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Roland has largely decided sit out the analog synth renaissance of the last decade. But it's (belatedly) making amends for that error with the launch of the TR-1000 Rhythm Generator. Unlike previous instruments that tried to cash in on Roland's long legacy through digital technologies like its Zen-Core engine, Analogue Circuit Behavior (ACB) modeling, and [...]

The votes are in, and the winner of Fat Bear Week 2025 is the indomitable Bear 32, also known as Chunk. The public votes for their favorite brown bear each year in the March Madness-style tournament held by Katmai National Park and Preserve in partnership with the nonprofit Katmai Conservancy and online portal Explore.org. Weighing [...]

Amazon's fall hardware event had a little of everything: updated Echo speakers, several Blink security devices, and even a Kindle Scribe with a color screen. Most of the gadgets won't ship for at least a couple of weeks, if not longer; however, most are also available for preorder at Amazon if you want to be [...]

Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the query "does trump show signs of dementia" as well as other questions about his mental acuity, even though it will show AI results for similar searches about other presidents. When making the search about President Trump, AI Overviews will display a message that says, "An [...]

Hello and welcome to Regulator. Today is the last day of The Verge's very good subscription sale: $4 for a month and $35 for the year, for full access to the entire site. Don't delay! When we launched Regulator two months ago, the premise was that I'd write about the collision between Big Tech and [...]

With the impact of President Trump's tariffs leading to higher prices on Sonos gear, scoring a deal feels extra special. Right now, Sonos is currently offering up to 25 percent off a range of refurbished devices, including the Sonos Era 100, Era 300, and the portable Move 2, with prices starting at $134. If you [...]

LG first announced its new 32-inch UltraFine monitor at CES 2025. The company still bills it as the world's first 6K monitor with Thunderbolt 5 connectivity" built right in. Ahead of the display launching in South Korea and Japan in September, followed by a US launch next month, LG has shared more specs and pricing [...]

The image-sharing site Imgur has shut off access to UK users after the country's data watchdog warned the platform of a fine, as reported earlier by the BBC. In a post on Imgur's help page, Imgur confirms that users in the UK can no longer log in, view content, or upload images starting September 30th, [...]

Microsoft is trying to make Copilot more approachable by giving the AI assistant an animated face to talk with. The experimental Portraits" feature in Copilot Labs is currently available in the US, UK, and Canada, and provides 40 stylized human avatars that respond with natural expressions during real-time voice conversations. Announcing the new feature on [...]

Beats has announced a new version of the Fit Pro wireless earbuds that launched in late 2021, which are now called the Powerbeats Fit. The most notable upgrade is a redesigned wing tip that Beats says is 20 percent more flexible, improving comfort while also keeping the earbuds more securely anchored in your ear. The [...]

OpenAI has a new version of the Sora AI video generator that it launched at the end of last year, and it's arriving today alongside a new social video app, also called Sora, for iPhones. The currently invite-only app resembles TikTok with a feed of videos you can shuffle through. But instead of encouraging people [...]

Microsoft is rolling out its annual Windows 11 update (known as version 25H2) today. After testing the update in the Windows Insider Release Preview ring last month, version 25H2 is now starting to roll out to all Windows 11 users through Windows Update. The 25H2 update isn't a huge one, so it won't take long [...]

A Russian YouTuber just posted a video unboxing what appears to be an unannounced iPad Pro with an M5 chip. Rumors have indicated that Apple would launch an M5 iPad Pro as early as October, and this video could be our first look at the actual product. Externally, this new M5 iPad Pro doesn't appear [...]

I've got bad news if you've been impatiently awaiting the release of the Trump Mobile T1: it looks like the gold-tinted, bargain basement smartphone with American values" is running late. It was initially meant to launch in September, but with only a few hours of the month left, that's looking increasingly unlikely. The T1 was [...]

Is there a word that describes the feeling of "I want something to be just a bit better because it's already so good it only needs one last kick in the pants"? Because that's how I feel about the $60 Lego Nintendo Game Boy. It's better than the fan-made Lego Game Boy that I asked [...]

In Alien: Earth, a techbro wunderkind controls 20 percent of the world's continental land mass, and he likes to play God in a secret lab located on a remote island. That's where the trillionaire has engineered a new pathway to human immortality, and given a group of dying children a second chance at life. But [...]

Amazon's AI-powered Alexa is on its way to more homes soon. The upgraded assistant will be available straight out of the box with new hardware announced today. New Echo devices will come with Alexa Plus straight out of the box; it'll also be available to those who buy one of the new FireTV. Alexa Plus [...]

Amazon just finished up its fall event, where it shared big updates across its entire hardware lineup. In addition to revealing new Echo hardware and Kindle Scribe upgrades, Amazon also took the wraps off refreshed Fire TV devices and a whole bunch more. Here are all the announcements Amazon made during the event. Amazon revamps [...]

Alexa Plus is coming to a bunch of Amazon's new and current Fire TV hardware. Just like before, you can summon the new, improved version of Alexa with your voice, but it's designed to be much more helpful and better at fetching context-sensitive information about things happening onscreen that you might normally reach for your [...]

Amazon announced three new Kindle Scribes this morning with a much nicer design. There's even one with a color screen. I had a chance to check them out ahead of Amazon's press event, and I have some thoughts. This marks the third generation of the company's larger 11-inch eReaders aimed at professionals, students, and people [...]

Amazon announced new versions of the Kindle Scribe today including the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft featuring a larger version of the customized E Ink screen technology that Amazon uses in its color e-reader. The new Scribes feature a major redesign that does away with the asymmetrical chin on one side making the devices look sleeker and [...]

At Amazon's annual hardware event, it announced a fleet of new Fire TVs, including an Omni QLED model, as well as new 2 and 4-series televisions. The QLED features an auto-adjusting screen for various lighting conditions, plus what the company calls omnisense presence detection. Amazon's Fire TV operating system powers TVs from various manufacturers, but [...]

Amazon announced the new Fire TV Stick 4K Select streaming stick at its fall 2025 hardware event on Tuesday. The new streaming stick will cost $39.99. Amazon last did a major refresh of the Fire Stick line at its fall hardware event in 2023. At that time, it updated the Fire Stick 4K with specs [...]

Amazon is launching a trio of new Blink cameras today, headlined by a strange-looking device that sticks two cameras into a single body. The new Blink Arc looks like two of Blink's standard cameras mounted together at an angle from one another so that they capture different views of the same area. The camera then [...]

Amazon just announced some new Ring hardware with upgraded 2K and 4K recording and some fancy processing tech that's supposed to make streams look better than the competition. The new $179.99 Ring Wired Doorbell and $59.99 Indoor Cam Plus both offer 2K resolution featuring tech that Ring is calling Retinal Vision." There's also a ton [...]

I've been hooked on SteelSeries gaming headsets ever since the Arctis Pro launched more than five years ago. The Nova range upped the quality with feature, fit, and software improvements, and the company is now going one step further with a $599.99 Nova Elite headset - a price that I've been questioning every day during [...]

Amazon will kick off its 2025 fall hardware event today, September 30th, at 10AM ET / 7AM PT, and you can follow along in real-time with our live blog right here. Based on Amazon's invitation, it seems like we can look forward to at least two new Echos, a new color Kindle, and some kind [...]

We're at Amazon's fall 2025 hardware event in New York City, where the company is set to announce a bunch of new gadgets ahead of the holidays. Amazon's teaser image for today suggested new Kindles, Echos, and maybe a TV. Whatever it is, it's been a long time coming: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy promised beautiful" [...]

Google Drive for desktop is adding ransomware detection using an AI model trained on millions of real-world ransomware samples" that will look for signals that a file has been maliciously modified." When Google's AI believes it has detected ransomware activity on a Windows or macOS system, like trying to encrypt or corrupt files en masse, [...]

Google's latest AI Mode update makes it easier for users to search through images using vague descriptions and references. The update provides a more conversational way to shop for products online, according to Google's announcement, allowing AI Mode users to describe what you're looking for - like the way you'd talk to a friend," instead [...]

Microsoft is launching a Security Store that will be full of security software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions and AI agents. It's part of a broader effort to sell Microsoft's Sentinel security platform to businesses, complete with Microsoft Security Copilot AI agents that can be built by security teams to help tackle the latest threats. The Microsoft Security [...]

The vehicle of the future is electric. It's good for the environment. It has enough room for your stuff, as long as you're coming from the grocery and not the furniture store. It's fast, it has super-responsive steering, and you can park it basically anywhere - including your living room. That's because the vehicle of [...]

For EVs, it's Zero Hour. When the clock strikes midnight on Oct. 1, the $7,500 federal tax credit on EVs will expire, potentially turning affordable electric carriages into showroom pumpkins. Sales of electric cars are certain to dip. Real-world prices will rise. The only question is how much, and for how long, as President Donald [...]

Nothing says it has just taken the first step towards an AI-native operating system." Not exactly. Playground, Nothing's new app store filled with user-designed, AI-generated apps, is neither Nothing's first step, nor is it an operating system - it's built on Android. But the idea lands, and beneath the hype, it is genuinely exciting - [...]

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has announced that he's stepping down as CEO, two decades after founding the music streaming service. Ek will transition to an executive chairman role at the company on January 1st, 2026, with Spotify co-presidents Alex Norstrom and Gustav Soderstrom set to step in as co-CEOs. As Executive Chairman, I will spend [...]

Garmin's$449.99 eTrex Touchis a rugged GPS navigator with preloaded maps for outdoor adventures. It features a 3-inch touchscreen for swiping and zooming in on roads and trails, and comes preloaded with TopoActive maps and the option to add an Outdoor Maps Plus plan ($4.99/month) for premium content like highly detailed elevation contours and satellite imagery, [...]

A limited number of people will get to try out Opera's AI browser, Neon, starting today for $19.90 per month. The Norwegian software company first announced the agentic browser" in May, but details were sparse. Now, we know that Opera Neon includes different AI agents that are tailored to specific tasks. One simply called Tasks [...]

If you saw the leaks, you probably already know that haptics are the big, new thing in Logitech's $119.99 MX Master 4 wireless mouse, coming in October. No, it's not adding rumble effects to YouTube videos or to your favorite websites (on second thought, I'd like to try that). And, it's different from Logitech's haptics-based [...]

YouTube has settled a lawsuit President Donald Trump filed against the company in 2021, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump filed sweeping lawsuits against Google-owned YouTube, Meta (then Facebook), and X (then Twitter) after he was suspended from the platforms, and now all three companies have settled with the president. YouTube will pay $24.5 [...]

Senate Bill 53, the landmark AI transparency bill that has divided AI companies and made headlines for months, is now officially law in California. On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act," which was authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA). It's the second draft of such a bill, as [...]

Windows is coming back together. Microsoft is bringing its key Windows engineering teams under a single organization again, as part of a reorg being announced today. Windows chief Pavan Davuluri, who was just promoted to president of Windows and devices earlier this month, shared the changes to Microsoft's Windows teams in an internal memo. "This [...]

Security researchers are shining the spotlight on a serious security vulnerability that could enable stalkers to track victims using their own Tile tags, as well as other unwanted violations of security and privacy. Research outlined by Wired shows that Tile's anti-theft mode, which makes its trackers invisible" on the Tile network, counteracts measures to prevent [...]

Electronic Arts just announced that it is going to be acquired and taken private in a massive $55 billion deal led by an investor group composed of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The deal, expected to close in Q1 of EA's 2027 fiscal year (which takes place from April [...]

It's been 30 years since the original PlayStation was released in North America and Europe after first debuting in Japan nine months earlier. To mark the occasion, Sony has announced a large-format photography book" featuring 400 pages filled with photos of prototypes of controllers and consoles the public hasn't seen before, as well as concept [...]

The Echo Pop and Echo Dot are Amazon's entry-level smart speakers, and both are currently on sale ahead of Amazon's October Prime Day (aka Prime Big Deal Days), which officially kicks off on October 7th. Both speakers are currently discounted to their lowest prices since the middle of June, which means they're beating their summer [...]

Developer Ali Tanis has released the first game for iPhones and iPads that's played using Apple's AirPods as a wearable motion controller. The RidePods - Race with Head gameplay is relatively basic - you're just steering a motorcycle through oncoming traffic at high speeds - but instead of swiping the screen or tiling your phone, [...]

Anthropic's latest AI model spent 30 hours running by itself to code a chat app akin to Slack or Teams. It spat out about 11,000 lines of code, according to Anthropic, and it only stopped running when it had completed the task. The model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, was announced today, and its ability to operate [...]

Anker announced its new capacious Prime Power Bank (26k, 300W) at IFA 2025 as part of a larger collection of updated Prime series charging devices. At the time, pricing wasn't known, but the power bank is now available through Anker's online store and Amazon for $229.99 with a temporary discount to $184 for the next [...]

This week, Amazon will launch new Echo hardware designed to supercharge Alexa Plus, the AI-powered upgrade to its voice assistant. I've been using Alexa Plus for the last few months as part of its Early Access program, and while the new assistant is off to a promising start, it's still clearly a work in progress. [...]

Amazon's October Prime Day (officially called Prime Big Deal Days) starts on October 7th, but waiting a week won't be necessary to score a great deal. Amazon has already discounted the Kindle Kids, Kindle Paperwhite Kids, and Kindle Colorsoft Kids e-readers to their lowest prices ever. All of the kid-friendly Kindles have 16GB of storage [...]