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Google introduces Mixboard, an AI-powered tool that lets users create mood boards, available in public beta in the US (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/783991/google-labs-mixboard-ai-design-canvas

Google’s Mixboard is an AI moodboard builder
The experimental tool uses generative AI to build Pinterest-like design boards.

Microsoft is bringing Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot, starting with Researcher and Copilot Studio (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/784392/microsoft-365-copilot-anthropic-ai-models-feature…

Microsoft embraces OpenAI rival Anthropic to improve Microsoft 365 apps
Microsoft is bringing Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 to Microsoft 365 Copilot users.

Microsoft Windows 10 users will receive free Extended Security Updates in the EEA without enabling Windows Backup, after pressure from the Euroconsumers group (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/785544/microsoft-windows…

Microsoft forced to make Windows 10 extended security updates truly free in Europe
You won’t have to enable Windows Backup to get extended Windows 10 security updates in the European Economic Area.

The Wireless Power Consortium launches faster Qi2 25W wireless charging, with "major Android smartphones" finally adopting the standard alongside the iPhone (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/712415/qi2-25w-wireles…

Faster Qi2 charging is coming to iPhones and ‘major’ Android phones
With the launch of the faster Qi2 25W wireless charging standard, Android manufacturers are apparently finally ready to adopt Qi2 charging.

Indie open gaming marketplace Itch.io abruptly deindexes NSFW content from its browse and search pages after payment processors raised concerns, following Steam (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/712890/itch-removes-adult-nsfw…

Itch.io follows Steam in removing adult games
The indie-focused gaming marketplace Itch.io has abruptly deindexed adult content from its browse and search pages, bowing to demands from payment providers.

How AI is reshaping the perfume industry, as fragrance tech startup Osmo promises 48-hour sample turnarounds and incumbents like DSM-Firmenich embrace the tech (Arabelle Sicardi/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/691050/perfume-ai

How AI infiltrated perfume
Some say it’s innovation. Others call it erasure.

Ring rolls out Video Descriptions, an AI-powered beta feature that generates text summaries of motion activity from its doorbells and cameras (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/692523/ring-ai-powe…

Ring camera alerts are about to get a lot smarter
Ring’s new Video Descriptions feature will tell you what your video doorbell or security camera sees, so you don’t have to watch the video.

Microsoft's Recall is meeting a lot of resistance from app developers, with Brave and AdGuard joining Signal in blocking the controversial Windows AI tool (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/713676/brave-adguard-windows-recall-block-micr…

Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature is now blocked by Brave and AdGuard
App developers are starting to block access to Windows Recall. AdGuard, Signal, and Brave aren’t fans of Microsoft’s AI tool.

YouTube adds a "hide" button to let users dismiss recommendation pop-ups that appear at the end of videos, following user feedback that pop-ups were distracting (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/784774/youtube-end-screen-videos-hide

YouTube will now let you hide those pesky end screens
YouTube is rolling out the ability for users to “hide” end screens, which often cover your screen with content recommendations at the end of a video.

Figma makes its prompt-to-app coding tool Figma Make available to all users, after initially launching it in beta for Full Seat users earlier in 2025 (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/712995/figma-make-ai-general-availability-annou…

Figma’s AI app building tool is now available for everyone
Figma Make, the prompt-to-app coding tool that Figma introduced earlier this year, is now available for all users after launching in beta earlier this year.