In addition to creating the heavy-metal soundtracks for Doom and Doom II, Prince also worked on the music for Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad, and Duke Nukem 3D.
You can read his obituary here.

Other countries have been doing it right for over 20 years. It’s about time we caught up.






There are multiple versions of the Mythos omnishambles. Whose is right?

Governing AI through opaque, ad hoc interventions is unsustainable, experts warn.

The government torpedoed Anthropic’s newest, most powerful model. Sources tell The Verge that the AI lab and other AI boosters spent the weekend trying to explain that Fable 5 wasn’t too powerful.

Anthropic may bring Fable and Mythos back online, but the shutdown fired up sovereign AI efforts around the world.


Our staff contributed a mix of fun and practical ideas to pair you with the right gift for the dads you care about.

If you want to get dad a deluxe, hardcover book, there are also some deals on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth classics.

The wireless kit includes a soundbar, two satellite speakers, and a subwoofer.

There are already plenty of deals to shop while we wait for Prime Day to arrive on June 23rd.


Testing Govee’s over-the-top RGB lineup convinced me there might actually be room in my garden for a horse-race light show this summer.

Vehicle Motion Cues let me read and write in the passenger seat without wanting to die.

This summer, take advantage of everything you can do indoors with the AC on.

Is a $200 portable coffee machine what Thoreau meant by living deliberately?


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But the bigger battery is the only one that matters.

iOS 27 brings AI-powered summaries, natural-language search, and improved reliability to Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video — making it much more competitive.

A muscular electric SUV that’s off-road capable, with tech that feels leaps and bounds better than anything from legacy automakers.

Except in price. The prices suck.


But they’re only available in Europe.
In addition to creating the heavy-metal soundtracks for Doom and Doom II, Prince also worked on the music for Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad, and Duke Nukem 3D.
You can read his obituary here.
The $799 MPC One G2 has an 8-core processor with 4GB RAM, and 64GB of internal storage. That means you can run 32 plugin instances and 16 audio tracks simultaneously, up from eight of each in the previous model, and polyphony is now 256 notes, up from 64.
Cait Dooley, Apple Watch and Health Product Marketing Manager, was quick to tell TechRadar that older Apple Watch models will still work with newer iPhones and receive security updates. It’s just that Siri AI and some other watchOS 27 features require a bit more horsepower.
“The great new features in watchOS, including the capabilities of Siri AI and the new tap gesture, work best with the processing power that is in Apple Watch Series 9 and later, Ultra 2 and later, and SE 3. Older devices can still be paired with iPhones that are running the latest software and continue to receive security updates, so they can continue to have a great Apple Watch experience.”


It also supports your streaming service of choice.


The film, directed by Luca Guadagnino, covers the week in 2023 that the OpenAI CEO was fired and re-hired.

“Think of it like a driving instructor with dual controls,” Google’s blog post stated. “The instructor trusts the student but stays ready to take the wheel or hit the brakes if a mistake occurs.” Google DeepMind’s plan itself lays out “internal guardrails designed to catch potential adversarial behaviour by AI agents, even as they become increasingly harder to oversee and contain,” naming methods like chain-of-thought monitoring, asynchronous alerts, real-time access control, and shutdown infrastructure.
[Google DeepMind]
Looking at the data suggests as much. The average number of guesses drops from 4.3 to 4.1, and the failure rate drops from 4.3 percent to just 2.5. It might be because more confident players are choosing hard, but the constraints might also keep players from making bad guesses.
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“AIs that pretend to be human are, you know, manipulative,” Jonze said Wednesday at Replit’s Vibecon conference in New York City. “The kids need to grow up knowing these are going to be very, very convincing and very seductive — and very useful and very powerful — but they’re still just a system, an incredible system of pattern recognition.”


Trump Mobile will have to talk to the press itself now.


The show’s star talks about keeping secrets, helping John Sugar grow, and why wearing jeans can be so odd.


Any reservations made today ‘indicate a 2027 date for shipping.’


A new mobile app for the GB Operator lets you snap terrible 2-bit, 128 x112 photos without the need for a Game Boy.


New and returning subscribers can save up to 40 percent compared to paying monthly, with plans starting at $78.99.


On The Vergecast: What to make of Snap’s glasses, Fox’s Roku, and Facebook’s AI Mode.


There are already plenty of deals to shop while we wait for Prime Day to arrive on June 23rd.
When the Google Meet UI for Apple CarPlay launched in April, Google said Android Auto would follow soon, and now it’s here, with the rollout set to finish by June 26th. If you want to take a work call while in the car, you can see your schedule, dial colleagues, or join calls (audio only, both ways) without picking up your phone.


The Xiaoban will safely navigate a home, clean up after users, and empty itself all on its own.


Earn free delivery, home pickups for returns, and up to four Whoppers with the discounted membership.


The browser’s new tabs can have a built-in checklist and customizable focus timer.


In the midst of a prolonged fight in court, the satire news site is officially relaunching under the creative direction of comedian Tim Heidecker.
The recall comes just weeks after Waymo vehicles drove past ramp closure signs in Arizona and entered closed lanes in San Francisco, according to a filing with the NHTSA. The company paused freeway service last month due to the issue, which it’s fixing with a software update.
Check out how it works in a post from Instagram. However, you’ll only be able to write individual captions to photos and videos in new carousels, not old ones, according to Meta’s Nicole Rechtszaid.


How getting acquired by Fox will change things for the streaming device maker, from its IoT business to its international expansion.
We knew this was coming thanks to a settlement Apple made with Brazil’s competition watchdog last year, but now it’s official.
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The previous 11-color limit has now been expanded to 200 custom options.


The SAVE Program supposedly catches illegal voting, but it’s a recipe for disenfranchisement and data leaks.
The first artist partner for Spotify Reserved is Role Model, who is also announcing a tour today. More tours that are part of the program will be announced this week.



Prime Day is next week, but you can already save on several robot vacuums we’ve tested from Roborock, Dreame, and more.
Rockstar Games says preorders will be available “on digital storefronts and at other select retailers,” and revealed the game’s cover art in a teaser video:
The creators of the Birdie and Birdie Pro air quality monitors are expanding their offerings to include two new products focused on “healthier indoor climates” expected to launch in November. An emission-free LED candle called the Birdie Flame, and a towering air purifier called the Birdie Podium designed to look like a decorative wooden pedestal.


It’s the lowest price we’ve seen for this bundle, which includes a leather folio cover and power adapter.


The Firefly AI assistant can also now generate a brand logo and assemble video clips into draft cuts.


Prompt-based editing capabilities are rolling out to Adobe’s most popular Creative Cloud apps.

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