Category: Tech
The telephoto is the only phone camera that really matt...
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on Android phones, follo...
Antigravity’s 360-degree A1 drone is nearly $250 off ri...
Antigravity’s ambitious A1 360-degree drone is 15 percent off through February 9th. The first-ever discount on this model is avail...
I don’t hate the robot barista like I thought I would
In Seattle, the only thing we love more than coffee is our coffee shops. On a six-block walk I pass at least a half dozen, each wi...
This tiny pocket-friendly e-reader is packed with frust...
I've used and reviewed dozens of e-readers over the years, but the 5-inch Kobo Mini remains my favorite for one simple reason: It ...
You need to listen to M83’s icy post-rock record Dead C...
New York City got hit with a hell of a snowstorm last week. And, inevitably, when I'm watching the snow fall, wandering the oddly ...
Shedding light on Iran’s longest internet blackout
After protests broke out in early January, the Iranian regime shut down the internet, starting the longest blackout in Iranian his...
Bill Gates says accusations contained in Epstein files ...
Reports of Bill Gates' connections with Jeffrey Epstein grow more lurid with each dump of documents from the Department of Justice...
The latest Instax printer is a pricey but worthy upgrad...
FujiFilm's Instax Mini Link 3 printer is a much-loved $100 accessory in my travel journal kit. I often tape a printed image next t...
ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elo...
ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it's not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk's AI-generated encyclopedi...
A nice upgrade for Apple’s simplest gadget
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome,...
Cassette Boy forces you to see its world in a whole new...
It's no secret that Cassette Boy is inspired by the classics. It's a top-down adventure game in the vein of a retro Legend of Zeld...
The AirPods 4 and Google’s 4K streamer are just two of ...
Happy Saturday, folks! After a few weeks of middling deals, we’re starting see things pick up. Some of our favorite deals of the h...
SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data center...
SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data center satellites into orb...
“No more Minnesota nice, Minneapolis will strike”
It was too cold to take off my mittens and check Google Maps so I put my faith in the trickle of bundled-up people ahead of me. Al...
Nvidia CEO denies he’s ‘unhappy’ with OpenAI
Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang denied reports that he was unhappy with OpenAI and said his company still planned to make a "huge" inves...
Apple’s AI Push Amid Competition From Meta and Google
Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion, its biggest purchase since Beats in 2014. Q.ai’s technology deco...
Fitbit users now have until May to migrate to a Google ...
Fitbit users who are holding out on moving their data over to a Google account now have until May 19th, 2026 to make the switch. T...
Sonos’ Super Bowl sale knocks hundreds off its audio ge...
Sonos isn’t exactly synonymous with the Super Bowl, although the brand discounts its gear every year around this time like clockwo...
Video game company stock prices dip after Google introd...
The stock prices of some major video game companies, including Take-Two Interactive, Roblox, and Unity, had notable declines on Fr...
Peloton lays off 11 percent of its staff just a few mon...
Peloton said on Friday that it's cutting around 11 percent of its staff, mostly impacting "engineers working on technology and ent...
Jeffrey Epstein was permanently banned from Xbox Live
Would it surprise you to learn Microsoft booted Jeffrey Epstein from its online gaming platform? As spotted by XboxEra, the latest...
Senate passes budget with two more weeks of Homeland Se...
The Senate voted on Friday evening to pass the federal budget, funding everything except for one entity: the Department of Homelan...
The best robot vacuum and mop to buy right now
Robot vacuums that can both mop and sweep your floors have improved significantly in recent years. While they are still not as eff...
Belkin’s Wemo smart devices will go offline on Saturday
As of Saturday, nearly all of Belkin's Wemo smart home devices will lose access to cloud services, including features like remote ...
The best smart rings for tracking sleep and health
So, you’re thinking of buying a smart ring. Well, some good news. Picking the best of the lot is incredibly easy right now. The “b...
