The Verge

The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks
China may have accessed Mythos
Conclave is the sound of a NYC summer block party
How to watch most of the World Cup matches with free trials
The impossible dream of the universal remote
Solid-state batteries still aren’t ready, but gels are
Amazon security research reportedly led to the White House’s Anthropic Fable ban
X-Men ’97 has what Master of the Universe is missing
Sealed Super Mario Bros. sells for a record $3 million
Microsoft hasn’t ruled out spinning off Xbox
Bose’s latest QuietComfort Ultra are $70 off, marking a new low price 
My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac
Never Post’s Mike Rugnetta on the creative process and the value of reliable power
My yard is dying, so I made an app for that
Anthropic cuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access following government order
Echo Isle is a pint-sized adventure inspired by classic Zelda
Apple’s new AI photo editing tools mostly work, for better and worse
A better way to manage all your screenshots
The future of Hollywood isn’t feeding prompts into vanilla gen AI models 
Valve just imported 13 tons of VR headsets in one day