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Cameron Faulkner @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 11:00 EDT

MSI’s Katana gaming laptop is $400 off and includes Battlefield 6

If you’re considering a gaming laptop, but you understandably don’t want to spend anywhere near $2,000, MSI’s Katana gaming laptop with the midrange RTX 5070 GPU is $1,099 (was $1,499.99) at Walmart. This machine has a lot to offer aside from a solid graphics chip for gaming. It includes a 15.6-inch QHD screen with a […] Read more ›

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 10:30 EDT

Honor launches the world’s thinnest foldable in Europe

Honor is bringing the Magic V5 — the world’s thinnest foldable phone, though only just — to Europe, where it’s available to order now following its Chinese launch last month. It’s joined by a new MagicPad 3 tablet and MagicBook Art 14 laptop. I’ve just reviewed the Magic V5, which is a whole 0.1mm thinner […] Read more ›

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Dominic Preston @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 10:30 EDT

Honor’s Magic V5 is the thinnest foldable yet, but that’s not why it matters

Honor's Magic V5 is the thinnest book-style foldable in the world, but you probably couldn't tell. It's just 0.1mm thinner - that's four-thousandths of an inch - than the Oppo Find N5 or Samsung's recent Galaxy Z Fold 7. If that's a difference you claim to perceive, then I'm afraid I simply don't believe you. […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 10:16 EDT

Taco Bell’s AI drive-thru plan gets caught up on trolls and glitches

Taco Bell’s plan to outfit hundreds of drive-thrus with an AI voice assistant isn’t going exactly as the chain expected. Dane Mathews, Taco Bell’s chief digital and technology officer, admitted to The Wall Street Journal that the company is re-evaluating where to deploy the tech as customers air their frustrations on social media, and others […] Read more ›

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Andrew Webster @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 10:00 EDT

My gaming buddy

One of the most devastating parts of grief is how it can strike out of nowhere. There you are, doing a perfectly normal, everyday thing, and then that perfectly normal, everyday thing reminds you of something or someone who is no longer there. And when that presence you lost was intimately connected with your life, […] Read more ›

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Barbara Krasnoff @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 08:30 EDT

The best alternatives to Spotify for listening to music

When this article was originally written in February 2022, the big Spotify controversy was that artists were abandoning the audio service in protest of the company's contract with podcaster Joe Rogan, and some subscribers were deciding to follow the musicians' example. More recently, some users have threatened to bail after CEO Daniel Ek invested in […] Read more ›

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 08:30 EDT

ChargePoint’s new megawatt EV chargers could level the playing field with China

ChargePoint is ramping up the power for its next-generation DC fast charging architecture to 600 kW for passenger vehicles, and up to 3.75 megawatts (3,750 kW) for heavy-duty trucks — enough to power an entire football stadium. Most EVs on the road aren’t able to accept more than 350 kW of power while charging, but […] Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 08:05 EDT

MagSafe PopSockets have come for your Kindle

You can now add swappable magnetic PopSocket grips to Kindle e-readers without undertaking any DIY hacks. PopSocket has launched new PopCase Kindle cases that come with a built-in MagSafe ring, optimally positioned for hand placement and weight management when a MagSafe-compatible PopGrip is attached.  The $40 cases are available for 11th and 12th-generation Kindles in […] Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 08:00 EDT

DJI’s Mic 3 crams more features into a smaller package

DJI is making its latest wireless lavalier microphone system even smaller without scrimping on features or battery life. The DJI Mic 3 is half the size and weight of its Mic 2 predecessor and introduces new capabilities, including two adaptive gain control modes, three voice tone presets, and a sizable increase in storage capacity for […] Read more ›

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Jess Weatherbed @ The Verge · 08/28/2025 07:12 EDT

Apple pulls iPhone torrent app from AltStore PAL in Europe

Apple has removed the iPhone torrenting client, iTorrent, from AltStore PAL’s alternative iOS marketplace in the EU, showing that it can still exert control over apps that aren’t listed on the official App Store. iTorrent developer Daniil Vinogradov told TorrentFreak that Apple has revoked his distribution rights to publish apps in any alternative iOS stores, […] Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 21:48 EDT

Microsoft fires two employee protesters who occupied its president’s office

Microsoft has fired two employees that were involved in a sit-in protest in vice chair and president Brad Smith’s office. Software engineers Riki Fameli and Anna Hattle were both dismissed today, after being part of a group of seven protesters that managed to get inside Smith’s office in Building 34 yesterday. Microsoft was forced to temporarily […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 20:10 EDT

FDA approves updated covid vaccines, but with severe new limits

On Wednesday, the FDA approved the new round of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax for use by seniors over the age of 65. But for anyone younger than that, the FDA approval only mentions  people who have “at least one underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19.” […] Read more ›

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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 19:00 EDT

Samsung is Unpacking again in early September

Apple isn’t the only tech company to send out launch event invitations this week. If you’re keeping score at home, September is actually next week somehow, and Samsung is sneaking a virtual Unpacked in on September 4th before Apple hosts its annual iPhone event the following week. But it’s not just a convenient date to […] Read more ›

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Tina Nguyen @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 17:11 EDT

4Chan and Kiwi Farms file joint lawsuit against the UK

On Wednesday, 4Chan and Kiwi Farms, two of the most controversial social media sites on the internet, filed a federal lawsuit against the British government, arguing that the requirements of the UK's Online Safety Act infringe on their Constitutional rights as American corporations. In a filing submitted to the U.S. District Court in the District […] Read more ›

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Brandt Ranj @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 15:22 EDT

The 75 best Labor Day deals we’ve found so far

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, and while the prospect of cooler weather and shorter days can be a tough adjustment, at least there is always a great selection of deals to combat the post-summer blues. You’ll have to wait until September 1st to celebrate the actual holiday, sure, but in the meantime, […] Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 14:48 EDT

Microsoft’s Copilot AI is now inside Samsung TVs and monitors

Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is officially coming to TVs, starting with Samsung’s 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. With the integration, you can call upon Copilot and ask for movie suggestions, spoiler-free episode recaps, and other general questions. On TV, Copilot takes on a “friendly, animated presence” that resembles the opalescent Copilot Appearance Microsoft […] Read more ›

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Justine Calma @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 14:37 EDT

Trump administration suspends FEMA employees who warned about disaster response

FEMA has suspended at least 30 employees after they warned that spending limits, staffing cuts, and gaps in leadership hurt the agency’s ability to respond to disasters. The employees received emails notifying them that they’d been put on administrative leave on Tuesday night, according to The New York Times, which reviewed copies of the email. […] Read more ›

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Tauriq Moosa @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 14:30 EDT

Metal Gear Solid Delta awkwardly mixes modern visuals with old-school frustrations

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater seemed to be designed specifically for me, at first. I've played and loved nearly every entry of the Metal Gear Solid series, and the original MGS is one of my favorite games of all time. These weird, third-person stealth action games feature bizarre characters and scenarios that have lingered […] Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 13:30 EDT

Microsoft’s employee protests have reached a boiling point

Some Microsoft employees are willing to risk everything to protest their employer. No Azure for Apartheid, a group led by current and former Microsoft employees, started last year as a petition to Microsoft executives. It demanded that Microsoft end all Azure contracts and partnerships with the Israeli military and government, disclose all ties, call for […] Read more ›

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Brandt Ranj @ The Verge · 08/27/2025 13:30 EDT

Brisk It’s beginner-friendly smart smoker is more than $100 off for Labor Day

My desire to make authentic-tasing barbecue at home was always tempered by the intimidation of regularly using a smoker. I’ve tried a couple of smart smokers before, but none were as easy to set up, cook with, and maintain as Brisk It’s Zelos-450. An early Labor Day deal has dropped its price to around $328.99 […] Read more ›

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