Gadgets
ChatGPT is becoming an everything app
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 101, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you like silly accessories, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Intel factories and Nobel Prize winners and ATM…
These 15 gadgets under $50 have upgraded my tech life, and you can still get them on sale for Prime Day
As much as I love high-priced tech like my 4K projector or RTX 4090, most of us can’t regularly spend several hundred dollars on a tech gift or purchase. But that doesn’t mean you can’t substantially improve your tech life (or the lives of your friends and family) while spending a comparatively small amount of…
You still have time to save on Verge-favorite gadgets before Prime Day ends
All of the deals we’ve recommended from Prime Big Deal Days are for products our team has tested and can personally vouch for, whether it be a streaming device, a laptop, or a pair of noise-canceling earbuds. However, there are also plenty of other gadgets that the Verge staff genuinely loves that don’t receive a…
The Best Tech Gear for Work Trips
For business travelers who treat the world like their office, the right travel tech isn’t just convenient, it’s non-negotiable. Work trips often mean meetings happen mid-transit, and deadlines don’t wait for time zones. Today’s professionals require gear that’s as agile and refined as they are. For your next trip—especially on business—every item in your travel…
Anker’s latest sleep buds can silence snoring
Anker’s latest Soundcore Sleep A30 sleep buds do what its A20 buds promised but couldn’t deliver: mask snoring. It accomplishes this with the inclusion of Active Noise Cancellation in the buds and a microphone inside the charging case that actively adjusts masking audio to cancel out the sound of sawing logs. Of course I want…
I found 19 Prime Day tech deals still live for the weekend: Save on Beats, Samsung, Microsoft, GoPro gadgets
Amazon’s massive four-day Prime Day event is officially over, but if you’re experiencing a little FOMO, don’t worry. A handful of tech deals have survived the sale and are still live right now. As Mashable’s tech editor, I’ve been covering Prime Day and Black Friday events since 2019, and I know that the end of…
Some Verge-favorite gadgets are cheaper during Prime Day 2025
Every month, we like to ask our staff about their favorite stuff — whether it’s tech, kitchen tools, or camping gear. Their answers provide some interesting insights into what the folks here like to use when they’re at the job or enjoying some time off. Now that Amazon’s Prime Day is here again, we looked…
How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking
There’s always a reason why universal USB-C ports don’t “just work” like you’d expect. In the early days, it was incompetence or naiveté. Later, manufacturers often cheaped out. But in the case of Nintendo’s Switch 2, it appears to be intentional. With the Nintendo Switch 2, it should be easy to plug your new, more…
These Prime Day deals landed early — save on Apple, Ninja, and Samsung gadgets
Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsBest early Prime Day Apple dealsBest early Prime Day laptop dealsBest early Prime Day tablet dealsBest early Prime Day Kindle dealsBest early Amazon device dealsBest early Prime Day TV dealsBest early Prime Day headphone and earbud dealsBest early Prime Day robot vacuum dealsBest early Prime Day kitchen…
Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
During a company-wide all-hands meeting on Thursday, some of Meta’s top executives were asked about the “$100 million signing bonuses” that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed they had been offering to poach his employees. “Sam is just being dishonest here,” Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s CTO, said at the meeting when asked about Altman’s remarks. “He’s suggesting…