The Highlight of Summer Games Done Quick Was a Very Good Dog Playing 16-Bit Baseball Summer Games Done Quick concluded over the weekend, raising $2.5 million for Doctors Without Borders. While the figure didn’t break any records, the speedrunning charity event hit a major milestone, reaching a lifetime total of over $50 million raised across all events and charities in its 10-plus-year history. With the general news out of the way, let’s talk about the highlight of the weeklong stream: a shiba inu named Peanut Butter. You may remember him. He was a major highlight of Awesome Games Done Quick 2024, when he became the first dog to participate, running Gyromite with the assistance of his owner, JSR, and a custom controller. Peanut Butter and JSR completed the run remotely,…

There’s an AMD Ryzen 7 PC Hiding Inside This Folding Keyboard There’s an AMD Ryzen 7 PC Hiding Inside This Folding Keyboard You can fit this PC in your pocket. Headless portable PCs packing everything except a display are growing in popularity among enthusiasts who don’t want to settle for a laptop they can’t easily upgrade — and now Chinese manufacturer Linglong is taking things further with this folding keyboard PC. Tom’s Hardware points to a presentation posted by the company showing the tiny PC that’s reminiscent of the folding wireless keyboards that were popular with PDAs like the PalmPilot. But this one’s quite a bit thicker, with an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U processor, 16GB or 32GB of RAM, up to 1TB of SSD storage, and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity all…

Google’s Dark Web Monitoring Service Will Soon Be Free for All Users Google’s Dark Web Monitoring Service Will Soon Be Free for All Users Illustration: The Verge Since last year, Google has monitored dark web leaks of stolen account information for Google One subscribers, such as phone numbers and physical addresses. But, starting later this month, Google’s dark web reports will be available to anyone with a Google account. According to a Google support page about the transition, the free service will be part of Google’s “results about you” page. This is where you can currently check for information Google has indexed that contains personal contact info like your home address, phone number, or email address and request it be removed so that it doesn’t surface in search results. Google…

HP Is Ditching Its Bait-and-Switch Printer DRM — But Only for LaserJets Last May, I told you how HP’s bestselling printer can lock you to the company’s own subscription ink for life, with no way to cancel, with its dastardly HP Plus scheme. But HP has decided to remove those shackles from future laser printers, at least. “We will no longer be offering HP+ on any LaserJet series products moving forward,” spokesperson Nick Lucido tells The Verge. Druckerchannel reports that HP is also quietly discontinuing all of its budget “e”-series LaserJet printers that straight-up mandated an HP Plus subscription, and HP confirms it’s discontinuing its Instant Ink subscription for laser printer toner as well. (Existing customers shouldn’t be affected.) But HP’s e-series inkjet printers (like the one I wrote about)…

Indie App Sales: Discover Over 300 Mac and iOS Apps on Sale Today and tomorrow, the website Indie App Sales offers almost 350 apps from independent developers at special prices or even completely free of charge. With such a vast selection, the filter function at the top right is your best friend, helping you catalog the offerings and sort not only by the names of the apps or developers but also by new arrivals or the highest discounts. The sale includes both Mac apps and apps for iOS devices, spanning various categories. Browsing through the list could be a pleasant alternative to watching the European Championship semi-final today. Feel free to share any interesting finds through the comments section to help other readers. Note that not all listed offers are…

How to Manage Deleted Files on a Chromebook .content-image { width: 100%; height: auto; } How to Manage Deleted Files on a Chromebook Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Like Windows and macOS computers, Chromebooks handle file deletion in two steps. Initially, the files aren’t actually deleted, even though they disappear from view. They’re kept around in what is called the Trash, just in case you ever need them back, and then are wiped automatically after a certain amount of time. However, if you’re dealing with sensitive information or selling your device, you can also permanently erase them. ChromeOS, the operating system behind Chromebooks, actually gives you two file systems to think about: one in the cloud (in other words, Google Drive) and one that is local. Each of…

Vampire Survivors Coming to Apple Arcade Vampire Survivors is Coming to Apple Arcade This is a screenshot of Vampire Survivors on Steam, not an iOS device. It still effectively communicates the absolute chaos of actually playing the game. Vampire Survivors, the hit bullet hell survival game where you take on hordes of pixelated monsters, is coming to Apple Arcade on August 1st, Apple announced on Tuesday. The game is already available for free on iOS, but this new version (technically called Vampire Survivors Plus) will be ad-free and include two DLC packs, Legacy of the Moonspell and Tides of the Foscari, that players typically have to buy separately. You’ll also be able to play multiplayer with up to four people on one iOS device. Apple revealed two more games coming…

Sony’s DualSense Edge Pro Controller for the PS5 is Now $24 Off Sony’s DualSense Edge Pro Controller for the PS5 is Now $24 Off Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Sony’s pro-focused PlayStation 5 controller hardly ever drops from its high $199.99 price point, but thankfully today is a little different. You can get the DualSense Edge for $174.99 (about $24 off) via Walmart’s online-only deal, dropping the specialized gamepad down to its lowest price to date. The highlight of the DualSense Edge is its impeccable software integration with the PS5. You can fine-tune up to four profiles that each have your own personal tweaks for things like stick sensitivity and custom rear button controls, and it’s easy to swap between profiles on the fly. The Edge also…

FRITZ!OS 7.90 Integrates Automatically Updated IP Block Lists Today, we already discussed spam-block filters for the FRITZ!Box with the community project PhoneBlock. ifun reader Ralph pointed out that the FRITZ!Box manufacturer AVM is optimizing its integration of a comparable filter function. From now on, AVM is offering the capability to automatically obtain an IP block list created and maintained by the manufacturer. This new feature is part of the next major update for the router operating system FRITZ!OS 7.90. Interested users can already obtain a preliminary version of the upcoming operating system, assuming they have a suitable FRITZ!Box model. At AVM, these betas are called "labor versions" and are offered for download here. Availability FRITZ!OS 7.90 is currently available for the following FRITZ!Box models: FRITZ!Box 5590 Fiber FRITZ!Box 7590 AX,…

FTC Says Anonymous Messaging App Failed to Stop ‘Rampant Cyberbullying’ Anonymous messaging app NGL will no longer be offered to kids under 18 after the company struck an agreement to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission and Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. The novel settlement terms — which are still subject to approval by a judge — indicate the latest effort by the FTC to crack down on companies that violate kids’ privacy or otherwise harm them. The commission has issued several complaints involving the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), including against Fortnite-maker Epic Games, Microsoft’s Xbox, and a weight loss app from Weight Watchers marketed to kids. But banning a company from offering their app to kids sets this settlement apart. NGL is an app where…