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5 things I already love from the iOS 27 beta

Jay Peters • June 8, 2026 Some app icons have a little more glass, but it gives them more identity. iOS 27 has only been out for a few hours, and I’ve been messing around with the developer beta on my iPhone 16 Pro. I was most interested in trying out the new Siri AI,

Apple’s Screen Time updates are too little, too late

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy • June 8, 2026 Ask to Browse is one of the new features coming to Screen Time. | Screenshot The Verge Apple spending a big chunk of its WWDC keynote on parental controls was surprising for several reasons. But the biggest is that, despite all the airtime, it didn’t announce much new

Instagram is finally letting everyone reorganize their profile grid

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Richard Lawler • June 8, 2026 Nearly a year after it was announced, Instagram says it’s delivering the ability to rearrange the posts in your profile grid. It had been available to some people in test groups, but as of June 8th, it’s rolling out widely via the Android and iPhone mobile apps. Until now,

Donut Lab’s solid-state battery claim debunked by Ziroth

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Thomas Ricker • June 9, 2026 The devil’s in the details. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Donut Labs Donut Lab’s solid-state battery claims have been thoroughly debunked by Ryan Inis Hughes on his popular Ziroth YouTube channel. According to Hughes, Donut Lab has engaged in deliberate, calculated deception by claiming to have a

Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers

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Hayden Field • June 9, 2026 On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers – just two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city. Among the moratorium’s fiercest supporters are current employees from the city’s biggest tech giant, Amazon,

Hue’s SpatialAware finally made me appreciate color-changing lights

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy • June 9, 2026 Adding the new Bridge Pro breathed new life into my Hue setup. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge I’ve been a fan of Philips Hue smart lights since the early days. It’s one of the few staples in my ever-changing smart home. However, when the Bridge

Marshall’s Stockwell speaker gets a replaceable battery that runs twice as long

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Andrew Liszewski • June 9, 2026 The Stockwell III is Marshall’s next product with a replaceable battery. | Image: Marshall Marshall has announced a new version of its stylish Stockwell Bluetooth speaker, putting a new focus on repairability. The Stockwell III, the brand’s first update to this model since early 2019, features a similar design

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through June 7)

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SingularityHub – SingularityHub Staff • June 7, 2026 Artificial Intelligence Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’Steven Levy | Wired ($) “The goal, Reardon tells me, is to build ‘a synthetic artificial intelligence brain that runs on 50 watts or less.’ It should adapt to its conditions, be as nimble

RetroPad is a ‘full-feature-parity version of Notepad from XP’ in just 2,749 bytes — x86 assembly coded apps comes from Windows legend Dave W Plummer

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June 7, 2026

Google signs $920M monthly compute deal with SpaceX — company’s projected annual data center revenue to exceed its combined proceeds from Starlink, launch services, and AI in 2025

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June 7, 2026