Apple’s latest AirPods Pro are down to their best price of the year

Amazon’s annual Gaming Week sale might be the big focus this week as far as deals are concerned, but gaming peripherals and games aren’t the only discounts we’re seeing. Right…

Bluesky is having an up and down Tuesday morning

On Tuesday morning, the social media platform Bluesky experienced back-to-back outages that prevented feeds from loading for many users around the world. Many of us here The Verge were unable…

A pirated iOS port of Blue Prince is climbing the App Store charts

Apple’s App Store review has yet again let at least one unofficial mobile port of a hot new game show up on the store – this time, it’s Blue Prince.…

Google Play Games might be headed to the graveyard

Google is quietly building key features of its Play Games app, which lets you track achievements on Android games, directly into the Play Store, Android Police reports — signaling plans…

OnePlus 13R review: Maybe just buy a Pixel 9A

The OnePlus 13R is a particular kind of midrange phone for a particular kind of person. It’s a pared-down version of the OnePlus 13 — which is a full-on flagship…

Kuxiu’s semisolid state power bank costs a little more but lasts much longer

Solid-state batteries are the future. They’re more powerful, compact, safe, and sustainable than Lithium-ion alternatives, but true all-solid state batteries can’t be mass-produced cost-effectively. That’s why Kuxiu has gone semi-solid…

Why are companies lining up to buy Chrome?

Chrome could eventually be up for sale, if the US Department of Justice gets its way in the remedies trial for US v. Google. And there are already buyers lining…

Perplexity’s CEO on fighting Google and the coming AI browser war

Aravind Srinivas is battling Google to get his Perplexity AI assistant preinstalled on Android phones. At the same time, the CEO is refocusing his startup on what he predicts will…

Meta is trying to clean up Facebook spam

Meta is ramping up efforts to rid Facebook of spammy content, the company announced on Thursday. It’s cracking down on accounts that try to “game” the Facebook algorithm with lengthy…

Nintendo’s Switch 2 upgrades for Mario Party and Kirby will cost $19.99

While Switch 2 upgrades for games such as Breath of the Wild will still cost $9.99, Nintendo is pricing Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree’s upgrades…