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Legendary designer Susan Kare shares more insights about her work on the original Macintosh.

Y Combinator has finally posted a video of Kare’s 50-minute talk at last month’s Startup School 2026 event. The renowned designer shares more stories about the process of creating the original Macintosh’s icons, the command key symbol that’s still in use today, and the Chicago font that Apple revived for the early iPods. [Media: https://youtu.be/YEvLKzsEwMw?si=g9JYLxWGv_6y55AX]

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Days since last rebrand: 256.

Microsoft loves renaming products as much as Google loves killing them. Now you can relive those reinventions with The Rebrand Registry, a collection of decades of Microsoft branding history for cloud products, including analysis of which product categories get rebranded most often, and a risk index for future renames. [Link: The Rebrand Registry | https://www.msrebrandregistry.com/ | The Rebrand Registry]

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Apple reportedly won’t launch AirPods with cameras until next year.

AirPods with cameras showed up in a video found in a release candidate of the upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.7 update, but Bloomberg reports that the headphones aren’t in the cards for 2026. [Link: Apple’s Camera-Equipped AI AirPods Remain on Track for 2027 Despite Video Leak | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/apple-s-camera-equipped-ai-airpods-remain-on-track-for-2027-despite-video-leak | Bloomberg]

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Samsung is hosting a Galaxy event next week.

“Galaxy Event August 2026” will take place on August 27th at 8AM ET, Samsung says. Perhaps it’ll be the launch venue for the rumored Galaxy S26 FE? [Link: [Invitation] Galaxy Event August 2026 | https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-invitation-galaxy-event-august-2026/ | Samsung Newsroom]

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Today’s Vergecast: Our Pixel reviewer roundtable.

Senior reviewer Victoria Song leads a Vergecast roundtable with editors Dominic Preston and Cameron Faulkner to talk about the Pixel 11/Pro/Fold and the Pixel Watch 5. We discuss if HiLight is a LowLight, whether we miss the temperature sensor, and if the Watch 5’s GPS truly beats Garmin and Apple. And stay tuned for more camera discussion on Friday’s Vergecast. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1EfI0LZrl4]

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Drop in your Pixel 11 (or Pixel Watch 5) questions.

Subscribers, head to our AMA page and leave any question that’s on your mind about Google’s new Pixel 11 phones, be it the plain 11, the 11 Pro, or the 11 Pro Fold. Oh yeah, the Pixel Watch 5, too. We’ll be answering them at 3PM ET. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/google-pixel-11-pro-fold-06.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/Google-Pixel-11-Pro-Photos-of-Phone-Using-On-Ear.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/268705_Pixel_11_review_CFAULKNER_P1011489.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/Google-Pixel-Watch-5-3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]