The smaller iPhone 16 Pro might get Apple’s new ‘tetraprism’ zoom lens
The iPhone 15 Pro Max and iPhone 15 Pro. | Image: The Verge Next year’s Pro iPhones are both “expected” to have the “tetraprism” zoom lens Apple is using for…
Microsoft Paint is finally adding some of Photoshop’s best features
Creating a simple image like this is much easier when you can work in layers. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is on a slow-burn path to making Paint a useful tool…
Meta is shutting down three Oculus games without explanation
Dead and Buried is a Wild West arena shootout multiplayer VR game. | Image: Gunfire Games Hope you didn’t enjoy playing Dead and Buried, Dead and Buried II, or Bogo…
tvOS 17’s extra column of icons is its most useful new feature in years
The new tvOS home screen in tvOS 17 puts six icons in a row instead of five. It was the most I had noticed about a tvOS update in years.…
Dealmaster: Early Amazon Prime Big Day deals, Lenovo laptop savings, and more
Enlarge / The 2022 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M2 chip. (credit: Samuel Axon) Now that Amazon has announced that its second big Prime Day shopping event of the year,…
Ancient Roman “wow glass” has photonic crystal patina forged over centuries
Enlarge / Microscopic view of photonic crystals on the surface of ancient Roman glass. (credit: Giulia Guidetti) Nature is the ultimate nanofabricator. The latest evidence of that is an unusual…
Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency
Enlarge / Layers in MS Paint! Cats and dogs living together! Mass hysteria! (credit: Microsoft) The venerable, equally derided and beloved MS Paint app has been on a roll lately,…
Musk and Netanyahu blame “armies of bots” for spreading antisemitism on X
Enlarge (credit: Benjamin Netanyahu on X) Today, Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu livestreamed a discussion largely focused on the future of AI on Musk’s platform X, formerly…
Apple’s bigger iCloud Plus plans are now available
Illustration: The Verge Apple’s new iCloud Plus plans offer more storage at a higher price — and they’re available to purchase now. Starting today, you can sign up for the…
The cheaper $600 Asus ROG Ally is here, and you probably shouldn’t buy it
Whether you pay $600 or $700, the Asus ROG Ally looks the same. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you’ve been eying an Asus ROG Ally gaming…