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This AI guitar pedal let me roll my own effects

I don’t hate Polyend’s Endless, but I’m not putting it on my pedalboard.

Terrence O'BrienMay 21

This mechanical bird drops dead when your home’s air quality worsens

Andrew LiszewskiMay 21

The cost of the smart home is going up

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 21

Meta and Google get data from the app your boss uses to track you

Lauren FeinerMay 21

GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft

Tom WarrenMay 21

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 21

More Google Home speakers could be on the way.

While the Google Home Speaker was nowhere to be seen at I/O, the company did announce it’s getting back into the third-party smart speaker game. A new Speaker Reference Design will let manufacturers build Gemini-powered smart speakers, and rumors point to a Walmart Onn speaker being the first.

Google also announced it’s letting companies bundle Google Home Premium subscriptions and integrate more Gemini for Home features into their apps.

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The as-yet-unreleased Google Home Speaker could be getting some friends.

Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Andrew LiszewskiMay 21

Apple will broadcast a soccer game this weekend shot entirely with iPhone 17 Pros.

The Major League Soccer match between the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC will stream live on Apple TV this Saturday and will be the first “major professional live sporting event broadcast” captured entirely using iPhones, according to Apple.

iPhones were first used to capture parts of a live MLB game between the Red Sox and Tigers last year. Here’s what their setup looked like then.

Jennifer Pattison TuohyMay 21

I’m tackling all your robovac questions.

Come join me for a robot vacuum-themed subscriber AMA. Drop your questions in the post linked below, and I’ll be answering them starting at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.

I review robot vacuums for a living, ask me anything!

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

May 21

Andrew LiszewskiMay 21

Lego is teasing a new Donkey Kong collaboration.

Proving the toymaker can still keep some of its plans secret Lego released a short video on Instagram teasing another Nintendo collaboration focusing on Donkey Kong. The barrel-throwing gorilla was already featured in a Lego Super Mario expansion set, but could finally be getting his own entire theme.

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A screenshot of the Lego and Donkey Kong logos appearing in a teaser video.

Screenshot: Instagram

Musk v. Altman: Much ado about nothing

We sent Liz Lopatto to Musk v. Altman and all we got was this episode of Decoder

Nilay PatelMay 21

I tested several cases for the Switch 2 and these are the best

Cameron FaulknerMay 21

Andrew LiszewskiMay 21

Stern’s new Transformers pinball machines have a ball-blasting Megatron.

The animatronic leader of the Decepticons is joined by Soundwave who captures and launches pinballs from his opening cassette deck. The machines also feature clips from the ‘80s animated series, custom recordings from Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) and Frank Welker (Megatron and Soundwave), and Stan Bush’s “The Touch.”