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While videoconferencing apps have been around for quite some time, they really came into their own starting in 2020 during the pandemic, when many companies had to do a quick switch to a system of remote working. Even now, five years later, a lot of employees are still working on a remote or a partially [...]

Itas always a good idea to think about your phone and other devices when you travel. Things get lost, things get stolen, things get left in the seat-back pocket on the plane, and you should always make sure you have a plan. Right now, though, particularly if youare traveling into the United States, thereas also [...]

T-Mobile is replacing its Go5G plans with a couple of new options, complete with a five-year guarantee that it won't raise your rate. But as always, there's a bit of a catch. The new Experience More and Experience Beyond plans match the outgoing plans almost feature for feature, but with more hotspot data. The Experience [...]

Insta360 has announced a new version of its 360-degree action camera that won't immediately become e-waste should your extreme adventures end up breaking a lens. Last year's Insta360 X4 introduced a removable guard to protect its two lenses, but the X5 goes one step further with a new hardware design making its lenses user-replaceable should [...]

I never took 360 cameras seriously. That is, until I started spending more of my free time skiing and snowboarding. My social media feeds are inundated with [mostly sponsored] videos of people using these cameras for exactly that purpose -capturing those thrilling moments on the snowy mountains. And the marketing worked. I punched in that [...]

Nvidiaas GPU drivers have been a disaster over the past four months. It all started when Nvidia released its drivers for the RTX 50-series cards in January, and introduced black screen issues, game crashes, and general stability problems for new and existing graphics cards. Now, yet another new hotfix has emerged to fix even more [...]

Delta SkyMiles members can now link their accounts to Uber, earning miles for money spent on rides and food delivery, the companies announced today. The news kicks off a partnership between Uber and Delta Air Lines that was first announced earlier this year. Once a customer's accounts are linked, they can earn one mile per [...]

Pinterest is testing a new pop-up prompt it will display to minors in the US and Canada during school hours, encouraging them to close the app and turn off notifications until the end of the day. Focus is a beautiful thing," the prompt says. Stay in the moment by putting Pinterest down and pausing notifs [...]

Duolingo will soon be able to help you learn another new skill: chess. The platform's new chess course will use short puzzles, such as moving a knight to the correct spot to practice its L-shaped movement or checkmating a king that's stuck in a corner, to help teach you the game. You'll also be able [...]

After years of rumors, Nintendo has finally announced a release date for the Switch 2. The long-awaited successor to the Switch will be available on June 5th for $449.99, bringing a handful of games and accessories along with it. Nintendo initially announced the Switch 2 would be available for preorder in the US as both [...]

International shipping company DHL is temporarily suspending packages bound for consumers in the US that are valued at over $800 until further notice." The BBC reports that DHL was hit with a surge in formal customs clearances due to the Trump Administration's new tariff changes, which added the need for additional paperwork for more packages. [...]

Nintendo said that Switch 2 preorders in the US will begin on April 24th ahead of the console's June 5th launch day, and now GameStop, Target, Walmart, and Best Buy have shared exactly when you can try to snag a preorder. We've also asked Amazon if it will offer Switch 2 preorders and when they [...]

Nintendo's soon-to-be-released amiibo just went up in price at Walmart, GameStop, and Best Buy in the US. The three retailers have increased the price of Street Fighter 6 amiibo from $29.99 to $39.99, while the new Legend of Zelda amiibo have gone from $19.99 to $29.99, as reported earlier by Nintendo Life. Nintendo's upcoming amiibo, [...]

How much will Trump's threatened 245 percent tariffs truly impact Chinese goods and the prices we pay in the US? Some Chinese companies aren't waiting to see. Anbernic, which makes excellent and controversial Nintendo Game Boy clones, is already suspending US shipments indefinitely. Due to changes in U.S. tariff policies, we will be suspending all [...]

CATL, the world's largest battery manufacturer, previewed several breakthroughs in electric vehicle battery tech that is sure to wow EV makers across the world -even if the tech never makes it to the US. The company teased the innovations at an event in Shanghai timed to precede the city's auto show. According to local reports, [...]

Near the beginning of his opening arguments, David Dahlquist, a lawyer for the US Department of Justice, showed a slide that he described as Googleas avicious cycle.a It goes like this: Google pays billions of dollars to be the default search engine practically everywhere, thus it gets more search queries, thus it gets better data, [...]

Anker's newest Qi2-compatible chargers might be faster, but if you're looking for a reliable - and relatively inexpensive - charger to keep you powered on the go, Anker's last-gen 622 Magnetic Battery (MagGo) is still a solid choice. Thankfully, it's on sale through April 25th as part of Woot's Anker Power Mania sale for a [...]

Sony has published a new teardown of the PlayStation 5 Pro, highlighting improvements that it made to the cooling apparatus of the machine. They include tweaks to the PS5's liquid metal cooling design aimed to give the console more stable" cooling. The changes follow unproven claims that the liquid metal used in the first PS5 [...]

Kia's most popular electric vehicle is getting a bit more expensive in the US for the 2025 model year. The automaker's re-styled EV6, announced in November, will start at $42,900 - a $300 increase from the 2024 Light" rear-wheel drive version, with bigger hikes on the higher-end models. The GT model is getting the biggest [...]

Uber is being accused of using a deceptive billing and cancellation process" for its Uber One subscription service, according to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission Monday. The ridehailing company would enroll people in its subscription service and then charge them without consent, making it more difficult to eventually cancel the service, the [...]

Bluesky is rolling out blue checks of its own for authentic and notable accounts," the platform announced on Monday. For now, the decentralized network says it will proactively verify" these accounts, granting them a checkmark in a blue circle next to their account name. Bluesky is also giving some organizations Trusted Verifier" status, allowing organizations [...]

Airbnb will now display how much you'll pay for a stay - cleaning fees and all - as soon as you start your search. The update, which is rolling out globally, means you'll see the total cost of a reservation (excluding taxes) before you reach the checkout page. The company first started showing the full [...]

Following several weeks of teases, Vivo has announced all the details of its new X200 Ultra smartphone which is launching in China. The X200 Ultra runs Qualcomm's newest high-end Snapdragon 8 Elite processor with up to 16GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage. But what really sets it apart is its back triple [...]

Xbox has confirmed the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster. After years worth of rumors, Bethesda has finally acknowledged that the Oblivion remaster is real. In a post on social media, Bethesda revealed a simple image featuring the roman number IV - alluding to the fact that Oblivion is the fourth in the Elder Scrolls series [...]

Roblox is rolling out a new feature that will let creators on the platform choose to offer in-game items at region-specific prices. This means that an item's specific price will vary to reflect a user's local region so that it's equivalent around the world. Right now, in-experience prices are the same globally (the platform is [...]

Star Wars, an epic story about rebellious heroes fighting back against power-hungry fascists hellbent on enslaving an entire galaxy, has always been deeply political. But there are few pieces of the franchise that have ever come close to Disney Plusa Andor series in terms of thoroughly unpacking what being locked in endless cycles of conflict [...]

Valorant's mobile spinoff is really happening" and it's coming to China first. In fact, it seems pre-registration for a playtest of Valorant Mobile is already open to Chinese players, spotted Esports Insider. Riot Games first said it was creating a mobile version of Valorant in 2021, and the previously PC-only game launched on Xbox Series [...]

If youave played both The Last of Us games and are watching along with the show, thereas a pretty strong chance youave been waiting to see how the HBO series approaches a very particular moment a and wondering if that moment has been changed at all for TV. Well, it didnat take too long to [...]

Meta is expanding how it uses AI to detect teens on Instagram - and, in some cases, will begin overriding account settings. Instagram announced it was using AI for age detection in 2024; the system looked for signals that users were under 18 years old, like if messages from friends say happy 16th birthday," for [...]

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly shared details about the March 15th Yemen military strikes in another Signal chat with people who weren't government officials, reports The New York Times. The chat included his wife and about a dozen" others he knew personally and professionally, the outlet writes, citing conversations with four unnamed sources. The [...]

Many of Logitechas products are pricier now than they were in the recent past. In a video published this week, YouTuber Cameron Dougherty detailed increases as high as 25 percent on the companyas PC and gaming accessories, including well-known Logitech gear like the MX Master 3S mouse. I took a peek at a few Internet [...]

Star Wars is once again descending on Fortnite. This time, it's through the Star Wars-themed Galactic Battle, a new Battle Royale season that starts May 2nd and features Darth Jar Jar and the debut of Force Lightning, a new in-game ability. The news was appropriately revealed at Star Wars Celebration in Japan. As with most [...]

Though the larger Star Wars franchise has seen better days, Disney Plus' Visions animated series has been consistently excellent for the past two seasons, and the creative teams behind its next chapter make it sound like it's going to be another knockout. The anthology series will see three storylines from previous episodes continue in this [...]

When Henk Rogers first read the script for the Tetris movie, he was shocked. aThere was so much Hollywood in the movie,a he tells The Verge. aIt just drove me nuts.a The film largely follows a pivotal period in Rogersa life, when he traveled to the Soviet Union to navigate the complex rights issues for [...]

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 79, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If youare new here, welcome, RIP your free time, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, Iave been reading about dire wolves and Neuralink and the history of the [...]

Synology is preparing to roll out new restrictions on third-party hard drives in its future network attached storage (NAS) devices later this year, the company confirmed to Ars Technica. The changes could make it much harder to use third-party drives in Synology's devices for typical use cases, like backing up household computers or as local [...]

More protests against President Donald Trump are taking place today as part of A National Day of Action" largely spearheaded by the decentralized 50501 movement. Events are scheduled in all 50 states, two weeks after millions of people attended more than 1,300 Hands Off!" protests across the US and the world. This time, over 700 [...]

Star Wars Outlaws will get its next story DLC, called A Pirate's Fortune on May 15th, Ubisoft announced during Star Wars Celebration Japan yesterday. The company also revealed that the Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game will come out on September 4th. The expansion, free for Outlaws Season Pass holders and $14.99 otherwise, picks [...]

Haste: Broken Worlds takes the relaxing loop of sliding down and leaping off hills from iOS classic Tiny Wings and turns it into a thrilling, high-speed, and 3D roguelike. In Haste, you play as Zoe, a girl who typically delivers letters but has found herself mysteriously transported to the new worlds you run through. When [...]

After half a decade fighting to keep its empire together, Google's defenses are wearing thin. The company is facing a two-front war that could fundamentally reshape its business, and, the US Department of Justice argues, open new opportunities for its competitors. Last year a federal judge deemed Google an unlawful monopolist in the online search [...]

With over 108 million subscribers, WWE has truly colossal reach on YouTube. The company currently sits just behind PewDiePie at number 11 on the list of most-subscribed channels across the entire platform. When youare at that level of popularity, thereas constant communication with YouTube about best practices, key viewership metrics, and the latest strategies for [...]

Lucas Pope, the solo creator of games like Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn, received the Pioneer Award from the annual Game Developers Choice Awards this year. Itas a major achievement that puts him in a league with industry giants like Gabe Newell, Yu Suzuki, and Roberta Williams. aNow that I'm an official [...]

Itas a familiar frustration for ridehail users: you open the Uber or Lyft app, enter your destination, and discover that your intended trip costs several times more than expected. The culprit is surge pricing, one of ridehailas most important and controversial innovations. Customers grumble about higher fares, but Uber and Lyft executives have insisted that [...]

Star Wars Zero Company will release sometime in 2026, according to an announcement from Disney and EA. The game's title was revealed earlier this week. Alongside the release year, the two companies also shared a bit more information about what you can expect from the game. InStar WarsZero Company, players will step into the shoes [...]

In a letter to the Social Security Administration's Inspector General's office requesting an investigation into DOGE, Ranking Member Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) alleged that the government entity created by Elon Musk supposedly to reduce the size of the federal government is now constructing a cross-agency master database" of sensitive personal information. Wired appeared to back [...]

The government should be scrutinizing Metaas power. Unfortunately, its legal attack isn't cutting to the heart of what keeps Meta big. This week, I spent three days in a Washington, DC courtroom watching Mark Zuckerberg testify. He was there defending his company from being broken up by the Federal Trade Commission, which is seeking to [...]

Tesla has plenty of Cybertrucks listed on its website, and they've got some hefty discounts, including many for about $10,000 off, Electrek reports. Many are from the 2024 model year and include limited Foundation Series" Cybertrucks that ended production in October, plus some lightly used demo" ones we saw that have racked up around 300 [...]

A federal judge in Nevada has ruled that it's unconstitutional to obtain swaths of cellular records through tower dumps" - but will still let police get away with using it as evidence, as reported earlier by 404 Media and Court Watch. With tower dumps, authorities can dig through the cell records that pinged off a [...]

This week, Kia announced its affordable EV4 electric sedan will launch in the US early next year. While the US won't get a hatchback edition of the EV4 that was mentioned when it was revealed in February, there will be two battery configurations: a 58.3kWh battery with a Kia-estimated range of 235 miles, and a [...]