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It's not every day you find a decent pair of wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, a transparency mode, and app support for less than $20, which is why the current lighting deal on the CMF Buds 2A stands out. Now through 11:15PM ET today, April 7th, Nothing's budget earbuds are available on Amazon in [...]

Amazon has announced that starting on May 20th, 2026, Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier will "no longer be able to purchase, borrow, or download new content via the Kindle Store," Amazon spokesperson Jackie Burke wrote in an email to The Verge. Users will still be able to read books [...]

On Tuesday, Spotify expanded its Prompted Playlists feature to include podcasts, an update that could make it easier for Premium users to find new shows to listen to. Prompted Playlists were originally launched as a beta feature in December, but previously only worked for music. You can use the feature to effectively generate customized Discover [...]

Android XR is getting a new feature that turns 2D apps, websites, images, and videos into "3D experiences." The feature, which Google calls "auto-spatialization," was initially announced last year, and it's launching on Tuesday as an experimental feature for Samsung Galaxy XR headsets. Here's a video from Google that gives you an idea about how [...]

The Selfix phone case is a classic example of a great idea in theory that falls apart in practice. It's a case for the iPhone 17 Pro with a circular screen on the back. It mirrors the middle of your main phone screen, making it easier to frame up selfies using your phone's higher-quality rear [...]

My colleague Allison Johnson loved the Privacy Display in her review of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. The display feature, which blocks onlookers from getting a peep at what's on the screen when viewed from the side, is worth getting the S26 Ultra for if you are serious about privacy during your commute or elsewhere. [...]

Anthropic is debuting a new AI model as part of a cybersecurity partnership with Nvidia, Google, Amazon Web Services, Apple, Microsoft, and other companies. Project Glasswing, as it's called, is billed as a way for large companies, and potentially even the government, to flag vulnerabilities in their systems with virtually no human intervention. Anthropic is [...]

We saw a host of excellent Bose discounts during Amazon's so-called Big Spring Sale last month; however, none of them were quite as steep as the current price drop we're seeing on the latest Bose Soundlink Flex. Right now, the portable speaker is on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy for $119 ($40 off), [...]

Google's Chrome browser is getting a couple of new features, both of them extremely welcome and wildly overdue. The first is a reading mode, which does what it already does in most other browsers: strip out a lot of website cruft to make pages easier to read. Reading mode is good, you should use it, [...]

The AI-powered musicmaker Suno is struggling to reach licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. That's according to a report from the Financial Times, which says both sides can't agree on whether users should be able to share the AI-generated songs they create. "Universal wants AI-generated tracks to stay inside apps such [...]

The WPC introduced the Qi2.2 standard in April 2025, but the rollout of faster wireless chargers has been relatively slow. Following companies like Nomad, Belkin, and Kuxiu, Satechi has announced a new charger that supports Qi2.2. The 3-in-1 Foldable Wireless Charging Stand is an updated version of an existing product; the new incarnation boosts wireless [...]

Motorola announced two new devices today, including one of its first tablets to be available from a US carrier since Verizon's Xyboard tablets in 2011. The new Moto Pad is joined by the 2026 edition of the Moto G Stylus featuring an upgraded pen that responds to tilt and pressure changes in supported apps. The [...]

Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip project in Austin, Texas, is gaining a crucial new partner: Intel. On Tuesday, the American chipmaker announced it was signing on to help design and build the sprawling facility, which would supply AI chips to Musk's two companies, SpaceX (newly merged with xAI) and Tesla. Musk needs AI chips to [...]

The Artemis II astronauts have already captured some incredible sights of the Earth and Moon during their journey. Now we can add a new visual to that list: a total solar eclipse as seen from deep space. It looks almost too perfect; the Moon has crisp, but uneven edges, while bright stars dot the area [...]

Over the last few years summer has turned out to be a great time for new streaming sci-fi, and 2026 is shaping up to be much the same. Apple just announced that its multiversal thriller Dark Matter is coming back for its second season, which will start streaming on August 28th. Season 2 will span [...]

What happens when DJI, the world's leading maker of drones, is no longer welcome in the United States? You might think other dronemakers would see a huge opportunity with their competitor out of the picture. That didn't happen. In the 15 months since the United States triggered an automatic ban on future DJI products, no [...]

You almost certainly encounter cookie banners all the time. They're the kind of low-level annoyance that just seems to come with being a person on the internet: a pop-up asking you to agree to share some kind of information, with someone, for some purpose. You could find out more, but you don't. No one does. [...]

After expanding the functionality of its Clip location tracker last year with a panic alarm that sends messages and your location to trusted contacts, Pebblebee has announced a new tracker with even more personal safety features. The Halo is brighter and louder than the Clip and features an easier-to-trigger alert. Available starting today for $59.99 [...]

We might have our first good look at the shape of the oddly wide iPhone Fold, after leaker and journalist Sonny Dickson shared photos of what he says is a dummy unit of the foldable, alongside similar models of the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max. The apparent design leak comes as it's reported [...]

Google says it has updated Gemini to better direct users to get mental health resources during moments of crisis. The change comes as the tech giant faces a wrongful death lawsuit alleging its chatbot "coached" a man to die by suicide, the latest in a string of lawsuits alleging tangible harm from AI products. When [...]

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would've required residents to verify their age before accessing porn sites, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a letter to the members of the assembly last week, Evers writes that the bill "imposes an intrusive burden on adults who are trying to access constitutionally protected materials." [...]

A few minutes before 2PM ET on Monday, the crew of Artemis II broke a record set 56 years ago by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission - at over 248,655 miles, they have now traveled farther from Earth than any humans before them. They marked the occasion with a crater naming ceremony that left the [...]

It's 2026, and that means Apple sells MacBooks equipped with not just its capable M-series processors but A-series chips that were previously exclusive to the iPhone. With the MacBook Neo starting at $599, the company now offers a wider range of options with more sizes and price points than ever before, all of which run [...]

If you regularly create content for TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube on the go, bad sound quality can easily take away from an otherwise great video. DJI's Mic Mini helps you record clear, reliable sound for videos without carrying around bulky, expensive gear, and it's currently down to its all-time low price. You can buy the [...]

Autonomous vehicle companies are refusing to disclose key details about their use of remote assistance teams, including how often these workers are forced to intervene to help their self-driving cars. Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) had asked robotaxi companies to disclose the information as part of an investigation by his office into the use of remote [...]

Humans haven't stepped foot on the Moon since NASA's Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Now, the space agency is racing to get back to the lunar surface under the umbrella of its Artemis program - a nod to the Greek goddess and twin sister of Apollo, whose name was given to NASA's first program to [...]

Netflix has made family-friendly titles a key part of its current games strategy, and now it's pushing a little harder with the launch of a new app. Called Netflix Playground, the app is focused on games aimed at kids aged eight and under, and, like the rest of Netflix's gaming lineup, Playground games are included [...]

Samsung's S27 lineup, expected next year, might include a new member, the Galaxy S27 Pro, which would be a second premium option between Samsung's Ultra and Plus models, as first reported by ETNews. The new Pro model reportedly won't support the S Pen but will feature Samsung's Privacy Display, which is currently only available on [...]

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a video threatening OpenAI's planned Abu Dhabi data center if the US follows through on threats to attack the country's power plants, as reported earlier by Tom's Hardware. The video, which was published to an Iranian state-backed news outlet's X account on April 3rd, says the IRGC [...]

On April 15th, 1970, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert set a distance record when Apollo 13 traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. Nearly 56 years later, the crew of Artemis II is expected to break that record by several thousand miles when the Orion spacecraft reaches a maximum distance of 252,757 miles away from [...]

If you're shopping for a wireless mouse that'll help you multitask more easily, Logitech's MX Master 4 is easily one of the best and most comfortable options available. It's rarely discounted, but the black version is currently down to $99.99 ($20 off) at Newegg with code TRWF233. While it offers similarly quiet clicks and long [...]

Today, I'm talking with Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco. Cisco is one of those big companies that everyone has heard of but that most of us don't have to interact with very much; it's not really a consumer brand. But all of us are in some way using Cisco's products and services every day because [...]

Let's pretend you work in IT and you're looking for a new digital service desk platform to help your employees reset passwords or onboard new hires. You use Google's AI Mode to search for suggestions, which quickly spits out a detailed answer listing companies to explore, their pricing, and what each option is best for. [...]

Los Thuthanaka basically came out of nowhere last year to capture Pitchfork's album of the year with their self-titled debut. Because it wasn't available on streaming, it largely flew under the radar. I honestly kind of forgot about it until Pitchfork gave it the number one spot in its year-end list. In retrospect, I'm not [...]

AI music platform Suno's policy is that it does not permit the use of copyrighted material. You can upload your own tracks to remix or set your original lyrics to AI-generated music. But, it's supposed to recognize and stop you from using other people's songs and lyrics. Now, no system is perfect, but it turns [...]

You may be familiar with Gemini as the thing that's in every Google service you use - whether you want it or not. While it's been a constant, sometimes unwelcome presence in Gmail for at least the past year, it's a relatively new addition to Maps. And you know what? It's kind of great. To [...]

The first thing you notice about the Slate Truck is its size. It's small, surprisingly so. In a country where trucks often come with their own zip code, Slate's pickup is refreshingly puny, measuring 174.6 inches long, 70.6 inches wide, and 69.3 inches tall, with a curb weight of approximately 3,602 pounds (1,634kg). As a [...]

Jeff Bezos badly wanted a voice computer. He had been saying so publicly since the very early days of Amazon, telling anyone who would listen about why voice might make it easier and more natural to interact with technology. (And to buy stuff from Jeff Bezos.) But when a team at Amazon set out to [...]

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the ups and downs of AI, follow Stevie Bonifield. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Most people probably know Grammarly for its browser [...]

In January, folk artist Murphy Campbell discovered several songs on her Spotify profile that did not belong there. They were songs that she had recorded, but she'd never uploaded them to Spotify, and something was off about the vocals. She quickly surmised that someone had pulled performances of the songs she posted to YouTube, created [...]

Target is offering a great deal to some Target Circle members that knocks $30 off the cost of two Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 games. The sale is happening for the rest of the day, expiring at 2:59AM ET on April 5th. If you sign in with the free-to-join membership, you might be able to [...]

I've spent months in the lab testing the latest AR glasses from Xreal and Viture. By lab," I mean cozied up on my couch each night, playing my Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch 2 on a huge, virtual screen that only I can see through these glasses. Using AR glasses as a portable display for [...]

"This looks like AI." It's a phrase I dread seeing as a writer who dabbles in illustration and amateur photography. In a world where generative AI technology is increasingly adept at mimicking the work of humans, people are naturally skeptical when online platforms refuse to label even obvious AI content. This leads me to one [...]

The original Super Meat Boy is one of the best-known indie games of all time. Released in 2010, it's a brutally difficult 2D platformer, but so fun to play: The short levels almost feel like speedrunning puzzles, and even though they're filled with traps and buzzsaws, dying isn't so bad because you revive nearly instantly. [...]

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 122, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, go 'Zona, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about early Apple employees and weather apps and one-page productivity systems, watching [...]

The Soundcore Nebula P1 from Anker isn't the most portable Google TV projector I've ever reviewed, nor is it the brightest. It doesn't even have a built-in battery. Instead it's a decent video device that focuses on sound. The Nebula P1's standout feature is a pair of speakers that detach to create true left- and [...]

Using OpenClaw with Claude AI is about to get a lot more expensive, thanks to Anthropic's new policy changes. Beginning April 4th at 3PM ET, users will "no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw," according to an email sent to users on Friday evening. Instead, if users [...]

On Thursday, during Artemis II's journey to the Moon, commander Reid Wiseman ran into a tech issue some of us back on Earth can relate to: Microsoft Outlook wasn't working. In a conversation captured in NASA's Artemis livestream and shared on Bluesky, Wiseman reported to Mission Control: "I also see that I have two Microsoft [...]