/ Google’s also offering some terrific trade-in offers you’ll want to check out first though. We also found some other great deals on the first-gen AirPods Pro, the Kindle Oasis, and more. Amazon, Target, and Best Buy will give you up to $200 in gift cards when you preorder the Pixel 7 Pro (left) and
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There’s one issue I have started to see more and more often: Startup founders, in their desperation to show how big their markets are, overstep the mark significantly, claiming numbers for their TAM/SAM/SOM that are unobtainable and absurd. I get it: You want to seem like you’re building a very valuable company. But in the
Amazon has halted testing of its Scout home-delivery robots as it cuts costs in the wake of slowing sales, according to a Bloomberg report. Amazon spokesperson Alisa Carroll told Bloomberg that the team working on its Scout robots was being disbanded and would be offered new jobs at Amazon. Citing a “person familiar with the
/ A surprising number of the Pixel 7’s flagship features focus on making phone calls a more pleasant experience The new Pixel 7 Pro.Image: Google Watching Google officially announce the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro yesterday, I was struck by how much of its presentation focused on the most fundamental of smartphone features: the
Lenovo has made a solid budget computer — for the right workload These days, I’ve been struggling to find a solid sub-$400 laptop to recommend to price-constrained shoppers that I actually find, well, usable. So I’ve been pinning a lot of my hope on Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet 3, a tiny 11-inch Chromebook with a detachable
Wildfires have become an ever-increasing threat as houses are built closer together and the growing impacts of climate change wreak havoc on natural landscapes. Entrepreneurs, in response, have started to develop tech meant to minimize the scale and damage of these natural disasters. Convective Capital is a new VC firm looking to back them. Bill
Episode 7 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is now out in the world, offering fans a second intense emotional ride in as many weeks. But with all that excitement comes a big question: Is this what Tolkien envisioned for his world? Folks concerned that showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay plan to
The proliferation of delivery services give customers many options, but means chaos for busy restaurants that need to manage orders across multiple apps and channels. Many kitchens handle this by juggling several devices at a time, one for each app. Klikit wants to save Southeast Asian food businesses from “tablet hell” by aggregating order information
The European Commission has reportedly probed rival gaming companies on Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard as it scrutinizes the deal. EU regulators asked other game developers whether they think Microsoft could potentially block their access to Activision Blizzard’s games following the acquisition, Reuters reported Thursday, citing an EU document it saw. It also
/ Google announced its new wearable today — how does it stack up to its more established competitors? Breaking down the features and capabilities of the Pixel, Apple, and Galaxy Watches.Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google has announced the Pixel Watch, its first flagship wearable. While it has a clean circular design, the
/ If you can’t wait for Amazon’s second Prime-exclusive sale of 2022 happening next week, Target’s offering a competing sale. The retailer’s discounting consoles, TVs, headphones, and more. Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge If you’re not an Amazon Prime member (or prefer not to shop at Amazon), Target’s competing with the upcoming Prime
Wait, Connor eats what? So ConnorEatsPants is a popular Twitch streamer who got big competing in Minecraft tournaments and now streams everything from Nintendo games to Valorant. He does not eat pants. That’s an allusion to an episode of iCarly where the teacher, Mr. Howard, loses his shit after someone writes “Mr. Howard eats underpants”
ValveThe official Steam Deck Docking Station will set you back $89. And though there exist a few third-party docks, some of which are cheaper, Valve’s Docking Station will hopefully set a new standard for connectivity. For example, JSAUX’s more affordably-priced dock comes with USB 2.0 ports, whereas all the USB-A ports on Valve’s dock are
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It’s-a him. Chris Pratt as Mario in the movie. OK, so co-producer Chris Meledandri confirmed back in 2021 that Pratt wasn’t going to use the stereotyped voice of the video game plumber in the upcoming animated Mario film. But on Thursday, Nintendo dropped a highly anticipated teaser trailer for The Super Mario Brothers Movie, and Pratt revealed,
Valve’s Steam Deck puts thousands of games in a handheld device. On Thursday, its docking station went on sale for those who want an easy setup to play all those games on their TV. The Steam Deck Dock is available from Valve for $90. On the back, it has three USB-A 3.1 Gen1 Ports, a
/ The new $30 cases are no longer translucent, which should prevent staining, but it’s too soon to say whether they’re more sturdy Google’s first-party cases for the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro didn’t go over so well. In the year since those phones were released, the cases have earned an unfavorable reputation for staining
Failing to address climate change via investments endangers constituents (and the economy) Dominic-Madori Davis 11 hours Less than two months before Hurricane Ian swept across Florida, its governor, Ron DeSantis, referred to ESG investing as a danger to economic freedom. His office even released a statement saying the practice sought to “advance a woke ideological
Michigan, long the automotive manufacturing capital of the United States, is now getting pumped with investment both publicly and privately to build out a series of battery manufacturing plants that will power the wave of electric vehicles coming to market. The demand for domestically produced batteries has reached new peaks after the passage of the
The standard disclaimer here: Look for a full review in the not-too-distant future. But now, let’s get a better look at the Pixel Watch in real life, through some quick photos and a hands-on squeezed in the press scrum at the Williamsburg Google Store, following today’s event. Image Credits: Brian Heater I had a few
Google went all out today with a wall of launches of new hardware and tech. Here’s a collection of all the cool stuff Google launched, and you can watch the full event yourself if you have 90 minutes and a particularly deep curiosity streak for all things Google. Here is everything announced at the Made by
Google today announced its new Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro smartphones at a hardware event in Brooklyn. While the company focused a lot on the security, voice and camera features of the phone, it also briefly showed a new health feature in a slide: coughing and snoring detection. On a daily bedtime summary
Pixel devices are adored for their punchy images and AI-powered photo features, and today, we get treated to a pair of new phones: The Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro. Both phones have a 50-megapixel main sensor and a 12-megapixel ultrawide sensor. The Pixel 7 Pro has an additional 48-megapixel telephoto lens. With these new
Square Off charmed us at CES 2019, when the startup showed off its robotic chess board at our Hardware Battlefield event. Watching the pieces move on their own, courtesy of underlying AI, grabbed the attention of a jaded crowd of showgoers. This morning, it takes the next step in the startup lifecycle, as Bay Area-based
Google gets into the smartwatch game for real with the $350 Wear OS device Brian Heater @bheater / 3 days 2021 was the Pixel’s year. The Pixel 6 saw Google finally getting its act together and introducing a flagship that could rival the likes of Samsung and Apple. But while the line is getting a
The Pixel 6 represented a rebirth for Google. After several generations of trying — and mostly failing — to distinguish itself as a late-comer to the smartphone game, the device finally had a breakout season. Under a new guard, Google’s longstanding attempts to cut corners were out, and the company had finally delivered a premium
We’ve known that the Pixel Tablet has been coming since I/O. It was one of a trio of upcoming hardware devices the company previewed. The other two — Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch — are arriving soon. Those who have been holding out for the company’s next swing at a tablet, on the other hand,
German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup Volocopter conducted its first crewed public test flight in Italy Thursday morning. The flight launched from a vertiport built at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, Italy’s first advanced air mobility (AAM) testing vertiport, during a two-day event meant to demonstrate what a service between the airport and the city
Form Energy closed a $450 million Series E fundraising round yesterday to continue its work turning iron into rust. The round was led by TPG Rise Climate and joined by new investors GIC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Existing investors ArcelorMittal, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group, Coatue, Energy Impact Partners, The Engine, NGP
Do you love DIY manicures and need some quality nail polish that stays put? If so, Londontown is back with another deal through Oct. 17. During Londontown’s family and friends sale, you’ll get 25% off using the offer code FNF25, and grab polish and tools that will keep your hands and feet nice. I’ve tested