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Fitness trackers have come a long way from the simple bands that tracked steps and little else. Modern trackers can monitor everything from your heart health to how well you’ve recovered from a hard bout of training. Even flagship smartwatches, which used to be lackluster trackers, have become pretty adept workout companions. Whatever your fitness goals are, there’s probably a fitness tracker that can help you achieve them.Compared to some other gadgets, wearables are incredibly personal, which means there are a few extra considerations you’ll have to take into account before reaching for your wallet. It makes it hard to…
If you’ve ever had to leave your car parked for a few days while traveling — or returned to find a new dent that wasn’t there before — Baseus’ PrimeTrip VD1 Pro might be worth checking out. The dash cam records in 4K and keeps watch even when the car’s turned off, and right now, you can buy it for around $110 ($60 off) at Amazon, which is its best price to date.The dash cam stands out thanks to its built-in solar panel, which extends the rechargeable battery’s life so it can keep recording for up to 14 days even…
Google has announced a major update for Google Maps with, you guessed it, the Gemini AI platform doing the heavy lifting. In a blog post today, the company announced “conversational” route planning that’s completely hands free, enabling you to ask more complex questions with bespoke local knowledge while focusing on the road ahead. It’ll make like easier when finding a restaurant to fit your dietary needs, or an electric car charger (Android first) along your route. Any commands will easily amend the route, allow you to share your ETA with friends, and even add other events to calendar as you…
Amazon built a portal to Kraft Mac & Cheese, Goldfish crackers, and Nestlé Drumsticks inside one of its Whole Foods stores — and it plans to do the same at others. In a blog post on Wednesday, Amazon details a Whole Foods concept store in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, where shoppers can order grocery items from Amazon using QR codes scattered throughout the supermarket.The Pennsylvania concept store has a built-in “microfulfillment center” packed with products that you wouldn’t normally find inside Whole Foods. When a customer places an order from Amazon Fresh, autonomous “ShopBot” robots developed by a company called Fulfil…
The PlayStation Portal handheld is gradually gaining some independence from the PlayStation 5 games console. Launched as a limited Remote Play device that required wireless connection to the physical console, Sony is now making gaming more versatile thanks to cloud integration. First Sony added compatibility with certain PlayStation Plus library titles streamed over the cloud on PlayStation Portal and today Sony has launched the ability to stream games you own over the cloud too. In a blog post today, Sony said thousands of games users own are now available to be streamed provided its accompanied by a PlayStation Plus Premium…
Discord is expanding the safety controls parents and guardians have access to in its Family Center, including increased visibility of their teens’ activity, allowing guardians to control sensitive content filtering and data privacy settings, and giving them more control over who can DM their teens.New Social Permissions toggles will allow guardians to choose whether their teens can receive direct messages only from friends or from anyone who’s a member of the same servers as them. However, Discord is still promising teens that, “As always, guardians can’t see the content of the messages you send.” So guardians will have some control…
Once upon a time, tangled cables were the norm. Now, Bluetooth rules the roost. If you’re after a truly wireless setup, this is the list to check out – from wallet-friendly in-ears to high-end models that go toe-to-toe with the best. Whether your phone’s ditched the headphone jack or you’re just done fighting with knots of wire, there’s something here for every ear and every budget. These earbuds don’t just sound good for their size – many of them rival wired headphones for clarity and punch. Most also come with handy extras like app-based controls and active noise cancellation, so…
OpenAI didn’t plan to make a browser. Not at first, anyway. But ever since the company launched ChatGPT, it started to see lots of users do the same thing. “You’d have this tab open on chatgpt.com, and you’d be working on something else somewhere in your browser,” says Adam Fry, a product lead on the ChatGPT team. “And people are doing this behavior where they’re copying and pasting back and forth with ChatGPT. Hey, here’s what I’m working on, can you help me with this?”Eventually OpenAI came to a realization, the same one that has swept through the tech industry…
As the nights close in and the mercury drops, we’re all about snuggling down on the sofa with a cup of something hot, a plate of sweet treats and a good movie or TV show. And so that you can do likewise, we’re sharing our picks of the best current and upcoming November 2025 streaming content with you. All of the movies and TV shows below are available to stream on UK streaming services, ranging from tense geopolitical thrillers and creepy small-town chillers to neon-lit gambling dramas and stylish, sexy reimaginings of classic theatre. And we can’t forget the brand-new…
TAG Heuer’s Connected story began in 2015, when it became the first Swiss luxury brand to launch a smartwatch. A decade later, the new Connected Calibre E5 marks the fifth generation of that experiment, and arguably, its most confident one yet. It’s the result of ten years of refining the balance between fine watchmaking and cutting-edge tech, combining TAG’s signature design language with some Silicon Valley know-how. I’ve reviewed every TAG Heuer Connected model since 2015, so naturally, I was excited to try the latest model. The E5 builds on everything TAG’s learned from earlier Connected models, but it’s also…
The holidays have a way of sneaking up on us. One minute you’re trick-or-treating with your kids, and the next you’re panic shopping in a Buc-ee’s gift aisle. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With the right cheat sheet, you can keep the holiday spirit high and stress levels low.Fortunately, we did some planning on your behalf. As much as we love playing with the latest gadgets and gizmos here at The Verge, we also love recommending them. That’s why, after consulting with our expert team of writers and editors, we’ve compiled a medley of gift ideas that…
The Motion Picture Association — the trade group in charge of movie ratings — has asked Meta to stop using its “PG-13” rating when referring to the type of content that teen accounts will see on Instagram. The MPA sent a cease and desist order to Meta on October 28th, saying Meta’s use of the rating is “literally false and highly misleading,” as first reported by The Wall Street Journal.Last month, Meta announced an update to Instagram’s teen accounts that will only allow them to view content “similar to what they’d see in a PG-13 movie.” At the time, the…