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The best fitness trackers to buy right now

From simple fitness bands and rugged sports watches to rings, these are the best trackers you can get.

Victoria Song

DJI’s Air 3S drone is a low-light all-rounder

New features include improved low-light image quality that was already great and nighttime obstacle avoidance to bring it safely home.

Thomas Ricker
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Adobe’s AI video model is here, and it’s already inside Premiere Pro

New beta tools allow users to generate videos from images and prompts and extend existing clips in Premiere Pro.

Jess Weatherbed
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The Optimus robots at Tesla’s Cybercab event were humans in disguise

Behind-the-scenes human assistance meant the We, Robot event said little about how far its Optimus humanoid robots have come.

Wes Davis
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HoloLens is the latest victim of Microsoft’s hardware struggles

Microsoft’s mixed reality dream is now in the hands of Meta.

Tom Warren

Apple’s Disclaimer uses sex and scandal to shape your perception of reality

Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer is a gripping erotic thriller about the power stories have over us.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
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The impossible dream of good workplace software

Can AI actually change our love-hate relationship with our tools?

Nilay Patel
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Garmin Fenix 8 review: only kind of smart

The Fenix 8 adds smarter features, but they don’t quite make up for the price hike or lack of LTE.

Victoria Song
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Agents are the future AI companies promise — and desperately need

And they’re betting you’ll pay for it.

Kylie Robison
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What to expect at Tesla’s ‘We, Robot’ event

Tesla is holding a prime-time event in Hollywood to reveal its long-promised robotaxi.

Umar Shakir
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A closer look at Nintendo’s adorable Alarmo clock

This pricey bedside clock can sense your movements and wake you up with Nintendo’s beloved characters.

Chris Welch
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The Gulf of Mexico is almost as warm as a bath, and it’s stirring up monster storms

Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene fed off unusually warm waters.

Justine Calma
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US v. Google: all the news from the search antitrust showdown

One of the biggest tech antitrust trials since the US took on Microsoft.

Adi Robertson
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The bill finally comes due for Elon Musk

The Tesla CEO has long promised — and failed to deliver — a fully autonomous vehicle. With this week’s robotaxi reveal, his time is up.

Andrew J. Hawkins
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Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro review: light ’em up

The company’s latest flagship earbuds might lack originality, but they nail sound quality, transparency mode, and voice call performance.

Chris Welch
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The Verge guide to Amazon’s October Prime Day event

Prime Big Deal Days is back, and we’re here to help you make the most of the deal blitz.

Brandon Widder
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Honda Zero first drive: an EV without the baggage

Honda says its new electric platform is an antidote to oversized, overweight EVs. We test drove a prototype in Japan to see how that’s developing.

Abigail Bassett
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The incredible blandness of AI photography

I treated my photos like ‘memories,’ and it just made them boring.

Allison Johnson
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Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge

Android could soon be a very different place.

Sean Hollister
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Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu isn’t thinking too far ahead

Rabbit’s large action model is here, sort of — but everyone else is coming fast.

Nilay Patel
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Phoenix Springs reimagines the point-and-click adventure as weird noir

Unsettling, smart, and emotionally cathartic, Phoenix Springs has depth beyond its gorgeous, hyper-stylized visuals.

Lewis Gordon
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The much simpler way to keep track of everything

Plus, in this week’s Installer: a great app for social cross-posting, a new Oura Ring, a new anime hit, a new way to use ChatGPT, and much more.

David Pierce
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From AOL Time Warner to DirecTV and Dish: 20 years of media mergers

Here’s how we got to a $1 deal combining DirecTV and Dish, with a few other stops along the way.

Wes Davis
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Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’

The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.

Emma Roth
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Joker: Folie à Deux can barely hold a tune

Todd Phillips’ new Joker sequel is a pitchy mess that wants to explore what happens when villains become folk heroes.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
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Epic and Disney want to make ‘what every Disney fan has ever wanted’

Even though the ‘persistent universe’ from the two companies will connect to Fortnite, you probably won’t be playing as Mickey Mouse with a gun.

Jay Peters
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How Microsoft is thinking about the future of Copilot and AI hardware

Microsoft executives drop hints at where AI companions are heading.

Tom Warren

Inside Elon Musk’s AI party at OpenAI’s old headquarters

At a recruiting party for xAI, Musk laid out his vision to beat ‘closed, for-maximum-profit AI.’

Kylie Robison
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Echoes of Wisdom’s best trick is turning Zelda into a dungeon master

The latest top-down Zelda game turns your knowledge about dungeons into the ultimate superpower.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
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We tested six smart rings, and there’s a clear winner

Six smart rings for the wearable reviewer, but only one ring could rule them all.

Victoria Song
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Microsoft gives Copilot a voice and vision in its biggest redesign yet

Copilot is transforming into a more personalized AI assistant thanks to Inflection.

Tom Warren
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How Google tried to unravel the DOJ’s ad tech case

To wrap up its case, Google tried to fit it into a Supreme Court precedent that could undermine the government’s argument.

Lauren Feiner
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Sonos has a plan to earn back your trust, and here it is

The Sonos app debacle will go down as an all-time tech industry blunder, but now the company is taking steps to turn the page.

Chris Welch
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How Hurricane Helene became a monster storm

Helene packed a powerful punch because of its unusual size, strength, and speed.

Justine Calma
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NBCU’s streaming chief isn’t worried about you canceling cable

Matt Strauss, head of Peacock and global streaming, has plans to keep you watching.

Nilay Patel
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Ford targets EV ‘fence-sitters’ with offer of free home charger and installation

EV sales are growing, but a lot of people are still unwilling to make the switch. The Blue Oval wants to sweeten the deal.

Andrew J. Hawkins
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Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too

The Auto Blocker conspiracy theory.

Sean Hollister
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The future of AI might look a lot like Twitter

On The Vergecast: Michael Sayman, the creator of SocialAI, explains why social networks are better than chatbots.

David Pierce
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The AR and VR headsets you’ll actually wear

Plus, in this week’s Installer: Balatro comes to your phone, Zelda gets her own game, and a bunch of new movies and shows to watch this weekend.

David Pierce
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Welcome to Meta’s future, where everyone wears cameras

The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses were all around Meta’s campus. It was a glimpse into a world where cameras are the new phones.

Jay Peters
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