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.
The OhSnap Snap 4 is thinner than a camera bump, yet there’s so many more ways to use it than a PopSocket. While the earlier Snap 3 broke on my colleague Victoria, this new model is holding up great for us both. Plus, Best Buy’s got it for $27.99 right now. Watch my video for caveats, though!
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Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses
Orion is an impressive demo of AR glasses, but can Mark Zuckerberg beat everyone else to the next big platform?
Bose’s new QuietComfort Earbuds offer top-tier ANC for under $200
The second-gen QC Earbuds have wireless charging and multipoint right out of the box, which hasn’t been the case for Bose’s pricier buds.
A quick hands-on comparison by The Verge’s action camera expert. It’s going to be hard to justify paying $50 more for the new GoPro flagship now that DJI’s rival is here.
iFixit made its own USB-C soldering iron, and it’s already a joy
The company set out to build the best iron for newbies.
AirPods 4 hands-on: noise cancellation for people who hate ear tips
Apple’s mainstream earbuds come in two different versions, with a $50 price difference between them.
Volvo EX90 first drive: not fully baked
Volvo’s new flagship EV has plenty of luxury bells and whistles, but some of its technology is still TBA.
How Star Wars walked away from the world’s first self-retracting lightsaber toy
The Goliath Power Saber.
I don’t need a lot in a folding Bluetooth keyboard. It just needs to support multiple wireless devices, plus USB-C direct connect, and not get all floppy on my lap! Would you believe there aren’t a lot of keyboards like that?
iOS 18 has fulfilled my dream of destroying ads with a Thanos snap
Apple’s new Distraction Control feature will literally wipe out annoying ads from websites.
$99 is pricey — and at 36Wh capacity and 40W PD output, it’s for small gadgets (1.5 charges for Z Flip, nearly full charge for Switch Lite). It only charged a Steam Deck 25 percent while playing 40 minutes of Animal Well. And the cable’s bead-like port covers kind of bang around.
But where else can you get charger, battery and cable in a single tangle-free package? Nice strong magnets, too.
I’m not saying you should go crowdfund a Bionic Bird X-Fly, as you’ll hear in my hands-on video below. I’m just saying that biomimetic ornithopters are surprisingly fun — and way less disruptive than your typical whiny quad-propeller drone!
A few weeks with the Daylight DC-1 tablet: rethinking screen time
So far, this thing doesn’t seem like a very impressive tablet. But Daylight is more a display company than a tablet company — and the display is pretty great.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra hands-on: ultra déjà vu
It’s the Apple Watch Ultra, but for Android. Oh, and the Galaxy Watch 7 is here, too.
Samsung’s Galaxy Ring could be the one ring to rule an ecosystem
The hardware is solid. The ideas are intriguing. So long as it holds up in testing, Samsung could have a winner.
We tested Aptoide, the first free iPhone app store alternative
Aptoide is the fourth third-party iOS marketplace to launch in Europe. Will its unique model find success where others have struggled?
They even come in their own jewel cases! My test results surprised me: I really thought I’d prefer the green one with built-in cables, but the yellow’s my winner. They’re roughly $20-25 on AliExpress.
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Alexa’s Fire TV search has a new AI, but it needs some work
Fire TV’s new search experience gives Alexa the ability to understand more conversational requests.