Apple’s last-gen iPad has dropped to $229 for a limited time
Two words: headphone jack. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Although Apple’s tablet lineup has undergone several shakeups over the last several years, we long considered the ninth-gen…
Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals
Enlarge (credit: Maskot via Getty) Google and Meta made a secret deal to target advertisements for Instagram to teenagers on YouTube, skirting the search company’s own rules for how minors…
This new charger lets all EVs plug in without an adapter
Enlarge / The new ChargePoint Omni Port is actually a pair of cables. (credit: ChargePoint) Last year, a remarkable thing happened in the car world. Just as it looked like…
You can stack and sync up to 300 of Nanoleaf’s new color-changing display cases
You can fill an entire wall with Nanoleaf’s new glowing display cases, which simply need to stack to connect to each other. | Image: Nanoleaf Nanoleaf’s new Expo Smart Display…
This Scuf controller looks even cooler than Microsoft’s Elite and is $84 off
For a camouflage-style pattern, it’s far from the most try-hard. | Image: Corsair I’m rarely a sucker for camouflage print anything, but put it on a game controller and turn…
TikTok adds in-app hubs for videos about movies and TV shows
Image: The Verge TikTok will now create in-app hubs for movies and TV shows and place them directly on fan-made videos. The feature, called TikTok Spotlight, will automatically add links…
Meta and Google secretly targeted minors on YouTube with Instagram ads
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Meta and Google teamed up to run a secret campaign that deliberately targeted 13 to 17-year-olds with Instagram ads on…
Kamala Harris’ VC supporters raise $150,000 on a Zoom call
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images It started with a “rage tweet.” “Gonna start ‘VCs for Democracy,’” Leslie Feinzaig, founder and general partner at Graham & Walker, wrote…
The conspiracy theorists who think Biden has been replaced by AI
Enlarge / Joe Biden—or is it his AI-powered hologram? (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) At 1:18 pm ET on July 21, 2023, President Joe Biden stepped to the podium in…
NASA official acknowledges internal “disagreement” on safety of Starliner return
Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner is seen atop an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) During a news conference on Wednesday, NASA officials…