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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge While everyone is distracted by the recent announcement of the Google Pixel 7 lineup and the Pixel Watch, Wellbots has quietly provided The Verge Deals with an exclusive discount on the charcoal, fog, and lemongrass colorways of the Google Pixel Buds Pro. Normally $199.99, you can grab a … Read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The downturn in the chip industry started in the summer months, as crypto crashes caused blockchain miners to flood the market with previously hard-to-find graphics cards. Almost overnight, demand eased up and caused graphics hardware prices to drop by almost half. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang admitted in August … Read more

The Rivian R1S is just one of the vehicles affected by the recall. | Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge Rivian’s recalling about 13,000 electric vehicles (EVs) over a loose fastener that could affect drivers’ ability to control the car (via CNBC). The recall affects nearly every vehicle Rivian has produced this year, and … Read more

The downtime will begin at about 9PM ET. | Image: Blizzard Blizzard will be taking the Overwatch 2 servers offline once again to fix more of the issues that have cropped up during the game’s rocky launch. The company plans to shut the game down at about 9PM ET (6PM PT), and expects the downtime … Read more

Blizzard Though Kiriko launched along with Overwatch 2 earlier this week, today, at the Twitch Con opening ceremonies, Blizzard debuted a nine-minute cinematic to introduce her properly. Overwatch animated shorts are experiences unto themselves. The game’s cinematics team is uniquely skilled, knowing exactly what levers to pull and buttons to hit for maximum emotional devastation. … Read more

Reporting an issue is as easy as A, B, X, and Y. | Image: Meta Meta has updated Horizon Worlds, its main virtual reality / “metaverse” app, to make it easier to report bugs. If you see something going wrong while using the app, you can now press and hold the A, B, X, and … Read more

Microsoft’s invitation for the Fall Event 2022 shows writing that looks to have come from Surface pen. | Image: Microsoft Will we get new Surface Laptops and an Arm-based Pro 9? All will be revealed on Wednesday, October 12, at 10AM ET Continue reading…

Brown bear (Ursus arctos) or grizzly at Brooks Lake with people on an observation platform in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. | Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler / LightRocket via Getty Images Christy NaMee Eriksen discovered Fat Bear Week during her “Summer of Bears.” There were bear sightings in her neighborhood in Juneau, Alaska, … Read more

A previous generation of the Surface Laptop. The newest one could look very similar. | Image: Microsoft The Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, and an update to its all-in-one computer could be unveiled at Microsoft’s big October 12th event Continue reading…

Just a boy and his chainsaw dog. | Image: Crunchyroll For weeks, my social media feeds have been filled with folks who are very excited about an anime series featuring a man with a chainsaw for a face. It’s called Chainsaw Man. Not being familiar with the original manga, written by Tatsuki Fujimoto, I didn’t … Read more

It found hundreds of malicious apps in the Play Store and App Store. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta is warning Facebook users about hundreds of apps on Apple and Google’s app stores that were specifically designed to steal login credentials to the social network app. The company says it’s identified over … Read more

Photo by AMER HILABI / AFP via Getty Images Tattoos are an integral part of many athletes’ images, from singular designs like Mike Tyson’s face tattoo to Kenyon Martin’s or David Beckham’s extensive collections. But as those images get translated into video game form, some artists aren’t happy. Over the past several years, the creators … Read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Biden administration announced sweeping new restrictions on the sale of semiconductor chips and manufacturing equipment to China on Friday in a major effort to impair Beijing’s military and technological capabilities, according to The Wall Street Journal. The new rules require manufacturers, like Intel and Micron, to receive … Read more

You can currently buy the AirPods Max for around $479 instead of $549. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge With more people working from home than they used to, owning a good pair of noise-canceling headphones has become more appealing than ever. However, they can be expensive and difficult to shop for due … Read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube historically hasn’t been a good place to turn for information about health. Inaccurate or misleading videos are everywhere, research has shown, and the algorithm can push those videos to more people. To shift that trajectory and give people more reliable health information, the platform launched a team … Read more

A screenshot of EA’s new PC app. | Image: EA EA’s new PC app, designed to replace its Origin platform, is now available to download, the company announced on Thursday. This new app is designed to offer a “faster, more reliable, and more streamlined gaming experience,” according to EA’s blog post, with features like automatic … Read more

She-Hulk barely managing to contain her rage at a gala. | Image: Disney Plus / Marvel Studios She-Hulk’s penultimate episode took a dark turn to dig into what makes revenge porn such an infuriating act of violence Continue reading…

Those wheels look pretty secure, but you never know. | Photo by Abigail Bassett for The Verge The 2023 Toyota bZ4X’s wheels will stay on while driving after the automaker says it is in the process of fixing the safety issue that halted sales of the new battery-powered model for more than three months. Production … Read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter knows when you screenshot tweets to share somewhere else, and it’d prefer if you gave it some credit instead. Some Twitter users are starting to see a new pop-up prompting them to share a link to tweets instead of a screenshot. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong spotted … Read more

Amazon, Target, and Best Buy will give you up to $200 in gift cards when you preorder the Pixel 7 Pro (left) and Pixel 7 (right). | Image: Allison Johnson Google only just announced its new Pixel 7 phones yesterday, but we’re already seeing some terrific preorder deals on them. Right now, Amazon and Target … Read more

The new Pixel 7 Pro. | Image: Google Watching Google officially announce the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro yesterday, I was struck by how much of its presentation focused on the most fundamental of smartphone features: the phone call. Smartphones may have become miniature handheld computers, capable of doing everything from office work to … Read more

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Signal has increasingly been bringing mainstream chat features to its encrypted communications app over the last couple years, and now it’s adding stories to the mix. Yes, stories are available to Signal’s beta testers as of this week. Just like on Snapchat and Instagram, Signal’s take on stories … Read more

Anduril’s new drone is adapted from its Altius drone platform, seen here. | Image: Anduril Industries Anduril, the military technology company founded by Oculus creator Palmer Luckey, has announced its first weapon system: an adaptation of its Altius drones that turn the aircraft into a “loitering munition” — a type of weapon designed to hover … Read more

A green inkling, a red octoling, and a blue inkling representing the three teams for the next Splatfest. | Nintendo As lighthearted as the theme of Splatoon 3’s desert island-focused Splatfest was, the game’s next big event may very well tear friends and families apart as players pick sides to answer an impossible question: which … Read more

Annarah Cymone in The Midnight Club. | Image: Netflix Mike Flanagan’s latest horror series is a little uneven, but the kids make it work Continue reading…

Image: Hello Games Sci-fi adventure No Man’s Sky makes its debut on the Nintendo Switch today, and alongside that launch comes the next major update, bringing the game up to version 4.0. Dubbed “Waypoint,” it’s the 21st free update for the game (it’s available across all platforms, not just the Switch), and it includes a … Read more

Hackers withdrew 2 million BNB tokens worth about $570 million. | Nick Barclay / The Verge It’s been a rough year for cryptocurrency, and things are not looking any better after over half a billion dollars of cryptocurrency tokens were stolen from crypto giant Binance on Thursday night. The exploit hit the Binance Bridge, a … Read more

Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Okay. So it looks like I don’t need to go to Delaware this October. There’s a stay in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Twitter — which is meant to give the parties time to close the deal. If the deal doesn’t close, the court case is back on for … Read more