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One night in May 2020, during the height of lockdown, Deep Ganguli was worried. Ganguli, then research director at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, had just been alerted to OpenAI's new paper on GPT-3, its latest large language model. This new AI model was potentially 10 times more advanced than any other of its [...]

Apple makes a lot of gadgets. Most of them are very good! You'd frankly be hard-pressed to find a company with a better track record, especially across so many categories. But only one Apple gadget can be the best Apple gadget, and it's time for us to decide which one it is. On this episode [...]

Smart home products are all about making everyday life a little easier, which is why they're some of the best and most thoughtful gifts you can give. Some people go all out building a multi-gadget IoT kingdom (like our resident smart home expert, Jen Pattison Tuohy), but a smart home is whatever your recipient wants [...]

When Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is good, it's good. The latest in Nintendo's sci-fi exploration franchise, and the first since Metroid Dread in 2021, Beyond captures the moody sense of isolation and discovery that has been so core to Metroid since it debuted in 1986. Those quiet moments truly make you feel all alone on [...]

It's one thing to do a bit of online shopping during the Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales, but it's another to put your money where your mouth is. (Wheredidthat phrase come from, anyway?) If you're curious what our writers, editors, and reviewers bought for themselves, here are some of the items, many of which [...]

Apple is not planning to comply with an order from the Indian government directing phone manufacturers to preload a state-backed cybersecurity app, according to Reuters. Industry sources tell Reuters that Apple plans to tell India's government that they don't comply with requests like this due to privacy and security concerns. However, Apple won't go to [...]

Over the past couple of years, I've tried to switch to many different gaming keyboards and always ended up back with a Wooting 60HE. Wooting changed PC gaming with the 60HE, popularizing the use of Hall effect switches and a Rapid Trigger system that speeds up how quickly you can activate keys. Now it's back [...]

Amazon is starting to test ultra-fast deliveries that aim to drop household goods at your doorstep in 30 minutes or less. The Amazon Now service is launching now in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia, according to Amazon's announcement, allowing eligible customers to shop for items like fresh milk, eggs, produce, cosmetics, electronics, household essentials, over-the-counter [...]

Discord's adding a new commerce feature that will let users buy digital items for games they might not even play. Starting with Marvel Rivals, users will be able to search, buy, wishlist, and gift cosmetics without ever leaving the platform. It works like this. Starting today, Marvel Rivals will have a new store page accessible [...]

Raspberry Pi is increasing the price of several single-board computers in an attempt to offset soaring memory costs. The updates are being applied immediately and affect Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5, with prices increasing by $5 to $25 depending on the model and amount of RAM. The 16GB memory variants of the Compute [...]

The tides are turning in the AI race, and the pressure is getting to OpenAI. Chief executive Sam Altman reportedly declared a code red" on Monday, urging staff to improve its flagship product ChatGPT, an indicator that the startup's once-unassailable lead is eroding as competitors like Google and Anthropic close in. In the memo, reported [...]

You can't make this up. Microsoft shipped a Windows 11 update yesterday that is supposed to make dark mode more consistent, with dialogs in File Explorer finally getting a dark mode for actions like copying, moving, or deleting files and folders. You get all that, but Microsoft will also treat you with a giant white [...]

If you're planning to gift an Apple device this holiday season - or treat yourself -time is now running out to take advantage of the latest Cyber Monday promos. The annual shopping holiday is already down to its final hours, and we're starting to see some items go up in price or out of stock. [...]

If you're hoping to whittle down your wish list before the holiday panic truly sets in, Cyber Monday presents a prime opportunity. Many of the tech-y gifts we recommend for Christmas, graduation, Mother's Day, and other celebratory events throughout the year are receiving their steepest discounts to date. These aren't random picks, either; they're items [...]

When the deals are flying fast and furious, it can be easy to overspend, especially when OLED TVs, laptops, and other great pieces of tech are cheaper than they've ever been. You don't have to spend a lot to find gift-worthy deals, though. If you're working with a tighter budget, we've found plenty of gadgets [...]

One of the pitfalls ofCyber Monday 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. Luckily, [...]

Hoto makes some of our favorite tools, the kind that are not only functional but also look great. And thanks to an ongoing Cyber Monday promotion, you can save on the company's products through the end of today, December 1st, allowing you to grab an electric screwdriver or a great starter tool set for tackling [...]

Whether you're looking to liven up an upcoming holiday party or pick up a gift that will literally brighten your loved one's day, Govee's Table Lamp 2 Pro X Sound by JBL is a great option. It normally retails for $179.99; however, for Cyber Monday, the hybrid gadget is on sale for a new low [...]

Marques Brownlee's Panels wallpaper app is shutting down on December 31st, barely a year after its controversial launch. We made mistakes making our first app, and ultimately, we weren't able to turn it into the vision I had," Brownlee said in a video on the MKBHD YouTube channel. The Panels launch in September 2024 was [...]

Google and Amazon Web Services are teaming up to offer a link between their cloud services, as reported earlier by Reuters. With this tool, companies can establish a private connection between AWS and Google Cloud within minutes," giving online businesses a possible safety net if either of the providers experiences an outage. Though the tool [...]

If an Xbox Series console is your main gaming machine, you may have found yourself running out of storage and having to continually delete and re-download titles. Seagate's Storage Expansion Card is an easy way to upgrade your Xbox's storage, and the 2TB card is at its all-time low of around $184.76 ($75.23 off) at [...]

Cyber Monday is here in full force. It brings with it many of the same deals as we saw during Black Friday, along with a handful of new, limited-time sale prices on Verge-approved tech products. It's a great time to save on laptops, OLED TVs, noise-eliminating headphones, robot vacuums, and everything in between. If you [...]

Netflix has removed the ability to cast shows and movies from phones to TVs, unless subscribers are using older casting devices. An updated help page on Netflix's website, first reported by Android Authority, says that the streaming service no longer supports casting shows from a mobile device to most TVs and TV-streaming devices," and instead [...]

If you're planning to head out of town for the holidays, now is a good time to stock up on chargers so that your devices don't die in transit. Lucky for you, we've already rounded up some of the best charging accessory deals available for Cyber Monday, with Anker's Laptop Power Bank being one of [...]

Black Friday might have passed, but that doesn't mean the holiday deals are gone. You can still find low prices on excellent TVs, streaming devices, and soundbars through Cyber Monday. I've found the best of these deals to level up your home theater setup, and make sure that your holiday season (and every day after) [...]

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 series on Apple TV, while Hulu is the only place you can catch the [...]

The last thing I need is a new Amazon Echo smart speaker. As The Verge's smart home reviewer, I currently have a dozen scattered around my home for testing. But when Amazon's Echo Frames smart glasses went on sale for $115 for Cyber Monday, down from $300, it was an offer my husband couldn't refuse. [...]

Anker's seriously small Soundcore Sleep A20 sleepbuds can be nabbed for $108 right now at Amazon, their best price since they launched on Kickstarter at $90 last year. They normally sell for $179.99, making this a standout deal for a pair of ultra-tiny sleep buds that I barely notice as I drift off to the [...]

I have a tendency to space out. A lot. Whether it's staring out the window on Amtrak or pausing at work to fixate on a blank spot on the wall instead of my screen, I often let my mind wander. When I was younger, I would often be derisively called a daydreamer, a space cadet, [...]

Tis the season to score some serious bargains on smart home gear. While Black Friday is behind us, Cyber Monday is coming up fast, so there is still time to grab a bargain on that smart lock you've been eyeing or take the plunge on a robot vacuum. Here I've rounded up the best deals [...]

If you've been waiting to upgrade your headphones or earbuds, your patience has been rewarded. Right now, models from Apple, Sony, Bose, Sonos, and other brands are down to their lowest prices to date, allowing you to save more than ever on both new and older releases. The AirPods Pro 3, for instance, have received [...]

If all you want is a way to talk to ChatGPT, you're practically spoiled for choice - there are countless ways to chat with the bots, and seemingly countless new ones every single day. But that's not the whole story of how we'll interact with large language models. It better not be. Thomas Paul Mann, [...]

Brad Smith said his decision to hook up a webcam to the computer he controls with his mind did not make sense to people at Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company. "Neuralink was really confused with the idea," Smith told The Verge. The decision came just six months after Smith's brain was implanted with a [...]

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 107, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you're having a lovely and long weekend, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Faker and Chinese EVs and [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]