Gaming Disappointment and Tech News Roundup

The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler discuss all the gadgets announced at IFA 2023, the next flagship phone events from Apple and Google, and a whole lot more.

Also: Nilay Patel breaks news about the 5G banana surgery.

Further reading:

• No, they did not do surgery on a banana over 5G
• Apple’s September iPhone event: how to watch and what to expect 
• Google leaked Google’s flagship Pixel 8 Pro, again
• Google sets its Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th
• Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones
• Taylor Swift Eras Tour is coming to theaters this October
• Starfield review: a stellar sci-fi refresh of the Bethesda RPG formula 
• Sony is raising PlayStation Plus prices up to $40 per year 
• Dolby might have found a way to make built-in TV speakers sound much better
• Instagram may be making Reels longer to compete with TikTok
• Google’s Duet AI now available in Docs, Gmail, and other Workspace apps 
• IFA 2023: the biggest announcements from Europe’s big tech show
• Alexa and Google Assistant play together nicely, but not perfectly, on JBL’s new speakers
• Anker's new MagGo wireless chargers might charge iPhones just as fast as MagSafe 
• Philips Hue has three new smart security cameras
• Jlab’s $39.99 Jbuds Mini are the smallest yet. 
• How Google made the world go viral
• We sent the top ANC headphones to a lab to test their noise-canceling abilities
• This USB button helps Jeopardy! contestants get their buzz on
• The future of Tesla is in China

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