Despite how recently it launched, Appleâs latest iPad Pro is already on sale for up to $100 off. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge While the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day, many great iPad deals are attainable outside those times. The day-to-day discounts may come and go like changing winds, but thereâs often something to be... Read more âș
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You can save $60 on a few Kindle Scribe bundles at the moment. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When it comes to finding a device to read ebooks, you have a few options to choose from. You can always buy a tablet or use your phone, but those devices are multipurpose and can be used for a ton of things, like surfing the web or doom-scrolling... Read more âș
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Boeing During a press conference today, NASA representatives confirmed they have a contingency plan to bring astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams home from the International Space Station (ISS) early next year. If theyâre unable to leave sooner aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft that brought them there, the backup plan would rely on SpaceXâs Crew-9 mission, which has had its launch delayed while officials figure out what to do next.... Read more âș
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Wyomingâs Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board has created an open-source Instagram filter to help visitors gauge if theyâre at a safe distance from wildlife to take photos. The board hopes the tool will help better protect tourists visiting wildlife destinations â and the animals theyâre watching â during the busy summer travel season. To use the filter, visitors to the valley and wilderness recreation area need to open up... Read more âș
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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Sonos CEO Patrick Spence said the new Ace headphones helped spur âyear over year revenue growthâ that slightly exceeded the companyâs expectations as part of its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon. But Spence quickly moved to addressing the companyâs ongoing app woes, which will have a negative impact on Sonosâ fiscal guidance for the remainder of 2024. âThis was overshadowed by the problems... Read more âș
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The Verge You might have to pay to access some subreddits in the future. During an earnings call on Tuesday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hinted at ânew types of subreddits that can be built that may have exclusive content or private areas.â âI think the existing, altruistic, free version of Reddit will continue to exist and grow and thrive just the way it has,â Huffman said. âBut now we will... Read more âș
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Image: Tim Walz Vice President Kamala Harrisâ pick for running mate is Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a former teacher and football coach whose straightforward manner of speaking has endeared him to many and helped launch his name into the public consciousness. Walzâs public persona has what many would describe as dad energy. He makes unsubtle jokes and regularly posts pictures of his dogs. During a widely shared television appearance, he... Read more âș
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An Intel Core i9-13900K CPU, one of the first types identified to sometimes crash this way. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge There is no fix for Intelâs crashing 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake desktop processors. If your chip isnât yet damaged, please apply motherboard BIOS updates early and often to prevent issues. If itâs already damaged, your only option is to exchange it. But what if... Read more âș
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Characters from the Chapter 5 Season 3 battle pass. | Image: Epic Games Epic Games is making a major change to Fortniteâs battle passes that should remove some angst if you canât buy or complete a pass before the end of a season. Fortniteâs battle passes offer a bunch of exclusive in-game rewards that you can only obtain during an individual season, but that means you might entirely miss out... Read more âș
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Image: The Verge / Getty Images Last year, when Minnesotaâs progressive politicians coalesced around a bill to raise the minimum pay for Uber and Lyft drivers in the state, their ostensibly left-of-center governor surprised them all by pulling a move he had yet to use while in office: he vetoed it. Uber and Lyft were threatening to stop operating in Minnesota if the bill was signed into law, and Governor... Read more âș
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A dial can be used to select one of four charging modes on Ankerâs new desktop Prime Charger. | Image: Anker Anker announced several additions to the companyâs Prime line of chargers today, including a new desktop version that allows the power output of its six USB ports to be customized through a control dial. As a result, connected devices get exactly as much power as they need. The new... Read more âș
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The Chromecast is going away after more than a decade in Googleâs hardware portfolio, with the company phasing it out to make room for the new Google TV Streamer. In 2013, the timing was perfect for the Chromecastâs success. Most TVs of that era had rudimentary entertainment apps that were often slow, so beaming content from your phone to a TV made a lot of sense. But times have changed.... Read more âș
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Bleached coral in the Great Barrier Reef in 2024. | Photo: Ove Hoegh-Guldberg The Great Barrier Reef and surrounding waters have reached hotter temperatures over the past decade than they have in at least 400 years because of climate change, according to new research published in the journal Nature. Itâs a stark warning. The survival of the Great Barrier Reef is essentially now in human hands. Corals around the world... Read more âș
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Shortly after Humane released its $699 AI Pin in April, the returns started flowing in. Between May and August, more AI Pins were returned than purchased, according to internal sales data obtained by The Verge. By June, only around 8,000 units hadnât been returned, a source with direct knowledge of sales and return data told me. As of today, the number of... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram is making âviewsâ the primary metric across all of its formats, meaning that creators will be able to track the same metric across Reels, Stories, photos, and more. The change will roll out in the coming weeks, according to a post on Instagramâs creators account. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) âHistorically weâve shown different metrics... Read more âș
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A new joint venture between three streaming leaders could create a monopoly problem in sports television, three lawmakers warn US regulators in a letter first reported by The Athletic. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) are asking law enforcers to investigate the joint venture between Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. to create a new service, Venu Sports. The streaming service is expected to include... Read more âș
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Illustration by Erik Carter Thousands of families have witnessed fake obituaries of loved ones crowd Google search results. As The Verge reported in February, the obituaries â which often appear to be AI-generated â target everyday people, not just celebrities, and are written to extract clicks and subsequent ad revenue from readers. A new report by watchdog organization Check My Ads traced some of the middlemen profiting from obituary spam:... Read more âș
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Balatro, the delightful poker roguelike thatâs of my favorite video games of this year, will be getting a free âmajor gameplay updateâ in 2025, according to developer LocalThunk. The update will âbring new ideas and strategies to the gameâ and will be released for all platforms (itâs available on Steam, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox), LocalThunk says. Balatro launched earlier this year, and itâs since become a smash hit thanks... Read more âș
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Anker included thicker prongs and an improved center of gravity on its new 100W wall charger. | Image: Anker The most notable upgrade on Ankerâs new Prime Charger isnât how much power it can deliver: itâs the redesigned folding plug that now has thicker prongs with a âfrosted finishâ that the company claims will help the six ounce charger actually stay plugged into a wall outlet. Being able to charge... Read more âș
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