Category: Technology

Illustration: The Verge AT&T has announced a new feature called Internet Backup that will automatically switch from a home’s wired internet to a cellular connection through a nearby smartphone should its fiber service experience a disruption. The feature is offered at no additional charge to customers with AT&T Fiber service and an “eligible AT&T unlimited…

The Asus ROG Swift PG32UCDM at CES 2024. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge If you mostly play games on PC and you’re in the market for a new monitor, there’s a glut of excellent OLED options with significant discounts for Cyber Monday. Some of the best current models are 32-inch QD-OLED panels…

Threads now lets you filter searches by date range and profile. | Screenshots: Threads iOS app Threads is rolling out a search update globally over the next few weeks that will let users filter searches to a specific profile and within date ranges. The existing search built into Threads has been a basic keyword search…

Apple’s AirTags are cute and convenient. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Whether you want to quickly locate your bag at the airport or keep a closer tab on your keys, Apple’s AirTags are incredibly useful. And right now, you can buy four of the versatile location trackers for an all-time low of…

Illustration: The Verge Roblox is now incentivizing users to buy its in-game currency, Robux, on platforms that won’t take app store fees. You can now get up to 25 percent more Robux if you purchase the currency through gift cards, on your computer, or on the web, according to a developer forum post from last…

The C3 is attractively thin with an impressively rich picture quality. | Image: LG You guys, I’m raging. Against my better judgment, I bought a 77-inch LG C2 in February 2023 for $3,200 despite knowing the price would plummet just a few months later after the C3’s launch. I was incredibly thirsty to give my…

Image: The Verge Google Maps is now starting to show Waze incident reports while you navigate and includes the ability to contribute by confirming road conditions in the app via prompts. Google announced in July that both apps would cross-pollinate more data, delivering more Waze-sourced road closures, construction, speed cameras, and police presence information into…

New leaked videos and FCC filings have revealed a new DJI compact folding drone. | Screenshot: FCC The next addition to DJI’s lineup of compact folding drones has been revealed in leaked images, videos, and FCC filings. The new DJI Flip, which has propeller guards similar to the DJI Neo, will have a folding design…

Image: PlayStation There are certain sounds that just feel good to the over 30 set. There’s the sound of dial-up internet or the new message jingle on AIM or MSN Messenger. Most of these nostalgic noises have been replaced with new ones or lost to time, but PlayStation has revived one in celebration of its…

For the cost of a day’s lunch, it’s worth locking in a for a year even if you don’t know what to watch yet. | Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Once upon a time, it made sense to load up on streaming services instead of lengthy and expensive cable contracts. If you’re not…