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I’m heading to Berlin to seek solutions for the smart kitchen
The IFA tech show in Berlin, Germany is one of the biggest home appliance shows in the world. It’s also a showcase for smartphones, computers, gaming, audio, home entertainment, and smart home. | Image: IFA I’m a sucker for the smart kitchen. Build me a kitchen that can tell me what to cook, when to…
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Volvo’s next electric semitruck goes 373 miles on a single charge
Volvo FH Electric commercial truck. | Image: Volvo Volvo’s commercial trucking division is launching a next-generation long-range version of its flagship electric semitruck, due out in the second half of 2025, with twice the battery range of the previous one. The new FH Electric truck can travel 600km, or about 373 miles, on a single…
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Bang & Olufsen’s new $1,500 headphones combine luxury and repairability
The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H100 are available in three different colorways, including sunset apricot. | Image: Bang & Olufsen Bang & Olufsen has announced its new $1,549 Beoplay H100 headphones, which are debuting with an even steeper price tag than its H95, which were introduced four years ago and which now cost $999. The…
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Apple’s next iPhone SE might get an OLED upgrade
The iPhone SE 4 may look a lot like the iPhone 14. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The fourth-generation iPhone SE might be getting an OLED display, a new rumor bubbling up from its supply chain suggests. The company has started ordering OLED displays from both BOE and LG Display to…
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Automattic Wants to Migrate 500+ Million Tumblr Blogs to WordPress
If you like ambitious projects, I think this news tidbit will be right up your alley. In late August, Matt Mullenweg and Automattic announced plans to migrate all of the existing Tumblr websites to WordPress. Given that Tumblr hosts more than half a billion blogs (yes – that’s a “B”), I think this might just…
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Is tennis the sport of the future?
Image: Samar Haddad for The Verge I’d been promised the future of tennis was in the desert. From the stands of the Next Gen ATP Finals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, I watched as the eighth seed, Abdullah Shelbayh, was given the most dramatic of entrances. Inside one of the stadiums in King Abdullah Sports City,…
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Oasis ticketing chaos prompts probe into dynamic pricing
The tour marks the first reunion for Oasis since Liam (left) and Noel Gallagher split the band in 2009. | Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images The British government has pledged to investigate the use of dynamic pricing by ticketing websites after Oasis fans got priced out of the band’s surprise reunion tour. The UK’s advertising…
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Windows 11 is now the most popular OS for PC gaming
Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system has passed Windows 10 usage for Steam users for the first time since its launch in 2021. Windows 10 has been holding strong in recent years, despite Microsoft’s plans to end support for Windows 10 in October 2025. There are now signs that Windows 11 adoption is finally heading in…
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Volvo EX90 first drive: not fully baked
Volvo promised some pretty amazing tech in its EX90 flagship EV, but a lot of it is still to come. | Image: James Lipman / Volvo Volvo’s new flagship EV has plenty of luxury bells and whistles, but some of its technology is still TBA. Continue reading…
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Jacob Wohl is running an AI lobbying company under a pseudonym, Politico reports
Image: Alex Castro / The Verge Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are far-right activists, convicted felons, and engineers of questionable political stunts. Politico reports that they are now also running LobbyMatic, a company that sells an “AI automation platform for lobbyists.” LobbyMatic claims on its website that its AI-powered software can do everything — like…