These are my picks for the best Black Friday deals on Garmin watches

Every deals holiday, I break my brain and eyeballs scrolling through endless lists of smartwatch models so you don’t have to. Garmin has a ton of deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but there are only a few that I’d be putting in my cart if I were buying for the outdoorsy person in […]

97 percent of people struggle to identify AI music, but it’s not as bad as it seems

Streaming service Deezer ran an experiment recently, with the help of research firm Ipsos. The finding - that 97 percent of people can't tell the difference between fully AI-generated and human-made music - was alarming. But it's also not the whole story. In the survey, 9,000 participants listened to three tracks and were asked to […]

One of the world’s fastest power banks got a Black Friday discount

Ecoflow’s Rapid Pro power bank is one of the most powerful portable batteries we’ve tested, and it’s selling at an all-time low price of $149.99 ($70 off) at Amazon and from Ecoflow’s store during Black Friday. The 27,650mAh battery pack has three USB-C ports (one 140W port, plus two 65W ports), a two-foot-long retractable 140

I wish this $169 deal was around for the viral TikTok skincare wand when I got one

I’m a skincare dork. So much so that two Black Fridays ago, I bought Medicube’s viral fancy pants skincare wand for $215. In the dark ages of 2023, you couldn’t even buy Medicube’s products on Amazon so I felt pretty, pretty slick getting 40 percent off of a $330 luxury skincare device. Well, I sure […]

Logitech’s Casa is a must-have if you use a laptop — and it’s $30 off

If you’re someone who’s constantly on the move, yet you want the tools to help you feel comfortable anywhere you post up to do work, I have a recommendation: Logitech’s Casa. It’s a compact (and sleek) kit of accessories that can give you a more ergonomically-friendly laptop setup, and it’s $149.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, […]

What’s on your desk, Sarah Smithers?

As senior editorial coordinator, Sarah Smithers wears a lot of hats here at The Verge. “The simplest way to put it,” she says, “is that I handle our operations and administrative tasks. Every day is a little bit different. I onboard new employees, send contracts to freelancers (and make sure they get paid), approve expenses, […]

Skylight’s smart calendars are up to $120 off for Black Friday

Keeping track of multiple people’s schedules is tough, especially if the folks you live with have different calendars for work, school, personal appointments, and extracurriculars. Skylight’s Calendar is a practical tool that makes easy work of a hectic life, and the most affordable version, a 10-inch model, is down to just $129.99 ($40 off) for […]

News Tower proves good journalism is no game

Have you ever looked at The Washington Post and thought, "Why is a billionaire allowed to use his massive wealth to influence and punish editorial decisions at one of the nation's premier newspapers?" and / or "I wonder if I could do that?" Well, News Tower can help you answer at least one of those […]

The 190 Black Friday deals you can still get

Black Friday is technically a thing of the past, but many of the best deals we told you about yesterday — including deep discounts on the AirPods Pro 3, the Pixel Watch 4, and the latest Kindle Paperwhite — are still kicking for now. In some cases, gadgets are out of stock at certain stores, […]

Why Honda is suddenly launching reusable rockets

In June of this year, Honda launched and landed a prototype, 20-foot-long reusable rocket at its research facility in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. Though the company is known mainly as an innovative and iterative carmaker, it is also a transportation conglomerate, having developed and produced motorcycles, scooters, e-bikes, ATVs, boat motors, and even jets. Its […]