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Archives for June 2026

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
IBM crams 100 billion transistors on a chip the size of a fingernail.

The company claims its new nanostack tech is the first sub-nanometer chip manufacturing process. IBM also says that nanostack can deliver up to 50 percent more performance, or 70 percent better energy efficiency than its 2nm nanosheet chips. (Though, apparently not both simultaneously.)

IBM’s nanostack sub-1nm chip being held by a hand with white gloves on.
Image: IBM
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Casio’s new collaboration gives the G-Shock a Pokémon makeover.

If you’re a fan of rugged wearables and pocket monsters you’ll want to mark July 1st in your calendar as the day you can preorder Casio’s new Pokémon-themed G-Shock GA-110 watch through a lottery system on the company’s Japanese online store. It’s priced at ¥33,000, or around $204, and expected to release on July 17th.

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1/5Image: Casio Japan
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Nothing’s Phone 4B arrives in blue next month.

The full release of the upcoming budget phone is now set for July 7th, but Nothing has already revealed its design, with a dual camera, textured camera island, and a similar LED Glyph Bar to the Phone 4A.

David Pierce
David Pierce
Today’s Vergecast: Google’s new speaker and your smart home questions.

Google is shipping its first smart speaker in years, and we’re starting to test it. The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins the show to explain why the Home Speaker matters, whether Google actually cares about the smart home, and more. Then, she helps answer a few questions from the Vergecast Hotline (call 866-VERGE11 or email vergecast@theverge.com!) about the power of Ikea and the future of your thermostat.