Month: March 2024

The Forerunner 165 series is the budget training watch Garmin needed

The Forerunner 165 series is the budget training watch Garmin needed Garmin really needed a training watch in the $250 to $300 range. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The tradeoffs are well worth the savings over the slightly more advanced Forerunner 265. If you’re training for a race, few multisport watch […]

An AI voice notes app that really works

An AI voice notes app that really works Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 32, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy weekend, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been writing about AI search engines […]

The T-Mobile Sidekick’s Jump button made mobile multitasking easy

The T-Mobile Sidekick's Jump button made mobile multitasking easy The T-Mobile Sidekick’s Jump button made mobile multitasking easy Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Before the iPhone, before Android, before webOS, a revolutionary soap bar of a phone made it incredibly easy to get shit done. The Danger Hiptop, better known as the T-Mobile […]

The ‘PS5 Pro Enhanced’ label could mean constant 60fps and ray-tracing

The 'PS5 Pro Enhanced' label could mean constant 60fps and ray-tracing The ‘PS5 Pro Enhanced’ label could mean constant 60fps and ray-tracing The original PlayStation 5. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony will use a new “PS5 Pro Enhanced” label to tell players which games take advantage of the console’s new abilities, […]

AT&T confirms data breach and resets millions of customer passcodes

AT&T confirms data breach and resets millions of customer passcodes Image: The Verge AT&T has acknowledged that a data leak making the rounds online contains information from more than 7.6 million current customers and 65 million former customers. The company has reset the security passcodes of active customers affected, and says that leaked information “may […]

Apple’s AirTags have briefly returned to their best price to date

Apple's AirTags have briefly returned to their best price to date Apple’s AirTags have briefly returned to their best price to date Amazon won’t let you engrave your AirTags with an adorable unicorn picture, but it will sell them to you starting at $24.99. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Happy Saturday, folks! […]

The Atari 400 Mini is a cute little slice of video game history

The Atari 400 Mini is a cute little slice of video game history Image: Atari Now that the miniature game console trend has already covered most of the biggest devices from Nintendo, Sega, and Sony, we’re starting to enter more niche territory. The Atari 400 Mini isn’t a rerelease of the company’s most recognizable console […]

The world needs more gadgets like LG’s briefcase TV

The world needs more gadgets like LG's briefcase TV The world needs more gadgets like LG’s briefcase TV The company that usually specializes in premium OLED TVs has produced something refreshingly out of the ordinary. And I already hope it gets a sequel. LG’s StanbyME Go is easily the most Inspector Gadget thing I’ve ever […]

The DNC made a weird AI-generated parody of a Lara Trump song

The DNC made a weird AI-generated parody of a Lara Trump song Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Stephen Morton, Getty Images After Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump’s indie music detour to launch a heavily autotuned track called “Anything is Possible,” the Democrats have responded with “Party‘s Fallin’ Down.” Published three days […]

OpenAI’s voice cloning AI model only needs a 15-second sample to work

OpenAI's voice cloning AI model only needs a 15-second sample to work OpenAI’s voice cloning AI model only needs a 15-second sample to work Illustration: The Verge OpenAI is offering limited access to a text-to-voice generation platform it developed called Voice Engine, which can create a synthetic voice based on a 15-second clip of someone’s […]