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Sean is a senior editor at The Verge, a very good website he helped found in 2011. He thrives at the intersection of gaming, technology, and toys, with a side of consumer advocacy because companies just can’t help themselves, can they? Sean previously led breaking news teams at The Verge and CNET and the reviews program at Gizmodo. He also has that voice. (Contact me securely at Signal: seanhollister.01) Ethics statement, June 2023: Sean’s wife is employed by Apple as a video producer. He therefore does not currently report or edit stories about Apple products or Apple as a company.
We already know what this hearing is about: three weeks ago, Judge Donato told Epic and Google they’d answer six specific pointed questions. The big one: would Google’s “Registered App Stores” really be better at curbing Google’s monopoly? Or should he keep forcing Google to carry rival stores inside its own?
Amidst the biggest update to Android Auto in 10 years, here’s one more feature we spotted on the Android Show: it uses your car’s front camera to predict when to move over. (What would it look for?) Only for select Google Built-in cars, not vanilla Android Auto.
They should be fixed now. Hopefully.
You know how only one company in the entire world makes the machine that makes the world’s most advanced chips — and only three companies control the world’s supply of RAM? Reuters reports that Big Tech is trying to buy Big RAM’s favor in exchange for some of those machines, among other “unprecedented” offers.
Thousands of Yarbo robot lawnmowers and blowers have massive security flaws that can let any hacker hijack them and possibly your home network.
If you thought 4K at 166ppi was endgame, I have news: 27-inch OLED screens are going 5K, too.
LG Display’s new panel at SID 2026 only does 120Hz right now, with full-screen brightness of 250 nits, but at 220ppi with “a newly designed RGB stripe structure that enhances the aperture ratio.” Samsung Display has a 27-inch 5K OLED, too.
Good: Running PC copies of two specific games (Wukong, Crimson Desert) performance can meet or barely beat native PS5! Control at 1080p50-60 with checkerboard RT reflections instead of 1440p30!
Bad: Only Phat consoles with ancient firmware qualify; only 1080p; glitches and stutters; memory management issues seemingly caused severe issues in some games. Read more.
