Firefox’s Smart Window promises a better AI browser
Firefox’s Smart Window promises a better AI browser

Starting today, AI chats in Firefox’s Smart Window AI browsing mode can pull from current web info and show source links in chat responses through a partnership with Exa. Smart Window can also now automatically suggest tab groups and show visual previews of pages you previously visited when you search your browsing history using natural […]

Polaroid’s new Pokémon collection captures memories, not Pikachus
Polaroid’s new Pokémon collection captures memories, not Pikachus

Polaroid announced a new collection of cameras, instant film, and accessories all featuring limited-edition designs to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pokémon. The new collection goes a little harder than Fujifilm’s Pokémon collaboration from five years ago with the introduction of Polaroid film printed with various characters around the frames, including Pikachu and Snorlax. […]

Google’s Pet Memory forgot who my cats are
Google’s Pet Memory forgot who my cats are

One of the best things my smart home does is help me care for my pets, and security cameras are particularly useful for keeping track of my many critters. But the barrage of notifications they send often means I miss important ones. So, when Google announced its new Pet Memory feature for Gemini for Home, […]

The Verge Guide to Pets
The Verge Guide to Pets

Ah, the relationship between animals and the technology they can’t quite understand.  Today, it seems like there’s a high-tech solution to every element of pet ownership, with devices on the market designed to keep pets fed, cleaned, watched over, and entertained. And if you have a pet you know: nothing is too good — or […]

My parrot ate my keyboard
My parrot ate my keyboard

One of the great joys in life is having pets. The unconditional love, the snuggles, the excitement they show when you get home – these things add an emotional fulfillment to daily existence that can’t be achieved in another way. I think everyone’s life would be better with a pet (or two) in their lives. […]

Oops! My cat is an iPad kid
Oops! My cat is an iPad kid

Pets, like children, come with the responsibility to keep them happy, healthy, and mentally stimulated – obligations I readily committed to before getting my cat, Trevor. I work from home, so he’s never lonely, and play with him using a mountain of toys at every opportunity outside of my working hours. But younger cats can […]

How I turned my fish tank high tech
How I turned my fish tank high tech

When I was a kid, I owned two goldfish that eventually outgrew the size of their tank. At the time, I didn’t realize just how much actually goes into having fish and keeping them healthy. I’ve learned a lot over the past couple of years while keeping nano fish – a group of five celestial […]

Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit
Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit

On August 6th, the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center lost radar and communications for around two hours. The outage disrupted more than 1,100 flights across the center’s 330,000 square mile, nine-state airspace sector. Two days earlier, on August 4th, President Donald Trump departed the White House inside his Marine One military helicopter. As Federal […]

Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US
Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is going on sale in the US

The Fairphone 6 Plus is a minor hardware refresh, but a major launch for the company: It’s the first phone that Fairphone is selling directly in the US. It’s on sale now for $649.99, available through Fairphone’s website and Amazon, and is sold unlocked with support for both T-Mobile and AT&T. In Europe, it costs […]

Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video
Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods appear in leaked video

We may have our first glimpse of Apple’s rumored camera-equipped AirPods, thanks to a video that MacRumors found in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 Release Candidate. The short video clip features a man – who is wearing the new AirPods – holding up a book with the cover displayed, so that Visual Intelligence can see the […]