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Apple has released iOS 18 — plus iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, watchOS 11, and other new updates — bringing several key updates to how the company’s devices operate and setting the stage for generative AI features. iPadOS 18 has a calculator app and can solve math equations in notes, watchOS is keeping an eye out for sleep apnea, and now your iPhone can even message Androids with RCS. Next month, Apple will beta test its first round of Apple Intelligence features in the iOS 18.1 update. We’ll be able to type to Siri and see a new animation, see AI-summarized notifications, and test new writing tools. However, other new abilities like image generation and built-in access to ChatGPT are further off, due to arrive as the company continues updating its software over the coming months. Read on for ...

/ The company’s Safety and Security Committee will become an ‘independent Board oversight committee.’ a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: The Verge OpenAI is turning its Safety and Security Committee into an independent “Board oversight committee” that has the authority to delay model launches over safety concerns, according to an OpenAI blog post. The committee made the recommendation to make the independent board after a recent 90-day review of OpenAI’s “safety and security-related processes and safeguards.” The committee, which is chaired by Zico Kolter and includes Adam D’A...

Netflix is back with its now-annual Geeked Week, a weeklong event meant to hype up its nerdier shows, movies, and games. That means you can expect a steady drip of trailers and news about some of the streaming service’s biggest properties. Last year, for instance, we got the likes of Avatar: the Last Airbender, Hades, and 3 Body Problem. This year’s edition has some heavy hitters as well. A teaser video suggests we’ll be learning more about the second seasons of Arcane (which is due out in November), Squid Game (which starts streaming in December), and Avatar (which was renewed back in March). We’ll likely also hear about the service’s steadily growing gaming offerings, highlighted by the upcoming launch of Monument Valley 3. The teaser also hints that we’ll finally be getting some Strange...

/ With Nintendo’s next console just around the corner, this year’s Switch plus Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle deals are getting a little better. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Nintendo The Mario Kart 8 pack-in is in the form of a digital code, so that’s worth noting if you demand physical media. But otherwise, there’s a little extra value attached to both the standard Switch and Switch OLED without bumping up their sticker prices of $299.99 and $349.99, res...

/ Instagram may be testing more cross-pollination between its it and Threads. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration: The Verge Instagram might roll out a way to share comments on other Instagram posts to Threads, according to Alessandro Paluzzi, who often reverse engineers Meta’s social media apps to find coming features. Paluzzi shared an image showing that when commenting on an Instagram post, there could be a new dropdown menu that lets users choose to share the comment only to Instagram or “also share on Threads.” Meta has made a few moves to integrate Threads with its ...

/ The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus are spared from Apple’s new battery service fee increase. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Nilay Patel Apple has hiked the price of its battery repair service for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. Now, it will cost $119 to get your battery replaced in either phone — a $20 jump over its older fee. The price remains the same for the standard and “Plus” models, as do those for last year’s phones, as MacRumors notes. The company doesn’t seem to have started charging more for other battery replacements yet, but it wouldn’t be unexpected. In 2022, Apple dr...

/ Dong Nguyen’s trademark for the game was terminated after Gametech Holdings filed to have it declared abandoned. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Screenshot: The Flappy Bird Foundation Last week, The Flappy Bird Foundation announced a game called Flappy Bird. But while the group has been framing it as the triumphant return of a classic mobile game, Flappy Bird’s original developer, Dong Nguyen isn’t calling it a comeback — in fact, he says he’s not involved at...

Movie Review R.T. Thorne’s postapocalyptic thriller frames farming and community as the keys to humanity’s survival after society collapses. By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Share this story a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Hungry Eyes Film & Television Hailey’s sternness and insistence that they can’t trust anyone are reflections of a deeper inability to connect or be emotionally vulnerable with people — especially in t...

/ On The Vergecast: what happened to a once mega-popular productivity app, and where it’s headed now. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.

/ Plus, in this week’s Installer: Apple’s new AirPods, two new tech podcasts, the Goldeneye music, and more. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>Screen share When I mentioned a couple of months ago how much I liked Andrew Bosworth’s idea of “Inbox Ten,” which focuses on ending every day not finished with everything but in a manageable place, I heard from a bunch of you who liked the approach, too. Bosworth’s system is simple and straightforward but also a good way to keep a lot of things in order. When he’s not a productivity blogger, Bosworth (eve...

/ Francis Ford Coppola asked Amazon to create customized voice recognition software for the film, but the team building it was laid off in 2022. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Adam Driver in a Megalopolis trailer.

/ Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke about their extended ISS stay in a Friday press conference. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke about their continued stay aboard the International Space Station during a press conference held yesterday. The two are now fully incorporated into the ISS crew, as the Boeing Starliner spacecraft that was meant to take them home last week was instead sent back to Earth uncrewed. Early on, the two were asked if they felt “let down” by Boeing. “Absolutely not,” said Wilmore: “This operation is not easy. NASA does a great job — the people at Nasa do a great job — of making a lot of things look easy. Sending probes beyond...