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Epic reaches a settlement with Samsung, which it sued over allegedly conspiring with Google to undermine third party app stores (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/analysis/699541/epic-games-settle-samsung-auto-blocker-lawsui…

Epic reaches mystery settlement with Samsung days before new Galaxy phones
Epic Games has dropped all its claims against Samsung, saying it’s reached a settlement, days before Samsung is due to announce new phones at Samsung Unpacked.

Bluesky rolls out Activity Notifications, letting users receive notifications of new posts and replies from selected accounts, as it expands its sports presence (Richard Lawler/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/699671/bluesky-push-n…

Bluesky can really keep up with the news now that it has activity notifications
Bluesky’s latest update added more notification settings, as well as activity notifications to see whenever certain accounts have a new post.

Waymo introduces teen accounts in Phoenix, allowing teenagers aged 14-17 to use its Waymo One ridehailing service alone with parental approval (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/699580/waymo-teen-account-phoenix

Waymo introduces teen accounts for the first time in Phoenix
Waymo is introducing teen accounts for the first time in Phoenix. Kids as young as 14 can create an account that’s linked to their parent or guardian.

Google rolls out a new Gmail feature to manage subscriptions, showing a list of emails delivered via active subscriptions, sorted by the most frequent senders (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/701282/gmail-manage-email-sub…

Gmail’s new tab is made for unsubscribing from emails
Gmail’s introducing a new Manage subscriptions feature that shows the most frequent senders on one screen so you can easily unsubscribe with a single click.

Sources detail Google's struggles to monetize Google TV, which has been costing the company hundreds of millions of dollars annually and has yet to break even (Janko Roettgers/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/lowpass-newsletter/724970/google-tv-ad…

Google TV’s uncertain future
Google isn’t very good at selling ads for its own smart TV platform, Google TV.

Microsoft showcases a new fullscreen Xbox experience optimized for handhelds, coming first to the Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X and to other handhelds in 2026 (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/682011/microsof…

This is how Microsoft is combining Windows and Xbox for handheld PCs
Microsoft has worked with Asus to launch two new Xbox Ally devices. Both include improvements to Windows on handhelds with a full-screen Xbox experience.

Google adds new AI and gaming features to Android's Circle to Search, and Gemini Live support for foldables and third-party apps, starting with Samsung devices (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/702291/android-google-a…

Android’s Circle to Search feature gets AI and gaming upgrades
Google is adding AI Mode to Android’s Circle to Search tool and expanding Gemini Live support for Samsung devices.

During the GPT-5 livestream, OpenAI showed two charts whose scales were all over the place, with Sam Altman later calling one "a mega chart screwup from us" (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/756444/openai-gpt-5-vibe-graphing-chart-crim…

OpenAI gets caught vibe graphing
During its big GPT-5 livestream, OpenAI showed off a few charts that seemed to have some big mistakes. CEO Sam Altman called one a “screwup.”

Sources: OpenAI plans to launch an open-weight model as soon as next week on Hugging Face and other platforms, its first open-weight release since GPT-2 in 2019 (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft

OpenAI’s open language model is imminent
OpenAI is ready to launch its new open AI model. The release could come as soon as next week, according to sources familiar with OpenAI’s plans.

Ikea plans to relaunch its smart home line with 20 new Matter-over-Thread devices, set to release in January 2026, and updates its Dirigera smart home hub (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/smart-home/701697

Thread count: Ikea is stitching together a smarter home
With more than 20 Matter-over-Thread smart devices set to launch next year, Ikea is switching things up as it looks to make the smart home simpler and more affordable.