There’s a lesson here about being satisfied with what you have, which I won’t learn.
This summer, The Verge’s video team braved 90-degree temps to capture the smart home tech I test and use in my backyard.
From smart chicken coops to robot lawnmowers, smart sprinklers, AI-powered grills, and smart lighting, this tour shows how tech can help you manage, maintain, and get more out of your backyard.
The UK’s largest automaker says it will extend its pause in production to October 1st as it continues to deal with a massive cyberattack. That means that JLR’s three factories will have been idle for four weeks, costing the company over 200 million pounds in lost revenue, Reuters says. No word yet on who was responsible for the attack.
Though all of Oz is atwitter in Wicked: For Good’s final trailer, there’s a (literal and metaphorical) storm on the horizon that’s going to pop off when Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) are reunited.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced that Yakuza Kiwami 3 (a Yakuza 3 remake, plus a new side story called Dark Ties) is coming to consoles and Steam on February 12th, 2026. The brawler presents as gritty, but these games are beloved for having a soft, humor-packed underbelly.
Government officials are pledging to go after alleged left-wing organizations they believe are funding political violence.
The partnership will “help employees across German governments, administrations and research institutions use our technology to spend more time on people, not paperwork,” according to the blog post.
My absolute favorite thing I own is a Flyer L885 electric cargo bike. It’s not the most powerful or most expensive, but it fits my lifestyle perfectly. I use it almost everyday to replace car trips, which is no easy task in a nation as car dependent as the US.
Check out this video about how cargo bikes are changing a lot of people’s lives for the better. Also: bike bus!
Announced earlier this month at IFA 2025, the Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro is now available for preorder through Kickstarter. Full retail pricing is $4,999.99 but early backers can get the projector, which features four removable surround speakers and a built-in sub, for $2,999 for a limited time with delivery expected in December 2025.
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Disney has had a tumultuous couple weeks. It pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air, suffered a widespread boycott, then reinstated Kimmel’s show last night. Sounds like the perfect time to raise prices.
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Hiking prices a couple of days after the disastrous decision to cave to Trump and kick-off a boycott of your platform that lost you thousands of subscribers? This is the kind of business thinking that AI just can’t replace yet.
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My colleague Antonio included several audio recordings of himself typing on various mechanical keyboards in his fall upgrades feature, and they’re delightfully therapeutic. Listen to this roundup below, or check out his article to listen to them individually.
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But most people should buy the regular iPhone 17.
I first revealed that Microsoft has created limited edition Windows XP-themed Crocs last month, and now Microsoft has officially started teasing them. These Crocs will come with a six-pack of Microsoft Jibbitz, with nostalgic options like the the Internet Explorer icon and Clippy. Microsoft’s post on Instagram asks “who leaked this?!” Hands up, that’s me.
OpenAI said in a blog post that it would “put Stargate ahead of schedule to secure full $500 billion, 10-gigawatt commitment by end of 2025.” The news comes one day after the company announced a strategic partnership with Nvidia, which will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as it builds and deploys “at least 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters with NVIDIA systems.”
