I’m not ashamed to admit the Kobo Remote is the best gadget I’ve bought this year
I'm not ashamed to admit the Kobo Remote is the best gadget I've bought this year The Kobo Remote is small and lightweight, but large enough to be comfortable to hold. Does anyone really need a remote for a device you’re already either holding or using at arm’s length? E-readers have saved us from the […]
Anker’s last-gen sleep buds are nearly 40 percent off ahead of daylight saving time
Anker's last-gen sleep buds are nearly 40 percent off ahead of daylight saving time Anker’s last-gen earbuds are tiny and lightweight, making them comfy to wear while sleeping. | Image: Anker Bad news: most Americans are about to lose an hour of sleep next week. Good news: if you have trouble falling (or staying asleep), […]
The best AirPods deals you can get right now
The best AirPods deals you can get right now The AirPods Pro 3 are currently on sale for $219 ($30 off), which is about $10 more than their typical sale price. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you know where to look, you can often score deals on Apple’s ever-expanding AirPods […]
Another Oracle outage is messing up US TikTok
Another Oracle outage is messing up US TikTok The US version of TikTok is once again experiencing issues due to an Oracle outage, just a month after coming back online from a similar outage in February. The service disruption, impacting Oracle’s Ashburn, Virginia data center, began early Tuesday afternoon, with Downdetector reports spiking around 1PM […]
Android’s Find Hub adds iPhone-like luggage tracking links
Android's Find Hub adds iPhone-like luggage tracking links A Chipolo Pop tracker. | Photo by Dominic Preston / The Verge Google is rolling out an Android update that includes the ability to share the location of your missing luggage with an airline. It’s similar to the luggage-tracking feature Apple brought to the iPhone, allowing you […]
Yahoo is selling Engadget to Static Media
Yahoo is selling Engadget to Static Media Engadget, the long-running tech news website, has a new owner. Yahoo sold the publication to Static Media in a deal that was signed in early February and is scheduled to close later this March. (Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.) The deal hasn’t yet been publicly announced, but […]
Phone makers of all sizes are feeling the RAM crunch
Phone makers of all sizes are feeling the RAM crunch Xiaomi kept prices steady with the 17 and 17 Ultra, but it’s not clear how long that will last. We’ve been talking to phone companies both big and small this week at MWC and they’ve basically all agreed on one point: the RAM crisis is […]
New MacBooks, the iPhone 17E, and more: everything we know about Apple’s March 2026 announcements
New MacBooks, the iPhone 17E, and more: everything we know about Apple's March 2026 announcements Apple is kicking off March with a flurry of product announcements ahead of a “special Apple experience” on March 4th in New York City, London, and Shanghai. Apple started on March 2nd by announcing the iPhone 17E. The new $599 […]
Google accelerates Chrome release cycle
Google accelerates Chrome release cycle Google is moving its Chrome browser to a two-week release cycle, instead of the current four, or the six-week cycle that existed for the decade before that. The change starts in September. “Building on our history of adapting our release process to match the demands of a modern web, Chrome […]
You can soon live out your James Bond fantasies with retractable stud winter tires
You can soon live out your James Bond fantasies with retractable stud winter tires In 1987’s The Living Daylights, James Bond presses a dashboard button to activate retractable tire studs, giving the Aston Martin V8 Vantage he’s driving more traction on a frozen lake. That tire technology is no longer limited to the movies. Later […]