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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
One small step at a time.

Astronauts aboard the ISS are getting new custom HP laptops, an upgrade to an orbital compute setup that already includes HP workstations and printers. But is the company getting a little ahead of itself?

Nathan Friend:

“along with HP printers designed to work in microgravity”

I’d love it if HP designed printers to work in regular gravity first, thank you

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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Chipolo’s batteries are better than it realized.

The rechargeable Loop and Card trackerswere rated to last six months before topping up, based on controlled tests. But after over a year of real-world testing, Chipolo “can now confidently say that the battery lasts up to one year on a single full charge, and in some cases even more.”

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
It pays to be fair.

Fairphone reports its smartphone shipments grew by 42 percent in 2025, no mean feat when the rest of the industryhas been fairly flat. I thought last year’s Fairphone 6was a huge step forward in quality, and it’s a good time for its efforts to expand into the US.

Apple turnover/ Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO, to be replaced by John Ternus. What is Cook’s legacy and what’s next for Apple?

John Ternus’ first big problem is AIJohn Ternus’ first big problem is AI

Does Tim Cook’s newly announced successor have what it takes to regain the company’s lost ground in the AI race?

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down

Cook will be replaced by John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering.

The AirPods are Tim Cook’s most underrated achievement

Cook and incoming CEO John Ternus made a computer company the most important audio company of the 21st century.

Apple will have a product guy as CEO again

Who is John Ternus, Apple’s new CEO?

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IP…no? / SpaceX is reportedly preparing to go public, but more than data centers in space stand in its way.

The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of spaceThe SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space

It’s either a gilded pathway to the stars or a financial black hole.

Elon Musk is about to be a very busy boy!

I’m sure he’d call it ‘freaking epic.’

Why is SpaceX going public?

“I am hesitant to foist being public on SpaceX, especially given the long term nature of our mission.”

Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI (and X)

So that’s what he meant by the everything app.

The AI vibe shift/ AI usage is exploding. So is the backlash.

The vibes are off at OpenAIThe vibes are off at OpenAI

OpenAI is juggling public controversies, strategy shifts, and increasing competition.

The attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI world

The vast majority of AI resistance is nonviolent, but recent attacks highlight the risk.

Why people really hate AI

On The Vergecast: AI apps we really want, the future of foldables, and the DLSS 5 backlash.

Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman’s ‘unconstrained’ relationship with the truth
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The head of OpenAI has a reputation for deception. The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow on why that matters.

Apple @ 50/ Apple celebrated 50 years this month. Look back at the biggest moments from the last five decades.

Between JobsBetween Jobs

With Steve Jobs in exile, Apple’s ‘90s featured some of its most lasting triumphs and weirdest failures.

Apple’s best product ever

On The Vergecast: AI’s pivot to business, and the impossible task of ranking Apple’s 50 best products.

Everything is iPhone now

The iPhone changed Apple — and the world — forever.

Apple at 50: a visual history

Bondi Blue iMacs, block-long iPhone lines, and other moments from the company’s first 50 years.

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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
One small step at a time.

Astronauts aboard the ISS are getting new custom HP laptops, an upgrade to an orbital compute setup that already includes HP workstations and printers. But is the company getting a little ahead of itself?

Nathan Friend:

“along with HP printers designed to work in microgravity”

I’d love it if HP designed printers to work in regular gravity first, thank you

Get the day’s best comment and more in my free newsletter, The Verge Daily.

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Chipolo’s batteries are better than it realized.

The rechargeable Loop and Card trackerswere rated to last six months before topping up, based on controlled tests. But after over a year of real-world testing, Chipolo “can now confidently say that the battery lasts up to one year on a single full charge, and in some cases even more.”

Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
It pays to be fair.

Fairphone reports its smartphone shipments grew by 42 percent in 2025, no mean feat when the rest of the industryhas been fairly flat. I thought last year’s Fairphone 6was a huge step forward in quality, and it’s a good time for its efforts to expand into the US.

Anker made its own chip to bring AI to all its productsAnker made its own chip to bring AI to all its products

The Thus chip will come to earbuds first before being rolled out to other Anker products.

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Anthropic’s most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong handsAnthropic’s most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands

A Discord group has had access to the Mythos model for two weeks.

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Robert Hart
Robert Hart
Mythos v. Firefox.

Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused AI modelfound 271 bugs in Firefox 150, Mozilla CTO Bobby Holley said, calling Claude Mythos Preview “every bit as capable” as top security researchers. Reassuringly, Mozilla hasn’t “seen any bugs that couldn’thave been found by an elite human researcher,” either.

Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Sun sets on Trump crypto alliance.

Once championed by the Trump familyafter heavily bankrolling their crypto ambitions, Justin Sun is now unhappy with his chosen bedfellows. Suing Trump-linked World Liberty Financial, Sun alleges in a federal lawsuitthat his former allies maliciously froze his $75 million investment, denouncing the platform as “World Tyranny.”

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
And here’s our Framework Laptop 13 Pro video.

If I didn’t already have a perfectly good laptop, I’d be saving up my money for this one.(Saving, not preordering, because I always wait for the reviews.)

SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billionSpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion

With a SpaceX IPO around the corner.

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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Two more states announced settlements with Roblox.

Following Nevada’s settlement on Friday, West Virginiaand Alabamahave settled with company to address alleged child safety issues, as reported by Bloomberg. Last week, Roblox announced a bunch of new safety updates, including dedicated Kids accounts with increased restrictions.

Mia Sato
Mia Sato
Illinois tightens rules around insider trading.

Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order today dealing specifically with prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. State employees were already barred from using insider information for personal gain, but this executive order specifically bans them from using it to make bets on prediction markets.

We translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beingsWe translated the Palantir manifesto for actual human beings

What happens when an all-seeing eye looks in the mirror?

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Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Are we headed for the Butlerian Jihad?

I wrote about that — and other Catholic concerns — at my friend Rusty’s newsletter while he took the day off.

Papal Bull

[Today in Tabs]

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
We just tried — and tore down — the Framework Laptop 13 Pro.

I just updated my storywith some hands-on impressions and a photo gallery; we should have a quick video coming later today too!

Photo by Victoria Barrios / The Verge
ISS astronauts are getting new laptopsISS astronauts are getting new laptops

The astronauts are getting HP ZBook Fury G9 laptops customized for the ISS.

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Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
The Curiosity rover’s latest Mars discovery.

A rock NASA’s Curiosity rover drilled in 2020contained “the most diverse collection of organic molecules ever found on the Red Planet,” including seven never previously detected on Mars. The finding published today in Naturewas made using its onboard Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) laboratory.

Annotated close-up of three holes NASA’s Curiosity drilled into Martian rock at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” in October 2020.
Annotated close-up of three holes NASA’s Curiosity drilled into Martian rock at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” in October 2020.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Oppo’s Android version of the iPad Mini has a larger screen and smaller bezels.

Following a teaser earlier this month, Oppo’s Pad Mini Android tablethas launched in China. Its 8.8-inch OLED screen is larger than the iPad Mini’s, but the Pad Mini has slimmer 2.99mm bezels and is just 5.39mm thick. Pricing starts at 3,699 CNY (around $542) for 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.

A hand holds the Oppo Pad Mini Android tablet with a stylus between its fingers.
The Pad Mini is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor and is available in configurations up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
Image: Oppo
AI backlash is coming for electionsAI backlash is coming for elections

Americans are worried about AI — but how it will play into the midterms is less clear.

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OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the webOpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web

The update allows ChatGPT Images 2.0 to create a series of images based on one prompt.

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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Tim Cook: “I am healthy. My energy is high, and I plan to be in this new role for a long time.”

Apple’s outgoing CEOand incoming executive chairman addressed employees today about the transition, Bloombergreports.

John Ternus, who will take over as CEO, also spoke to staff, noting that AI — something that Apple has struggled with, to put it mildly — is “going to create almost unlimited potential.”

Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro launch eventFramework’s Laptop 13 Pro launch event

Meet the “MacBook Pro for Linux users.”

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Nilay Patel
Nilay Patel
Wait, who is Canva’s biggest competitor?

Canva CEO Melanie Perkins dodged this question with a lot of charm and verve, but I wonder if the answer is quickly going from Adobe to Anthropic. More on this week’s Decoder!

X makes it 1,900 percent more expensive to post linksX makes it 1,900 percent more expensive to post links

It now costs $0.20 when a link is posted, up from $0.01, and the change has impacted a very notable account about tech.

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Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Framework’s first laptop sleeve is made of space-age Tyvek.

Don’t call it duct-tape! Tyvek is a plasticthat feels (and creases) like paper, similarly made of fibers bonded together. I have a wallet made of the stuff. The bag has dedicated pockets for Framework’s Expansion Cards, screwdriver, and up to a 13-inch laptop. The $39 sleeve comes in silveror black.

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Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Hmm… 🤔 that photo in Framework’s keynote looks familiar.

While hyping up its couch keyboard, Framework CEO Nirav Patel showed images of how people use its computers in the living room. It gave me a Leo DiCaprio momentas I noticed a photo from my time testing Bazzite on the Framework Desktop. How about a photo credit, Nirav?

Framework’s first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PCFramework’s first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PC

Only power users need apply — and you’ll have to shut down the laptop before you plug or unplug.

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Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Framework is filling the Laptop 16’s literal gaps with one-piece touchpad and keyboard decks.

The Framework Laptop 16is the most modular laptop ever made — but we’ve never been huge fans of the uneven and occasionally creaky spacers that let you shift the keyboard and touchpad left and right. Here are new one-piece versions. The touchpadmight feel nicer now that it’s haptic, too! Waiting to hear the price on these.

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<em>First, the new touchpad and the original keyboard.</em>
Now with the new keyboard.
The full laptop with fewer gaps.
The touchpad solo.
The keyboard solo.
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First, the new touchpad and the original keyboard.
Image: Framework
Framework is building a better couch keyboard because everyone hates the Logitech oneFramework is building a better couch keyboard because everyone hates the Logitech one

A wireless keyboard and touchpad you don’t hate? We’ll see.

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Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Framework says new Laptop 13 Pro has more Netflix battery life than an M5 MacBook Pro.

20 hours of 4K Netflix, says CEO Nirav Patel. It’s got a Core Ultra 3 chip, a 22 percent larger and denser battery, a custom 30-120Hz VRR screen and LPCAMM2 compression mounted memory. Full story coming soon.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Stick a 10Gbps port into your Framework Desktop or Laptop.

It’s even bigger than Framework’s existing 2.5Gbps expansion card, and will definitely stick out the side of your machine. But it’s fast! (Framework gave up on foldable Ethernet portswhen it turned out their internals were too chunky, BTW.) The company isn’t yet saying how much it’ll cost.

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An ethernet port sticking out of a dongle
The WisdPi 10G, designed by a Hong Kong company, will be sold in Framework’s online shop.
Image: Framework
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
“The industry wants you to own nothing and be happy. We want you to own everything and be free.”

That’s Framework CEO Nirav Patel, with a message that’s sure to resonate with his modular computer company’s fanbase. He briefly joked that Framework would announce “Framework AI” today.

Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTubeCelebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube

The platform’s likeness detection tool scans the platform for AI lookalikes and flags them for potential removal.

Mia Sato
Twelve South’s magnetic PowerBug charger is down to just $35Twelve South’s magnetic PowerBug charger is down to just $35

The PowerBug turns any wall outlet into a small charger, letting you power devices wirelessly or via USB-C.

Sheena Vasani
Govee’s new rechargeable table lamp is less than half the price of Hue’sGovee’s new rechargeable table lamp is less than half the price of Hue’s

You can use Govee’s lamp almost anywhere for up to 30 hours before you need to find a power source.

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