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While the slate of Apple products expected by the end of the year is mightily exciting, 2027 is also shaping up to be a pivotal year for the iPhone maker, according to a new report. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman says work is “ramping up” on the 20th anniversary iPhone model that’ll arrive in two sizes and carry an Apple-build 2-nanometer A21 chipset. The current models use a 3-nanometer process, although Apple is expected to begin the transition to 2-namometer for the A20 series expected on the iPhone 18. Previous rumours have suggested Apple intends to mark the epochal handset’s landmark birthday…

Amazon’s Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping events of the year, and the four-day sale for 2026 begins June 23rd at 3:01AM ET and ends at the same time on June 27th. It will grant Prime members access to some of the best prices of the year on Amazon devices, as well as those from Sony, Sonos, Bose, Anker, Apple, and other well-known (and lesser-known) brands we cover at The Verge.As always, you can count on us to publish only the best deals from Amazon — as well as any worthwhile ones featured at Walmart, Best Buy, Target,…

As the wait for Grand Theft Auto 6 continues, Rockstar is offering a major score for owners of GTA 5 as it approaches its teenage years. GTA 5 gamers still enjoying the game on PS4 and Xbox One are getting a free upgrade to play on the current-gen games consoles. A nice crumb, perhaps for those becoming exasperated by the wait. The free update comes as Rockstar prepares a major update for GTA Online. Gamers will be able to enjoy the forthcoming Kortz Center Heist expansion of GTA Online that’ll arrive in July. That’ll enable GTA Online gamers to scope…

Yesterday, Snap debuted its new $2,195 Specs glasses. In an interview with CNBC, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel described the Specs as something the company had been working on for more than 12 years, an attempt to “bring computing into the world” and “make it more human.” He positioned them as a device to help people stay more connected to the world around them instead of looking down at their phones. People, he said, are tired of screens.While Spiegel was speaking, I was struck by how, whenever his head moved, the light caught the lenses just so, revealing the hidden outline…

We’re seeing good early Prime Day deals ahead of the event next week, and unsurprisingly, some of the best deals are on Amazon’s own devices. Several Echo speakers have dropped to new low prices, including the Echo Dot Max, which is on sale for $64.99 ($35 off) at Amazon.Our smart home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy named the Echo Max her top pick among Alexa speakers, calling it “Amazon’s best all-around smart speaker.” The elegant, fabric-wrapped speaker delivers plenty of bass, and comes with its own dedicated tweeter and woofer that provide crisper sound than its predecessor. It’s also faster and…

SanDisk has announced an expensive way to boost the PlayStation 5’s storage capacity. The company’s new Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSD is an officially licensed PS5 accessory in capacities ranging from 1TB to 8TB. The largest option can store up to 200 PS5 games (based on average installation sizes) SanDisk claims, but thanks to the global memory shortage, it will cost you $2,959.99 when it’s eventually available through the company’s online store, discounted from $3,699.99.Even after you take into account Sony’s recent console price hikes, you can buy three PS5 Pro consoles for the price of just one of…

The MacBook Pro has long been one of the best laptops money can buy, but that hasn’t stopped the tech world from salivating over rumours of an upcoming touchscreen OLED Apple MacBook Ultra. Based on leaks and rumours courtesy of reports from the likes of Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Omdia, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, and a growing number of supply-chain news, here’s everything we know about the Apple MacBook Ultra so far. Oh, and a quick disclaimer: all the images in this feature are of the current MacBook Pro, given that the MacBook Ultra doesn’t technically officially exist yet… MacBook Ultra: price…

Horror is having a moment. In 2026, the genre is especially well-represented: new blood is dominating the box office through films like Backrooms and Obsession, established names like Sam Raimi and Damian McCarthy are at the top of their game, and long-running franchises like 28 Years Later and Resident Evil continue to stay relevant. But the most impressive piece of horror this year might just be found in the world of TV comedy: Widow’s Bay, a series that manages the delicate balance of mixing scares with laughs, while also doubling as a loving tribute to the genre. It’s the kind…

AI Mode is a new option when you hit the search bar in the Facebook app. It’s designed to tackle complex queries — much like AI Mode in Google Search. But Meta’s version draws on public posts across Meta apps — including Facebook Groups and Instagram Reels — to inform its results. That could be useful, considering the neighborhood groups and local organizations around me that still use Facebook pretty actively to communicate about upcoming events.But also, “search grounded in stuff people post on Facebook” sounds like a waking nightmare. Have you used Facebook lately? Your weird acquaintance from high…

The new Thread Networks Diagnostics Tools app from Thread Group, the standards body behind the wireless IoT protocol, officially launches in beta today. The app, which arrives on iOS today and has been available on Android in alpha for a few weeks, is the first dedicated tool to provide visibility into your Thread-based smart home network. I’ve been testing the Android version on my complicated home network and, with a bit of extra legwork, have diagnosed several issues with my Thread setup.Thread is one of the protocols the smart home standard Matter runs on, and since Matter over Thread devices…

It’s been six long years since Google loyalists were last treated to a new smart speaker, but that wait will soon be over: the new Google Home Smart Speaker is finally up for pre-order, and devices will start shipping as early as next week. The compact speaker, which was built from the ground up for Google’s smarter Gemini voice assistant, was first revealed back in October. In that time the firm has been hard at work on adding conversational AI that can compete with Amazon’s Alexa+ and better integrating the assistant with its other hardware. Each compact, almost-spherical speaker will…

Matter, the smart home interoperability standard, might finally get a feature that should have been there from day one: a single shared Matter network managed by multiple ecosystems. With this feature, called Joint Fabric, smart devices added to the network will be controllable by any authorized platform — Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and the rest. No need to “share” your smart light between apps; set it up once, and control it everywhere. It’s like your smart home is a joint bank account and your platforms of choice all have signing authority.Joint Fabric is part of the new Matter…