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Geekbench 7 will push your computer or phone even harder for better benchmarking

Antonio G. Di Benedetto is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021.

Primate Labs is releasing Geekbench 7, the latest generation of its popular benchmarking tool. Geekbench 7 features new video and audio encoding / decoding tests, a redesigned multi-core test, and larger, more demanding datasets for CPUs and GPUs to crunch through. It otherwise looks and acts just like Geekbench 6, and a Pro license will cost the same $99 (discounted to $79 until August 6th).

A Geekbench 7 Pro license allows for offline benchmarking that doesn’t get uploaded to the Geekbench Browser, and it still covers all compatible desktop platforms of Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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You Can Save Over $300 on the Galaxy S26 Ultra Right Now

Save $339: Flagship phones don’t often dip below four figures, especially this soon after release. Right now, though, Amazon has the unlocked Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra on sale for $961 in the violet color, taking $339 off its usual $1,300 list price. It’s one of the strongest

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How do we explain OpenAI’s executive exodus?

OpenAI is the original frontier lab. Its latest publicly released model, GPT-5.6, is one of the most capable and efficient on the market. Its desktop app for agentic coding and workplace tasks has seen its user base grow by about 15 million subscribers in the last two months. OpenAI

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Google’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI

Google gets something right in its Wednesday announcement about new Gemini Live voice features when it says, “You shouldn’t have to guess whether a task requires Spark, a Daily Brief, or a quick inbox search.” Google means that as a promise — that the updated Gemini app can handle a

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OpenAI says it took down a malicious Russian plan to spread misinformation on ChatGPT

* OpenAI says it has disrupted a social media influence campaign that is believed to be of Russian origin * What makes this campaign stand out is the underlying architecture, which features a "think tank" with highly questionable credibility * The objective of the campaign was to influence Western audiences into

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You Can Save Over $300 on the Galaxy S26 Ultra Right Now

How do we explain OpenAI’s executive exodus?

Google’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI

OpenAI says it took down a malicious Russian plan to spread misinformation on ChatGPT