This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction work.
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AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps
Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost phones with less memory.
Google launches Pokémon Sleep special-edition Fitbit Air
The latest special-edition of Google’s Fitbit Air is inspired by the Pokémon Sleep game, with a “Sleepy Blue” band emblazoned with a snoozing Pikachu. It’s not exactly Snorlax blue, but matches the classic blue and gold of a Pokémon card pretty closely. The special-edition is available to preorder now for $129 and starts shipping September…
Varonis vs Cyera vs BigID: DSPM Tools Compared [2026]
Enterprises spun up more cloud storage, more SaaS apps, and more AI pipelines in the past two years than in the previous decade combined — and almost none of it got classified before it landed there. That’s the gap Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) tools are built to close, and by August 2026 the category…
As Xbox and PlayStation look towards a world beyond physical media, some PC gamers have started making their own discs
As Xbox announces its disc-to-digital program beginning soon, it looks like some PC gamers are going in the opposite direction.
OpenAI’s executive exodus has one big winner
Today on Decoder, I’m talking to Verge senior AI reporter Hayden Field about some pure Decoder bait: the seemingly-endless org chart changes at OpenAI, and how all of them seem to consolidate power under cofounder Greg Brockman, the company’s president. While Sam Altman is the CEO and still OpenAI’s most public face, Brockman has amassed…
ChatGPT Voice vs Grok vs Gemini Live: $4.80/Hr Gap [2026]
Three of the biggest names in AI shipped new voice models within a four-week window this summer, and almost nobody outside developer circles noticed. OpenAI quietly replaced ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode on July 8, 2026. xAI pushed a pricier, faster Grok Voice on July 29. Microsoft slid MAI-Voice-2-Flash into public preview on July 23. Google’s…
Switch 2 vs PS5 vs Xbox: 98.9% vs 632 Games [2026]
Buy a new console in 2026 and the marketing promise is always the same: your old games come with you. The reality is three completely different systems. Xbox froze its backward-compatibility program in November 2021 at a fixed catalog of legacy titles and hasn’t added a single one since. Sony rebuilt PS5 compatibility around native…
GeForce NOW Gives Gamers More Ways to Play at Gamescom 2026
NVIDIA’s Gamescom announcements are revealing what’s next for GeForce NOW, with new ways to play, more supported devices and platforms, and even more big PC games headed to the cloud. New NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 technology controls give members more ways to fine-tune gameplay, while expanded support for new Steam devices, GOG single sign-on, Firefox browser…
One of my most anticipated samurai games isn't coming to Xbox (or Play Anywhere), but it finally locked in a release date for PC
Shadow of the Road, an upcoming turn-based CRPG published by Owlcat Games set in a dark, steampunk fantasy take on feudal-era Japan, has announced that it will be launching on November 12, 2026, for PC.