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The Vergecast’s WWDC 2025 preview

This year's developer conference is coming to a close, but most years the last one is the biggest one: Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, when the company announces its software plans for the yea...

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One company’s quest for the perfect charger

As the tech world has standardized on USB-C, charging your devices has become much simpler. But it's still not simple enough. Sure, most things plug into most other things, but now you have to worry a...

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Can a redesign save Apple’s software?

There's a running theory in tech circles that says, basically, AI is the new UI. Not long from now, some people argue, you simply won't need a homescreen full of app icons or a traditional web browser...

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The Razr Ultra proves flip phones are almost ready

Phones that flip and fold have been The Next Big Thing so long it almost seems like they might never happen. Even as they've gotten better, faster, and more durable, devices from Google, Samsung, and ...

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HBO’s no good very bad rebrand

It's not TV, it's HBO. No, sorry, it's HBO Go. And also HBO Now. But now it's HBO Max, except wait, now it's not HBO at all? It's just Max? Actually, I'm being told it is once again HBO Max. Thank you...

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A buggy Sonos mystery

Product design requires considering lots of different things. How things look; how they work; how people will understand how to use them. Here's one probably not on a lot of designers' lists, though: ...

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Why Apple is trying to save Google

Google is in antitrust court, fighting to preserve the search engine business that has made it so historically successful. At a few different moments through the various stages of the trial, high-powe...

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The Slate Truck is a whole new kind of car

The generally accepted way to launch your new car company is by building something fancy and expensive. Call it Founder's Edition or name it after a precious metal, hope people pay for the privilege o...

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Everybody wants to buy Chrome

For sale: one browser, very popular. As the remedies phase of the Google Search trial heats up, two things have become very clear. The US government would really like to force Google to sell Chrome, a...

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