Cricut’s $99 craft cutting machine helped me feel creative again
Cricut's $99 craft cutting machine helped me feel creative again The desk-friendly Cricut Joy 2 comes in multiple colors. | Photo: Sheena Vasani / The Verge I’ve always been skeptical of products that claim to help you lead a more creative life. But one recently won me over. I’ve spent three weeks with the Cricut […]
Vivo’s X300 Ultra has the best cameras in any phone
Vivo's X300 Ultra has the best cameras in any phone The X300 Ultra is mostly let down by its rather dull design. A few months ago, I wrote that the telephoto camera is the only lens that matters any more, at least when it comes to Ultra-class flagships. As phones got better, cameras became where […]
Dyson’s powerful 360 Vis Nav robovac is down to $279.99 for a limited time
Dyson's powerful 360 Vis Nav robovac is down to $279.99 for a limited time The 360 Vis Nav impressed us with its exceptionally powerful carpet-cleaning performance. | Photo: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge. If you’re tired of running your vacuum multiple times just to get the dirt and debris out of the carpets in […]
The game that makes me actually want to exercise
The game that makes me actually want to exercise Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 127, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, my Scorpion challenges your Sub-Zero to a duel, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, […]
Asus chases Elgato with its own secondary touchscreen display
Asus chases Elgato with its own secondary touchscreen display Asus’s latest gaming monitor is a little smaller than usual. The ROG Strix XG129C, announced on Friday, is a 12.3-inch touchscreen IPS display that’s intended to be a sidekick for a larger main monitor, similar to the 14.1-inch secondary display in the 2020 Asus ROG Zephyrus […]
Here is Yarbo’s promise to fix the robot mower that ran me over
Here is Yarbo's promise to fix the robot mower that ran me over Yesterday, I told you how a hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower. We explained how thousands of these bladed Chinese robots, made by Yarbo, could be hijacked with ease – exposing people’s GPS coordinates, Wi-Fi passwords, email addresses, and […]
Someone out-Trumped the Trump phone
Someone out-Trumped the Trump phone These are just five of the 29 versions of the Aurora Lux that Dreame claims it will release. | Screenshot: Dreame Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. We’ve reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone’s whereabouts. This week, Trump Mobile […]
Apple reportedly has a deal to use Intel-made chips again
Apple reportedly has a deal to use Intel-made chips again Apple and Intel reached a “preliminary agreement” for Intel to make chips for Apple hardware, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Apple had famously moved on from Intel-powered computers with its highly successful transition to Apple Silicon, but now it appears the two companies will […]
The 46 best last-minute Mother’s Day gift ideas for 2026
The 46 best last-minute Mother's Day gift ideas for 2026 Whether it’s managing a busy home or looking out for everyone around them, moms spend a lot of time every day caring for others. This Sunday, Mother’s Day, is an opportunity to return the favor, so we’ve rounded up practical gadgets and little luxuries that […]
Teenage Engineering’s KO Sidekick is a mixer with fun performance effects
Teenage Engineering's KO Sidekick is a mixer with fun performance effects The EP-136 KO Sidekick sandwiched between two KO-II samplers. | Image: Teenage Engineering The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering’s stylish new two-channel mixer, clearly designed to connect two of its KO-II samplers for live performances and DJ sets. Though, it can connect any […]