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Apple is no longer planning to launch a second-generation iPhone Air next fall and has already sharply scaled back production of the first version," The Information reports. The next Air is instead likely to launch in spring 2027 at the earliest, and will be upgraded with a second camera lens, according to a follow-up Information [...]

Samsung is rolling out new conversational AI across its 2025 TVs that lets users ask questions about what's on the screen and beyond it. First announced in September, the generative AI update is rolling out now with support for several languages. Vision AI Companion is based on an upgraded, generative AI-based version of Samsung's virtual [...]

If you were confused about Apple releasing a crossbody iPhone strap, then you're going to find its new iPhone Pocket even more perplexing. The Pocket is actually a knitted bag, though it might be more apt to describe it as a sock designed to snugly encase your iPhone, instead of just sticking it in your [...]

Samsung's latest SmartThings update adds support for Siri Shortcuts. In a press release, Samsung announced that you can now use Siri to run SmartThings routines, allowing you to use Apple's voice assistant to control your smart home. Siri Shortcuts is a feature in iOS that lets you run automations by asking Siri. These can either [...]

Paramount Plus is going up in price again. As part of its earnings report released on Monday, Paramount announced that it will raise prices for subscribers in the US on January 15th, 2026, bringing the ad-supported Essential plan from $7.99 to $8.99 per month, while the ad-free Premium plan will go from $12.99 to $13.99 [...]

Nintendo rarely offers big discounts on its own games and gear throughout the year, but opportunities to save are coming soon. The company announced that multiple retailers will offer discounts of up to $30 off of beloved Switch games, as well as temporary price cuts on its amiibo figures, and a $20 off discount on [...]

If you have a mountain of holiday shopping to tackle over the next few weeks, Walmart is offering a great deal on Walmart Plus. New subscribers can snag an annual Walmart Plus membership for half off through December 2nd. The deal knocks the yearly price down to $49 ($49 off), which will automatically renew at [...]

Google started rolling out its new Gemini voice assistant for its smart speakers two weeks ago and, in a blog post marking the anniversary, the company seems to think everything is going great. It's even quoting a user who said, My Google Home just got upgraded with Gemini. It's actually useful now beyond asking for [...]

Gemini for TV is rolling out to Google TV Streamer devices starting today, allowing almost anyone to try it out. Since it launched back in September, Gemini for TV has only been available on a limited number of smart TVs. If you didn't have one of those devices, you were out of luck. Gemini for [...]

I've seen dozens of solid deals trickle in ahead of Black Friday, but Apple's AirPods 4 hitting a new all-time low is the first one that's really stood out to me. Right now, you can buy Apple's entry-level wireless earbuds for just $84.99 ($44 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, which beats the previous [...]

Netflix's video podcast ambitions may extend beyond its recent deal with Spotify. A new report from Bloomberg suggests Netflix is preparing to create original video podcasts exclusive to its streaming service as well. The streaming giant has reportedly contacted talent to create the new shows and plans to update the layout of its mobile app [...]

Brandt Ranj is a commerce reporter for The Verge, which means, he says, I spend my time trying to find good deals and the best gear to recommend to our readers." He also keeps The Verge's wearables buyer's guides up to date, but, he adds, my role requires me to cover a little bit of [...]

Patreon is introducing a suite of new features, and some of them are reminiscent of traditional social media platforms. The most obvious callback is something Patreon is calling Quips, which - you guessed it - are essentially tweets. Quips are smaller text, photo, or video posts that are public by default and open for anyone [...]

Things continue to look bleak for the original robot vacuum maker. iRobot's third-quarter results, released last week, show that revenue is down and well below our internal expectations due to continuing market headwinds, ongoing production delays, and unforeseen shipping disruptions," said Gary Cohen, iRobot CEO, in a press release. This meant they had to spend [...]

If your upcoming holiday plans include a lot of travel, having a pair of noise-cancelling earbuds can help make the flight or train ride a little less chaotic. Bose's second-generation QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are among the best noise-canceling earbuds we've tested recently, and they're on sale for a new all-time low of around $249 ($50 [...]

Just two months ago, accepted wisdom was that there would be no Galaxy S26 Plus, Samsung's mid-sized flagship canned in favor of a slim Edge phone. Now things have flipped, with the Edge supposedly cancelled and the Plus not only on track to release early next year, but revealed in new renders based on the [...]

Today, I'm talking with a very special guest: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Tim is a legend in the history of the internet. He created HTML, the standard language for creating and structuring web pages, and the HTTP protocol that allows those pages to communicate using browsers and servers. It [...]

The lead-up to Pluribus has been very secretive. The basic premise - miserable woman is stuck in a world where everyone is happy - was known early on, but that was followed by cryptic trailers that didn't really reveal much else. But now we have a much better idea of what Pluribus is after the [...]

CNN is revamping its app's homepage with a feed dedicated to short-form videos. The new Shorts" tab houses a stream of clips with stories from CNN, allowing you to swipe through them like you would with TikTok or Instagram Reels. The CNN app already had a section for short-form videos in its Watch" tab, but [...]

It was late June, and something strange was happening on Arizona's online portal for political candidates. Images of the candidates were disappearing. Photos of the Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini were popping up in their place. The state would later come to believe it was an attack from an Iranian government-affiliated group. When they first discovered [...]

Tesla is now in the business of short-term car rentals, as the company tries to mitigate falling sales in the US following the expiry of federal tax credits for electric vehicles. Rentals are currently being offered in two California Tesla stores in San Diego and Costa Mesa, with plans to expand to more locations by [...]

The second launch of Blue Origin's partially reusable New Glenn rocket was scrubbed on Sunday due to adverse weather conditions, delaying NASA's latest Mars mission. The Jeff Bezos-owned commercial space company announced that its next launch window from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida will be attempted no earlier" than Wednesday, November 12th, between [...]

Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted in Brooklyn on charges that they conspired to illegally rig bets on pitches thrown during games. The two were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and money laundering conspiracy, among other things. According to the indictment: The defendants agreed [...]

Much of La Ola Interior (Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990) sounds shockingly contemporary for a collection of tracks recorded in the mid to late '80s. Ambient as a genre was already relatively well established by the time many of the artists on this compilation recorded their songs. But as we neared the end of [...]

Arturia's KeyStep is one of the most popular MIDI controllers ever made, especially with modular synth users and the DAWless crowd. It's small, cheap, has an easy-to-use sequencer, and offers decent connectivity. But it was also released way back in January of 2016. The world of music gear moves more slowly than, say, smartphones, but [...]

When Jeff Bezos decided Amazon needed to get in the smartphone game, he went all in. And the resulting device, the Fire Phone, wound up more densely packed with big ideas than just about any gadget you'll find anywhere. There was just one tiny problem: they were mostly bad ideas. The Fire Phone shipped in [...]

It's not often that a band returns to soundtrack the same game nine years after its release - then again, most games aren't No Man's Sky. Once demoed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and at splashy E3 press conferences, in 2016, No Man's Sky was heralded as gaming's future. And it was all [...]

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 105, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope you've recovered from the clocks falling back, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about David Ellison and Common Crawl [...]

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Rumor has it, Apple is working on a low-cost MacBook. And not "low-cost for a Mac," but a proper cheap laptop, possibly as low as $599. For a company that traditionally targets the more premium end of the market, this would be something of an about-face. Of course, Apple takes great pride in its design [...]

The Sims 4 community is in turmoil. Its biggest stars are distancing themselves from the game with the support of their millions of subscribers. Then there are creators in the middle: those big enough to be known, but not big enough to be insulated. And they are struggling with a difficult choice of whether or [...]

Hey, all! The first week of November ushered in dozens of early Black Friday deals, and many of the best ones are still available as we delve further into the weekend. Some of our favorite fitness trackers have already plunged to new lows, for instance, and we're even seeing early discounts on holiday decor. We've [...]

Robot vacuums are amazing machines, but they can also be a pain in the arse. In my home, testing a new robot vacuum often means digging it out from under my living room couch or unhooking it from the legs of my lounger. Then there's being woken at 3AM by a cheery "resuming cleaning," getting [...]

Peter Hujar's Day began, as many great works of art do, with a DM. Director Ira Sachs (Passages, The Delta) had just finished reading a recently unearthed interview between the late portrait photographer Peter Hujar and writer Linda Rosenkrantz that took place in 1974. That dialogue - a conversation about creative anxieties, complete with the [...]

While there's plenty for voters to be worried about right now, rising utility bills have become a hot-button issue. The success of Democrats in New Jersey, Virginia, and Georgia in this week's elections can be seen as something of a referendum on the state of energy policy and infrastructure in the US as power grids [...]

On November 18th, Operation: Infinite will be released for Halo Infinite players with a battle pass and lots of new customizations, but according to the team, that's it for this game's content updates: With multiple Halo titles in development, we'll need our whole team's combined focus to deliver new experiences with the same passion and [...]

For years - through its pandemic-fueled highs and its post-quarantine malaise - Peloton has held its earnings calls at a bright and bushy 8:30AM ET. Not yesterday. Instead, the company broke different news first thing in the morning: it issued yet another recall for 833,000 of its original Bike Plus units, before posting its Q1 [...]

The long-awaited addition of Housing in World of Warcraft is going to cost you. On top of your monthly subscription and the cost of the Midnight expansion itself, some Housing items will require a new in-game currency called Hearthsteel" that players will have to pay for with real money. World of Warcraft already has hundreds [...]

Blackmagic released an update to its free camera app with some new features that streamers and professional broadcasters will appreciate. Both the Android and iOS versions of the Blackmagic Camera app can now stream directly to YouTube, Twitch, and Vimeo, removing the need for third-party apps or additional encoding hardware. You just need to select [...]

From weekend camping trips to unexpected power outages, having a reliable power source like the Anker 521 PowerHouse can be a lifesaver. Normally $249.99, right now you can buy the power station for the new low price of $128.99 at checkout at Amazon. The power station is essentially a portable backup battery with a 256Wh [...]

Valve is making Steam store pages wider as part of a new update rolling out today. With the changes, many pages" will be widened from 940 pixels to now 1200 pixels," Valve says. The company picked that 1200 pixels number because it found that it felt like a good balance where we can show more [...]

Texas AG Ken Paxton is accusing Roblox of putting pixel pedophiles and profits over the safety of Texas children," alleging in a lawsuit filed this week that it is flagrantly ignoring state and federal online safety laws while deceiving parents about the dangers of its platform." The lawsuit accuses Roblox of deceptive trade practices for [...]

It's been five years since BioWare first announced it was working on a brand new Mass Effect game. But today, November 7th (N7 Day), BioWare shared a promising sign of life: the BioWare team is heads-down and focused exclusively" on the game, according to its executive producer. We have a lot of universe to cover, [...]

Last week I asked where the Trump phone was. The answer? Nowhere. There's no update, no response, no sign of it. And since it's still not here, I am - again -asking the same question. And I'm afraid I'm going to keep being here, week in, week out, until I have a T1 Phone in [...]

Samsung's 65-inch Frame Pro is $1,447.99 ($752 off) - a new all-time low - at Woot. The 75-inch model is $1,897.99 ($1,302 off), also an all-time low at Woot. The TV's main attraction is its Art Mode," which cycles through a gallery of famous paintings when you're not actively using it. The artwork on the [...]

Apple's run of excellent sci-fi looks to continue with Pluribus. The series has some strong pedigree; it's helmed by Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, who also has a history in the genre working on The X-Files. It's also a show that requires a lot of trust from viewers, with a strange [...]

Canadian-based Ploopy announced the Nano 2 on Friday. It's an update to the ultra-compact Nano trackball featuring a new button, improved performance, and a USB-C port that replaces the original's chunky USB-B port. The company made a similar upgrade with its Classic 2 trackball mouse earlier this year. The Nano 2 is still designed to [...]

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President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill" is handing out billions in tax breaks, and a new analysis from Senator Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) office is demonstrating just how substantial those sums are. Under the law, Google's parent company, Alphabet, will save around $17.9 billion in taxes this year, an amount that Warren's office found could've paid [...]