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Yale Assure Lock 2 review: almost perfect
Yale’s latest smart locks offer something for everyone: Apple Home Key, a fingerprint reader, and compatibility with every platform. You just can’t have it all. (And there’s still no support for Thread or Matter.)
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Meta’s new AI-generated stickers are lewd, rude, and occasionally nude
Would you believe this was probably the safest image we could have used here? | Image: Meta / @Pioldes
Some early user tests for Meta’s new AI-generated sticker tool have resulted in some dubious (and rather hilarious) creations. After gaining access to the new... #press
Zoom Docs launches in 2024 with built-in AI collaboration features
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
At Zoomtopia 2023 today, Zoom announced Zoom Docs, a collaboration-focused “modular workspace” that integrates the company’s Zoom AI Companion for generating new content or populating a doc from other sources — you know the drill by now.
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Tesla missed its Q3 target for the Cybertruck delivery event
Tesla CEO Elon Musk alongside the Cybertruck at its 2019 launch event. | Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images
Tesla didn’t end up holding a delivery event for its Cybertruck in the third quarter of 2023 as CEO Elon Musk had hoped. “We’re anticipating having [a] delivery event, a great... #press
Apple plans to upgrade the App Store’s search engine, and it might not stop there
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Apple will soon bring its powerful internal search engine to the App Store and other apps, as Mark Gurman reports in this week’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg. Apple debuted upgrades to its Spotlight search feature in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14,... #press
The iPhone 15 apparently has a slightly bigger battery
iPhone 15 Pro made a bit more room for battery in there. | Image: Apple
Apple has given its iPhone 15 lineup minor battery capacity bumps by as much as 2.3 percent. The slight upgrade, which Apple has not officially published on its site, was uncovered from a Chinese regulatory database and published by... #press
Nintendo Direct September 2023: all the news and trailers
Maybe we’ll get another glimpse of Super Mario Bros. Wonder. | Image: Nintendo
Nintendo is going to share ‘roughly’ 40 minutes of information about games coming to Switch this winter.
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iOS 16.6.1 fixes a big iPhone security vulnerability used to install Pegasus spyware
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Apple has issued a critical security update for iPhones to address a zero-day bug in iOS 16 that could allow attackers to remotely install spyware on a device without any interaction from the iPhone owner. Citizen Lab,... #press
‘California Forever’ website touts the city tech billionaires are trying to build
Flannery Associates, the company behind land grabs near San Francisco that turned out to be a secret plot to build a city with hundreds of millions in funding from wealthy tech leaders, has revealed a website for the planned city. California Forever is the name of Flannery’s parent company,... #press
Honor’s V Purse is a fashion-inspired foldable concept phone
The concept phone is designed to have a range of purse straps attached to it. | Image: Honor
The V Purse is a new concept phone from Honor that asks “what if foldables were more like fashion accessories?” The company showed off the device during a presentation at IFA 2023 alongside the... #press
Tesla’s upgraded Model 3 has a new design, rear touchscreen, and range improvements
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Tesla has announced an upgraded and redesigned Model 3 in Europe, known previously as the Highland. The new design includes changes to the front and rear, a new screen for rear passengers, a redesigned interior, and improvements to aerodynamics and range.
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https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/1/23855176/tesla-new-model-3-design-highland?utm_source=press.coop
Yale launches a new home security system for Europe and UK
The Yale Smart Outdoor Camera looks on even as the Smart Video Doorbell records a delivery. | Image: Yale
Yale has launched a new line of its home security products specifically for the European market. In addition to a new video doorbell, the company revealed the next-gen of its smart alarm system, plus new... #press
With Legion Go gaming handheld, Lenovo takes aim at the ROG Ally
Here I am, washing a...truck?
Every company and its mother seems to be putting out handheld gaming PCs these days, and Lenovo is next to the plate. The company has announced the Legion Go, its first Windows-powered gaming handheld, which will be available for purchase in October. It’s got an... #press
Lenovo’s new Legion 9i is a liquid-cooled, Mini LED, RGB monstrosity
For a meager $4,400, all this can be yours. | Image: Lenovo
Lenovo has announced a new Legion 9i, and it might just be the wildest thing I’ve ever seen from the Legion line. It’s coming in October, it starts at a whopping $4,399 (you know, a totally normal price to pay for... #press
T-Mobile is laying off around 5,000 workers
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T-Mobile is laying off “a little under” 7 percent of its workforce, affecting about 5,000 roles at the company. The move will mostly impact workers in corporate, back-office, and technology roles, with those in retail or customer care positions remaining unaffected.
Other carriers, including... #press
This $4,000 smart door is now at Home Depot
The first smart door has landed at The Home Depot, and if you’re good with dropping at least $4,000 on your front door, then you can order one today. That price doesn’t include installation, though, and no matter how handy you are, this one needs the pros — including an electrician to wire it up.
First showcased at CES 2022, the... #press
iRobot’s Roomba j7 Plus, our favorite robot vacuum, has hit an all-time low
The Roomba j7 Plus offers everything you could want in a robovac, including an auto-empty dock. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
There’s a reason people still often refer to robot vacuums as “Roombas.” The company behind the well-known robovac... #press
8BitDo’s drift-free Ultimate Bluetooth Controller is selling for a new low of $55.99
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Nobody likes stick drift in their game controllers, but everybody loves a good deal. So this sale on the 8BitDo Ultimate Bluetooth Controller and its drift-free Hall effect sticks is a perfect solution. You can get the white... #press
Here are the best Kindle deals right now
Amazon’s latest Paperwhite is on sale with a power adapter and a fabric cover for $174.97. | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge
When it comes to finding a device to use to read your ebooks, you have a few options to choose from. You can always buy a tablet or use your phone, but those devices are multipurpose and can be used for a ton of things, like... #press
https://www.theverge.com/21539047/best-amazon-kindle-deals?utm_source=press.coop
IRS will finally let most Americans file taxes online next year
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Starting next year, most US taxpayers will be able to file their taxes completely paperless with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The move will precede the agency’s initiative of getting to total paperless processing by the 2025 tax... #press
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/3/23818531/irs-paperless-tax-filings-2024?utm_source=press.coop