on hardware prototypes, and tricking one of its trusted partners into performing a proprietary product design technique. The lawsuit primarily revolves around the alleged actions of three people: Tang Tan, a 24-year Apple veteran who recently served as the vice president of the Apple Watch. In 2024, Tan left to work on … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/964843/apple-openai-lawsuit-wildest-claims
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Waze is getting a bunch of new AI-powered features

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Waze is getting an AI makeover. Google is integrating its flagship AI assistant, Gemini, into the driving app with the goal of letting users personalize their trips a little more. Of the four new updates, only two are being described as involving Gemini. Waze says its updating its conversation reporting feature, first introduced in 2024 , to allow drivers to use conversational voice commands to report traffic incidents and suggest map updates, like a road closure or outdated house number. In addition, Waze introduced Destination Search, enabling drivers to use (again) use conversation voice commands (e.g., "Find me a coffee shop that's open … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/transportation/964132/waze-gemini-ai-voice-commands-less-chatty
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Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are ‘not sexy’

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Lorde performing at the 2026 Governors Ball. | Photo: Siegfried Anthony/Billboard via Getty Images Lorde was performing at the Real Cool Festival in Madrid on Thursday and took some time during her set to speak out against AI glasses . While she didn't specify any brands in particular, it's likely she was taking a shot at festival sponsor Ray-Ban, which has collaborated with Meta on a pair of AI smartglasses. The comments were captured in videos shared to social media. After thanking the crowd for being there and taking part in "something real," she said that it was increasingly hard to know is and isn't real, before saying "You don't know if someone is wearing sunglasses or if they're wearing those fucked up fucking… Can I just say, for … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/964539/lorde-says-ray-ban-meta-ai-glasses-are-not-sexy
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Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? is hypnotic, healing, and hopeful

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Matmos are an incredibly accomplished duo between their own solo records like the masterpiece A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure and production classic Bjork records like Vespertine . But Drew Daniel, one half of Matmos, is fiendishly prolific. When he's not literally dreaming up new viral music genres , he's also putting out records under the banner of The Soft Pink Truth. Where Matmos usually focuses on a specific musical experiment - using only samples of medical procedures or building instruments out of PVC tubing - Soft Pink Truth goes wherever Daniel's whims take him. That might be a house record. It might be a bunch of black metal co … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/964532/the-soft-pink-truth-shall-we-go-on-sinning-so-that-grace-may-increase-review
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Apple’s failed self-driving car program left a legacy of powerful AI chips

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Apple's self-driving car program never really got off the ground , but it may have been what made the company's chips the powerful AI performers they are. Early in the development of the self-driving platform, Apple realized that it would need powerful on-device AI processing . While the car processor was never finished , as Mark Gurman details in his latest Power On newsletter, it did lead to the development of the Neural Engine, the backbone of Apple's on-device AI processing. The Neural Engine made its debut with the iPhone X and the A11 Bionic . In those early days, it was primarily used for computer vision, powering FaceID, Animoji, and a … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/964519/apple-silicon-self-driving-car-ai-m7-ultra
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