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. Continue reading… | Continue reading


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Researcher reveals ‘catastrophic’ security flaw in the Arc browser

Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge A security researcher revealed a “catastrophic” vulnerability in the Arc browser that would have allowed attackers to insert arbitrary code into other users’ browser sessions with little than an easily findable user ID. The vulnerability wa … | Continue reading


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US announces $3 billion in funding for new battery projects

A worker demonstrates how lithium is recovered from brine at a Standard Lithium facility in El Dorado, Arkansas, US, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images The US Department of Energy announced today plans to dole out more than $3 billion to over two dozen battery proj … | Continue reading


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A new PS5 update is here to address Final Fantasy XVI bugs

Image: Square Enix On Friday morning, Sony released a system update for the PlayStation 5 that may help with graphical bugs and crashes reported by Final Fantasy XVI players after the last PS5 firmware update. Sony says today’s update (version 24.06-10.01.00) simply improves “sys … | Continue reading


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Win a pair of Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones from The Verge

These can be all yours. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge We’ve got a new pair of our favorite noise-canceling headphones, and we’re giving them away to celebrate the recent relaunch — err, refresh? — of our weekly deals newsletter. All you have to do is sign up for the new and … | Continue reading


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Rivian is now shipping its Gen 2 R1T and R1S EVs with tri-motor powertrains

There’s three motors inside this one. | Image: Rivian Rivian is now shipping its electric trucks and SUVs with a tri-motor configuration, adding an extra power boost over the dual-motor version. The new 850 horsepower powertrain uses Rivian’s new in-house Enduro motors, with one … | Continue reading


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Anker recalls MagSafe iPhone batteries over fire risk

Anker is recalling three additional power banks, citing a manufacturing defect in their lithium-ion batteries. | Image: Anker Anker has issued a recall notice for its Anker 334 MagGo Battery (PowerCore 10K, model number A1642), Anker Power Bank (model number A1647), and Anker Mag … | Continue reading


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Former Snap Spectacles engineer says the new glasses are ‘obviously bad’

The fifth-generation Snap Spectacles were described as “a disaster” by a developer who helped create them. | Photo by Nalani Hernandez-Melo for The Verge Snap’s latest generation of augmented reality Spectacles have been lambasted by one of the engineers who helped to create them … | Continue reading


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Elon Musk is navigating Brazil’s X ban — and flirting with its far right

Image: Maira Erlich / Bloomberg via Getty Images For more than two weeks, Brazilians have been without access to X. Brazil’s Supreme Court blocked the platform after Elon Musk failed to comply with court rulings. As X evades the ban and Musk’s companies work slowly toward a resol … | Continue reading


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Welcome to the new and improved Verge Deals newsletter

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Hey, folks! Every week for the past four years, the team behind Verge Deals has combed the web, looking for the best deals and discounts on the tech we love most at The Verge. We pride ourselves in having tried and tested every product we recommen … | Continue reading


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You’re cute no matter what phone you have

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge The iPhone 16 is great. But it’s great in pretty much exactly the ways you’d expect it to be great — gone, it seems, are the days of big new ideas about these slabs of glass we all use all day. And that’s basically okay! But it does make you wonder: … | Continue reading


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Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs

Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft just signed a deal to revive the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. If approved by regulators, the software maker would have exclusive rights to 100 percent of the output for its AI data center needs. … | Continue reading


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The iPhone camera is more confusing than ever

Everyone’s iPhone camera might look a little different with the new Photographic Styles. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge When I walked into the building that houses the Steve Jobs Theater for the iPhone 16 launch last week, the first person I saw taking a photo of the room w … | Continue reading


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Microsoft’s new Fluent illustrations are more 3D and playful

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is overhauling the illustrations it uses throughout its products and services to make them less flat and more playful and interesting. The previous iteration of illustrations was heavily vector-based, with a flat illustration style that can be found thr … | Continue reading


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Apple put on notice over support for third-party watches and headphones

The two new proceedings are meant to “assist Apple in complying with its interoperability,” according to the EU. | Cath Virginia / The Verge The European Commission has opened new proceedings under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that will see the bloc instruct Apple on how it can … | Continue reading


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Up close with Sony’s PS5 Pro — and the 30th Anniversary model

The Sony PS5 Pro. We took some photos to give you a better look. Continue reading… | Continue reading


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Netflix adds Civilization VI and Street Fighter IV to its games lineup

Image: Firaxis / 2K Games Netflix’s newest games are actually a bit old. During its Geeked Week 2024 presentation, the streaming service revealed it’s adding Civilization VI and Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition as well as a host of other titles to its ever-increasing and legit … | Continue reading


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Arcane’s final season starts streaming on November 9th

Netflix The second and final season of Netflix’s Arcane finally has a concrete release date, but it looks like the episodes won’t all be dropping at once. This evening, during the final night of this year’s Geeked Week showcase, Netflix and Riot announced that Arcane’s final seas … | Continue reading


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Netflix’s Devil May Cry series starts streaming in April

Image: Netflix It doesn’t look like Dante has lost a step for his upcoming animated series. Netflix just released a new trailer for its Devil May Cry adaptation, and it includes the kind of absurd, over-the-top demon-hunting action that has made Capcom’s games so beloved. That me … | Continue reading


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Netflix teases its animated Splinter Cell series

Image: Netflix It’s been quite some time since we heard anything about Netflix’s animated adaptation of Splinter Cell — but the streamer has finally provided some details on the show. The reveal comes in the form of a very brief teaser trailer, which shows a little bit of the sho … | Continue reading


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Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender has found its Toph

Image: Netflix It’s not clear how much of Avatar: The Last Airbender’s story Netflix will fit into the next season of its live-action adaptation, but we now know who will be portraying the series’ take on Toph. During Netflix’s ongoing Geeked Week event, the streamer announced th … | Continue reading


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US online passport renewal is now fully open for business

The Verge’s Sean Hollister picking up his new passport at the post office. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge If you read my colleague Sean Hollister’s positive experience renewing his US passport online through a beta website from the State Department — without needing to shi … | Continue reading


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Concord’s director reportedly steps down

Image: Sony Concord game director Ryan Ellis has stepped down following the decision to take the game offline, according to Kotaku. Developers at Concord developer Firewalk Studios are also uncertain of the future of the studio. Ellis, whose resume also includes more than seven y … | Continue reading


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Californians can now add their driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet

Californians can now add their driver’s license or state ID to their Apple Wallets. | Image: Apple Apple announced that starting today, California residents can add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet on their iPhones and Apple Watches as part of the state’s mob … | Continue reading


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The FTC says social media companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission published a new report about the data collection policies of social media platforms and video streaming services, and the results are damning, if not unexpected. The report, which was released on September 19th, … | Continue reading


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Logitech is making 502 metal mice

Image: Logitech Logitech is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its G502 gaming mouse with a limited-edition aluminum version. The G502 X Plus AL Edition has the same functionality as the standard wireless G502 X mouse, plus an aluminum chassis with laser-etched markings, includi … | Continue reading


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Apple Intelligence is now available in public betas

Image: Apple Apple has just released public betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, and they include upcoming Apple Intelligence features like text rewriting tools, the glowy new Siri design, a “Clean Up” tool to remove objects from your photos, and more. To be ab … | Continue reading


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Hipstamatic’s new app collects everyone’s party photos for you

The Hipstamatic Party! Disposable Camera app saves event organizers from having to chase down guests to get their photos. | Screenshot: Apple App Store Hipstamatic’s new Party! Disposable Camera app is designed to digitally replicate the experience of guests snapping candid photo … | Continue reading


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You might get offered promo codes if one of these delivery robots runs into you

“Sorry about that...” | Image: Starship Technologies One of Starship Technologies’ autonomous food delivery robots tripped up a school employee at Arizona State University last September. As 404 Media reports, when contacted by the police, an employee asked for the person’s info … | Continue reading


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The Apple Watch is now a better TV remote

watchOS 11 makes the Apple Watch an even better remote for the Apple TV. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Previous versions of watchOS allowed the Apple Watch to be used as a remote control for the Apple TV with limited functionality. With watchOS 11, the smartwatch … | Continue reading


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Cruise plots its robotaxi return to the Bay Area

Image: Getty Almost a year since the horrifying crash in which one of its driverless vehicles ran over and dragged a woman 20 feet, Cruise is planning its return to the Bay Area. The company said in a post on X that it is deploying “several” manually driven mapping vehicles in Su … | Continue reading


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LG’s 65-inch C4 OLED TV is half off as part of eBay’s new fall sale

You can save well over $1,000 on LG’s vibrant 65-inch C4 OLED TV. | Image: LG Amazon’s October Prime Day event is just a few weeks away, but if you can’t wait until then, eBay’s taking 20 percent off select new and refurbished items as part of its fall sale when you apply code FA … | Continue reading


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Microsoft launches a Windows app for iPhones, Macs, and Android devices

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is launching a Windows app today for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, web browsers, Android devices, and even Windows PCs. The Windows app is essentially a hub for streaming a copy of Windows from a variety of sources, including Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, R … | Continue reading


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Where to preorder Microsoft’s special-edition Galaxy Black Xbox Series X

Oooo, pretty! | Image: Microsoft Before Sony went all in with a pricey mid-cycle console refresh by announcing its upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro, Microsoft laid out plans for a premium console with aesthetics at the forefront. The 2TB “Galaxy Black” special-edition Xbox Series X is … | Continue reading


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Amazon is stuffing generative AI into its shopping experience

Amazon is using generative AI to create tailored product recommendations based on user’s shopping history. | Image: Amazon Amazon has introduced a batch of new generative AI tools that aim to improve the retail experience for both customers and sellers on the platform. One of the … | Continue reading


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Project 2025 would ‘essentially eviscerate EPA,’ former staff warn

The United States Environmental Protection Agency building is seen on August 21st in Washington, DC. | Photo by Tierney L. Cross / Getty Images Implementing Project 2025, the conservative manifesto written by ex-Trump officials, could have serious repercussions on public health, … | Continue reading


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Censorship accusations loom over Big Tech hearing on election threats

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Top policy executives from Meta, Microsoft, and Google testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday about what they’re doing to protect US voters from foreign election threats in 2024. But the … | Continue reading


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Google’s passkey syncing makes it easier to move on from passwords

Chrome users will need to either unlock their Android screen or use the Password Manager PIN feature to use passkeys on new devices. | Illustration: The Verge Google is improving passkey support in Chrome by making it easier to use the passwordless sign-in credentials across diff … | Continue reading


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The new Microsoft Flight Simulator will be a lot smaller

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will officially launch on November 19th, 2024. | Image: Microsoft Preorders are now open for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 through the Microsoft Store. The next installment of the franchise will launch on Xbox and PC on November 19th, with update … | Continue reading


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Volkswagen ID.4 production halted in the US after its doors wouldn’t stay closed

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A few months ago, I was driving my 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 when, seemingly out of nowhere, my driver-side door made several unusual clicking noises and then popped open. “That’s not good,” I thought, as I quickly shut the door while also a … | Continue reading


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Black Mirror season 7 cast includes Peter Capaldi, Paul Giamatti, and Issa Rae

Issa Rae. | Photo by Rodin Eckenroth / WireImage We still don’t know much about the seventh season of Black Mirror, but at least the show’s return will have a stacked cast. Netflix announced a big list of actors who will appear in the next installment of the anthology when it pre … | Continue reading


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PlayStation’s 30th anniversary PS5 and PS5 Pro are delightfully retro

Image: Sony PlayStation has deftly come up with a way to get more people on board with the PS5 Pro. The company has announced a special 30th anniversary collection for the suite of PS5 consoles and accessories that is unfortunately sick as hell. “To celebrate this 30th anniversar … | Continue reading


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Palworld developer has no idea why Nintendo’s suing over its Pokémon-like game

Image: Pocketpair Pocketpair has responded to the lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. The studio that developed Palworld, the game at the heart of the suit, issued a statement early this morning saying it doesn’t know what patents it violated. “At this m … | Continue reading


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Why Google is back in court for another monopoly showdown

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Today on Decoder, we’re talking about the big Google antitrust trial that’s currently taking place in a federal courthouse. No, not the one you’re thinking of — it’s the second Google antitrust case in just as many months. The compan … | Continue reading


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Google employees’ attempts to hide messages from investigators might backfire

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Google employees liberally labeled their emails as “privileged and confidential” and spoke “off the record” over chat messages, even after being told to preserve their communications for investigators, lawyers for the Justice Departm … | Continue reading


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Pokémon TCG Pocket wants to be a gateway to digital card collecting

The Pokemon Company When Pokémon TCG Pocket was first teased a few months back, it looked like yet another mobile app meant to capitalize on the physical card game’s recent wave of unexpected popularity. With Pokémon TCG Live already on the market, it was hard to suss out how The … | Continue reading


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DJI goes pro with latest Osmo Action camera

DJI’s Osmo Action 5 Pro. | Image: DJI DJI’s response to GoPro’s new Hero 13 lineup is the Osmo Action 5 Pro. It justifies that professional moniker with a new image sensor that promises to improve image quality and low-light performance. It also features a built-in pressure senso … | Continue reading


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Palmer Luckey partners with Microsoft to turn US soldiers into Starship Troopers

Integrating IVAS with Anduril’s Lattice software aims to keep soldiers informed of battlespace threats. | Image: Anduril Anduril Industries, the military tech company started by Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey, is teaming up with Microsoft to improve the mixed-reality headsets us … | Continue reading


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