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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge In between the reveal of new Pixel phones and AI features at its event today, Google snuck in a few burns targeted at Apple. Some were subtle — others far from it.
While it’s not uncommon for companies like Google to draw comparisons to competitors during big events like this, Google seemed to sprinkle references to Apple all throughout its showcase. Maybe that’s because Google has become especially competitive in the AI industry, which Apple ha

Photo by Carolyn Fong for The Washington Post via Getty Images Upside Foods, a cultivated meat firm, sued Florida over its ban on lab-grown meat, arguing that the state’s legislation prohibiting the sale of cultivated meat is unconstitutional.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the ban into law in May, describing the legislation as a way of “fighting back against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs to achieve their authoritarian

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images A lawsuit that several artists filed against Stability AI, Midjourney, and other AI-related companies can proceed with some claims dismissed, a judge ruled yesterday.
Many artists allege that popular generative AI services violated copyright law by training on a dataset that included their works, and in some cases, that users of these services can directly reproduce copies of the work. Last year Judge William Orrick allowed a d

Jeff Bezos appearing in a 27-year-old report by the BBC on internet shopping. | Screenshot: YouTube Earlier this year, Amazon reported $143.3 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2024. But 27 years ago, the BBC wondered when predictions that the internet revolutionizing shopping would come true, speaking to local bakers, booksellers, and even Jeff Bezos to find out.
The Money Programme report, which originally aired in November of 1997, was recently added to the BBC Archive YouTube Channe

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UPDATE: Aug. 13, 2024, 5:00 p.m. EDT We've updated this post with the latest deals from carriers for preorders of the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL.Where to pre-order the Pixel 9 Pro XLGoogle StoreGoogle Pixel 9 Pro XLStarting at $1,099Pre-order nowBest BuyGoogle Pixel 9 Pro XLStarting at $1,099 (Free $200 Best Buy gift card with purchase)Pre-order nowAmazonGoogle Pixel 9 Pro XLStarting at $1,099Pre-order nowVerizonGoogle Pixel 9 Pro XLStarting at $1,099 for 256GB of storage(Double the amount of storag

The base Pixel 9 is one of four new models, starting at $799. | Image: Google At its most recent Made by Google event, the monopolistic search giant announced four new phones: the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. This is more phones than Google has ever sold at once — especially when you throw in the midrange Pixel 8A from May — making the decision on which to get somewhat confusing.So, we thought it might be helpful to explain the key differences and simil

Image: Paramount Ahead of its upcoming merger with Skydance Media, Paramount is winding down its TV production studio as part of a larger restructuring effort that will put 15% of its current workforce out of jobs.
In a memo sent to employees today and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount TV head Nicole Clemons and Paramount co-CEO George Cheeks announced that Paramount Global is shuttering the studio. Clemens, who joined Paramount in 2018 following former exec Amy Powell’s sudden

Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge A Texas judge who was assigned two cases involving Elon Musk’s X platform has recused himself from one of them, shortly after a report that he owns stock in Tesla.US District Court Judge Reed O’Connor was assigned to X’s recent antitrust lawsuit against advertisers over their boycott of the service, as well as a separate case against Media Matters, which the company sued for a report showing that X displayed ads from major brands next t

Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge A Texas judge who was assigned two cases involving Elon Musk’s X platform has recused himself from one of them, shortly after a report that he owns stock in Tesla.US District Court Judge Reed O’Connor was assigned to X’s recent antitrust lawsuit against advertisers over their boycott of the service, as well as a separate case against Media Matters, which the company sued for a report showing that X displayed ads from major brands next t

Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Apparently, turning the cliched “enhance!” meme into reality wasn’t as easy as Google might’ve initially expected. Today, the company confirmed in a blog post that Zoom Enhance is finally rolling out to the Pixel 8 Pro and will also be present on the Pixel 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, and 9 Pro Fold at launch.Google announced the AI-powered Zoom Enhance during last year’s Made by Google event, but we’ve made it all the way to a new gen

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Google may have leaked the design and some details for its latest foldable phone nearly a month ago, but after Made by Google 2024 it's official: The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is here, and it's looking better than Google's first

Google’s latest wearable is both bigger and brighter than its predecessors. | Image: Google Now that Google has officially announced the Pixel Watch 3 after a deluge of leaks and rumors, Android users have even more wearables to choose from. Google’s latest smartwatch will arrive on September 10th and start at $349.99, with the last-gen Pixel Watch 2 hanging around for $249.99. Sadly, Google has dropped the original model from its lineup, though you can still buy it on sale from thir

The UI isn’t flashy, but does it need to be? | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge A week ago, I was on a three-day road trip when all the audio cut out in my car. From podcasts to directions — even the turn signal wasn’t clicking. My copilot struggled to find a solution via Google. It took me at least five minutes. Today, it took Gemini Live, the just-keep-talking-to-it version of Google’s voice assistant, about 15 seconds to come up with a solution that worked. Naturally

Who among us can resist the pull of a High Republic cruiser? | Image: Massive Entertainment Before every influencer began pedaling goods on TikTok, there was QVC. The well-known shopping network isn’t one we often cover at The Verge, at least in terms of deals, but every so often, it rolls out a promo that’s hard to pass up. Right now, for instance, QVC is offering new customers $30 off an order of $60 or more when they use promo code WELCOME30, letting first-time buyers save on a ra

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Now that Made by Google 2024 is officially wrapped up, you know what time it is: preorder time. The compa

Pixel 9 Pro vs. Pixel 9 Pro XL pricePixel 9 Pro in a nice pink color.Credit: Kimberley Gedeon/Mashable
The Pixel 9 Pro starts at $999. The Pixel 9 Pro XL starts at $1,099. One of those numbers is smaller than the other, so it wins.Winner: Pixel 9 ProPixel 9 Pro vs. Pixel 9 Pro XL displayPixel 9 Pro XL's display is real nice.Credit: Kimberley Gedeon/Mashable
As you might imagine, the primary difference between the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL comes down to physical size. Specifically, the displ

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is starting to test a new compact version of its Game Bar with Xbox Insiders today. Similar to the Xbox app on Windows PCs, the Game Bar is getting its own compact mode that is designed for smaller screens, Windows-powered handhelds, and even for when you’re playing on a PC with a controller.
“With Compact Mode enabled, access to widgets and navigation is simplified to ensure you can get access to the content you want as easily as possible,” explains

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Made by Google 2024 just wrapped up, and the event featured a ton of exciting new announcements from the tech giant, including the new Pixel 9 smartphones, the Pixel Watch 3, and more. Also new to the mix are the Google Pixel Buds Pro 2, which are currently available to pre-order directly from Google, Best Buy,

The Pixel 9 Pro XL. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Google just wrapped up its Made by Google hardware event, where we got an official look at the refreshed Pixel 9 lineup and updates across Google’s other devices. Even though the Pixel event confirmed many of the leaks we’ve seen over the past several weeks, Google still shared some announcements we haven’t heard about yet.
Here’s a roundup of all the exciting news from Google’s Pixel 9 event.
Google’s P

Google just dropped its new Gemini Live feature today, but before it got announced, I got a chance to experience Google's new ChatGPT Voice Chat competitor for a short spell — and it's arguably the biggest threat to OpenAI's popular AI tool.I wouldn't quite say that Gemini Live beats ChatGPT just yet. After all, I didn't get enough time with Gemini Live to say that for sure. However, from what I saw at a recent press briefing with Google, OpenAI should be shaking in its boots.SEE ALSO:Open

Say hello to the new Pixel Watch 3.At the annual Pixel event on Tuesday, Google announced its new addition to the Pixel Watch series, which is available in two sizes for the first time: 41mm and 45mm. That's a lot more screen real estate than on the Pixel Watch 2, which was only available in 41mm — and not just because of the bigger variant. The 41mm version of the Pixel Watch 3 has smaller bezels, meaning it has a 10% larger display than its predecessor. If you opt for the 45mm variant, y

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Google has announced Pixel Screenshots, a new AI-powered app for its Pixel 9 lineup that lets you save, organize, and surface information from screenshots. Pixel Screenshot uses Google’s private, on-device Gemini Nano AI model to analyze the content of an image and make it searchable.
During a demo at its Pixel launch event, Google showed how you can take a screenshot and then save it to a collection, like “gift ideas.” You can also search throu

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Google announced a new image generation app during its Pixel 9 event today. The company says the app, called Pixel Studio, will come preinstalled on every Pixel 9 device.
Pixel Studio, much like Apple’s forthcoming Image Playground app that’s set to roll out on iOS 18 at some point after the operating system launches, lets you create an image from a prompt. Users can edit images after the fact, using the prompt box to add or subtract elements, and cha

The SpaceX Starship launches on its fourth flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on June 6th, 2024. | Photo: Getty Images SpaceX allegedly violated wastewater regulations at its Boca Chica, Texas, launch site — sending pollution into bodies of water nearby, according to CNBC. The news outlet says it obtained investigative records and notices that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) sent to SpaceX of violations related to

Google's AI-powered assistant, Gemini, is a bit of a diva. During Tuesday's Made by Google event, Gemini AI's live demo failed twice in a row, resulting in the presenter, Dave Citron, saying, "Let's see the demo spirits are with us today." On the third attempt, Gemini completed the task at hand: checking his calendar to see if he's free for Sabrina Carpenter's upcoming show in San Francisco. SEE ALSO:Everything announced at Made by Google 2024, including the new Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel W

Image: Google Google is following Apple in launching a way to use your phone to communicate via a satellite in an emergency. During its big Pixel 9 reveal event on Tuesday, the company shared details of Satellite SOS, which will let you contact emergency responders and share your location when you don’t have cellular service.
The new Pixel 9 lineup will be the first Android phones to be able to use Satellite SOS, Google’s Brian Rakowski said onstage. The feature launches first in the

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Google’s Pixel 9 lineup is officially here, and the company can’t stop talking about the AI features it’s got coming.
On the hardware front, Google boosted the RAM for all of its new phones to accommodate memory-hungry on-device AI. The Pixel 9 received 12GB of RAM, while the rest will have 16GB of memory.But the bigger side of the story is software — the phones all get a handful of new Pixel-exclusive AI features. And the Pro phones are a

Google’s new smartwatches are bigger, brighter, and more capable than ever. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Google announced not only its forthcoming Pixel 9 lineup during its Made by Google event on Tuesday but also a slew of other devices, including the Pixel Watch 3. The smartwatch will be available on September 10th starting at $349.99, with preorders opening today.
For the first time, Google’s smartwatch will be available in two sizes — 41mm and 45mm — both of w

The new Pixel 9 generation starts at $799 for a 6.3-inch model. | Image: Google Google announced its full lineup of Pixel 9 phones at its latest Made by Google event, and boy, how full that lineup is. There are four — count ‘em — four new Pixel phones (in three different sizes) all coming within about a month of one another: the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Each of them features new processors, improved specs over last-gen models, seven years of O

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Okay, sure, Google basically spent the last few months spoiling its annual hardware event by repeatedly leaking — and in some cases just flat-out announcing — all its upcoming phones, wearables, headphones, and TV gadgets. But the annual Pixel event is still a big day in the gadget world, and also a chance to find out exactly what Google thinks the future looks like.
On this episode of The Vergecast, we talk through all the new devices, from the Pixel

Pixel Studio, revealed at Made by Google 2024, is one of the many new AI features coming to the newly announced Google phones, including the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold.The search engine giant boasts that the Pixel Studio is users' new "creative assistant." Leveraging capabilities such as text-to-image, you can have a lot of fun with Pixel Studio creating funky AI-generated images. At a recent press event, I got to see the Pixel Studio in action as it competes with

The Pixel 9 Pro XL, or the newest face of “What is a photo?” | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge I played a new kind of AR Pac-Man game yesterday, guiding a circle on a phone screen toward a series of little dots that seemed to hover around a conference room. In this version, you don’t level up when you finish; instead, you get a panoramic photo.
I got to spend a couple of hours using the Pixel 9 Pro XL on the eve of Google’s annual hardware event. Becca got to play with

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold, introduced at the Made by Google event on Tuesday, is finally here. It's the thinnest foldable you can buy, according to Google. Thin has always been in when it comes to tech products, but tech giants have been really ramping up the competition lately to see which brand can deliver the slimmest, sleekest design to attract consumers.A folded Google Pixel 9 ProCredit: Kimberly Gedeon / Mashable
For example, Apple called its latest iPad Pro "thinpossible" because the tablet is

Google didn't do much to change the Pixel 9 from previous models, but who cares? It's pink now!That's not the only takeaway from the entry-level Pixel 9 that was announced, alongside three other models, at the Made by Google event on Tuesday. However, it's the biggest one. The Pixel 9's improvements are almost entirely internal — and many of them are software-based rather than centered on hardware enhancements. I got some brief hands-on time with the Pixel 9 at a pre-launch press event &md

2023's Barbie summer may be in our rear view, but Google is keeping the love alive with a sweet, new bubblegum hue for its Pixel 9. The pink shade is called "Peony."Mashable officially asked the powers-that-be for a pink phone back in October 2022, so we're pretty jazzed to finally get one. Apple wimped out on delivering a true pink hue in its most recent iPhone 15 lineup, offering up a barely there, lovely but totally lackluster rose color instead. In June, Razr came through by bringing back a

At the 2024 Made by Google event, the search engine giant announced the brand new Pixel Buds Pro 2. With all of the controversy surrounding Samsung's new Galaxy Buds 3 Series looking like Apple AirPods clones, we should address this: Google's Pixel Buds Pro 2 do not look like replicas of the popular Apple earbuds. The design of the earbuds are different — unlike the AirPods Pro and the Galaxy Buds 3, there are no stems in sight.With that out of the way, here are what the Pixel Buds Pr

This Pixel Watch 3 vs. Pixel Watch 2 comparison will help you decide whether Google's newest smartwatch, which dropped at the Aug. 13 Made by Google event, is worth it. Perhaps you already have a Pixel Watch 2 and you're wondering, "Should I upgrade?"Don't worry. We'll break down the differences between the Pixel Watch 3 and the Pixel Watch 2 to help you determine whether Google's latest iteration of the Pixel smartwatch line is advanced enough to warrant a new purchase.SEE ALSO:Apple Watch Seri

With this Pixel 9 vs. Pixel 8 in-depth comparative analysis, you'll get a better understanding on the differences between the two.The Made by Google 2024 event kicked off today, and the Pixel 9 is finally here (along with a bunch of other next-gen Pixel goodies) And from what we see, the latest Pixel flagship ups the ante over the already successful Pixel 8. The Pixel 9 has plenty of upgrades: a bigger display in a slightly thinner form factor, a larger battery capacity with faster charging

Here's the lowdown on the Pixel 9. It's got a totally different design from its predecessor, with a humongous camera bump on the back. The display is slightly bigger, brighter, and better than before. Plus, it has a much-improved ultrawide camera and a new Google Tensor G4 chip inside. It's a significant improvement over the Pixel 8 and a worthy competitor to the iPhone 15. SEE ALSO:iPhone 15 vs. iPhone 15 Pro: What are the differences?
Pixel 9 vs. iPhone 15 priceBoth the new Pixel 9 and Apple's

I got a chance to play around with the Pixel 9 Pro XL, and man, it looks like we have to completely overhaul our understanding of the new Pixel family. First of all, Google no longer has a dual-phone strategy. It's a triple-phone deal now — well, four if you include the new Pixel 9 Pro Fold, too.You've got the Pixel 9 Pro XL at the top, the Pixel 9 as your entry-level option, and the Pixel 9 Pro smack-dab in the middle. From left to right: Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XLCredit: Kimber