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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 18:13 EDT

I tested 15 cases for the Switch 2 and these are the best

You might find it kind of sad to put your hard-earned Switch 2 into a protective case. To me, it’s freeing. Using a case relieves me of the worry that it will accumulate tons of little scratches, or worse. I’ve tested several types of cases on the Nintendo Switch 2 since its June 2025 debut, […] Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 16:28 EDT

Apple adds a new toggle to make Liquid Glass less glassy

Apple’s latest iOS 26.1 beta has a new option that lets you tint Liquid Glass elements of iOS 26 so that they are more opaque. Since announcing Liquid Glass at WWDC this year, Apple has tweaked exactly how glassy Liquid Glass is — early on, there were some legibility issues — but this new setting […] Read more

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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 16:17 EDT

I tested a bunch of Switch 2 screen protectors, and these are the best

A glass screen protector is one of a few essential accessories that every Switch 2 owner should make, along with a select few others. In fact, it should be a priority to stick one onto the console’s screen as soon as possible to avoid accidental scratches.  To test the candidates below, I installed and removed […] Read more

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Elissa Welle @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 15:48 EDT

An eye implant and smart glasses restore some lost vision

Several dozen patients regained some of their vision thanks to an implant inside their eye paired with a set of smart glasses. The study was published Monday in The New England Journal of Medicine, and researchers report that patients could see well enough using the technology to fill out crossword puzzles and read regular books […] Read more

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Sean Hollister @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 15:39 EDT

Google will reportedly let 15 superfans test unreleased Pixel phones

There are but three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Google’s next Pixel phone getting thoroughly leaked before the company can even announce it. (Multiple generations of Pixel have been publicly unboxed, disassembled, and even reviewed before Google can show them off.) But it seems Google doesn’t want leakers to have all the fun — […] Read more

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Brandon Russell @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 13:11 EDT

Iniu’s tiny 10,000mAh power bank is almost half off right now

Small power banks are a dime a dozen, but Iniu’s Pocket Rocket P50 stands out for its combination of size, capacity, and features. We saw this model drop in price during Amazon’s recent October Prime Day sale, but a fresh discount has now made the power bank cheaper than ever. Right now, you can pick […] Read more

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Hayden Field @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 13:02 EDT

The Friend AI pendant’s creator promoted a ‘Friend protest’ in NYC

If you live in NYC, there’s almost no way you’ve missed the Friend AI pendant subway ad fallout — whether you’ve taken pictures of the most inspired graffiti on the ads in the tunnels, tried to avert your eyes from the near-constant presence of the device pictured on all the ads inside subway cars, or […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 12:29 EDT

Kohler’s new toilet camera provides health insights based on your bathroom breaks

Knowing what’s coming out of your body can be just as useful for maintaining a healthy lifestyle as being choosy about what goes into it. As part of a new initiative focused on “turning the bathroom into a connected, data-informed health and wellness hub,” Kohler has announced a health tracker called the Dekoda you attach […] Read more

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 11:24 EDT

The Sims Mobile is shutting down next year

The Sims is in a period of transition — and as part of that, the ongoing mobile version will be shutting down in a few months. EA announced that today’s update for The Sims Mobile will be its last, and that on January 20th, 2026 the game “will no longer be accessible to play and […] Read more

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 11:14 EDT

Anbernic’s DS clone will be cheaper than Nintendo’s original

Anbernic has shared footage of its upcoming RG DS dual-screen clamshell handheld playing a selection of emulated games, including stylus-driven titles like Kirby: Canvas Curse from the Nintendo DS and 3DS games like Shovel Knight. Anbernic announced the RG DS earlier this month with a price tag that will be under $100 and four color […] Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 11:09 EDT

Meta is removing its Messenger apps for Windows and macOS

Meta is getting ready to pull support for its desktop Messenger apps on Windows and macOS. Both apps have already been removed from the Microsoft Store and Mac App Store, and existing users are starting to get notifications that the desktop apps will disappear fully in December. A Meta support page, first spotted by Apple […] Read more

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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 10:48 EDT

Lenovo’s Legion 5 is a fast, OLED-equipped gaming laptop for $1,050

As part of our Amazon Prime Big Deal Days coverage earlier this month, I was tasked with spotting notable discounts happening at Walmart. My favorite was the $600 off deal on Lenovo’s Legion 5 gaming laptop, which has a 15.1-inch 2,560 x 1,600 (16:10 aspect ratio) OLED screen with a 165Hz refresh rate, Nvidia’s RTX […] Read more

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Hayden Field @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 10:00 EDT

These nonprofits lobbied to regulate OpenAI — then the subpoenas came

On August 19th at 7:07PM, Tyler Johnston received a message from his roommate. A man, the text said, was knocking on their door with legal documents to serve. Johnston is the founder and sole employee of The Midas Project: a nonprofit that monitors the practices of "leading AI companies to ensure transparency, privacy, and ethical […] Read more

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Nilay Patel @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 10:00 EDT

Zocdoc CEO: ‘Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI’

Today’s Decoder episode is a special one: I’m talking to Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz, and we chatted live onstage at the TechFutures conference here in New York City.  You’re almost certainly familiar with Zocdoc — it’s a platform that helps people find and book appointments with doctors. It’s a classic of the early app economy, […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 09:00 EDT

Oura redesigns app with expanded stress tracking

Oura is launching a redesigned app with expanded stress-tracking insights as it develops new blood pressure features that could identify signs of hypertension. The updated Oura app will introduce a new Cumulative Stress feature that provides a weekly overview of how the body manages and recovers from sustained stress, drawing from sleep, heart rate, temperature, […] Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 09:00 EDT

Ford’s Mustang Mach-E GT California Special blends the old with the new

Ford’s Mustang Mach-E is having a relatively good year, outpacing its gas brethren in sales for the month of August. The expiration of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit doesn’t mean much to the Mach-E, which is made in Mexico and therefore ineligible for the credit. But with clouds looming on the horizon, Ford wants […] Read more

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 05:44 EDT

Starlink launches 10,000th internet satellite

On Sunday, SpaceX launched 56 additional Starlink satellites on separate Falcon 9 rockets, surpassing 10,000 total satellites launched into low Earth orbit to date. The milestone was reached on board the 132nd Falcon 9 launch of 2025, tying the previous annual launch record with more than two full months to go in the year. Of […] Read more

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 10/20/2025 04:07 EDT

Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a major outage that has taken down online services, including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and more. The AWS status checker is reporting that multiple services are “impacted” by operational issues, and that the company is “investigating increased error rates and latencies for multiple AWS services in the US-EAST-1 […] Read more

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Terrence O’Brien @ The Verge · 10/19/2025 19:07 EDT

X is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app

X is testing a change to the way it handles links on iOS so that the buttons to like, reply, and repost will always be visible. Normally, when you click a link on X the page opens up and completely covers the original post. Apparently, this leads to fewer people clicking like or otherwise engaging […] Read more

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Terrence O’Brien @ The Verge · 10/19/2025 16:44 EDT

X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles

Premium Plus and Premium Business users will soon be able to browse and request inactive usernames on the X Handle Marketplace. Handles are going to be broken up into two broad categories. Priority handles will be free and “often include full names, multi-word phrases, or alphanumeric combinations.” Rare handles, on the other hand, will be […] Read more

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