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The Era 100 might resemble a roll of paper towels, but it remains our default smart speaker. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Sonos’ Labor Day sale is bringing discounts to a variety of smart speakers and soundbars until September 2nd, many of which are on sale elsewhere for the same price. Both…

The Shokz OpenFit Air are a lightweight pair of open-ear buds that use air conduction. The bass is pretty good for open-ear fitness buds, but alas, my glasses foiled the ear hook design. Continue reading…

Valve has finally, officially announced Deadlock, in the most minimal way imaginable. The game now has a Steam page that lists Valve as its developer and publisher, and a simple notice: Deadlock is in early development with lots of temporary art and experimental gameplay. Access is currently limited to friend invite via our playtesters. Valve…

Illustration by William Joel / The Verge The best laptops for you, from ultraportables to gaming machines, MacBooks to Chromebooks. Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge When will we meet the iPhone 16 and other new items from Apple, like MacBook Pro laptops with M4 chips inside? Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman says that based on his sources, a launch event on September 10th could reveal the new iPhone 16 lineup, as well as the Apple Watch Series 10…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge An appeals court revived a lawsuit against the anonymous messaging service Yolo, which allegedly broke a promise to unmask bullies on the app. In a ruling issued Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shouldn’t block a claim that Yolo…

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The Justice Department is suing the company behind a widely used software that helps landlords set rental prices. It alleges that RealPage’s rent recommendation algorithm drives up prices and “deprives renters of the benefits of competition on apartment leasing terms.” In the complaint, the DOJ, along with eight states,…

RIP La Jolla. | Photo by David Pierce / The Verge Meta is calling it quits on making a high-end mixed reality headset to compete with the Apple Vision Pro, The Information reports. This is despite recent news that the headset, codenamed La Jolla, would arrive sometime in 2027. According to The Information, Meta had…

Ring’s latest wired security camera is a lot like the Ring Indoor Cam, only with a motorized base and a lengthy USB-C power cable. | Image: Ring Many of today’s indoor security cameras are great, but unless you have multiple cameras positioned throughout your home at different angles, it can be tough to keep an…

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images A Kansas man was sentenced to 24 years in prison after pouring $47.1 million into a pig butchering scam — using money from the bank he was in charge of. Shan Hanes, the former CEO of the small Heartland Tri-State Bank, pleaded guilty to embezzlement after routing…