The AirPods Pro 3 are Apple’s most impressive wireless earbuds yet, offering improved active noise cancellation, a more comfortable fit, and excellent audio performance. Thankfully, you can snag the wireless earbuds for just $219.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. It’s the biggest discount we’ve seen since they became available in September. The […]

Year after year, model after model, the Boox Palma gets a little closer to the device of my dreams. Onyx, the company that makes it, found a formula that remains both simple and delightful: it's a gadget about the size of a smartphone, with access to the full breadth of Android apps, but with an […]

Let’s talk about AI and what I’ve been calling the “DoorDash problem.” This is about to define the next battle in AI, and it might completely transform not only how you order a sandwich — but also how the entire internet economy works in general. So what, exactly, is the DoorDash problem? Briefly, it’s what […]

The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) released the latest version of the Qi2 standard in April 2025, bringing wireless chargers a step closer to the faster charging rates offered by USB cables. Qi2.2 supports up to 25W charging, which is a welcome improvement to the 15W that has been the maximum rate for the standard since […]

You no longer need an iPhone to get the most out of AirPods. Apple’s AirPods provide a basic listening experience when paired to non-Apple devices, but the free LibrePods app, developed by Kavish Devar, unlocks features like ear detection, head gestures, and customizations on Android and Linux devices, as spotted by Android Authority. LibrePods was […]

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT Atlas with vertical tabs that make it look a bit like the Arc browser. Now, instead of opening a new tab at the top of the AI-powered browser, you can change your tab style to access them within a left-hand sidebar. Similar to Arc, you can resize the sidebar on ChatGPT […]

Google just took the wraps off Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image), its improved image generation and editing model built on Gemini 3 Pro that promises to “turn your visions into studio-quality designs with unprecedented control, flawless text rendering, and enhanced world knowledge.” That’s a step up from those hyperrealistic 3D figurines that caused the original […]

Google is making it easier for Gemini users to detect at least some AI-generated content. From today, you’ll be able to use the Gemini app to determine if an image was either created or edited by a Google AI tool, simply by asking Gemini “Is this AI-generated?” While the initial launch is limited to images, […]

The details are fuzzy, but I think my husband and I downloaded the YouTube Kids app to our TV sometime in 2022, when between one and three members of the household came down with the flu at the same time. Like countless parents of toddlers before us, we needed something, anything, that would buy us […]

Hey! We’re kicking off an end-of-the-year series where we’re highlighting some of the best gadgets that Verge staff purchased this year, just in case you need some gift ideas. And it starts with my pick: a battery pack and portable jumper box for your car called the $100 Noco Boost GB40. Sounds boring, right? Hear […]