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Laptop reviewer for theverge.com. You can’t see it but I’m talking with my hands right now. ლ,ᔑ•ﺪ͟͠•ᔐ.ლ

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Intel Panther Lake laptop CPU review: call it a comeback A great Lake.

In addition to my review of a Panther Lake laptop, I also reviewed the Intel Core Ultra X9 388H CPU inside it. This new chip is a big deal, and it warranted a separate write-up.

The long-short? Intel is back, baby!

Gift link for my @theverge.com review: www.theverge.com/tech/867214/...

26.01.2026 18:51 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Asus Zenbook Duo (2026) review: twice as nice — for a price Dual screens done so right.

I reviewed the new Asus Zenbook Duo with Intel’s flagship Panther Lake chip. Damn, I love dual-screen laptops. And this is the best one yet, with great performance and excellent battery life. Plus it’s just fun!

Heres a gift link to my full review for @theverge.com

www.theverge.com/tech/867548/...

26.01.2026 18:43 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

23.01.2026 16:01 — 👍 15946    🔁 20338    💬 212    📌 346
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Why does the iOS weather app suck even though Apple bought and killed Dark Sky?

“Sleet for the next hour.” Mother fucker.. outside my window are the biggest, fluffiest snowflakes

17.01.2026 18:10 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Pro photogs are built different.

Mad respect to this photographer and his Leica M10-R being hurled across the ground.

17.01.2026 16:41 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hire. Ash. Now.

Our huge loss of her voice at The Verge can be to your massive benefit. She’s the best at what she does and she always welcomed my non-stop prattling about nerdy Gunpla shit.

16.01.2026 20:44 — 👍 18    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

If you have a middle name I suggest using it in your byline. When I get email pitches addressing me as “Antonio G.” I instantly know they can be deleted and ignored. Super helpful

13.01.2026 13:10 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ok few things bring me joy like smol Japanese cars and even fewer posts make me actually LOL. Bravo.

11.01.2026 04:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love the cheese grater hats. And bringing an actual grater and actual cheese is commitment to the bit. But come on man, don’t waste delicious cheese… 😐

11.01.2026 04:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That half, that final play. Woooooof!

11.01.2026 04:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This keyboard is actually an entire computer. Just plug it into a monitor and you’re set. Pricing isn’t finalized yet for the HP Eliteboard G1A, but HP says the starting price should come in under $1,000.

07.01.2026 14:47 — 👍 493    🔁 87    💬 172    📌 139
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Microsoft’s holiday Copilot ad is wrapped in empty promises I don’t want Copilot for Christmas.

I asked Copilot for holiday-related help like in Microsoft’s new ad and I might as well have gotten coal.

Pass the nog, please. 🫠

www.theverge.com/report/84705...

18.12.2025 16:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today I’m toying with Where we play with gadgets and let you see what they’re like.

I will be at CES... and I want to know what gadgets I absolutely must see *and touch* and quite possibly *film* for @theverge.com and my Today I'm Toying With video series!

Does your gadget seem like a fit? Don't pitch me text: DM me photos or a video clip!
www.theverge.com/gadgets/7128...

04.12.2025 21:33 — 👍 32    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 0
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Every little girl wants a pretty unicorn sticker on their water bottle

28.11.2025 23:26 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Or like, food 😅

20.11.2025 16:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sauntering around with a Leica will always make you seem at least a bit of a posh jerk. But if that Leica is a Monochrom it definitely tips the scales more towards “cool.” Especially if that’s your only camera, bc that’s hardcore.

20.11.2025 15:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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And I tried a bunch of other things that could potentially be useful. But it couldn't tell what number was higher in a spreadsheet of laptop benchmark scores. And when I asked for Balatro tips I was given generic advice for... Magic: The Gathering? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

18.11.2025 22:38 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In the ad, people use Copilot to:

🎤 Find a microphone used in a video
🚀 Learn a rocket's thrust from a PowerPoint
📷 Locate a pretty cave based on a photo
📝 Write an artist bio based on their portfolio

Guess which ones it succeeded at? Did you guess none of them?

18.11.2025 21:49 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent Hey Copilot, are you useful yet?

I first saw Microsoft's TV ad about "The computer you can talk to" during an NFL game. So I spent a week talking to the Copilot AI in Windows 11. Surely, it must be easy to replicate the specific tasks Microsoft wants millions of people to see...

Right? RIGHT??

www.theverge.com/report/82244...

18.11.2025 21:20 — 👍 44    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 2
headline from the verge: Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent

headline from the verge: Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent

Right now, talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.

Read more from @superantonio64.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82244...

18.11.2025 17:21 — 👍 104    🔁 23    💬 4    📌 7

BIG YIKES!

But, to be fair, let’s remember that the Steam Deck was a little rough at launch software-wise. And Microsoft’s track record with software updates and improvements is…

Uhhh… 😬

Maybe FSE will get Service Pack 2

15.10.2025 15:35 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is not an Xbox Microsoft’s first “Xbox” handhelds are shipping not fully baked.

My Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X review.

The top phrases running through my mind while testing it:

"Someone's getting fired for greenlighting this launch"

"This is not an Xbox"

"If this is the future of Xbox, Xbox is screwed."

Went with the middle.

www.theverge.com/games/799698...

15.10.2025 14:24 — 👍 1054    🔁 208    💬 49    📌 173
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Ad-free Verge podcasts have arrived Subscribers now get ad-free access to all Verge podcasts, including Decoder, Version History, and The Vergecast.

We're not kidding when we say an ad-free Vergecast was HIGHLY requested. It was even asked about in an internal editorial meeting before the Verge subscription ever launched.

(It was me who asked, because I'm still a nerdy fan at my core. 🤓)

www.theverge.com/podcast/7993...

15.10.2025 15:08 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro gets an M5 chip bump and faster storage New M chip, same looks.

The M5 MacBook Pro is the annual Madden release of laptops

www.theverge.com/news/797850/...

15.10.2025 15:04 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My wife waited until we were at the Gundam Base pop-up shop to drop the “you can pick out your birthday gift here” bombshell on me.

Well, I did tell myself I might buy ONE gunpla… so happy early birthday [and christmas] to me 🥳

14.10.2025 00:26 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Got my ass beat nasty with a kettlebell this morning, and next it’s time to photograph a rainy wedding day for 10 hours. I do this to myself but 😮‍💨

11.10.2025 13:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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White on black?

11.10.2025 13:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mother of god… it’s Overcooked for OSHA violations 😲

02.10.2025 18:13 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why does Apple think three lenses are eight lenses? “Optical zoom options” that aren’t really optical zooms.

Apple's lens math doesn't add up, and I'm growing tired of its marketing speak about how many equivalent "pro lenses" of "optical quality" are in your pocket.

A lil' iPhone camera analysis for ya, over at @theverge.com

www.theverge.com/iphone/77625...

11.09.2025 15:03 — 👍 57    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1

Shit, posting Mamiya 6-anything is a flex, and many nerds will fawn over it. I’m guilty at times too.

21.08.2025 20:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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