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SAVE $50.99: The Meta Quest 2 (128GB) VR headset is on sale for $199 at Amazon, marked down from the normal price of $249.99. That's a 20% discount.Opens in a new windowCredit: MetaMeta Quest 2 (128GB)$199.00 at Amazon $249.99 Save $50.99Get DealIf your favorite games are feeling a bit blah these days, you can invest some money and time into a handful of new games. Or you could experience your games in a way you never have before. If you're curious about virtual reality headsets, check out this

Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge The UK is calling on search and social media companies to “tame toxic algorithms” that recommend harmful content to children, or risk billions in fines. On Wednesday, the UK’s media regulator Ofcom outlined over 40 proposed requirements for tech giants under its Online Safety Act rules, including robust age-checks and content moderation that aims to better protect minors online in compliance with upcoming digital safety laws.“Our

Image: Daimler Trucks Daimler Truck, a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz parent company, revealed its first autonomous truck demonstrator that it said will pave the way to fully driverless freight hauling by 2027.The demonstrator is an all-electric version of Daimler’s popular Freightliner Cascadia models. The so-called eCascadia has been fitted with a suite of high-powered, long-range sensors that enable it to “see” its surrounding environment as well as a high-powered computer

Brilliant Smart Home Systems, makers of the Brilliant smart switch, is looking for a buyer. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Brilliant, maker of smart home controllers and smart light switches, is out of money. CEO Aaron Emigh confirmed in an exclusive interview with The Verge that the company has laid off the majority of its staff, shut down its support center, and is no longer selling its products. However, the company is maintaining its servers, and existing devices are continui

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Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for May 7's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep

The 2024 iPad Air still offers a nice display, though, not as nice as the OLED display on the new iPad Pro. | Screenshot: Apple After nearly a two-year wait, Apple finally updated its iPad lineup with a thinner iPad Pro and new iPad Air. The new tablets start at $999 and $599, respectively, and both are already available to preorder ahead of their May 15th release date.These are no iterative updates, either. For the first time, Apple added an OLED display to the iPad Pro, along with a new M4 chi

Solar panels point to the sky at the Weesow-Wilmersdorf solar park on May 3rd, 2024, near Grischow, Germany.  | Photo by Maja Hitij / Getty Images The amount of electricity and greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants likely peaked in 2023, according to the annual global electricity review by energy think tank Ember. That means human civilization has likely passed a key turning point, according to Ember: countries will likely never generate as much electricity from fossi

Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Department of Justice has unsealed charges against a Russian national accused of developing and administrating LockBit ransomware. In a filing on Tuesday, the DOJ claims the 31-year-old Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev helped make LockBit one of “the most prolific and destructive ransomware group[s] in the world.”
Khoroshev has allegedly had involvement in LockBit since it first emerged in September 2019. Over the years, LockBit ransom

Illustration: The Verge OpenAI has added a new tool to detect if an image was made with its DALL-E AI image generator, as well as new watermarking methods to more clearly flag content it generates.
In a blog post, OpenAI announced that it has begun developing new provenance methods to track content and prove whether it was AI-generated. These include a new image detection classifier that uses AI to determine whether the photo was AI-generated, as well as a tamper-resistant watermark that can tag

EMBARGO: June 15, 2021, 10:30am ET | Image: Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge Elon Musk doesn’t like lidar, the laser sensor that powers many companies’ self-driving ambitions. He previously called it a “crutch” and said any company that relies on lidar for its autonomous capabilities was “doomed.”Well, apparently Tesla is stocking up on crutches.
In its quarterly earnings report released today, Orlando-based lidar manufacturer Luminar disclosed that Tesla was its

UPDATE: May. 7, 2024, 5:10 p.m. EDT This story has been updated with B&H Photo's preorder listing for the new Apple Pencil Pro.Where to pre-order the new Apple Pencil Pro:The Apple StoreApple Pencil Pro$129Pre-order NowB&H PhotoApple Pencil Pro$129Pre-order Now
May 7 marks the last leg of the Apple product drop trifecta that started in the fall of 2023. After getting new iPhones, new Apple Watches, and new MacBooks, just one major Apple product category was left ripe for a refresh this

UPDATE: May. 7, 2024, 5:00 p.m. EDT This story has been updated with B&H Photo's preorder listing for the new Apple Magic Keyboard.Where to pre-order the new Apple Magic Keyboard:The Apple StoreApple Magic Keyboard for iPad ProStarting at $299Pre-order NowB&H PhotoApple Magic Keyboard for iPad ProStarting at $299Pre-order Now
If you couldn't quite justify buying one of the new MacBook Pros that came out in the fall, forget that FOMO — the 2024 Magic Keyboard pushes the iPad Pro ex

PRE-ORDER NOW: The new Apple iPad Air (2024) is available for preorder through the Apple Store as of May 7. The 11-inch model starts at $599 and the 13-inch model starts at $799. Both will ship as soon as May 15.Where to preorder the new iPad Air:11-inch modelApple iPad Air 2024Starting at $599 at the Apple StorePre-order Now13-inch modelApple iPad Air 2024Starting at $799 at the Apple StorePre-order Now11-inch modelApple iPad Air 2024Starting at $599 at B&H PhotoPre-order Now13-inch modelAp

UPDATE: May. 7, 2024, 4:35 p.m. EDT This story has been updated with B&H Photo's preorder listings for the new Apple iPad Pros (2024).Where to pre-order the Apple iPad Pro (2024):11-inch modelApple iPad ProStarting at $999 in the Apple StorePre-order Now13-inch modelApple iPad Pro (2024)Staring at $1,299 in the Apple StorePre-order Now11-inch modelApple iPad Pro (2024)Starting at $999 at B&H PhotoPre-order Now13-inch modelApple iPad Pro (2024)Staring at $1,299 at B&H PHotoPre-order

Image: iFixit The first laptop with LPCAMM2 memory is finally here. The folks at iFixit got their hands on the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 (Gen 7), which uses LPDDR5X memory in an LPCAMM2 module that you can upgrade or replace by simply unscrewing from the laptop’s motherboard.
That’s a major change from existing LPDDR memory in most modern laptops. This type of memory is typically soldered onto the motherboard, making it much more difficult to upgrade. LPCAMM2 — or Low-Power Compressio

The U.S.'s major wireless carriers are preparing to challenge the FCC over a fine totaling $200 million.In statements provided to Mashable, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile signaled their intent to appeal the FCC's fine, which was doled out to the companies for allegedly mishandling customers' sensitive location-based data. SEE ALSO:The FCC is reviving net neutrality. But what does that mean?
Earlier this week, the FCC announced that it was fining AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile for

Image: The Verge The most important upcoming hardware product for Sonos is undoubtedly its long-anticipated Sonos Ace headphones. They will mark the company’s debut in a massive (and highly competitive) new category. But spring and summer are always the seasons of new portable speakers, and Sonos hasn’t forgotten about that part of its business.
The company has been developing a sequel to the Sonos Roam, the tiny portable speaker it released three years ago. I’ve obtained image

Image: Walmart Walmart has listed its new “Pro” Google TV streaming box / smart speaker combo a week after the product leaked into the real world and intermittently appeared on the store site.
The new Onn 4K Pro, which retails for $49.88, comes with new features, including a built-in Google Assistant smart speaker, Dolby Vision plus Atmos, HDR, and a remote with a big blue “Free TV” button to subtly point you to Google’s FAST channels as well as a customizable star