Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge Wear OS is much better than it used to be, so thereâs never been a better time to consider a smartwatch. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 55, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If youâre new here, welcome, get ready to ruin your phoneâs storage, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, Iâve been reading about AI girlfriends and Bobbi Althoff and baseball pitchers, watching Nobody Wants This (my favorite new show in forever) and the new... Read more âș
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The Pixel Watch 2 can still serve you well in 2024 if you donât need a bigger or brighter screen. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Pixel Watch 3 may be the shining refinement Googleâs wearable lineup needed, but the last-gen Pixel Watch 2 is still a great buy. Thatâs especially true when you can get it for as low as $224 ($26 off) â which... Read more âș
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Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google is rolling out a new set of features aimed at making it less easy for thieves to access your data. Thatâs according to Mishaal Rahman, who posted on Reddit that the features are showing up in a new update after seeing that his Xiaomi 14T Pro phone now has Theft Detection Lock and Offline Device Lock, two of three features Google announced in... Read more âș
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New Shepard in 2022. | Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Blue Origin is preparing to launch its NS-27 mission with the RSS KĂĄrmĂĄn Line, its new crew capsule, on Monday at 9AM ET. It will be the first launch for the capsule, which the company says in its announcement will have improved performance and reusability, along with âan updated livery, and accommodations for payloads on the booster.â... Read more âș
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Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island on March 26, 2019 before it closed later that year. | Photo: Getty Images Major tech firms, in search of carbon pollution-free electricity for data centers, are helping to revive nuclear energy in the US. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Image: Bethesda Itâs been a long time coming for Starfield players. Bethesdaâs sci-fi take on Skyrim originally launched last summer, and while there have been some updates and improvements since then, itâs taken more than a year for the game to get its first major expansion. This lead-up means thereâs a lot riding on Shattered Space â which is a perfectly fine addition to the game that also feels incredibly... Read more âș
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Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Just over a year ago, Epic Games laid off around 16 percent of its employees. The problem, Epic said, was its own big ideas for the future and just how expensive they were to build. âFor a while now, weâve been spending way more money than we earn,â Epic CEO Tim Sweeney wrote in an email to staff. On Tuesday, onstage at the... Read more âș
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Hedging oneâs bets, I suppose. | Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images After the podcast where Ben Horowitz repeatedly congratulated himself for being brave enough to support Donald Trump in public, it turns out Horowitz will also be donating to Kamala Harris. Or so he says. âAs I mentioned before, Felicia and I have known Vice President Harris for over 10 years and she has been a great friend to both... Read more âș
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Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Intel may have one less worry on its very full plate: it believes it has now fully addressed its desktop CPU instability woes with 13th and 14th Gen âRaptor Lakeâ chips. While the company says thereâs still no fix for processors that are already damaged, it confirms to me that the âVmin Shift Instabilityâ is the root cause of the unusual instability and... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge WordPress and its cofounder Matt Mullenweg are embroiled in a public battle against the third-party hosting provider WP Engine. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Garmins arenât just multisport behemoths anymore. | Illustration by Will Joel / The Verge Garmin may be best known for its hardcore fitness watches, but itâs got an extensive line of lifestyle offerings, too. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Image: MKBHD via YouTube MKBHDâs new wallpaper app has received its first big update after users criticized the app over pricing and the advertising setup for free accounts. On Friday, the Panels account announced on X that people using the app for free can now download high-resolution images â not just standard-definition ones â by watching a single ad. The app previously required users to sign up for a $11.99... Read more âș
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge This week, DirecTV announced it intends to buy Dish, Sling TV, and the rest of EchoStarâs television business for a dollar (while also taking on all of Dishâs debt), combining almost 20 million satellite TV subscribers from two companies that have been circling one another for decades. But itâs not just DirecTV and Dish. AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, General Electric, GM, News Corp, Tumblr, and... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge You donât have to spend a fortune to have a robot clean your floors. Hereâs our pick of the most cost-effective bots you can buy right now. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp 2024 in Europe. | Image: WordCamp The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge After months of waiting, now Android users can take the Arc Search app for a spin. Itâs now available as an open beta on the Google Play Store after developers teased an Android version of the app in August. Arc is The Browser Companyâs take on web browsing, billing itself as offering better customization options than competitors. The Arc Search app also comes with... Read more âș
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The 6.1-inch Boox Palma looks a lot like a smartphone, but itâs designed to be an e-reader. | Image: Boox Kindles are great and all, but if you want a pocketable e-reader that doesnât require you to lock yourself into Amazonâs ecosystem, the Boox Palma might be worth a look. The 6.1-inch ebook reader normally runs for $279.99, but now through October 9th, readers of The Verge can score a... Read more âș
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The fashionable and discreet Oura Ring Generation 3Â is down to nearly its best price to date. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Oura may have just announced the new Oura Ring 4, but until its release on October 15th, the Oura Ring Generation 3 is still the best smart ring on the market. We donât typically see it go on sale often, but right now, you can... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge A popular financial newsletter is accusing Roblox of allowing large-scale child sexual exploitation and inappropriate content on its platform, drawing on years of media reports. The allegations are detailed on The Bear Cave, a short selling newsletter â but Roblox says The Bear Caveâs founder is highlighting rare instances of abuse to profit by making the service look bad. âThis article contains misleading, irresponsible and in many... Read more âș
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Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge A Samsung smart home software update released this week put some usersâ Galaxy S10 and Note 10 (including e, Lite, Plus, and 5G versions) and A90 and M51 smartphones in an infinite boot loop, rendering their devices useless. After some sleuthing, Reddit users narrowed it down to a Samsung SmartThings framework app update that was automatically applied to the devices. According to posts... Read more âș
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