Category: Technology

Image: Sonos If you made me give up all of the Sonos products I own except for one, I’d keep the Sonos Five each and every time. Well, in my case, technically, it’s the second-generation Play:5, but that speaker sounds identical to the current iteration. Typically priced at a steep $549, Sonos positions the Five…

The original Pixel Tablet only had a 60Hz display. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge The Pixel Tablet 2 may never see the light of day, but new details reported by Android Authority reveal what Google may have had up its sleeve for the sophomore device, including a high-refresh display, 5G connectivity, and…

The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) announced last week that the OpenWrt One, a Wi-Fi router created with open-source software in mind, is now available to buy for $89 on AliExpress. The SFC says the router “will never be locked down” and gives its owners the “right to change, modify, and repair” as they like. The…

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge I had a lot of positive things to say about Bose’s SoundLink Max when I tested the portable Bluetooth earlier speaker this year, and that praise was universal from other reviewers as well. But there was one main hangup: the price. At its usual retail cost of $399,…

Image: The Broswer Company The Browser Company CEO Josh Miller teased in October that it was launching a more AI-centric product, which a new video reveals is Dia, a web browser built to simplify everyday internet tasks using AI tools. It’s set to launch in early 2025. According to the teaser, Dia has familiar AI-powered…

Stellanis is the parent company behind many brands and vehicles, including the Dodge Charger Daytona EV (pictured). | Image: Stellantis Carlos Tavares is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Stellantis, effective immediately, following a sharp decline in the carmaker’s sales. As the Wall Street Journal notes, in July, the company reported that its net…

You’re practically making money on this phone at 400 bucks. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge For someone who wants to spend the absolute least on a phone and not have to think about buying another one for a good long while, I’ll always recommend Google’s A-series Pixel phone. That’s doubly true now with…

Between extensive self-cleaning options and AI smarts, it might be even better than a pet. | Photo: Eufy 2024 has been a rough year. It might be nice to go into the new year with a robot that can take some housework off your plate. Unfortunately, there’s no telling when or if Elon Musk’s all-purpose…

NZXT’s Player: Three prebuilt gaming PC. | Image: NZXT An hour-long video published Saturday by Gamers Nexus, a YouTube channel focused on PC gaming hardware, accuses NZXT’s PC rental program of “bait-and-switch” tactics, with prices and specs that are constantly changing. The Flex program allows customers to rent prebuilt gaming PCs starting at $59 per…

Image: Intel Intel is expected to release a pair of entry-level Battlemage GPUs this week, and now marketing materials posted by reliable leaker Roland Quandt show what we might see from the lower-specced Arc B570. The leaked materials, which have details for a dual-fan ASRock Arc B570 Challenger OC GPU, suggest that the new chip…