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‘Wellness’ feels like it’s losing all meaning in health tech
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that...
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die rails against AI in style
You've seen this movie before: A disheveled man (Sam Rockwell) busts into a restaurant, threatening to blow up the joint unless a crew of people joins him. Like...
Meta’s Quest 3S is $50 off, and includes Batman: Arkham Shadow for free
Meta’s VR strategy is in a bit of an uncertain place right now, with the company recently cutting many jobs at its Reality Labs, and discontinuing new content d...
ICE moves out to the suburbs
We sat in a parking lot and waited. We watched, knowing we were being watched in return. Two men, masked and presumably armed, idled in a gray SUV. "They're all...
Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted
Meta aims to introduce facial recognition to its smart glasses while its biggest critics are distracted, according to a report from The New York Times. In an in...
Meta is reportedly working to bring facial recognition to its smart glasses
Meta has backed away from highly controversial facial recognition tech in its products and services before, but seemingly not so far that it isn’t willing to ha...
There’s a tiny digital camera inside these retro 35mm film rolls
Following the popularity of the Kodak Charmera, it was inevitable that other retro-inspired digital toy cameras would start popping up. While the Charmera's des...
Apple's first-gen AirTags are on sale for $64 for a four-pack
At this point, you can find discounts on AirTags fairly often but if you want to spend as little as possible, it's worth waiting for a discount like this. A fou...
The ridiculously tiny Kodak Charmera captured our hearts (and lots of shoddy pictures)
Every once in a while, a product comes along that sparks a bit of joy in our jaded hearts. This is what happened with the Kodak Charmera, a $30 tiny toy camera...
HP’s laptop subscriptions are a great deal — for HP
There's been some hullabaloo over HP's laptop subscription service, recently brought to light by a Linus Tech Tips video. And for good reason: it feels like eve...
The hottest indie game is about breeding cats with ADHD and dyslexia
When the Mewgenics team announced in 2024 that it had added autism to the list of disorders the game's cats could inherit, developer Edmund McMillen - best know...
Why does my VPN keep disconnecting?
One good thing about virtual private networks (VPNs) is that when they don't work, the problem is almost always solvable without technical training. Although it...