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  • A new leak reveals a larger screen for the 12th-gen Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

    An eBay listing that’s no longer active included packaging photos of the 12th-gen Kindle Paperwhite e-reader. | Image: Reddit A handful of specs for the 12th-gen Amazon Kindle Paperwhite have leaked via an eBay listing, which shared images of the new e-reader’s packaging before it was pulled, reports Good e-Reader. Those images, still available on…

  • Google inks nuclear deal for next-generation reactors

    Illustration: The Verge Google plans to buy electricity from next-generation nuclear reactors. It announced the deal yesterday, which it says is the world’s first corporate agreement to purchase electricity from advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) that are still under development. Google inked the deal with engineering company Kairos Power, which plans to get its first…

  • Google Shopping is getting a ‘for you’ feed of products

    Image: Google / The Verge Google Shopping is rolling out a personalized feed that shows you a stream of products you might like. The new feature, which is coming to mobile devices first, shows up when you head to shopping.google.com. At the top of the page, you’ll see a carousel of products you’ve recently shopped…

  • Roku’s rotating security camera feed puts a surveillance center in your TV

    Image: Roku Roku is making your TV more like a surveillance center. It’s rolling out a carousel of all your Roku security camera feeds that will automatically rotate when cameras detect activity or during timed intervals. In addition to this update, Roku is expanding TV notifications to include alerts from all your cameras — not…

  • Sonos announces ‘breakthrough’ Arc Ultra soundbar and Sub 4

    Sonos apparently believes its mobile app has reached a good enough place to resume product launches: today the company has announced the Arc Ultra and Sub 4. The $999 Arc Ultra is a more powerful take on the original Arc, and it’s the first Sonos product to feature unique transducer technology from Mayht, a startup…

  • Apple just announced a new, faster iPad Mini

    Image: Apple Apple just announced, in a somewhat understated fashion via a press release, a new iPad Mini. It’s the first upgrade for Apple’s smallest tablet since 2021. The new Mini starts at $499. It’s up for pre-order now and goes on sale next Wednesday. The new Mini is mostly a spec bump: it runs…

  • YouTube is getting more granular playback speed controls and a sleep timer

    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is getting a bunch of small but handy new features, like the ability to more finely tune your playback speed, new tools to collaborate on playlists, a sleep timer, and more. For me, a person who has written multiple times about video playback speeds, YouTube’s new speed…

  • Welcome to 2004 Week

    The world we live in is, in so many ways, 20 years old. Let’s go back and see how we got here. Continue reading…

  • SimpliSafe’s new camera lets live agents watch your property

    This new camera from Simplisafe lets trained agents watch over your property. | Image: Simplisafe Home security company SimpliSafe has launched its new live monitoring feature — Active Guard Outdoor Protection. Announced earlier this year, the service is powered by a new outdoor camera that uses on-device and cloud-based AI to alert call center agents…

  • Arlo is launching its first wired floodlight camera

    The Wired Floodlight Camera provides many of the same features as Arlo’s wireless alternative for a lower price. | Image: Arlo Arlo is releasing a new floodlight security camera that connects directly to your home’s Wi-Fi and power source. That allows the Arlo Wired Floodlight Camera to monitor and illuminate outdoor spaces 24/7 without interruption,…