Elgato’s Stream Deck XL has dropped to its best price of the year

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23805594/elgato-stream-deck-xl-philips-hue-bose-quietcomfort-45-anker-511-charger-deal-sale

Japan’s indie game scene is growing up

https://www.theverge.com/23806085/bitsummit-indie-gaming-festival-2023

The Verge’s 2023 back-to-school gift guide

https://www.theverge.com/23800225/back-to-school-student-gifts-college-high-school-dorm-ideas-2023

EU will spend €43 billion to stay competitive on chip production

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23806813/eu-chips-act-approved-semiconductor-manufacturing

Eero’s latest business outfits rentals with built-in mesh Wi-Fi

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23806201/eero-for-communities-wifi-apartments-rentals-built-in

TikTok’s online marketplace for the US could launch in August

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23806781/tiktok-ecommerce-store-august-launch-date

Netflix’s new reality show has contestants surviving a zombie apocalypse

https://www.theverge.com/23806862/netflix-zombieverse-reality-show-trailer-date

The excellent Arc browser is now available for anyone to download

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23802843/arc-browser-mac-ios-waitlist-availability

Twitter alternatives for the Musk-averse

https://www.theverge.com/23429095/twitter-social-network-alternatives-mastodon-reddit-tumblr-cohost

Drone are becoming boring

https://www.theverge.com/23805404/dji-air-3-review

Wayfair’s AI tool can redraw your living room and sell you furniture

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23806083/generative-ai-wayfair-decorify-home-personalization

AMD ‘Zenbleed’ exploit can leak passwords and encryption keys from Ryzen CPUs

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23806705/amd-ryzen-cpu-processor-zenbleed-vulnerability-exploit-bug

Spotify now has 220 million paying subscribers

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23805766/spotify-earnings-q2-2023-subscribers-monthly-active-users

EU passes law to blanket highways with fast EV chargers by 2025

https://www.theverge.com/23806690/eu-ev-fast-charger-60km-law-regulation-requirements

July heatwaves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/25/23805969/july-heatwave-2023-climate-change-crisis

Stanford researchers find Mastodon has a massive child abuse material problem

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23806093/mastodon-csam-study-decentralized-network

Twitter removed half its HQ sign — then the police arrived

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23140317/twitter-sign-sf-hq-removal-demolition-police

Looking back at the original Chromecast, which turned 10 years old today

https://www.theverge.com/23537741/google-chromecast-10-year-old-happy-birthday

House GOP could try to hold Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23806054/meta-mark-zuckerberg-contempt-congress-jim-jordan-go

Apple is taking applications for Vision Pro developer kits

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805883/apple-vision-pro-ar-headset-developer-kit