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How Guitar Hero made everybody a rock star
"Sharp Dressed Man," by ZZ Top. Hard on a good day, Medium when my friends were over, Expert once an...
My favorite e-reader just got a big update
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 103, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world....
The next legal frontier is your face and AI
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For...
Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it w...
Right now, there are robots stocking convenience store shelves in Japan. We haven't embraced that te...
AirTags and cheap gaming laptops headline our favo...
Apple’s AirTags have become one of my essentials while traveling, namely because they let me check w...
What does nearly $6,000 of gaming laptop get you?
It's easy to get into the weeds on a hobby, especially if you're into PC gaming and dreaming of the ...
ICE is building a social media panopticon
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement carries out raids across the country, the agency is working r...
Ball x Pit is a deep, delightful rabbit hole
It took me a while to get into Ball x Pit. The new roguelike blends elements from games like Breakou...
The rise of “catch a cheater” apps exploits our wo...
When people sign up for a dating site like Tinder, they don't expect their profiles and personal inf...
Is Waymo ready for winter?
During a recent all-hands meeting, Waymo's chief winter weather expert laid it out for all the compa...
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a m...
It's dusk, and bugs are chirping all around me. I'm wandering through the middle of a big, virtual s...
Sam Altman’s next startup eyes using sound waves t...
This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated...
Apple says Jon Prosser ‘has not indicated’ when he...
Earlier this week, Jon Prosser, who is being sued by Apple for allegedly stealing trade secrets, tol...
Wordle has achievements now
Want to flex your Wordle habit beyond just keeping your streak? The New York Times has added badges ...
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a gorgeous remake that d...
Halo Studios has created something special for the 25th anniversary of Halo next year. Halo: Campaig...
DJI’s excellent Osmo Pocket 3 is over $200 off in ...
I use a DJI Osmo Pocket 3 every single week to help film Today I’m Toying With, and I love it to pie...
Eufy’s X10 Pro Omni robovac is matching its Prime ...
Halloween parties are fun. The preparation and cleanup? Not so much. Luckily for those looking to ma...
Neato’s cloud is shutting down, leaving its robova...
Two years after US-based Neato Robotics closed up shop in 2023, its robot vacuum cleaners have reach...
Kirby Air Riders’ impressive accessibility feature...
The latest Nintendo Direct on October 23rd brought us an hour-long dive into Kirby Air Riders, as we...
Epomaker’s surprisingly great P75 keyboard is on s...
When the Epomaker P75 launched last year, it impressed us with its build quality and laundry list of...
Netflix shuts down its Squid Game mobile studio
Netflix has shut down Boss Fight Entertainment, the studio behind the mobile game Squid Game: Unleas...
Nike is trying to sell you ‘mind-body’ shoes
Nike’s new “neuroscience-based footwear” is designed to activate an athlete’s brain before and after...
Microsoft Outlook is getting an AI overhaul under ...
Outlook users have only just got over the webification of Microsoft's email client in recent years, ...
Nike’s inflatable puffer jacket de-puffs to cool y...
Alongside a powered footwear system called Project Amplify and new performance apparel with improved...
DJI’s new Osmo Mobile 8 adds pet tracking and 360-...
Just eight months after introducing the Osmo Mobile 7 Pro, DJI has already announced a follow-up. Th...
Verizon launches Lite home internet for people in ...
Verizon is launching a new “Lite” home internet plan for people in areas previously not covered by i...
Dispatch offers a rare unique twist on superhero s...
We are saturated with superhero media to the point where even self-criticism has been done to death ...
OpenAI made ChatGPT better at sifting through your...
OpenAI has launched a new ChatGPT feature that makes it easier to search for workspace information w...
Oreo-maker Mondelez will use AI for TV ads next ye...
Snacking giant Mondelez is using generative AI to slash marketing costs and is preparing to release ...
ChatGPT enters the browser wars
Web browsers have looked and worked basically the same way for more than a decade, to the point wher...
Trump’s got Big Tech and crypto bankrolling White ...
Trump is demolishing the East Wing of the White House to make way for a gilded grand ballroom. The p...
Instagram and Facebook are breaking the EU’s illeg...
Facebook and Instagram are breaching Europe’s Digital Services Act (DSA) rules related to the handli...
Intel’s tick-tock isn’t coming back, and everythin...
With Windows 10 on its last legs, Intel is looking forward to the PC industry growing more than it h...
Microsoft Edge’s new Copilot Mode turns on more AI...
Microsoft is joining the AI browser wave with the official launch of a new “Copilot Mode” in Edge. T...
Nintendo’s chips make this Lego Game Boy upgrade k...
The race to make the Lego Game Boy play actual Game Boy games ended before it even began. The same d...
Nike designed new gear to keep athletes cool in a ...
Nike is showing off new performance apparel today that it says it designed with climate change in mi...
You can get three months of Audible’s subscription...
If you’re tight on time to read through your backlog of books, audiobooks might be a more convenient...
Google is turning on the gas for its data centers
Google’s latest pledge to support a new clean energy technology is… a gas project? To be precise, it...
EA partners with Stability AI for ‘transformative’...
EA is partnering with Stability AI, the company that develops the Stable Diffusion AI image model, t...
Nike says its first ‘powered footwear’ is like an ...
On Thursday, Nike announced Project Amplify, “the world’s first powered footwear system,” which it s...
Fallout 4 is getting a new edition just in time fo...
Fallout 4 will turn 10 on November 10th, and to celebrate the milestone, Bethesda is releasing a new...
JBL’s rugged Charge 6 speaker is down to one of it...
As much as I love decorations, it’s the music that really gets me into the holiday spirit. Luckily f...
Trump pardons disgraced Binance founder Changpeng ...
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of crypto exchange Binance, was pardoned by President Trump today, accor...
PUBG maker Krafton is turning into an ‘AI first’ d...
Krafton, the company behind games such as PUBG: Battlegrounds and the Sims-like InZOI, is making a b...
Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are reportedly interest...
Three of the rumored potential buyers for entertainment titan Warner Bros. Discovery are tech compan...
Anthropic’s Claude chatbot is getting a ‘memory’ u...
Anthropic is rolling out an update for Claude that will let the AI chatbot “remember” past conversat...
Elden Ring on the Switch 2 is delayed until 2026
Nintendo Switch 2 owners will have just a little bit longer to venture into The Lands Between. Devel...
Copilot is getting more personality with a ‘real t...
Microsoft is rolling out some significant changes to its Copilot AI assistant today. There’s a new g...
Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy
It’s been nearly 30 years since Microsoft’s Office assistant, Clippy, first graced our screens as an...
The BrickBoy kit turns Lego’s Game Boy into a hand...
Talented Game Boy modder Natalie the Nerd was the first to turn Lego’s impressive brick-built replic...
