Jay Peters
The White House will brief AI companies about its model testing framework on Tuesday.
Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are all expected to attend the meeting, CNBC reports.
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Game Freak’s new action game is full of ideas you’ve seen and played before.
Andrew Webster
Jay Peters
T-Mobile shut down its 2G service today.
End of an era: T-Mobile finally closes the door on 2G for good
[Android Authority]
Andrew Webster
Amazon might have its new Kratos.
Deadline reports that Dave Bautista is in talks to take over the role, which has been vacant ever since original star Ryan Hurst was seriously injured on set. There’s no official word on casting from Amazon just yet.
Stevie Bonifield
Snap reports 971 million monthly active users ahead of its Specs launch event on September 16th.
That’s up from 932 million a year ago, according to Snap’s latest earnings report. The company also says its revenue is up 19 percent year-over-year, as it prepares to launch its $2,195 augmented-reality glasses next month.
David Pierce
Today’s Vergecast: Rise of the Whoop dupes.
For the last few years, the trend in wearables has been all about screens. As many of them as possible. But now, companies like Whoop, Fitbit, and Garmin are creating new products that ditch the display entirely. The Verge’s Victoria Song explains why no-screen is the new screen, why even the most quantified athletes might not want a display on their wrist, and whether Whoop and the Whoop dupes are a sign of a broader trend.
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Emma Roth
Just peachy.
Leaker Evan Blass shared what appears to be marketing materials for the Pixel 11 Pro XL, and it shows the upcoming device in a peachy shade of pink. If the leaks are true, the Pixel 11 might come in a bunch of fun colors this year.
Emma Roth
The Galaxy S27 Ultra might come with one less telephoto lens.
A report from ET News suggests that Samsung is planning to ditch the 10-megapixel 3x telephoto lens on its next-gen flagship, leaving it with a 50MP 5x telephoto lens and third camera. Samsung is reportedly making the change to cut costs amid surging chip prices.
Kallie Plagge
Pokopia’s biggest issue is about to be fixed.
Storing your many items in Pokopia is a huge chore, even if you like organizing. But the free update on August 5th will introduce a new shared storage item — anything stored inside will be accessible from other iterations of that item. That means a lot less running around trying to remember where you put all your copper.
Jay Peters
Google Drive will let you add comments on video timestamps.
If you’re working on a video with others, the new feature should make it much easier to share specific feedback. You can only leave timestamped comments on the web, but on mobile, you’ll see those comments “as standard file-level comments,” Google says.
