Author: Zach_Wilson
Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home
Google is opening up its smart home to AI agents, letting tools like Claude and Open Claw access and control your connected devices and analyze your home’s data using the standardized Model Context Protocol. Google Home MCP is a new integration that lets third-party AI agents control and monitor your…
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Your ‘health age’ is fake
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. During last week’s Apple Watch announcement, I let out a distinct “Noooo!” in the Steve…
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Blackwood is almost the John Wick-inspired third-person shooter I’ve been waiting for, and after 2 hours of playtime, I’m really excited for all of it — but it’s rough around the edges right now
Indie games have arguably become a cornerstone of PC gaming, even more so with modern-day entries becoming huge hits such as Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades 2, and a superhero surprise from developer Adhoc, Dispatch. In comes Blackwood, a cinematic third-person action indie, set in New York in 2012. You play…
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Google Home is going agentic via integration with the MCP standard
Premium Advanced users will get an early access build "in the coming weeks." Source
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Claude comes for Gemini with its own take on Docs and Slides
Claude is getting a pair of new tools today: Docs and Slides. They’ll let you create documents and presentations through Claude chats, which you can export, edit, and share with other users. As part of the announcement, Anthropic is also simplifying how Claude chats work, merging regular chats and Cowork…
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Samsung brings One UI 9 to the rest of the Galaxy S26 series
Features that debuted on foldables, such as My FanCam, are coming to more devices. Source
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