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Valve is phasing out physical Steam gift cards due to scammers
After over a decade, Steam will no longer sell physical gift cards in stores. In a support page spotted earlier by Windows Central, Valve says it will no longer...
Five questions for the duo behind The Pelley Minutes
Websites are so back! Today's website worth visiting is The Pelley Minutes, a clever project that puts the career of longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pel...
The Social Reckoning trailer gives us our first look at Jeremy Strong as Zuck
Over 15 years after David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's The Social Network premiered in theaters, Sony has released the first trailer for The Social Reckoning ahea...
The AirPods Pro 3 are $179 at Walmart, their best-ever price
Ahead of Prime Day, Walmart is offering the best price we’ve seen yet on the Apple AirPods 3 wireless earbuds. Originally $249 (though commonly selling somewher...
AT&T is launching $3 ‘unlimited’ day passes for iPads
AT&T has introduced a new "Unlimited Day Pass" cellular data offer for iPad users who need brief connectivity instead of signing up for a long-term plan. The da...
Google’s Nest Cam with Floodlight is selling at its lowest price yet
The Google Nest Cam with Floodlight is marked down to $179.99 ($100 off) at multiple retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Home Depot, and directly from Google...
I’m relieved Siri AI isn’t trying to be a health coach
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they'r...
Insta360’s Luna Ultra 8K stabilized camera is now available in the US
Following months of teases, leaks, a secretive debut at NAB 2026, and an initial launch in China, Insta360 finally announced global availability for its first h...
The three sets of earbuds I reach for
I have been an audio reviewer for 20 years. My time as a freelance headphones panelist at Wirecutter, and the multitude of reviews I’ve written for sites like R...
BYD to install thousands of 5-minute EV chargers across Europe
Chinese EV colossus BYD has announced plans to speed up its conquest of the European auto market with the rollout of superfast Flash Chargers across the contine...
Xbox exploring ‘radically different’ console business models
The RAMageddon crisis has got Microsoft rethinking its Xbox console hardware business. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox strategy chief Matthew Ball have both revea...
Microsoft is disabling Office 2019 for Mac next month
Microsoft's Office 2019 apps for Mac will stop working next month, because the company isn't renewing a certificate that validates Office licenses. Owners of Of...