Ikea’s new smart home line looks fantastic

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 105, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you’ve recovered from the clocks falling…

The best earbuds we’ve tested for 2025

It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good a time as any to…

Matic robot vacuum review: smarter, quieter, and gets the job done

Robot vacuums are amazing machines, but they can also be a pain in the arse. In my home, testing a new robot vacuum often means digging it out from under…

Apple helped kill netbooks. Will it bring them back?

Rumor has it, Apple is working on a low-cost MacBook. And not “low-cost for a Mac,” but a proper cheap laptop, possibly as low as $599. For a company that…

Sims streamers are distancing themselves from EA, but for some the choice is hard

The Sims 4 community is in turmoil. Its biggest stars are distancing themselves from the game with the support of their millions of subscribers. Then there are creators in the…

The Apple Watch SE 3 and Lego’s Star Wars Advent Calendar are our favorite deals this week

Hey, all! The first week of November ushered in dozens of early Black Friday deals, and many of the best ones are still available as we delve further into the…

Ira Sachs on Peter Hujar’s Day and creativity as a human act

Peter Hujar’s Day began, as many great works of art do, with a DM. Director Ira Sachs (Passages, The Delta) had just finished reading a recently unearthed interview between the…

Soaring electricity rates fueled Democratic victories — now comes the hard part

While there’s plenty for voters to be worried about right now, rising utility bills have become a hot-button issue. The success of Democrats in New Jersey, Virginia, and Georgia in…

X appears to be sending fake traffic across the web

X’s new link experiment on iOS may be artificially inflating traffic. Websites like Substack and Bluesky noticed a sharp increase in “fake” views following the update, something that Nick Eubanks,…

Halo Infinite is about to get its last major update

On November 18th, Operation: Infinite will be released for Halo Infinite players with a battle pass and lots of new customizations, but according to the team, that’s it for this…