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The Verge
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Apple's racing movie is finally here
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 88, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy heat dome, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about crypto crimes and egg thieves and Gap, watching Last Breath and Tires and The Four Seasons, testing the super simple Min browser, learning a ton from The Magic of Code, playing too much Ridiculous Fishing, vibe-coding a tracker for baby feedings, finally winning a Knockout Tour in Mario Kart World, lusting after the new Teenage Engineering scooter, taking photos with Project Indigo, and listening to Star Wars Lofi all day every day. This is the last Installer for me this summer! It's baby time. Starting next week, you'll be in the very good hands of Jay Peters, who has some awesome stuff lined up for you. He'll be in the Installer inbox, so please, send him emails, hit him up with questions, and tell him everything you're into right now. Y'all are going to have fun together. And in the interest of filling up the Gmail for Jay, I have a question: what's your favorite non-famous app? A few of you have recently reached out to remind me that yes, everyone knows Instagram and WhatsApp, but all of us power users take so much software for granted and forget that not everybody knows about them. So let's share the stuff we know all too well! My current favorites are probably Raycast, Mimestream, Unread, and But I want to hear all of yours, too. All right, enough from me. I also have for you a bunch of new stuff to watch while it's too hot to go outside, the best-looking VR headset I can remember, a new Death Stranding game, and much more. Let's get into it. (As always, the best part of Installer is your ideas and tips. What do you want to know more about? What awesome tricks do you know that everyone else should? What app should everyone be using? Tell me everything: installer@ And if you know someone else who might enjoy Installer, tell them to subscribe here. It's free, and you get it a full day early!) A few months ago, I went from not knowing Travis Larchuk at all to suddenly spending a lot of time together. We've been working on… a project that I can't tell you about yet but am excited to tell you about very soon. And, as of next week, Travis is also going to be the supervising producer of The Vergecast, which means we'll be making a truly alarming amount of stuff together going forward. The Vergecast will not be as good as Travis's podcast about jam and seltzer, but we'll do our best. In addition to his podcast prowess, Travis is also slowly teaching me about Dungeons & Dragons, has more weird game show ideas than anyone I've ever met, and knows a truly alarming amount about the Guitar Hero franchise. I asked him to share his homescreen with us, as I like to do with new Verge folk — here it is, plus some info on the apps he uses and why: The phone: A blue iPhone 13 Pro. The wallpaper: A blurry version of my lockscreen. It's a rotating gallery of photos from vacation, the sides of arcade cabinets, and random stupid things, with the purple+blue Duotone filter applied. The apps: Messages, Clock, Wallet, Google Maps, Settings, Passwords, NYTimes, NYT Games, Life Time, Apple Podcasts, Apple Music, Slack, Phone, Gmail, Outlook, Safari. I only have one page of apps. I find most of my apps by typing their name into the search bar. For my aphantasiac brain, the English language is a better organizational method than randomly plopping squares in different places. I'm not defending my app choices, because they are indefensible, but here are some explanations: I also asked Travis to share a few things he's into right now. Here's what he sent back: Here's what the Installer community is into this week. I want to know what you're into right now as well! Email installer@ or message me on Signal — @davidpierce.11 — with your recommendations for anything and everything, and we'll feature some of our favorites here every week. For even more great recommendations, check out the replies to this post on Threads and this post on Bluesky. 'Cool Tools have been around for 25 years, they have a podcast and have even published a book with the same name. It is a web site which recommends the best / cheapest tools available. This includes hand tools, machines, books, software, gadgets, websites, maps, and even ideas.' — Sinan 'The red-tailed hawks' nest at Cornell (and a bunch of other types of birds) have live feeds you can watch if you're stressed out.' — Hayden 'List, with the too-cute-for-its-own-good URL (that's eight of them), one of the nicest tools to put all the information you care about in order. It basically lets you make lists, and encourages you to get creative with them. If you're a collector of physical media, or an internet list-fanatic or, generally, a completionist, you might fall in love with this app.' — Cosmin 'Reading the recently-released, Playing at the World by Jon Peterson. It's THE authoritative source on the origins of D&D, and by extension the invention of role-playing games and the origins of all the game mechanics that we take for granted from video games.' — Jonathan 'Currently watching King of the Road (the Vice series, available on YouTube). Also playing a ton of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2, and the original THPS3 on my Steam Deck with Partymod. All of this skateboarding media made me pick up a longboard too, which has been fun so far!' — Alex 'The newish podcast Post Games from Chris Plante, former editor in chief and co-founder of Polygon. Great weekly dives into under-covered aspects of gaming news.' — Nick 'Trying to solve Every 5x5 Nonogram (Picross for the Nintendo fans) with a community of people around the world. About half of the 25 million solutions are done. I've contributed about 650 so far.' — Sam 'I beat my phone addiction using the AppBlock Android app. It has a strict mode that makes it almost impossible to access blocked apps or websites. I also found a daily routine app that works for me. It's called RoutineFlow and it makes routines behave like playlists with set time for each task and estimated time of completion. It was designed for people with ADHD.' — Jakub 'The book series Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman is fantastic! The series is funny and engaging — I tore through all seven books in two weeks and couldn't put them down!' — Kyle 'Trying to learn cardistry with my USPCC decks that came in earlier today. They're a big step up from the dollar store playing cards I was using before. (I got the gorgeous unicorn-themed cards and the low-poly skull-themed ones called Memento Mori Genesis.)' — Julia A while back, I had Casey Johnston, author of She's A Beast and A Physical Education, on the Vergecast to talk about phone usage. She gave me lots of good tips for using my phone less, but one in particular has been a game-changer for me: she recommended getting a second device, on which to put all the feeds and social media and all the stuff I don't want to do all day. Friends, I did that, and it rules. (I had an extra Android device lying around, but you can buy a pretty good one for a couple hundred bucks.) Now, my phone is much more minimal and thus less distracting, but if I want to bring something with me for scrolling and games and generally wasting time, I have a device that's equally easy to pocket. I like it better than moving everything to an iPad, because it's way more portable, and it still looks like I'm just on my phone to the rest of the world. It feels less weird in the Starbucks line, I don't know. If you're looking for a summer reset, give this one a try. Buy a phone, repurpose an old one, whatever, and dump everything but your most essential apps on there. Use it as much as you want, but always make sure it's a second device. For me, at least, it's been the best of all worlds. I still have everything close… but not always too close. Have a great summer hanging with Jay, and I'll see you in a couple months!
Hypebeast
25-06-2025
- Automotive
- Hypebeast
From Synthesizers to EVs: Teenage Engineering Launches Its First EPA-1 Electric Moped
Summary Teenage Engineering, known for its innovative musical instruments and audio equipment, is venturing into the realm of urban mobility through a new collaboration with fellow Swedish brand,Vässla. Bridging the gap between industrial design and transportation, the partnership introduces the EPA-1 — Teenage Engineering's first-ever electric moped and a striking synthesis of form and function. Short for En Passar Alla ('One Fits All'), the EPA-1 reflects both brands' shared commitment to modularity, innovation, and user-centered design. With a minimalist profile and a customizable frame, the moped features 11 reinforced mounting points designed to accommodate an array of accessories, including cargo baskets, helmet boxes, and passenger seats, allowing riders to tailor the vehicle to their lifestyle. Available in Class 1 (2,600W, 45 km/h) and Class 2 (1,000W, 25 km/h) variants, the EPA-1 offers two battery options: a 30Ah unit with up to 60 km of range and a 50Ah version extending to 100+ km. Both batteries utilize LiFePO₄ chemistry for enhanced safety and longevity, and can be charged on or off the bike. Additional features include NFC keyless start, a theft alarm with automatic wheel lock, LED lighting and both USB-A and USB-C ports. Launching in matte black with more colorways to follow, the EPA-1 is priced from 19,990 SEK (approx. $2,096 USD). For more information, head over to Vässla's officialwebsite.
Hypebeast
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
BENTGABLENITS and Teenage Engineering's BGN–11 Collab Transforms Speakers Into Artifacts
Summary BENTGABLENITSandTeenage Engineeringare partnering up to unveil the first chapter of their limited collaboration: the BGN–11. Limited to 10 unique editions, these handcrafted speakers are built from reimagined 1930s metal dollhouses, offering a fascinating blend of vintage aesthetics and modern audio engineering. Each edition features a fully functional OD-11 speaker, carefully housed within a unique structure that has been meticulously stitched, wired and weathered by hand. This intricate process transforms nostalgic objects into functional works of art, bridging the past and present through sound. This limited release is more than a fusion of audio and design—it's a physical meditation on nostalgia and storytelling. BENTGABLENITS founders Brenda Bent, Karen Gable and Angelo Nitsopoulos describe the project as a dialogue between the tactile soul of handcraft and the futuristic minimalism of Teenage Engineering's technology. 'We thought the speaker related to home,' Gable reflects, 'and home is something that we could deal with. It became about developing a home.' Rooted in the founders' lifelong practice of collecting and reinterpreting overlooked objects, the BGN–11 exemplifies a shared ethos between both brands: reverence for the past and innovation in the present. Though divergent in aesthetics – one grounded in antique textures, the other in sleek modernism – the two brands converge through a mutual dedication to craft and narrative. 'We find beauty in things that might sound obscure,' says Nitsopoulos. 'It's this ongoing dialogue between past and present, and also memory and reinvention.' The BGN–11 will launch on June 27 via aspecial website. This is accompanied by an immersive three-day installation at 131 Greene Street, New York City. The installation will also showcase hand-beaded vintage artist and musician T-shirts, along with other Teenage Engineering collectible editions — inviting visitors to fully engage with this unique fusion of art, sound and nostalgia.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Couldn't preorder a Switch 2? No worries, Playdate has big news coming this week
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. While everyone's scrambling after Switch 2 preorders, Panic's beautiful little Playdate console could be a fun low-fi alternative – and new games are coming! The company says it's sold 70,000 devices since the Playdate console was launched, along with almost 290,000 game units. On Thursday (17 April), it will announce Playdate Season 2, a second series of games for the minimalist device. We can expect to learn pre-order information, price and the release date for the first week of Season Two games (also see our pick of the best retro game consoles). Designed by the app developer and video game publisher Panic in collaboration with Teenage Engineering, Playdate is a very unique-looking handheld games console. Sure, it doesn't have the graphics or interactivity of the Switch 2, or Joy-Cons that work as mice. But it's bright yellow, fits in your pocket and it has a beautiful black and white screen. And it has a crank: a unique flip-out rotating analogue controller. This week's showcase airs one day from the third year anniversary of Playdate's original launch and two years since the launch of Playdate's online store for games, Catalog. Since then, Panic says it's raised over $1m for developers. Indie devs working with Panic have been enthusiastic about the model. 'Making games for Playdate has been an incredible experience — it's taken me places (both digital and physical!) that I honestly never thought I'd reach,' says Rae, Playdate game developer of Rowbot Rally. 'This community is super helpful and always willing to share tips and resources freely so any game turns out the best it can be, and I've received so much support from them not just in problem-solving but also sheer hype. "With the Playdate SDK, it's super easy to iterate on an idea and turn it into a fun game; and the amount of players willing to take a chance on even a small silly game in Catalog is incredible. In fact, earnings from my Playdate titles have very directly resulted in me buying my first car! [insert the funniest car horn noise here] Big thanks to Panic, and the rest of the Playdate community (I know you're reading this!), for all you do.' "Developing Playdate games has been such a perfect starting point for me as a first time game dev!' says ToadleyUnderControl, Playdate game developer of Reel-Istic Fishing.' 'I found it to be a lot less overwhelming than learning a game engine, and the community surrounding Playdate is made of some awesome people who really kept me motivated through their support and excitement! "Everything about developing for this just feels so easy and smooth, and you can very quickly get a prototype running on the handheld itself! I've also been able to put money toward my university tuition / student loans thanks to selling Playdate games!! I owe a lot to this lil cheese handheld, so thank you to everyone involved in Playdate from the bottom of my cold, slimy, amphibious heart." Playdate is available to order for $229 and refurbished units are also now available at for $179. The Playdate Update showcase will air on April 17 at 10am PT/ 1pm ET / 6pm UK time. For more novel consoles, check out the Nex Playground. If you're working on your own game, see our pick of the best game development software.
WIRED
12-04-2025
- WIRED
An Instagram iPad App, a New Motorola Razr, and Gemini's Latest—Here's Your Gear News of the Week
Plus: Nothing teases a new CMF smartphone, Specialized's latest mountain ebike starts at $8,000, and Teenage Engineering revamps its sampler. Photograph: MY24, Teenage Engineering; Getty Images If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. An iPad Instagram app might be on the horizon. According to The Information, a Meta employee claims the long-asked-for app is finally in development, fueled by Meta's desire to ramp up user activity on Instagram as a whole. Right now, Instagram is available on the iPad, but it's the iPhone version and is designed for smaller, narrower displays—so it doesn't take up the full screen. Images and Reels maintain the same aspect ratio, resulting in an awkward experience. But the terrible user interface hasn't been enough for Instagram chief Adam Mosseri to green-light a version designed for the iPad. Still, Mosseri hasn't been quiet on the topic—despite past pleas, he's taken to posting on X multiple times over the last few years to explain that there's not a big enough group to make an Instagram iPad app a priority. But as TikTok's future remains unclear, Mosseri might have changed his tune. As the report outlines, Instagram is using the looming ban as an opportunity to drive more users to its app. Before the short-lived ban in January, Instagram released an update centered solely on enhancements to Reels—its short-form video feature—to steer users from TikTok to its app. The company extended the maximum length of videos, changed the profile grid to a rectangular format (specifically a 4:5 aspect ratio), and launched a new video app called Edits (similar to CapCut from TikTok's parent company, ByteDance). Instagram hasn't confirmed the iPad app's development, and so we don't have a release window. The TikTok ban has been extended for another 75 days, so keep your eyes peeled on the App Store. —Brenda Stolyar A New Razr Is on the Way This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Motorola has given us a date for the launch of the next Razr: April 24. This folding flip phone follows on the success of the Razr and Razr+ from 2024, and while the teaser video shows us a silhouette of a phone that looks identical (in multiple colors), the words 'AI' flash on the screen at the end. Motorola's Moto AI has been in beta since late 2024—it's an AI companion that can remember things about you, summarize notifications, and transcribe and summarize recordings. Maybe it'll finally come out of beta with the Razr 2025? The Razr isn't the only phone Motorola announced this week. There's a new Moto G Stylus 2025, which retains the $399 price of its predecessor. It remains the only smartphone that comes with a stylus under $500, and Motorola is putting a little more emphasis on it this time around. You'll be able to turn basic sketches into AI-generated art, write down math problems and have them convert to text with the solution in tow, and you can even use it with Google's Circle to Search. The Moto G Stylus is also IP68 water resistant now, is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 chipset, and still features a headphone jack, OLED 120-Hz screen, and wireless charging. It launches on April 17 for $399. Nothing's Next CMF Phone Is Almost Here Last year, the CMF Phone 1 blew me away with its stellar performance and design—it outperformed several phones that cost more money, all while looking far more stylish. CMF is Nothing's sub-brand that focuses on affordable tech, and we're about to get a successor to the Phone 1 at the end of the month. A teaser was posted on Nothing's Community forum, with video glimpses of the CMF Phone 2 Pro. The focus seems to be on the phone's build, with Nothing stating, 'Ultra-slim. Ultra-light. Ultra-sleek.' Nothing also highlighted a new finish that's textured. We'll be able to glean more details on April 28 at 9 am ET, where Nothing will also take the wraps off three new wireless earbuds: CMF Buds 2, Buds 2a, and Buds 2 Plus. Google's Gemini Live Gets a Video Upgrade Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Got a Google Pixel 9 or Samsung Galaxy S25? If you're on Google's Gemini Advanced subscription, you now have a new perk: camera sharing with Gemini Live. Rolling out this week, this feature supposedly lets you have a free-flowing conversation with Gemini when it's in Gemini Live mode with your phone camera open. Gemini will be able to see everything you show it. That means you can ask it for a product's name by just pointing the camera at it, or ask for inspiration or ideas on how to redecorate your office. This is powered by Google's Astra technology, which will soon be inside Google's smart glasses. If you don't want to use Gemini Live, you can also attach photos, files, and documents to the standard version of Gemini and ask questions about them. While the new live video function is rolling out to Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25 users now, it'll be broadly available to all Gemini Advanced subscribers on Android devices later on. Specialized Drops the S-Works Levo 4, Its Latest Electric Mountain Bike If you like mountain biking but don't have the free time to get out and get as strong as you used to be, then it's time to get an electric mountain bike. It's been several years since Specialized updated its pedal-assist Levo line, so I'm excited to see the announcement of a full-power electric S-Works Levo 4 this week. The new bike has a 720-watt S-Works motor with 111 Nm of torque, promising 27 percent more power than its predecessor, and the ability to haul you up much steeper, more technical climbs, with a huge 1,120-Wh onboard battery so that you don't find yourself stranded powerless in the middle of nowhere. The bike also purports to offer much more refined power assist, so that you don't accidentally bike yourself into a tree on technical terrain, and there's even downtube storage inside the bike for easy access to the battery and an extra tube for your tires. It weighs about 52 pounds (23.6 kg), which, although not light, is comparable to its competitors like the Trek Slash. We're excited to take it out on some singletrack soon. —Adrienne So Sony's New Speakers Want to Get the Party Started If you've ever felt your portable speaker has let you down in either bass or vibes, Sony's new party speakers are promising to deliver both, with a trio of newcomers joining the ULT Power Sound series—tagline: 'Maximum Bass. Ultimate Vibe.' They are all quite different—starting with size. With its detachable shoulder strap and compact size, the ULT Field 3 is probably the kind of portable speaker you think of when you hear 'portable speaker,' and promises a powerful sound from the two-way active driver design. It'll last 24 hours and is IP67 rated. The ULT Field 5 is a bigger speaker that stands upright and has the ability to access two different kinds of bass boost for more low-end wobble. It has the addition of Sony's 360° Party Lights, and 25 hours of battery life, plus it's IP66 rated for outside play. Both the ULT Field 3 and Field 5 are additionally salt-water resistant, making them a safe option for beach parties. The ULT Tower 9, on the other hand, is the kind of portable speaker I imagine you might own if you really disliked your neighbors. This enormous speaker is officially portable because it comes with wheels and a handle, but that is the beginning and end of its portability. Wheeling it much further than your garden feels unlikely, but it has karaoke and guitar inputs for turning the party up to 11 and more volume than most people will know what to do with. The speakers will cost $200, $320, and $900 respectively, and are available now. —Verity Burns Teenage Engineering's Sampler Gets a Winning Update One thing that's a rarity in the world of portable music-making gear is proper software updates. That changes with Teenage Engineering's K.O. II sampler. The company, a purveyor of gorgeous music-making tools for creative nerds, has dropped a big software update for its sampler that offers owners and new buyers cool new features. You can now resample things for remixing, chop sounds up, and side-chain your beats for more pump-y mixes, among even larger changes to the playback engine. Folks who want to make more use of playing stuff first and putting it together later will enjoy that you can now arrange tracks of up to 9,801 bars, and will enjoy that there is increased polyphony (the number of samples you can play at once) and better MIDI support for live performances with a laptop and DAW. That's … a lot of changes for a $299 sampler and portable recorder that looks like a calculator from the 1980s. If TE supports its affordable products this well after launch, it makes us want to keep buying. —Parker Hall Photograph: Teenage Engineering
