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As much as I love the best TVs for picture quality, there’s also something special about using a portable projector. Not only do you get cinema vibes, but you can also take a big screen on the go. In Amazon’s Spring Sale, one of the best portable projectors is a better deal than ever. The Yaber L2s projector is 41% off in the Amazon Spring Sale. Usually retailing for $270, you can now pick up the portable projector for $160 – that’s over $100 in savings! If you shop directly with Yaber, you can score an extra $10 off as…

Krisp, the company best known for its noise cancellation app, is launching a new AI tool that’s supposed to convert a speaker’s accent to American English in real time. The tool comes bundled in Krisp’s existing desktop app and acts as a virtual microphone to modify the sound of someone’s voice across video conferencing apps like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Webex.Krisp says AI Accent Conversion can convert someone’s accent with a 200ms latency, which it calls “an imperceptible delay in conversations,” all while preserving their natural speaking voice. In the demo shared by the company, the tool seems…

I can tell you the entire story of the 11th-generation iPad by explaining the results of one benchmarking test. It’s called Geekbench, and it’s a cross-platform tool that simulates a bunch of real-world activities to give each device a score that roughly approximates how powerful it is. It’s not perfect (no benchmark is), but it can be revealing. In this case, it shows off an iPad that is very good at the things iPads have always been good at, but it may be about to hit its limit — and definitely isn’t ready for what’s to come. When you run…

The Amazon Spring Sale is here, and if you’ve ever dreamed of ruling from the dark heights of Barad-dûr or wandering the golden halls of Rivendell, now’s your chance. Two of the most spectacular LEGO Lord of the Rings sets are on sale, letting you build Middle-earth from the ground up – one brick at a time. The LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings: Barad-dûr set has dropped from £400 to £340 and LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell is down from £430 to £365, that’s a saving of 15% on each set. First up, the LEGO…

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is The Verge’s smart home reviewer, and she’s mind-bogglingly impressive in the number of devices she covers. As she says, “On any given day, I can be evaluating anything from robot vacuums, smart locks, and lights, to smart chicken coops, smart ovens, and connected coffee makers.”Jennifer has been a journalist for her entire career, “starting at The Daily Telegraph in London, England, right out of university.” She’s been at The Verge since 2021; before that, she was a freelance journalist for publications including Dwell, Wirecutter, Wired, and US News. Besides installing and testing a constant influx of…

While robot lawn mowers aren’t particularly exciting, this one is. Since I first saw the Yarbo at CES, I couldn’t help but be impressed. This robot lets you swap out modules, so you can look after your garden in any season. And thanks to this new trimmer module, the system is better than ever. Yarbo’s $499 trimmer module will solve my biggest gripe with the lawn robot – missed edges. Since you have to map out your garden manually, it’s hard to get right up to the perimeter, especially where there are wood boundaries. Rather than relying on complicated sensors…

If you’re looking for some solid evidence that Microsoft’s strategy to bring Xbox games to PS5 is seeing some early success, look no further than Sony’s own PlayStation Store today. The top preordered games in the US PlayStation Store are Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Forza Horizon 5, with the $99.99 premium versions of both games proving the most popular.Resetera posters have noticed it’s the same story in the Canadian PlayStation Store and across a variety of European stores, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Microsoft-owned Bethesda announced earlier this week that Indiana Jones and the…

As a part-time vanlifer, I’m constantly looking for opportunities to be alone in the world. But I also want to feel safe when parked overnight at an abandoned train station where there’s a non-zero chance of starring in a Netflix true-crime drama. That’s why I always travel with an axe, my reactive beagle, and — more recently — a pair of battery-powered Reolink Argus 4 Pro security cameras.I chose this particular 4K camera to test because it works directly over my Starlink Mini’s Wi-Fi connection (5GHz or 2.4GHz) and doesn’t need a SIM card or data plan like more expensive…

The Glorious GMMK 3 Pro HE must be the keyboard equivalent of having an Formula One car on your driveway. It’s the most magnificently over-engineered piece of typing hardware to ever grace my desk – and completely customising it from top to bottom made me feel like part of the pit crew. You’ll almost need to be on an F1 driver’s salary to afford all the parts. But with boutique ‘boards more popular than they’ve ever been, Glorious’ “have it the way you want” approach could make the investment well worth it for serious keyboard geeks. The stock experience You’re…

Porsche is upgrading the infotainment in the upcoming 2026 model year Taycan, 911, Panamera, and Cayenne with “more responsive” software and features such as an Alexa personal assistant.The 2026 Porsche Communication Management (PCM) will get the Porsche App Center introduced in the Macan Electric. It provides “direct access to a large number of apps” and a “wide range of services” that can run on the touchscreen. In an email with The Verge, Porsche spokesperson Calvin Kim said these new models run on the MIB3 architecture, first launched in 2022, and not Google’s Android Automotive OS like in the Macan Electric.Porsche’s…

When it comes to Sony and the best headphones, you tend to think of the company’s premium pairs.  And that’s not an accident, because the WH-1000MX5 over-ears and WF-1000MX5 in-ears are excellent. But Sony does a lot of great budget headphones, too. And it’s just refreshed 2023’s WF-C700N with the $120/£100/€120 WF-C710N.  Yes, still typically Sony with the not-so-nappy names. Appearance-wise, the biggest change is the addition of a zeitgeisty clear blue pair but otherwise they’re similar to their predecessors but with much boosted specs yet at the same price.  So what’s changed? Firstly, the active noise cancellation (ANC) has…

Today, Amazon MGM announced that it has tapped veteran producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman to produce a new untitled Bond feature. Pascal, best known for her work on Sony’s Spider-Man cinematic franchise and other Bond films including Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, and Skyfall, will produce the new Amazon project through Pascal Pictures. Heyman, who produced all eight of Warner Bros.’ live-action Harry Potter films and is currently working on HBO / Max’s reimagined series, is attached to the project through Heyday films.In a statement about their new gigs, Pascal and Heyman said that it was an honor to…