De-Googled GrapheneOS is coming to Motorola’s foldables next year
The open source take on Android is also planning Pixel 11 support soon.
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New TV shows to watch this week: Tune in to ‘Lanterns’ on HBO, stream ‘My Brilliant Career’ on Netflix and revisit ‘Heroes’ on Tubi
Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre sink their teeth into a superhero adaptation, while Netflix releases a delightful Australian period romance.
Linkdaze’s smart calendar is built to run a household, not just track a schedule | TechCrunch
Linkdaze's smart digital calendar stands out for not putting its features behind a paywall, including an AI meal planner tool.
Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch
Flock Safety faces a growing public outcry over concerns that its surveillance technology could be misused.
More about Apple’s fall iPhone launch plans, and that massive AirPods leak.
In his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman muses about how far Apple might go with price hikes for new iPhones, without much of an answer yet, as well as how the macOS Tahoe 26.7 RC revealed camera-equipped AirPods by accidentally merging an internal branch. He also mentions that the long-rumored foldable has impressed people with the “how it fits in a pocket, the feel and durability of the advanced hinge mechanism, and the new iPad-like app layouts that take advantage of the larger internal display,” despite lacking a telephoto camera lens. [Link: Apple’s Foldable iPhone Will Help Bring Some Magic Back | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-08-23/apple-s-foldable-iphone-details-retail-store-changes-for-new-home-products-mt5vjf61 | Bloomberg]
Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can't hide an iterative upgrade | TechCrunch
Google’s Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative upgrades may not be enough to tempt recent Pixel owners.
Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent
Amazon’s hardware just got more expensive, as increases tied to RAM and storage costs are drivingup prices for Kindle, Echo, and Fire TV devices.
An okay laptop with 16GB of RAM is better than a nice laptop with 8GB, and this $520 HP OmniBook proves it
HP’s 16-inch OmniBook 3 wouldn’t normally be anything to write home about, but this affordable laptop with 16GB of RAM hits different in a world rocked by RAMageddon.
Apple is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs from Siri, Vision Pro teams | TechCrunch
Apple has admitted that some roles are being impacted as it shifts its focus away from certain initiatives.
The $225 Pebble Time 2 is a refreshingly fun smartwatch | TechCrunch
The $225 Pebble Time 2 pairs quirky watch faces and apps with physical buttons, an e-paper display, weeks of battery life, and a playful hacker spirit.
Apple is laying off staffers working on the Vision Pro and Siri
Apple is laying off staff working on Siri and the Vision Pro, including cutting a Vision Pro gaming team, Bloomberg reports.
'The Pitt' Season 3 trailer drops as more cast additions are revealed
The third installement of HBO Max’s Emmy-winning medical drama will premiere in January.
Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy | TechCrunch
The lawsuit alleges that Oura rings are unable to measure any of the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or determine sleep stages.
My big, fat, technophobic cat
A tale of trying to get a rotund and sassy cat to lose weight using automated feeders, water fountains, poop robots and toys.
GitHub explains its latest outage.
The Microsoft-owned developer platform was down for hours on Monday, which is becoming a bit of a habit. “If you were trying to ship software that day, we let you down,” CTO Vlad Fedorov says, blaming the outage on a capacity failure after traffic hit “a new peak.” [Link: The August 17 outage, and the work ahead | https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/the-august-17-outage-and-the-work-ahead/ | The GitHub Blog]
Google is making it easier to add a website as a Preferred Source.
It’s rolling out an interactive button that publishers can add to their websites, allowing readers to quickly add the site to their preferred sources without navigating away from the webpage. Preferred Sources launched last year as a way to customize the outlets you see at the top of Search, AI Overviews, and AI Mode. (PS: You can add The Verge as a preferred source here!) [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/preferred-sources-google-button_971769.webp?quality=90&strip=all]
This app makes the Pixel 11’s HiLight feature actually useful
Devs are already doing what Google won’t.
Amazon’s drone deliveries are landing in pools and ponds
Amazon’s Prime Air drones have dropped deliveries into water a few times over the past year, with the latest incident showing a drone dropping a package directly into a pool.