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Last year, my best friend bought me an HP Sprocket portable photo printer. This, she said, would take my journaling game to the next level. After a short demo and dozens of journaling TikToks, I was stoked. And then I unboxed the damn thing. Another freaking Micro USB port. And right after Iad confidently gotten [...]

Valve has issued a corrective update to the Steam client for its Steam Deck gaming handhelds, after an earlier version left some devices stuck in boot loops and broke performance settings. The initial update reached the Steam Deck's stable channel despite warnings from beta testers about the problems. The problems were caused by a Steam [...]

Roblox is introducing new parental controls that give parents more tools to control the people their children talk to and the experiences they can access, according to a blog post from chief safety officer Matt Kaufman. The updates build on changes introduced last year, which included a special type of account parents and caregivers can [...]

Motorola announced the first phone in its midrange Edge 60 series, which ships with a novel twist: a faux-canvas finish. The Edge 60 Fusion looks the part otherwise, with its molded camera module and surprisingly slim body, but the basic specs match the low price tag - just 299.99 (around $390) in the UK. The [...]

In September, Apple launched its latest smartwatch, introducing the Apple Watch Series 10 alongside a black rendition of the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Each wearable has its own pros and cons, as does the second-gen Apple Watch SE, but the recent introduction of the new wearables also means there are now more Apple Watch models [...]

Visible, the budget wireless brand owned by Verizon, is offering a new premium plan that looks like a heck of a deal compared to its parent company's offerings. The new Visible Plus Pro plan (I didn't say the name was good) costs $45 per month. For that price you get unlimited 5G Ultrawideband (UW) data, [...]

Last week, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz inadvertently invited a journalist to a Signal chat discussing a planned military strike. Today, a new Washington Post report says that he has also discussed sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict," using his personal Gmail account. Waltz, along with other members of [...]

Meta is reportedly preparing a higher-end version of its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with a built-in screen to launch as early as by the end of the year, Bloomberg reports. The new glasses, codenamed Hypernova, can run apps and display photos, all controlled using hand gestures and capacitive touch on the sides of the frame. [...]

Some Google Pixel users have found that their At a Glance widget has been showing outdated weather forecasts, as reported by Android Police. But the company says in a statement to The Verge that it's addressing the issue. According to one user on Reddit who has been dealing with the problem, the current temperature is [...]

Amazon's first big sale event of 2025, the Big Spring Sale, is officially in the bag. Many of the best deals have since disappeared, but, fortunately, a few of our favorites are still hanging around. We've rounded up the cream of the crop below, which includes deals on everything from headphones and robot vacuums to [...]

Roblox is launching a new type of ad that, if watched, will give players things like in-game currency and power-ups, according to an announcement from the company. The full-screen video ads, called Rewarded Video ads," can be up to 30 seconds long. The ads will be available to buy programmatically via Google's advertising solutions and [...]

T-Mobile has officially closed its joint venture deal with the fiber provider Lumos, after taking down its webpage dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the process, as reported by Fierce Network. The now-blank page outlined T-Mobile's culture of fairness, respect, and inclusion" and was online until at least March 26th, the Internet Archive [...]

Haven't you heard? Phones are boring now. And that's just fine! Most people buying a new phone just want something familiar that works better than the device they're replacing. If that's your MO, then you're sure to find something reliable in my recommendations below. But even if you're looking for something a little more extra, [...]

Drastic reductions in force" are upending agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Thousands of people who work at the CDC were notified by email today that they were subject to the Trump administration's efforts to [...]

What was once a humble research lab has transformed into one of the biggest consumer technology companies of all time. OpenAI, founded in 2015 to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) - AI systems with human-level intelligence - has transformed dramatically since launching ChatGPT, which was once considered to be the fastest-growing consumer application in history." [...]

Starting with this year's football season, the NFL will use Sony's Hawk-Eye cameras to measure the line to gain - a process the chain crew has done manually for decades. The 8K cameras will use virtual measurement technology to quickly and accurately determine whether the ball traveled 10 yards for a first down. The Hawk-Eye [...]

The Xbox Series X and Series S are excellent machines directly out of the box, but thereas always room for improvement. Add-on accessories like the Elite Series 2 Controller and the Xbox Wireless Headset can help you get the most out of your new gaming console, while others, like Seagate and Western Digitalas expansion cards, [...]

Though John Wick definitely seemed dead by the end of his last high stakes adventure, that no longer appears to be the case. During its presentation at this year's CinemaCon, Lionsgate announced that it has greenlit production on yet another John Wick feature that will see Keanu Reeves return to reprise his role as the [...]

Hyundai has revealed a gaming-inspired Insteroid" concept EV in Seoul that takes its tiny all-electric Inster and gives it an over-the-top street racing makeover. The automaker's cutesy compact SUV was handed off to Hyundai's European design team with the goal of merging gaming influences with extensive customization," according to a press release. The Insteroid gives [...]

AI startup Runway says its latest AI video model can generate consistent scenes and people across multiple shots, according to an announcement. AI-generated videos can struggle with maintaining consistent storytelling, but Runway claims on X that the new model, Gen-4, should allow users more continuity and control" while telling stories. Currently rolling out to paid [...]

More than 1,900 scientists and engineers have signed a letter saying they see real danger in this moment" as the Trump administration slashes federal support for scientific research. Wise investments by the US government have built up the nation's research enterprise, making it the envy of the world," says the open letter published on Monday. [...]

Yesterday, we wrote that a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) process would help private jet owners keep their registration details private upon request, and speculated that it would make things difficult for celebrity jet trackers. Jack Sweeney, known for his accounts tracking the flights of celebrities like Elon Musk and Taylor Swift, says he doesn't [...]

A year and a half ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) worked with state attorneys general to shut down Prehired, a shady tech sales bootcamp program that a court said deceptively saddled students with millions of dollars in loans. Now, as the federal watchdog is being dismantled by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency [...]

You probably shouldnat expect major changes to Googleas next Pixel foldable. Renders shared with Android Headlines by reliable leaker Onleaks show a Pixel 10 Pro Fold that looks very similar to its predecessor, potentially indicating that it could largely be just a spec bump. As shown in the renders, the Pixel 10 Pro Fold appears [...]

We live in a golden age of controllers. The gamepads on the market now are of higher quality, more versatile, and more customizable than anything from even one console generation ago. If you play games on an Xbox Series X or Series S (or a Windows PC), you have the unenviable task of choosing between [...]

If you want to create a cinematic experience at home, then chances are that your TV's built-in speakers just won't cut it. Instead, it may be worth investing in a top-notch soundbar like the Sonos Arc, especially now that the Arc has dropped to an all-time low price of $599 ($300 off) at Amazon, Best [...]

Smartphones are great. Theyare alsoa a lot. The idea of a more balanced device, one that gives you all of the most important and useful features of a smartphone but keeps you out of the infinite-doomscrolling loops, has been an enticing one for a long time. Nailing that balance, though, turns out to be almost [...]

Dbrand wants you to feel less guilty about having your face buried in a screen all day and not getting outside to touch grass.' The company's latest collection of skins lets you wrap your gadgets in bright green artificial turf so you can touch grass whenever you want and no matter where you are. The [...]

Substack plans to protect foreign writers residing lawfully" in the US who may be targeted by the government for what they write. The company is partnering with the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) to provide legal support to impacted writers - whether they publish on Substack or not - citing recent attacks [...]

Though Sony's initial plans to release Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse in 2024 didn't quite work out, the film finally has a new premiere date that seems like it will stick. Last night at this year's CinemaCon expo, Sony announced that it now intends for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse to hit theaters a little over two [...]

It's finally time for the biggest video game event of the last few years. In January, Nintendo officially unveiled the successor to the Switch, helpfully called the Switch 2. The short video showed off some of the console's features, like magnetized Joy-Cons, and provided a brief glimpse at a new Mario Kart game. But it [...]

Welcome to the worst day on the internet! As Chaim Gartenberg pointed out years ago, brands and a holiday dedicated to hoaxes are rarely a winning combo. If you're a company with any kind of social media presence in 2025, you really, truly only have four options on April Fools' Day: So far, we've seen [...]

On Sunday, a few thousand people in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gathered to hear Elon Musk speak a and give away two giant cardboard checks for $1 million. Attendance at the event was limited to people who had added their names to a petition against aactivist judges,a created by Muskas America PAC. He has promised money [...]

How's that 5G rollout going in your area? Even in 2025, there's no guarantee you're going to be able to get reliable cell service everywhere you go, especially if you happen to live somewhere that's especially crowded or remote a or if you work in your company's basement. That's where Wi-Fi calling comes in, which [...]

Google is updating Gmail to allow enterprise users to send encrypted messages to any inbox in just a few clicks. Google says it's developed a new encryption model that, unlike the current encryption feature on Gmail, doesn't require senders or recipients to use custom software or exchange encryption certificates. The feature is rolling out in [...]

So much of our online and technological lives rely on standards, the sets of rules designed to make sure our favorite gadgets and services work together. At their best, they make everything work seamlessly, and we never need to worry about what's happening behind the scenes. But at their worst, they leave us perplexed about [...]

Every time I see mAh" on a consumer product, I cringe. Megahertz are starting to bruise, too. That's because the most critical components of portable gadgets abatteries and processors a should really be measured in watts: it's the one common spec that gives you a real idea of what your device can do. With watts, [...]

Buying a giant battery for the next blackout or off-grid adventure can be daunting, especially when hundreds or even thousands of dollars are on the line. Get it wrong and youave either spent too much money for something youall never use or discover that you didnat buy enough capacity to keep your most important devices [...]

Mark Zuckerberg - having spent months cozying up to President Donald Trump - will now be looking to reap the benefits as European tech regulators bear down on Meta. The EU is expected to impose fines against the social media giant any day now, having preliminarily ruled in July 2024 that Facebook and Instagram's pay [...]

ChatGPT's latest image generator - which has gone viral for its ability to generate uncanny recreations of Studio Ghibli art - is now available for everyone, after OpenAI initially delayed the rollout beyond its paid tiers following heavy demand. CEO Sam Altman announced on X that the image generation update has now rolled out to [...]

The developers of Palworld and PUBG: Battlegrounds have announced details of dating simulators set in the universes of their respective games. The Palworld dating sim, technically called Palworld! ~More Than Just Pals~, was actually announced ahead of April Fools' Day last year. But yesterday, developer Pocketpair released a second trailer for the game and published [...]

Ampler made one of thefirst modern e-bikes I ever tested,and now it's selling the first commercial electric bikes - the Nova and Nova Pro - I'm aware of that can be charged over a USB-C port integrated right into the frame. Hell, that same jack will even charge your gadgets in a pinch, but not [...]

OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a new investment round led by SoftBank, vaulting the company to a $300 billion valuation. It's the largest funding round for a private tech company in history, according to CNBC. OpenAI is set to receive $10 billion up front (SoftBank will invest $7.5 billion along with $2.5 billion from [...]

The commercial space industry is booming, and it's only expected to keep growing as more billionaire-led companies send rockets into the sky. Elon Musk's SpaceX continues to dominate the space industry with dozens of launches each year, but it could soon have some serious competition with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launching its rival New Glenn [...]

The release of Apple's iOS 18.4 on Monday includes good news for robot vacuum owners. The update includes support for controlling robot vacuums and adding them to automations and scenes in the Apple Home app via the Matter protocol. With the official rollout of iOS 18.4, companies like Roborock, iRobot, and Ecovacs are introducing firmware [...]

Microsoft is making its AI features widely available on Copilot Plus PCs equipped with Intel and AMD chips. One of the most notable of these features will be Live Captions, which translates audio to English subtitles from dozens of different languages in real time. Microsoft first started testing Live Captions on Intel and AMD devices [...]

Smart plugs are great, but unfortunately, they can't automate everything. Thankfully, there is a cheap cube-like contraption called the SwitchBot Bot that can add a touch of modern functionality to your garage door, light switch, and other traditional devices. It would normally run you $29.99, but right now you can buy it directly from SwitchBot [...]

Amazon's Big Spring Sale is happening now through the end of today, March 31st, with several dozen good-to-great deals available that don't require an Amazon Prime membership. Our main roundup has you covered with more than 100 deals on Verge-favorite gear with quite a high price ceiling. But, for this post, we wanted to provide [...]