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Installer No. 143 rolls in with Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and AirPods 5, plus Meta’s Muse AI, refreshed Sony XM4C headphones, Philips Hue Play Screen Sync, and more gadget picks; the issue also features Verge editor Emma Roth’s homescreen and current obsessions and invites reader recommendations for the crowdsourced section.
CachyOS’s August 2026 media refresh focuses on desktop improvements and advances toward a forthcoming Server Edition, including substantial CLI installer updates, desktop tooling refinements, and backend rewrites (kernel-manager chwd and update tray) in Rust, plus Shelly GUI package manager moving from C# to Zig, bug fixes, and wiki updates; downloads and details are available at CachyOS.org.
Installer No. 135 spotlights the iFixit Megalodon Driver Kit as the perfect compact toolkit for tiny repairs, and rounds up other gadget picks (Nothing Earbuds 3A, Ugmonk Analog Card Pack, GPT-Live, Apple USB-C EarPods) plus a peek at Ian Bogost’s Homebridge setup and community recommendations.
Installer No. 134 surveys a diverse gadget lineup and singles out the Google Home Speaker as the standout smart speaker, while also featuring a Star Fox remake, the Atonemo NTS Radio Player, Meta Glasses, Deltarune Chapter 5, and an iPad-centric workflow with apps like Obsidian and Final Cut Pro, plus reader crowdsourced picks and ideas for collaborative, focused work.
David Pierce declares Vivaldi 8.0 his new default browser thanks to its cleaner design and customization, while this week's Installer rounds up Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, two tech books (Steve Jobs in Exile and How to Rule the World), notable earbuds and gadgets, a racing game, and crowdsourced reader picks for entertainment and productivity.
Installer No. 128 spotlights Mole, a $9 Mac cleanup app that locates large files, unused apps, and memory hogs without aggressive upselling, followed by a curated mix of Mac utilities (Bartender Pro, The Twelve South PowerClip), gadgets (Subnautica 2, Indigo, Snapseed 4.0), and cultural picks. It includes a feature with Joanna Stern on AI-driven workflows and BookBots, reader-submitted recommendations (Mars First Logistics, Trash Truck, NotebookLM, Devil May Cry 5, Blento, etc.), and tech-news notes like Xbox’s rebrand to XBOX and YouTube expanding its deepfake detection. The newsletter also shares personal desk upgrades (Anker power strip and long USB-C cables) and signs off until next week.
Installer 126 surveys the latest DIY tech and AI experiments—from The Steam Controller to Claude Code-powered Daily—and showcases reader-made projects, followed by a crowd-sourced gallery of ideas and a soundtrack-filled signing-off.
The Verge’s Installer No. 123 spotlights The Audacity, a new show that parodies tech bros, while also highlighting Artemis II photos, Star Wars and Pokémon updates, plus a crowdsourced roundup of favorites from the installer community and Tom Hitchins’ homescreen feature.
The Verge’s Installer No. 120 surveys a weekend of picks, led by Project Hail Mary as the must-see movie, with updates on AirPods Max 2, Netlify.New, and other AI/gadget highlights, plus a crowdsourced notebook and pen round-up and personal tech musings.
Installer No. 117 spotlights Acme Weather’s comeback as a Dark Sky–style weather app, praising its multi-forecast features, while also covering Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra, a refined RSS reader, and crowd-sourced picks from The Verge’s community.
Ubuntu 23.10, codenamed Mantic Minotaur, introduces new installation options with a slimmed-down default installation and the ability to choose ZFS as the primary file system. The App Center has been upgraded with faster performance and rewritten in Flutter, while a dedicated firmware updater tool has been added. The upgrade to GNOME 45 brings changes such as an Activities Indicator and improved search performance. The 6.5 kernel provides faster boot times, support for Xbox controllers' rumble haptic feedback, and improved AppArmor policies. Additionally, Personal Package Archives (PPAs) are now handled differently.