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Wes Davis

Wes Davis

Weekend Editor

Wes Davis holds down The Verge on weekends, reporting on everything tech and entertainment under the sun. He loves fixing what is (and ain’t) broke with gadgetry and smart home tech, and came to The Verge from the freelance Wi-Fi router review world.
When he’s not writing tech news, Wes is cycling (transportation, not racing), gaming, or recording music nobody should listen to. You can find him most places under the username "blunderchief."

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“The PSP was in control, as it should be; as it always is.”

The Go! Explore PSP GPS accessory for directions still works today, and even looks surprisingly modern, as Jon Cartwright shows in this Good Vibes Gaming video. He says it worked well.

But also, I never knew that Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops had a GPS feature! I miss that era of Sony.


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While campaigning for the US Senate in 2021, Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance filmed a Facebook Live using his smartphone’s selfie camera, which mirrored the image, and therefore his campaign signs.

That can be fixed, but Vance’s idea — rotating the phone — is not it. (I recommend waiting a moment to turn on the volume, unless you’re a fan of TikTok’s text-to-speech voices.)


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Even Chromecasts have AI image generators now.

After announcing it last month, Google seems to have rolled out Google TV’s AI wallpapers, 9to5Google reports.

According to a Google TV support page, the option lives under Settings > System > Ambient Mode > Custom AI Art. Click on “Create new...” and then describe the image you want, use a template, or choose “Inspire me” and Google TV makes one for you.


Code red: Mountain Dew has a new logo.

PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew is switching over to a new, retro-style logo starting in May 2025, replacing the pointy “Mtn Dew” branding it’s used for about 15 years, the company shared with The Verge in an email.

I still prefer the logo from the real sugar-containing Mountain Dew Throwback (remember?), but it’ll... dew. Here’s a look at the logo’s changes over time.


A left-to-right, top-to-bottom, six-panel comparison of the Mountain Dew logo’s evolution, with 1948 in the upper left and 2025 in the bottom right. The new logo features a design with thick lettering, mild serifs, and a drawing of a wooded mountain and river behind.
It’s so friendly now!
Image: PepsiCo