You can get a great device for less than $500 these days if you know how to pick your priorities. | Image: The Verge You canât have everything at this price, but you can get a great smartphone. Whether you want an iPhone, a 120Hz screen, or water resistance, youâve got options. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Is this a Game Boy Advance SP or Nintendo DS Lite? Who can say? | Image: Retrohai hai Softbank Have you ever looked at a Nintendo DS and thought it would be cooler if the top screen was swapped for the Game Boy Advance SPâs? Or looked at a Super Nintendo controller and wished it had a GBA SP screen bolted onto the back? Whether you have or not, Hardware... Read more âș
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The 13-inch OLED iPad Pro with the screen removed. | Screenshot: iFixit Appleâs newest iPad Pro is remarkably rigid for how thin it is, and apparently also a step forward when it comes to repairability. iFixit shows during its teardown of the tablet that the iPad Proâs 38.99Wh battery, which will inevitably wear down and need replacement, is actually easy to get to. Itâs a change iFixitâs Shahram Mokhtari says... Read more âș
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Image: Apple For most of its first season, Sugar on Apple TV Plus was a fairly typical if slickly produced detective story. It starred Colin Farrell as John Sugar, a private investigator with a number of charming quirks â obsessed with old movies, unable to get drunk, beloved by dogs â who was determined to solve a missing persons case involving the granddaughter of a famous Hollywood director. Then, at... Read more âș
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Workers walk in Glencoreâs Mutanda Mine, which Tesla sources cobalt from, in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 19th, 2023. | Photo by Emmet Livingstone / AFP via Getty Images Mining for minerals used to make EVs and batteries is plagued with allegations of abuse, the latest report from the nonprofit Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) shows. And automakers continue to source materials from some of the... Read more âș
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Surprisingly, Ecobeeâs smartest thermostat also makes for a decent air quality monitor / smart speaker. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge The temperatures are about to soar now that summer is almost upon us â and so are our cooling bills. If you want to keep comfy while saving money on your energy bills, itâs worth investing in Ecobeeâs Smart Thermostat Premium now that itâs down to... Read more âș
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The GE Profile is a smart indoor smoker â designed to keep smoke inside the oven, not in your kitchen. Wi-Fi connectivity means it works the Smart HQ app for remote control, but thereâs no magic sauce here to make you BBQ whizz. The GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker delivers on its promise of bringing smoking indoors, but sadly its smarts didnât make me a better pitmaster. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Delta Emulator is abandoning its current logo for a different, yet-to-be-revealed mark â because Adobe thinks Deltaâs stylized letter âDâ is a bit too close to its stylized letter âAâ for comfort. Itâs not every day you see an app changelog that includes news of a legal threat, but get a load of this: Image via iOS App Store âAdobe threatened legal action unless we changed our app icon â... Read more âș
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Image: Tyler McVicker Valveâs next game appears to be a multiplayer hero shooter known as Deadlock. This is according to leaks from playtesters posted on social media earlier today, with some of the details verified by known Valve data miner Tyler McVicker. âSince testers started sharing Deadlock screenshots all over the place, hereâs ones I can verify, featuring one of the heroes called Grey Talon,â McVicker posted on X. Read more âș
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Image: Ayaneo The Analogue Pocket is the most advanced Game Boy to ever take actual carts, but Ayaneo has just unveiled a pair of emulator-centric pocket computers that could give it a run for its cash â including a modern take on the original DMG-01 Nintendo Game Boy with a 419ppi OLED screen. Unfortunately, weâve only got renders and a few details today â no prices or full spec sheets... Read more âș
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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Since the iPhone Xâs introduction of OLED and Face ID in 2017, Appleâs phones havenât changed their look significantly, but now The Information reports a major redesign is underway for a new âSlimâ iPhone. The outlet says it could arrive in 2025 as part of the iPhone 17 refresh, with a price even higher than Appleâs current most expensive model, the iPhone Pro... Read more âș
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Cath Virginia / The Verge As the corpse of E3 lies a-mouldrinâ in its grave, its spirit marches on in the form of bevy of video game showcases and events. Thereâs a hefty number of them â some notable, some not (but they should be) â and they encompass a wide range of games and genres. Hereâs your guide to the whats, wheres, and whens of this yearâs summer of... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge Jan Leike, a key OpenAI researcher who resigned earlier this week following the departure of cofounder Ilya Sutskever, posted on X Friday morning that âsafety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny productsâ at the company. Leikeâs statements came after Wired reported that OpenAI had disbanded the team dedicated to addressing long-term AI risks (called the âSuperalignment teamâ) altogether. Leike had been running the Superalignment... Read more âș
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Both the Garmin Epix Pro and Fenix 7S Pro are currently matching their all-time low. The same goes for Garminâs inReach Mini 2. | Image: Garmin Here at The Verge, our deal writers spend a lot of time covering the latest discounts at Amazon, Best Buy, and other retailers that happen to sell the tech we cover. Admittedly, REI is often not one of them, but the companyâs anniversary sale... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge A note from OpenAI says that you may no longer have to download files you have on Google Drive or OneDrive if you want to use ChatGPT to analyze your data. You will be able to add those files directly to the chatbot. The feature, rolling out to paying ChatGPT users over the next few weeks, will save people from the annoyance of having to first download... Read more âș
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Signing in is about to get more convenient in Android 15 and Wear OS 5. | Screenshot: Google AI was the main focus of the Google I/O keynote this year, but there are still a bunch of new feature updates hidden in the various developer sessions. Case in point, 9to5Google spotted that Android 15 and Wear OS 5 are going to get some convenient passkey updates. In its âPasskeys and... Read more âș
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First we lost Sonic, now goes Steam. | Image: Tesla Tesla might be dropping Steam support on some new deliveries of Model X, according to a message from the company shared by a Reddit user who is expecting to take delivery of the long-range version of the electric SUV. Teslaâs message alerts the customer that the company is âupdating the gaming computerâ in the Model X and says itâs âno... Read more âș
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Illustration by Aaron Fernandez for The Verge We found all sorts of gadgets and goodies to celebrate the class of 2024, from the practical to the poignant. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Photo: Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Sony Music sent letters to hundreds of tech companies and warned them against using its content without permission, according to Bloomberg, which obtained a copy of the letter. The letter was sent to more than 700 AI companies and streaming platforms and said that âunauthorized useâ of Sony Music content for AI systems denies the label and artists âcontrol and... Read more âș
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Image: Honda Honda continues to place bets on hydrogen with the debut of a new Class 8 truck powered by the most abundant element in the universe. The concept vehicle joins the automakerâs hydrogen fuel cell SUV revealed earlier this year. And it comes at a time of skyrocketing fuel prices and a shaky outlook for hydrogen in the transportation space. The truck runs on three of Hondaâs new fuel... Read more âș
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Photo by Valerie Macon / AFP via Getty Images Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies says that bringing a bit more fantasy to the sci-fi show was key to making the new season feel fresh. Continue reading⊠Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has reportedly decided to add the next installment of Call of Duty to Xbox Game Pass. The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft will announce that Call of Duty is coming to its game subscription service during the companyâs Xbox showcase on June 9th. I reported earlier this month that Microsoft had been debating whether to put new releases of Call of... Read more âș
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Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge AI. AI? AI! AI... A. I. This has been a week filled with AI announcements from some of the biggest and most important companies in tech, all of whom seem totally convinced that weâre due for a revolution in virtual assistants. If Silicon Valley gets its way, you might never have to write an email, a line of code, or a joke ever again.... Read more âș
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Reddit awards are (kinda) back â with a few notable changes. | Illustration: The Verge Reddit is re-introducing a revised version of the awards system it phased out last year after acknowledging the golden upvote system had âmissed the mark.â âWe tried something new, it wasnât great (you called it),â Reddit said in its announcement post on Wednesday. âSo weâre (re)launching awards, not-so-new but definitely improved. Rollout starts today on... Read more âș
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The Verge The social network formerly known as Twitter has officially adopted X.com for all its core systems. That means typing twitter.com in your browser will now redirect to Elon Muskâs favored domain, or should. At the time of publication, weâre seeing a mix of results depending upon browser choice and whether youâre logged in or not. A message also now appears at the bottom of the X login page... Read more âș
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The new iPad Air and iPad Pro are here (and already on sale). | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge While the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day, many of the best iPad deals from the holiday season have persisted into 2024. The discounts come and go like changing winds, but you can still take advantage of sales... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge On Thursday evening, a lot of iPhone owners (including some here at The Verge) are seeing the ânot deliveredâ flag when trying to send texts via iMessage. Appleâs system status page hasnât noted any issues as of 6:30PM ET, but reports across social media show something is going on. People have reported the problem across multiple wireless carriers (Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile), countries, and even continents. If... Read more âș
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Illustration: The Verge Google will soon offer schools access to Gemini AI â specifically for educators and students over the age of 18 â and promises not to use their data for AI model training or share it with anyone. Google will include the extra Gemini data privacy protections on Workspace for Education accounts at no additional charge. However, it does mean relying on the older Gemini 1.0 Pro model... Read more âș
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Photo: Getty Images Gannett, the media company that owns hundreds of newspapers in the US, is launching a new program that adds AI-generated bullet points at the top of journalistsâ stories, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge. The AI feature, labeled âkey pointsâ on stories, uses automated technology to create summaries that appear below a headline. The bottom of articles includes a disclaimer, reading, âThe Key Points... Read more âș
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge OpenAI has signed a deal for access to real-time content from Redditâs data API, which means it can surface discussions from the site within ChatGPT and other new products. Itâs an agreement similar to the one Reddit signed with Google earlier this year that was reportedly worth $60 million. The deal will also âenable Reddit to bring new AI-powered features to Redditors and... Read more âș
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