Apple could use AI to help your iPhone save battery

Apple could use AI to help your iPhone save battery

Apple’s iOS 19 update could include an AI-powered feature designed to conserve battery, according to a report from Bloomberg. The battery management tool will reportedly optimize your iPhone’s power consumption based on how you use your device. The new feature will use “battery data it has collected from users’ devices to understand trends and make…

Philips will let you fix your trimmer with 3D printable parts and accessories

Philips will let you fix your trimmer with 3D printable parts and accessories

If you’re constantly losing all the accessories that come with your beard trimmer, Philips is going to let you make your own replacement using a 3D printer. | Image: Philips Philips has announced a new initiative that will let consumers 3D print their own replacements for small but essential parts included with many of its…

The best iPhones

The best iPhones

New iPhones for the AI era. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The wait is over — kind of. Apple’s iPhone 16 series is out, including the kinda affordable 16E, and its much-hyped Apple Intelligence has arrived courtesy of iOS 18.1. But if you’re expecting a new kind of iPhone experience, well, I have…

Ticketmaster will finally show the full price of your ticket up front

Ticketmaster will finally show the full price of your ticket up front

Ticketmaster will now show how much you’ll pay for tickets — fees included — before checkout. The company announced the “All In Prices” initiative on Monday as part of its efforts to comply with the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on junk fees, which goes into effect on May 12th. Now, when you’re shopping for tickets,…

Apple may release a ‘mostly glass, curved iPhone’ in 2027

Apple may release a ‘mostly glass, curved iPhone’ in 2027

The iPhone 16 Pro Max, pictured here, is already pretty glassy. This morning, while summarizing an Apple “product blitz” he expects for 2027, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes in his Power On newsletter that Apple is planning a “mostly glass, curved iPhone” with no display cutouts for that year, which happens to be the iPhone’s 20th…

Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use

Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use

The Trump administration has reportedly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, who leads the US Copyright Office, following the office’s choice to release a pre-publication version of its opinion on the fair use status of AI training data that’s made up of copyrighted information.  Representative Joe Morelle, the ranking Democrat of the Committee on House…

Giant Bomb goes independent

Giant Bomb goes independent

At the beginning of the month, things weren’t looking good for gaming site Giant Bomb after its content was put on hold amid reports of editorial interference from its parent company, Fandom. Today, some feel-good news: Giant Bomb announced it is now an independent, employee-owned entity. “Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to…