Time to catch ‘em all again
Time to catch 'em all again Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 102, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy spooky season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about personal chefs and TikTok’s […]
TiVo won the court battles, but lost the TV war
TiVo won the court battles, but lost the TV war TiVo could have been a contender. In the 2000s, TiVo reached heights few companies ever achieve. Like Google and Xerox, its name became a verb. People had to “TiVo” the new episode of Battlestar Galactica or game 4 of the Red Sox vs. Cardinals, not […]
Motorola’s Razr Ultra and the Marshall Emberton II top this week’s best deals
Motorola's Razr Ultra and the Marshall Emberton II top this week's best deals The latest Motorola Razr is $300 off in multiple colors. | Image: The Verge If you’ve been thinking about buying a foldable phone that truly stands out, few models can rival the 2025 Motorola Razr Ultra, which is currently on sale at […]
8BitDo’s new collection celebrates the NES’s 40th anniversary
8BitDo's new collection celebrates the NES's 40th anniversary As part of its NES40 collection, 8BitDo’s Ultimate 2 controller is getting its most dramatic makeover yet. | Image: 8BitDo Forty years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System launched in North America, and to help celebrate the anniversary, 8BitDo has announced a new NES40 collection. It features […]
The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me
The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me Can you tell if I’m looking at a display, or just pretending for the camera? Outside a florist-cum-coffee shop in upstate New York, a row of vintage cars gleam in the sun. It’s unseasonably warm for early October, so there’s a veritable […]
Facebook’s new button lets its AI look at photos you haven’t uploaded yet
Facebook's new button lets its AI look at photos you haven't uploaded yet Meta has rolled out an opt-in AI feature to its US and Canadian Facebook users that claims to make their photos and videos more “shareworthy.” The only catch is that the feature is designed for your phone’s camera roll — not the […]
Pokémon Legends: Z-A Rotom Phone review: better camera, higher jumps
Pokémon Legends: Z-A Rotom Phone review: better camera, higher jumps Image: Nintendo | Image: Nintendo Though the Pokémon games’ Rotom Phones haven’t really changed all that much design-wise over the past few years, each generation has introduced new functionalities that made upgrading a no-brainer. Sword / Shield‘s Rotom Phone – the very first one – […]
Amazon’s Ring now works with video surveillance company Flock
Amazon's Ring now works with video surveillance company Flock Amazon’s smart doorbell company Ring is now working with the AI-powered surveillance camera company Flock. According to a letter sent to the company by Sen. Ron Wyden, Flock had allowed data access to the Secret Service and the Navy — as well as ICE, as previously […]
SteelSeries makes some of the best wireless gaming earbuds, and they’re 36 percent off
SteelSeries makes some of the best wireless gaming earbuds, and they're 36 percent off The Arctis Buds are great for gaming, whether you use a Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PlayStation 5, or Steam Deck. | Image: The Verge When I have to decide which wireless gaming earbuds that I want to use, it’s a tough […]
OpenAI suspends MLK deepfakes on Sora after ‘disrespectful’ videos
OpenAI suspends MLK deepfakes on Sora after 'disrespectful' videos A real, and not AI generated photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. | Image: Getty Images OpenAI said on Thursday night that it has “paused” deepfakes of Martin Luther King Jr. on its social app Sora after users created “disrespectful” AI-generated videos of the late civil […]