The Oura Ring 4 is almost as good as the newer model, but $150 cheaper
The previous-generation Oura Ring 4 is on sale for as low as $249 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target, $100 off the retail price, and the first big discount on the device since July. The price varies...
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Here are the 25 original Xbox games you can now play on PC
For the 25th anniversary of Xbox, Microsoft is beginning to make good on its paid "next-gen game preservation" promise. Starting today, you can play 25 different original Xbox games on your...
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Microsoft Outlook is down
Over the last hour or so, reports have come in from around the world that people can't access their Outlook email, either through the web or apps. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue from its...
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Meet the people who want peptides to be made in America
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. We'll...
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No, AI agents did not discover a previously unknown Maya site
Armed with a team of AI agents, Google researcher Pietro Miotti claimed earlier this week to have discovered a potentially unmapped Maya site in Mexico. There was just one problem: The site had...
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Oh, Palantir is ‘progressive’ now, is it?
I had other things to do today, but Alex Karp's pathetic attempt to pivot back to the left gave me no choice but to put them on hold. Last week's elections were a bloodbath for the right, a...
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The Jensen Huang scandal is hardly over
I was certain, until the story of Jensen Huang's second affair hit, that Huang was bulletproof. After all, why wouldn't he be? He's placed himself indispensably at the center of the AI industry...
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‘The end of Tesla!’: Cybertruck diehards turn on Elon Musk after he pulls the plug
The Cybertruck is heading to that shiny cyber-dumpster in the sky, leaving the folks who built online identities around Elon Musk's polarizing pickup feeling bereft. Usually, Musk's fanbase treads...
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More game developers are starting to use generative AI
More video game developers are using generative AI tools in their jobs compared to last year, according to the GDC Festival of Gaming's latest annual industry survey. Forty percent of developers...
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AI chatbots are recommending fake retail websites, study finds
Shoppers using AI chatbots to research products or find places to buy items could be directed to imposters and other risky websites, a new study found. The study conducted by IP protection firm...
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25 years later, Xbox is trying to reinvent itself again
Microsoft has spent the past 25 years trying to shake up the game console market. The original Xbox, which launched on November 15th in 2001, took on an industry dominated by Sony and Nintendo....
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Google Wallet can finally unlock doors with digital home keys
Google has added digital home key support to Google Wallet, allowing Android users to open smart locks by tapping their phone against them or simply approaching. The feature is currently available...
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Jensen Huang is out. What did China want from him?
Today, we’re talking about the Jensen Huang scandal at Nvidia, which is developing so quickly that we had to do an emergency update of this intro minutes before publishing this episode. Huang just...
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Read Nvidia’s internal emails about the ‘extraordinarily difficult period’ amid CEO shakeup
Jensen Huang resigned as CEO of Nvidia this morning, a company he co-founded in 1993. The decision came following the company's board opening an investigation into multiple extramarital affairs...
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A power bank that can quickly charge three gadgets is just $49
Amazon Prime subscribers can jump on a pretty nice deal happening on Ecoflow’s laptop power bank that can deliver up to 140W of power through either of its two USB-C ports. You can snag the...
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned. What happens next?
After the leather-jacketed CEO, president, and co-founder of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, acknowledged an affair with Megaspeed exec Alice Huang, his company initially announced an investigation....
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Lego’s BrickLink marketplace has been offline for a week following ‘unusual activity’
Bricklink, a popular online marketplace that Lego bought in 2019 where fans can buy and sell parts and sets, has been down for a week and the company doesn't know when it will return. The team who...
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I reviewed the Apple HomeView, ask me anything
Hi! I'm Jen Tuohy, The Verge's senior smart home reviewer. I've tested every smart display Amazon and Google have ever made, and for the past week I've been testing Apple's first: The $299...
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Apple’s HomeView is my new favorite smart display — but not my daughter’s
The HomeView nails everything I want from a smart display. It's superb at controlling my smart home; it's an excellent hands-free kitchen companion, a good speaker, and a gorgeous digital photo...
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I tried Google’s AI glasses and Meta’s finally got real competition
It's a weird time to launch a new pair of smart glasses. These last few years, Meta has been the dominant player in pushing a fragile smart glasses resurgence. Unfortunately, its privacy...
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