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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 12:18 EDT

The best Sonos speakers to buy in 2025

After the self-induced tumult Sonos has gone through this year, I can understand why some people are reluctant to spend money on the company’s products. But newly appointed CEO Tom Conrad has shown that he’s determined to get back on track and revitalize Sonos as the leading whole-home audio brand. The contentious mobile app is […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 12:06 EDT

The RAM shortage is here to stay, raising prices on PCs and phones

Your next smartphone or PC might cost more amid a global memory shortage that the International Data Corporation expects to "persist well into 2027." A new report from the research firm lays out the potential impact of the RAM crunch, saying it "signals the end of an era of cheap, abundant memory and storage" - […] Read more ›

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Brandon Russell @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 12:00 EDT

Bose’s first-gen QC Ultra headphones just hit their lowest price to date

If you value peace and quiet, particularly when traveling, Bose’s first-gen QuietComfort Ultra Headphones are worth checking out. They’re our favorite noise-canceling headphones for travel, and right now, you can snag a pair for an all-time low of $279 ($150 off) in select colors from Amazon, Best Buy, and Bose. All three retailers estimate that […] Read more ›

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 11:20 EDT

Who owns Trump Mobile?

Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week, except next week, when we take a break until the new year. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, we're wondering who's actually behind the mobile […] Read more ›

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Brandon Russell @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 11:14 EDT

The Verge’s 2025 holiday gift guide for tinkerers

As AI tools continue to rise in popularity, it's easy to forget the satisfaction of using something that doesn't need an update or a prompt to help you get things done. I'm talking about tools. They're simple and rugged, and they don't make things needlessly complicated. And now that the holidays are approaching, these tools […] Read more ›

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Barbara Krasnoff @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 11:01 EDT

The Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 instant camera is a great gift at $74

Although our phones are all equipped with cameras, there is still something special about being able to immediately produce a printed photo to pass around or give as a gift. If that’s something that appeals to you, the Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 instant camera is a great gift idea, and it’s now on sale at […] Read more ›

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 10:56 EDT

The best Nintendo Switch controllers to buy right now

The Switch 2 is here, and Nintendo seems ready to move on from the original Switch. But we’re not going to up and forget about it. That’s why we’ve kept testing controllers that might be a good fit for you. Even as many accessory makers are making controllers with the Switch 2 in mind, most […] Read more ›

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Robert Hart @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 10:16 EDT

Europol imagines robot crime waves in 2035

Rapid advances in AI and robotics are set to become both powerful tools for police and potent weapons for criminals, a 48-page report from pan-European police agency Europol argues. Earlier this month, Europol's Innovation Lab published "The Unmanned Future(s): The impact of robotics and unmanned systems on law enforcement." The document is framed as more […] Read more ›

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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 10:00 EDT

The wellness wild west is back on its bullshit with unapproved weight loss drugs

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they're going to change your life. Optimizer will be taking a break for the holidays and will be back January 9th. Opt in for Optimizer here. […] Read more ›

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David Pierce @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 09:36 EDT

Brendan Carr is a dummy

All year on The Vergecast, we've been tracking the many bizarre and problematic actions of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. There has been a lot to discuss! Then, this week, ahead of one of our last episodes of the year, Carr appeared in front of the Senate Commerce Committee and spent three hours explaining how he […] Read more ›

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 08:30 EDT

Phones were fashionable again in 2025

A year or two ago, when a phone showed up at my door for review, I could pretty much count on it being black, gray, or maybe (as a treat) white. But in 2025, that hasn't been the case. Phones I reviewed this year featured everything from real wood grain back panels to deep blue […] Read more ›

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 08:00 EDT

Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning

If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats came together on in 2025 - at least at the local level - it was to stop big, energy-hungry data center projects. For communities sick of rising electricity bills and pollution from power plants, data centers have become an obvious target. Fights against new data centers surged this […] Read more ›

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 08:00 EDT

There’s finally a little bit of sunshine in Pluribus

Things might finally be looking up. In the penultimate episode of Pluribus' first season, Carol (Rhea Seehorn) actually seems to be happy. That's a pretty big deal for someone the show describes as the "most miserable person on Earth," who also happens to be living through an odd sort of apocalyptic scenario that she is […] Read more ›

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 07:46 EDT

Semi-solid state MagSafe power banks arrive from the founder of Hyper

A new company called BMX, founded by accessory royalty, has emerged from Kickstarter to make its SolidSafe semi-solid state power banks available to the general public. Like the Kuxiu semi-solid state power banks I've recently reviewed, BMX's promise to have twice the longevity and be safer than traditional power banks, which have been the subject […] Read more ›

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 12/19/2025 03:15 EDT

A Starlink satellite seems to have exploded

SpaceX says it has lost control of a Starlink satellite that's now falling back to Earth after suffering an anomaly. The sudden loss of communications, drop in altitude, "venting of the propulsion tank," and "release of a small number of trackable low relative velocity objects," suggests the anomaly was some kind of explosion. SpaceX says […] Read more ›

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Verge Staff @ The Verge · 12/18/2025 20:30 EDT

TikTok ban: all the news on the app’s shutdown and return in the US

After briefly going dark in the US to comply with the divest-or-ban law targeting ByteDance that went into effect on January 19th, TikTok quickly came back online. It eventually reappeared in the App Store and Google Play as negotiations between the US and China continued, and Donald Trump continued to sign extensions directing officials not […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 12/18/2025 18:18 EDT

TikTok CEO’s memo tells employees it will be sold in January

TikTok has finalized the deal to sell its US business, according to reports from Axios, The Hollywood Reporter, and CNBC. In an internal memo seen by the outlets, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew wrote that the deal will close on January 22nd, with Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX owning 45 percent of the […] Read more ›

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Alex Heath @ The Verge · 12/18/2025 17:30 EDT

Threads wants to be the app you can’t wait to open in the morning

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. By all measures, Meta's Threads app had a very good year. The app was Apple's second-most-downloaded iOS app of the year, trailing only ChatGPT. Threads now has 400 million […] Read more ›

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 12/18/2025 17:29 EDT

Oh snap, I have a new favorite phone grip

In 2022, we called a simple magnetic ring from Anker the best MagSafe phone grip, but things have evolved dramatically since then! You can buy two or even three magnetic rings joined at the hip these days to wield your iPhone, recent Pixel, or really any phone if you stick a magnetic case or included […] Read more ›

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Brandt Ranj @ The Verge · 12/18/2025 17:15 EDT

Steam’s annual winter sale is here — these are the best games to get

If you’re lucky enough to have a bit of time off around the holidays, we have great news: Steam’s annual winter sale kicked off today, and will run through Monday, January 5th at 1PM ET. Now’s a great time to stock up on some of the best games of 2025 at a solid discount, or […] Read more ›

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