Notices by The Verge News Feed (verge@mastodon.social)

Apple could use AI to help your iPhone save battery https://www.theverge.com/news/665249/apple-ios-19-update-conserve-iphone-battery-ai

US and China slash tariffs https://www.theverge.com/news/664811/us-china-pause-tariffs-90-days

Mexico is suing Google over how it’s labeling the Gulf of Mexico https://www.theverge.com/news/664796/mexico-lawsuit-google-gulf-of-mexico-america

Pope Leo XIV names AI one of the reasons for his papal name https://www.theverge.com/news/664719/pope-leo-xiv-artificial-intelligence-concerns

Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car https://www.theverge.com/policy/664433/cbp-photos-facial-recognition-travelers-leaving-us

The US is reportedly encouraging countries to adopt Musk’s Starlink in tariff trade talks https://www.theverge.com/news/663839/us-government-starlink-tariff-talks-elon-musk

Apple is planning smart glasses with and without AR https://www.theverge.com/news/663600/apple-smart-glasses-chips-ar-chip

OpenAI hires former head of the Facebook app https://www.theverge.com/news/663454/openai-fidji-simo-apps-ceo-facebook-instacart

Threads was originally going to live inside the Instagram app https://www.theverge.com/news/663390/threads-app-inside-instagram-mosseri

Trump cuts Energy Star program that saved households $450 a year https://www.theverge.com/news/662847/trump-ending-energy-star-program-could-cost-homeowners-450-annually

FTC loses appeal to stop Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal that already happened https://www.theverge.com/news/662883/ftc-appeal-microsoft-activision-deal-acquisition

States sue Trump over ‘existential threat’ to wind energy https://www.theverge.com/news/661318/wind-energy-electricity-states-lawsuit-president-trump

Google searches are falling in Safari for the first time ever —probably because of AI https://www.theverge.com/news/662725/google-search-safari-ai-apple-eddy-cue-testimony

A new bill would force Apple to allow third-party app stores https://www.theverge.com/news/662180/app-store-freedom-act-apple-third-party-app-stores

Amazon now has a ‘Get book’ button in its iOS Kindle app https://www.theverge.com/news/661719/amazon-app-ios-apple-iphone-ipad-kindle-buy-books

Microsoft announces a Gears of War remaster – and it’s coming to PlayStation, too https://www.theverge.com/news/661169/gears-of-war-reloaded-remaster-release-date

Trump DOJ goon threatens Wikipedia https://www.theverge.com/news/656720/ed-martin-dc-attorney-wikipedia-nonprofit-threat

Stripe already has a way for iOS developers to dodge Apple’s payment system https://www.theverge.com/news/660131/stripe-checkout-ios-transactions-outside-app-antitrust

Epic is offering developers an alternative to Apple’s in-app purchases https://www.theverge.com/news/659655/epic-games-store-revenue-share-webshops-apple-in-app-purchases

A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store https://www.theverge.com/news/659246/apple-epic-app-store-judge-ruling-control