Trump says he’s found a buyer for TikTok
A group of “very wealthy people” is set to buy short-form video app TikTok, according to President Donald Trump.
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Apple’s racing movie is finally here
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 88, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy heat dome, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about crypto crimes and egg thieves and Gap, watching Last Breath […]
YouTube’s mobile video editor is coming to iOS
The app is Google’s attempt to compete with ByteDance’s popular CapCut editor.
The creator of the Delta emulator made a Game Boy Camera-style app for your iPhone
Riley Testut, the developer behind the robust Delta emulator app for iOS, announced a new iPhone app designed to replicate the Game Boy Camera accessory but with “features you’d expect from a modern camera app.”The Delta Camera app’s full feature list hasn’t been revealed yet, but it’s currently available for beta testing to those who […]
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Now Google’s Gemini AI is ready to fill in those empty cells in your spreadsheet
Google is launching a new AI function in Sheets to help you generate text to fill out parts of your spreadsheet. The feature, powered by Google Gemini, can reference specific cells to create text, summarize information, or categorize your data. In the example shared by Google, you can use the new AI function to generate […]
WhatsApp rolls out AI-generated summaries for private messages
WhatsApp can now call on Meta AI to summarize your personal chats. As shown in a GIF, you can access it by tapping the button to unfurl all of your unread messages in a chat. But instead of showing your messages, WhatsApp uses Meta AI to generate a bulleted summary of what you missed. The […]
Android’s youthful new design will change the way you make and answer calls
Google is freshening up its Phone app with a new interface that’s supposed to make it easier to find contacts and your calls. The test is gradually rolling out to some of Google’s public beta users, and also includes some style changes that align with Android’s more youthful Material 3 Expressive design language. For starters, […]
Google Earth adds old Street View captures to rewind time from the street level
Google Earth will now let you look at historical imagery from Street View. The update, which comes as part of the tool’s 20th anniversary, allows you to see how a location has changed over time. Google Earth already offers the ability to switch to Street View while viewing satellite imagery, but now you can look […]
Hinge is planning its own mobile payment system to avoid App Store fees
As part of his appearance on the Decoder podcast, Hinge co-founder and CEO Justin McLeod says that the company would like to introduce an alternative payment service by the end of this year. With a Hinge-run alternative payment service, Apple won’t be able to take a cut of any purchases, and that “changes the equation” […]