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Sheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge. Nanoleaf’s Blocks Combo XL Smarter Kit is a fun back-to-school buy that can add pops of customizable light and storage to your wall. It combines colorful smart
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Sometimes it feels like there's no escaping subscriptions. I seem to pay a monthly fee for the tools in my digital arsenal. I find myself nostalgic for the days of one-off charges with the occasional upgrade fee for some new refinements to a service. Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, Google,
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Starz will be the first streaming service stop for Michael, the biopic about Michael Jackson’s early life and career. The late music legend is played by his nephew, Jaafar Jackson, who spent years studying his uncle’s mannerisms, choreography and vocals. The film has made history as the highest-grossing
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Now that people have begun experimenting with the iOS 27 public beta, a lot of attention is on the features coming later this year, like Siri AI, when Apple revamps its operating systems. But for most people right now, the more important focus is on the just-released iOS 26.6
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Climate change is reshaping weather patterns around the world, bringing heavier rainfall and more extreme weather to places that have rarely experienced them before. Floods are among the most common natural disasters, and every year they affect millions of people, take lives, destroy homes, and cause billions of dollars in
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Apple might have stumbled with the Vision Pro headset, but the company is reportedly hoping for a successful pivot to smart glasses to challenge Meta. To try and differentiate its smart glasses from Meta’s offerings Apple will apparently focus on features and policies that put privacy at the forefront,
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Your GPU dashboard says 70% utilization. On paper, the cluster is busy. In practice, a large chunk of that time is spent with your $40,000 accelerators sitting idle, waiting on a file that lives three network hops away on a NAS box. The compute queue is empty, and the
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The Honor Magic V6 is an iterative improvement on its predecessor, delivering a more refined software experience and improved specs, alongside leading durability and battery life in the foldable category. It’s still expensive, though, and tends to run hot under heavy loads, causing some slowdown. Pros * +Best-in-class battery life
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China’s latest ChatGPT rival, Kimi, is now available for download on the Apple App Store, so I downloaded it on my iPhone, intending to test it against ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. I had the prompts ready; I had the comparison planned. Then Kimi presented me with a very modern
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The Apple Watch is the best smartwatch companion for anyone with an iPhone, but there’s more than one model to choose from. In 2026, Apple sells three: the flagship Series 11, the rugged Ultra 3 and the budget-friendly SE 3. Which is best depends on how much you want
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Save $600: Everyone loves having a pool, until it’s time for pool maintenance. It isn’t exactly anyone’s favorite summer chore, but the latest generation of robotic cleaners can handle nearly all the work for you. Right now, our favorite pool cleaner, the Aiper Scuba V3, is down
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Gamers looking to start off the week by relaxing with the Xbox might need to find something else to do. On Monday, Microsoft reported that several issues were preventing gamers from using the platform. According to the Xbox Live Status page, the problems range from sign-in issues to difficulty viewing
