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Chris Welch has worked at The Verge since the site's founding in 2011. In the years since, he has published over 5,800 articles that range from breaking news and comprehensive reviews to useful how-tos and thoughtful analysis. Aside from his editorial duties, he's also among The Verge's most highly regarded photographers. Chris specializes in personal audio and home theater and has published numerous scoops about Sonos. You can tip him privately and securely using Signal at (845) 445-8455.

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YouTube shrinks its playback speed picker on Android and iOS.

What was once a list is now a slider. According to 9to5Google, YouTube is rolling out a redesigned mobile UX for choosing your preferred playback speed.

I’m old fashioned and watch at normal speed — and no, I don’t want to know how much of my life I’ve wasted on YouTube. But Nilay says the 1.75x option is now harder to get to.


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Digital Foundry’s PS5 Pro video review is an hour and 19 minutes long.

Need I say more? If you’re determined to hear every little morsel about Sony’s upgraded console and a thorough breakdown of which games benefit most from the added GPU horsepower and PSSR upscaling, here you go. No one does it quite like the folks at Digital Foundry.


Those new iMac colors look even better in our hands-on video.

It’s been a very busy week for the Mac. Apple gave creators and select media a preview of its latest machines in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Here’s Vjeran’s video roundup on the new Mac Mini, iMac, and MacBook Pro. The more I see that nano-texture coating on the latter, the more I’m sold on it.

Stay tuned for our reviews.


The Magic Mouse haters are going to have a field day with this one.

Apple’s impressive size reduction of the Mac Mini apparently left the company little choice but to put the machine’s power button... on the bottom.

At least you’ll presumably be leaving the thing in sleep mode more often than having to power it on. Apple says this is its first carbon neutral Mac, after all.


An image of the bottom of the 2024 Mac Mini.
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