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Victoria Song @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 18:30 EDT

The best Garmin watches for training and everyday life

Garmins aren’t just multisport behemoths anymore. | Illustration by Will Joel / The Verge Garmin may be best known for its hardcore fitness watches, but it’s got an extensive line of lifestyle offerings, too. Read the full story at The Verge. Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 18:26 EDT

Trading is coming to Pokémon TCG Pocket later this month (with some caveats)

The Pokémon Company It’s coming a little later than we initially thought, but The Pokémon Company (TCPi) has finally announced when Pokémon TCG Pocket’s long-awaited trading functionality is rolling out. Today, TCPi revealed that, along with Pokémon TCG Pocket’s next set of cards, the game’s trading feature is set to launch later this month. TCPi didn’t specify an exact date in its statement about the update, but it did explain... Read more

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 17:55 EDT

Sony’s black PlayStation 5 accessories are now available for preorder

Image: Sony Sony announced a collection of black PlayStation 5 accessories in the midst of CES last week, and you can now preorder them ahead of their release date on February 20th. The new DualSense Edge controller ($199.99), Pulse Elite headset ($149.99), Pulse Explore wireless earbuds ($199.99), and PlayStation Portal ($199.99) are all available for preorder from Sony, Amazon, and a string of other retailers starting today. Sony’s new PS5... Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 17:27 EDT

GM banned from selling your driving data for five years

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar are banned from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for five years, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday. The settlement comes after a New York Times investigation found that GM had been collecting micro-details about its customers’ driving habits, including acceleration, braking, and trip length — and then selling it to insurance companies and third-party data brokers... Read more

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 17:25 EDT

Biden punts the TikTok ban to Trump

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Biden administration says it will leave it to incoming President Donald Trump to figure out how to deal with the mess of the TikTok ban, ABC News reports. “Our position on this has been clear: TikTok should continue to operate under American ownership,” a White House official told ABC News. “Given the timing of when it goes into effect over a... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 17:08 EDT

SpaceX is about to attempt its seventh Starship rocket launch

Image: SpaceX SpaceX’s next big launch is here. On Thursday at 5:37PM ET, Elon Musk’s space company will attempt to launch Starship for its 7th test flight from Boca Chica, Texas. You can watch the livestream from SpaceX’s YouTube channel, on X, or its website. At 403 feet tall, Starship is the biggest launch vehicle ever. It’s made up of two parts: the Starship spacecraft, which is designed to carry... Read more

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 16:52 EDT

Here are the best iPad deals right now

Apple’s latest iPad Mini is currently on sale for an all-time low of $399. | Photo: David Pierce / 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 there’s often something to be saved, particularly on the more affordable... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 14:42 EDT

Apple is pausing notification summaries for news in the latest iOS 18.3 beta

Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple has temporarily stopped showing notification summaries for news and entertainment apps as part of the iOS 18.3 developer beta released Thursday, according to reports from MacRumors and 9to5Mac. The Apple Intelligence-powered feature was criticized after it inaccurately summarized content from outlets such as the BBC. Apple will reenable the notifications “with a future software update” as it continues to work on the feature,... Read more

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Brandon Widder @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 14:34 EDT

Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now

The last-gen Series 9, which isn’t all that different from the Series 10, is on sale starting at $279. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In September, Apple launched its latest smartwatch, introducing the Apple Watch Series 10 alongside a black rendition of the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Each wearable has its own pros and cons, as does the second-gen Apple Watch SE, but the recent introduction... Read more

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Adi Robertson @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 14:17 EDT

Will RedNote get banned in the US?

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge I’m not the first to note the irony of TikTok users flooding RedNote this week. The TikTok divest-or-ban rule was supposed to drive Americans away from a foreign-owned social network that was subject to influence or data harvesting by the Chinese government. Instead, it pushed them onto a different foreign-owned social network that poses the exact same hypothetical risks — and that might be... Read more

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Gaby Del Valle @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 13:55 EDT

CFPB sued for trying to regulate digital payment apps more like banks

Illustration: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Two major tech trade groups are challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) effort to treat payment apps and digital wallets like banks. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, DC, NetChoice and TechNet claim that the CFPB’s digital payment regulation, announced on November 21st, 2024, is arbitrary and capricious. “The CFPB’s unlawful power grab undermines the rule of law, further bloats... Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 13:49 EDT

David Lynch has died

Photo by Amy T. Zielinski/Getty Images David Lynch, the director behind Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and other unsettling works, has died, his family confirmed in a post on his official Facebook page. He was 78 years old. Read more

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 13:23 EDT

Tesla says the Cybertruck is ‘best-selling,’ so why is it offering discounts?

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Tesla is declaring the Cybertruck to be “America’s bestselling electric pickup truck in 2024.” And yet for the first time, the company offering discounts of up to $2,600 on the low-poly truck, a sign that demand may not be as strong as Tesla would like you to think. The discounts, which appear on the company’s inventory webpage, are as high as $1,600... Read more

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Gaby Del Valle @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 13:13 EDT

As Americans flock to RedNote, privacy advocates warn about surveillance

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge More than 700,000 US-based users have downloaded RedNote, a popular Chinese social app, as the TikTok ban deadline looms — but they may find themselves looking for yet another TikTok alternative soon. A US official told CBS News that Xiaohongshu, the app more commonly referred to as RedNote, has many of the same issues that caused Congress to ban TikTok and that the app... Read more

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 13:00 EDT

Microsoft bundles Office AI features into Microsoft 365 and raises prices

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is bundling its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions, but it’s also raising prices as a result. Previously, Microsoft 365 subscribers had to pay an extra $20 per month to get Copilot inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as part of a Copilot Pro subscription, but Microsoft is now adding these AI features to Microsoft 365 apps for an extra $3... Read more

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Ash Parrish @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 13:00 EDT

All our unanswered questions about the Nintendo Switch 2

Image: The Verge, Nintendo Nintendo has finally revealed its new console, debuting the Switch 2 with a short video that went heavy on visuals but light on information. The video was paired with a brief follow-up press release from Nintendo that also didn’t go into much detail, with the company ostensibly saving all the juicy stuff for the Switch 2 Direct set to take place on April 2nd. While we... Read more

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 12:54 EDT

FDA bans use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods

Red Dye No. 3 is used in candy, desserts, frostings, and other treats. | Photo by Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images The US Food and Drug Administration is banning the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, drinks, and medication, the agency announced Wednesday. The dye, which the FDA says gives certain candies, cakes, and frostings a “bright, cherry-red color,” was found to cause cancer in male rats. Food... Read more

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 12:43 EDT

AMC’s free Stubs membership tier is getting a little sweeter

Illustration: The Verge In a bid to get even more people regularly coming back to the theater, AMC is rolling out a new set of perks for the cheapest (read: free) tier of its loyalty rewards program. Though AMC doesn’t seem to be getting rid of the original Insider level of its AMC Stubs membership, the theater chain announced today that it’s introducing a new Premiere Go! tier that will... Read more

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Jay Peters @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 12:36 EDT

The Switch 2 is almost here — but PC handhelds are giving it big competition

Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The first Nintendo Switch basically had the road to itself, and Nintendo instantly proved just how awesome a hybrid console and handheld could be, leading to massive success. We now know that the Switch 2 is set to launch in 2025, but it will be released into a world that’s packed with very capable handheld gaming PCs that could present an... Read more

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 01/16/2025 12:24 EDT

The Roborock Q5 Max Plus drops to an all-time low of $280

The Roborock Q5 Max Plus can’t mop, but it’s great for dry spills on carpets and hard flooring. | Image: Roborock While you can pay close to $1,000 or more for a fancier robot vacuum with bells and whistles like mopping and AI object avoidance, sometimes, all you may need is a solid roamer with powerful suction. That’s exactly what the Roborock Q5 Max Plus is, and the all-time low... Read more

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