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Earlier this year, I decided to level up my travel game and invest in a charger to bring on trips, rather than raiding my desk outlets every time I packed. I needed a multitasker, something that could power my MacBook Air, charge my phone, and accommodate the random USB-A cord I always seem to need [...]

Earlier this year, I reviewed the Fractal Scape, a wireless gaming headset made for PC (also compatible with Switch 2) that really wowed me. Frankly, I wasn't expecting much in this debut headset from a company known mostly for making PC cases, but it's one of the most thoughtfully-designed models that I've tried recently. If [...]

Editor's note:Black Friday deals are still happening, so check out the latest and greatest discounts that today has to offer. You might find it kind of sad to put your hard-earned Switch 2 into a protective case. To me, it's freeing. Using a case relieves me of the worry that it will accumulate tons of [...]

Fujifilm's unusual X Half elicited a lot of feelings from photographers when it came out earlier this year - from That looks like so much fun," to Wait, it costs how much? Its $849.95 list price felt way too high for what is, by all accounts, a fun, unserious little point-and-shoot. But its $649 sale [...]

Editor's note:Black Friday deals are still happening, so check out the latest and greatest discounts that today has to offer. If you choose to get an extra controller for your Nintendo Switch 2, you can spend a lot - and get a lot in return. Buying Nintendo's own $89.99 Switch 2 Pro Controller, for instance, [...]

Last year, I wrote that you do not need a black Apple Watch Ultra 2. It was simply a color refresh, I said. The original Apple Watch Ultra on your wrist was still perfectly fine. The landfills of the world were better off without Apple's first-gen ruggedized smartwatch filling it. Also, suggesting that you spend [...]

Before I went to Italy on vacation, I was fine with instant coffee and my electric kettle. I'm no coffee snob - just get that sweet caffeine into my veins as fast as humanly possible. But during that vacation, where every hotel room had a lil Nespresso machine, I suddenly became an espresso convert. I'm [...]

Not to generalize, but the Google Pixel 9A is a classic dad phone. It's not fussy. It's durable and scheduled to get software updates for the better part of a decade. It's a solid deal at its full $499 MSRP, but the Black Friday price of $349 is even sweeter. It's the lowest we've seen [...]

Apple's Studio Display has its shortcomings, especially when you consider its lofty $1,599 price tag. But what if I told you that a more affordable 5K monitor that nearly matches its specs is less than a third of its price for Black Friday? The 27-inch KTC H27P3 5K monitor is selling for $534.99 ($135 off) [...]

The holidays are a great time to see family, exchange gifts, and enjoy a good meal. It's also the perfect time to gather around a TV and catch up on must-see shows and movies. Vince Gilligan's Pluribus is a fantastic new sci-fi series on Apple TV, while Hulu is the only place you can catch [...]

If you were planning to gift someone an Apple product, we have a big roundup containing the biggest Apple Black Friday deals. However, if you aren't exactly sure what kind of tech they want, getting them a gift card is a solid idea - save them the runaround of having to return something if it [...]

Nintendo launched its $69.99 Super Mario Galaxy double pack for the Switch (complete with a free Switch 2 update) in October, but you can get the cartridge containing both games for $54.99 ($15 off) - the lowest price yet - at Woot. To see the discount, you have to select New - USA Version" from [...]

Every deals holiday, I break my brain and eyeballs scrolling through endless lists of smartwatch models so you don't have to. Garmin has a ton of deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but there are only a few that I'd be putting in my cart if I were buying for the outdoorsy person in [...]

If you're planning to gift an Apple device this holiday season - or treat yourself - now's the time to start shopping.Black Friday may be over, but the discounts are still going strong - and these Apple deals are some of the best we've seen all year. Despite having recently launched, for instance, the new [...]

As senior editorial coordinator, Sarah Smithers wears a lot of hats here at The Verge. The simplest way to put it," she says, is that I handle our operations and administrative tasks. Every day is a little bit different. I onboard new employees, send contracts to freelancers (and make sure they get paid), approve expenses, [...]

Keeping track of multiple people's schedules is tough, especially if the folks you live with have different calendars for work, school, personal appointments, and extracurriculars. Skylight's Calendar is a practical tool that makes easy work of a hectic life, and the most affordable version, a 10-inch model, is down to just $129.99 ($40 off) for [...]

Black Friday is no longer happening. It's Saturday, after all. However, many of the best deals we saw yesterday at the peak of the shopping event are still available, and likely will continue to be through Cyber Monday on December 1st. In other words, you still have time to save on laptops, OLED TVs, noise-crushing [...]

Have you ever looked at The Washington Post and thought, "Why is a billionaire allowed to use his massive wealth to influence and punish editorial decisions at one of the nation's premier newspapers?" and / or "I wonder if I could do that?" Well, News Tower can help you answer at least one of those [...]

Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, we're testing the service on Trump Mobile's MVNO. Here's how that went. As I sat down at the bookstore [...]

If you want your house to be the one everyone slows down to look at this holiday season, Philips Hue's Festavia lights can make that happen. They aren't cheap, but thanks to an ongoing Black Friday sale at Amazon, you can still grab a 65-foot string for $145.19 (about $97 off) or a lengthier 130-foot [...]

Black Friday is packed with plenty of great Apple deals, but one of the most notable is the current discount on the latest MacBook Air. Right now, you can buy the 13-inch MacBook Air M4 with 256GB of storage at Amazon, Best Buy, and Costco starting around $749 ($250 off), which remains the laptop's lowest [...]

Black Friday is a great time to save on big-ticket items like 4K TVs, laptops, and headphones. But if you're on a tight budget this holiday season, there are plenty of worthwhile deals on practical upgrades for $50 or less - think power banks, smart speakers, location trackers, and entry-level earbuds that punch above their [...]

If you were hoping for a huge deal on RAM during Black Friday, well, stop being silly. Depending on the RAM kit you want, buying it right now might be too costly to justify, an unfortunate trend that my colleague Sean Hollister recently pointed out. You can either wait out this period of surge pricing, [...]

Meta may have just released the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) at the end of October, but they're not significantly different from the last-gen model introduced in 2021. The overall experience is very similar, which is why the original Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses remain a great buy, especially since you can still pick them up for [...]

One of the pitfalls of Black Friday is getting overwhelmed by deep discounts on premium gadgets. After all, who wouldn't want to save hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on a high-end gaming laptop or a spiffy OLED TV? But these luxury items, while great, can still easily set you back three or four figures. [...]

Will Apple turn to Intel for production of its M-series chips in 2027? That's what supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted on X Friday. Citing his latest industry surveys, Kuo says that Intel's chances of becoming Apple's latest advanced-node supplier... has improved significantly" in recent weeks. Any deal with Intel would be significant considering the [...]

The newest Oura Ring 4 is still available from Amazon, Best Buy, and Oura for $249 - its lowest price to date - for Black Friday, which is about $100 off the standard retail price. Or you can save up to $150 if you're going for the gold or rose gold models, since those are [...]

My tree is usually full of old ornaments passed down through my family, but they kind of look like they're made of lead. Maybe yours are also lead! Perhaps we should replace the lead with Nintendo ornaments. Amazon is offering a Black Friday deal on Hallmark's Toad ornament - Mario is just on a regular [...]

For Black Friday, we're seeing some of the best prices all year on AirPods, AirTags, and other Apple gear. And if you've been eyeing a tablet for streaming, browsing the web, and taking video calls, there's no better time to save on an iPad. Right now, Apple's latest entry-level iPad is down to a new [...]

Editor's note:Black Friday has begun, and we're covering the biggest and best deals you can get. It's hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good a time as any to splurge on the pair you've been eyeing. The market [...]

For a platform that everybody claims to have quit, Facebook is astonishingly resilient. A whopping 71 percent of American adults still use the site - and more than half check it daily - according to a recent Pew study, cementing it as one of the few constants in an otherwise shifting social media landscape. And [...]

Editor's note: Lots of our favorite robovacs in this piece are on sale for Black Friday! Check out the biggest and best Black Friday deals we've covered so far. Robot vacuums are impressive devices that will clean your floors well and - thanks to bigger batteries and better robot brains - rarely get tired of [...]

We all know Black Friday is one of - if not the - best time to save hundreds on a laptop or big screen TV, but you shouldn't forget about taking advantage of deals on lower-priced essentials like chargers and battery packs. These gadgets are easy to overlook, but if you're still using the USB-A [...]

Do the ornaments you adorn your Christmas tree with reflect you or your family's interests? If not, maybe you should rectify that. We recently went hands on with Hallmark's realistic Xbox 360 replica ornament, which plays a snippet of audio from Halo 3. As it turns out, there are many other ornaments available that are [...]

Tis the season to score some serious bargains on smart home gear. With Black Friday in full swing and Cyber Monday coming up fast behind, this is the time to grab a bargain on that smart lock you've been eyeing or help your family members enjoy the benefits of the smart home with a connected [...]

The $449 Nintendo Switch 2 is one of the hottest holiday gifts, so it's no surprise that you won't find any discounts on the console, which was released in June and has already amassed a library of must-play games. However, the next best thing - discounts on accessories that we recommend - is in full [...]

Editor's note: Lots of our favorite fitness trackers are on sale for Black Friday! Check out the biggest and best Black Friday deals we've covered so far. Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how [...]

Keeping gadgets charged is tough enough when you're home, but it can feel impossible while you're traveling -especially internationally. Tessan's 140W Universal Travel Adapter can help change that, and it's hit an all-time low of $53.99 ($16 off) at Amazon thanks to a Black Friday deal. Travel adapters have become pretty common. Tessan's stands out [...]

Editor's note: Lots of our favorite e-readers are on sale for Black Friday! Check out the biggest and best Black Friday deals we've covered so far. Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast-sized library's worth of books in your pocket, but so will your phone. An ebook reader offers a [...]

Editor's note: Lots of our favorite noise-canceling headphones are on sale for Black Friday! Check out the biggest and best Black Friday deals we've covered so far. Whether you're wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if you're simply trying to find some peace and quiet while working at home, noise-canceling headphones are [...]

Editor's note: Lots of our favorite Apple Watches are on sale for Black Friday! Check out the biggest and best Black Friday deals we've covered so far. If you have an iPhone, the Apple Watch is the best smartwatch for you. But there was only one Apple Watch when the smartwatch launched in 2015. A [...]

Editor's note: Lots of our favorite laptops are on sale for Black Friday! Check out the biggest and best Black Friday deals we've covered so far. Buying the right laptop can be stressful. It's likely one of the bigger tech purchases you'll make, and there are a ludicrous number of models, sizes, form factors, and [...]

If you were wanting some AI-generated fun this holiday weekend, you'll need to be efficient. Google and OpenAI have cut generation request limits for Nano Banana Pro and Sora, citing overwhelming demand. Bill Peebles, who heads Sora at OpenAI, said free users will have six video generations a day. Our gpus are melting," he explained. [...]

An Atlantic hurricane season defined by political and climate disasters comes to a close on November 30th. It kicked off after DOGE's flurry of slashes to federal agencies. Employees who stayed on endured a tumultuous year, to say the least, at the National Weather Service (NWS). A series of strong storms brewed in the Atlantic [...]

When Rivian-spinoff Also announced its first electric bike recently, I was stoked - a Rivian in bike form? Yes please! - but also had some doubts. The design was, shall we say, polarizing, and the whole thing was powered by software, which raises the specter of outages, glitches, and other assorted crashes. I could already [...]

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney thinks Steam and other game stores should drop Made with AI" tags, arguing that they'll soon be irrelevant as generative AI becomes ubiquitous in production. The AI tag is relevant to art exhibits for authorship disclosure, and to digital content licensing marketplaces where buyers need to understand the rights situation," [...]

Thanksgiving might be behind us, but the cleanup - and Christmas prep - are just getting started. Thankfully, Black Friday is here with some of the steepest robot vacuum deals we've seen all year to help make things easier. Like in previous years, the discounts span just about everything. Right now, for instance, you can [...]

Black Friday is the day that a handful of us at The Verge have been preparing months for, in part because it's happening earlier and earlier. We've already lifted the curtain on deals - hundreds of them - including some that we couldn't tell you about before today, and we have a one-stop shop for [...]

As with most products, Black Friday is the best time of year to find TVs and their accessories at the year's lowest prices. It's the perfect opportunity to upgrade your dedicated home theater, living room, or bedroom with incredible video and audio sure to keep you entertained for years to come. Shopping during this time [...]