My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac
My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac

I turned off Siri on the Mac years ago and never looked back. Similarly, I found Apple Intelligence so fruitless I never engage with it. But the new Siri AI coming to macOS 27 Golden Gate has at least got me slightly rethinking things. I’m still early in testing Siri AI, as I’ve only had […]

Never Post’s Mike Rugnetta on the creative process and the value of reliable power
Never Post’s Mike Rugnetta on the creative process and the value of reliable power

Mike Rugnetta is a writer, podcast host, producer, audio engineer, educator, musician, sound designer, and father. In short, the man wears a lot of hats. He’s the cocreator and host of the award-winning Never Post, an absolutely must-listen podcast about the internet, as well as Fun City, a TTRPG podcast where he’s the GM. He’s […]

A better way to manage all your screenshots
A better way to manage all your screenshots

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 132, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy soccer, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been preparing for a month of getting absolutely nothing done during the World Cup. […]

Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse
Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse

The most popular camera in the world just got its first set of serious AI photo editing features, and I don’t think any of us are ready. As far as AI photo editing goes, the new features in iOS 27 are pretty tame compared to what you can do on, say, Google’s Pixel phones. But […]

The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models 
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models 

For all the noise that’s been made about how generative AI is poised to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, there haven’t really been any projects created with the technology that felt like the sort of entertainment people would pay to see. Most AI firms’ video models are still only capable of churning out short bursts of […]

ICYMI: here’s the week’s 8 biggest tech news stories from WWDC 2026 to Trump’s not-so-made-in-America phone

The week’s biggest tech news from Nintendo, Apple, Trump Mobile, and more for June 13, 2026.

Nothing CEO says phone prices are going to keep going up
Nothing CEO says phone prices are going to keep going up

If you’re thinking about upgrading your phone, “the best time was yesterday,” according to Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei, echoing a message we heard during MWC. As Android Authority reports, Pei said in a post on X that the RAM shortage has already impacted Nothing’s less expensive mid-range phone: “For Phone 4A , memory […]

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
The world’s first trillionaire is a killer

Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet. And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, […]

Siri is good now??
Siri is good now??

You’d be forgiven for thinking this day would never come. Siri has spent a decade and half somewhere between “sort of useful at a few things” and “utterly disastrous, why did I even try, can it honestly not even set a timer.” But the wildest thing just happened: Apple put out a new version of […]

I’m a certified Apple hater, but new Apple Intelligence tools like Spatial Reframe mean I’m considering a switch from Android

After Apple delivered a standout WWDC, I’m stunned to admit I’m considering a switch from Android