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  • Save hundreds on a TCL mini-LED TV with quantum dots and high refresh rate
    by Brad Bourque on August 28, 2026 at 5:03 pm

    Amazon and Best Buy have the TCL QM7L mini-LED TV on sale for as low as $797.99 for the 55-inch model, a $200 discount from the usual price. We spotted scaling discounts on larger sizes as well, although Amazon already listed low stock on the 65-inch version. While OLED televisions are great for deep black

  • Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution
    by Justine Calma on August 28, 2026 at 4:28 pm

    Just as new data centers face growing backlash from neighboring communities, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to make it harder for people to weigh in on any pollution those centers create. The EPA plans to toss out a federal rule requiring public notice and an opportunity to comment when certain industrial sites

  • DLSS 5 leaked and modders are putting Nvidia’s AI effects on everything
    by Emma Roth on August 28, 2026 at 4:22 pm

    Modders are trying out an unofficial version of Nvidia’s DLSS 5 on Skyrim, Cyberpunk 2077, GTA V, and a bunch of other games after code for the AI upscaling tech appeared in an early-access build of NBA 2K27. Members of the RenoDX modding channel on Discord reportedly found a way to extract the DLSS “Neural

  • The iPhone Fold could make concerts even worse
    by Jacob Kastrenakes on August 28, 2026 at 3:26 pm

    You know the person blocking your view of the concert because their phone is swaying in the air, recording the entire thing? Get ready for the unfolded version of it. This week on The Vergecast, we dive right into the big week of Apple news. First, it’s the refreshed Mac Mini and Mac Studio, as

  • Apple TV now costs $14.99 a month after its fourth price hike in four years
    by Stevie Bonifield on August 28, 2026 at 1:47 pm

    Apple raised the price of its streaming service for new and current subscribers on Friday, bumping it up from $12.99 per month to $14.99, Deadline and Variety are reporting. An annual subscription now costs $119, up from $99. Apple also increased the cost of its individual Apple One subscription, which includes Apple TV and Apple’s

  • Apple TV’s sci-fi thriller Dark Matter gets even trippier in season 2
    by Andrew Webster on August 28, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    Confusion is a generally accepted side effect of mystery box shows. They slather on secrets with the promise of a satisfying payoff in the end, and sometimes the cast and crew even have a hard time following what’s going on. But even by the standards of the genre, Dark Matter is extreme. Its multiversal premise,

  • Anthropic was illegally blacklisted by the Trump administration, court rules
    by Hayden Field on August 28, 2026 at 3:14 am

    On Thursday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a win in a monthslong rollercoaster of a battle with the Trump administration. The lawsuit, filed in March in a California district court, accused the Trump administration of unlawfully retaliating against Anthropic for setting “red

  • The GTA VI ‘extended look’ is now streaming on YouTube
    by Jay Peters on August 28, 2026 at 1:05 am

    Rockstar has officially published its “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI on YouTube and on its website, as promised. The in-depth preview, which “entirely” features footage captured from the PS5 version of the game, initially premiered on Netflix at 3PM ET. But because Rockstar allowed creators to post reaction videos, you’ve technically been able

  • The biggest video game of all time looks like a movie
    by Jay Peters on August 27, 2026 at 11:20 pm

    I think I know why Rockstar Games debuted its “extended look” of Grand Theft Auto VI on Netflix instead of immediately dropping it for free on YouTube. Unlike most video game trailers, the almost 27-minute preview of GTA VI felt more like a slice of a prestige crime drama than any video game trailer that

  • Meta addresses ‘pervert glasses’ reputation with a privacy fix and a new marketing campaign
    by Emma Roth on August 27, 2026 at 9:37 pm

    Meta is updating its AI-powered smart glasses to close a loophole that allowed wearers to keep recording after covering the front-facing LED. Alex Himel, Meta’s vice president of augmented reality, writes in a post on Threads that “the camera will now stop working if the light is covered during a recording.” The company’s line of

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