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Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty ImagesElon Musk’s lawyers notched a partial win this week in their Delaware Court of Chancery standoff against Twitter with a motion requesting information from 22 Twitter employees, or “custodians,” in addition to 41 others that both sides already agreed on...

Photo by Jay Peters / The VergeIf you spent Tuesday wondering why your Fitbit Charge 5 won’t sync, you’re not alone. Frustrated Charge 5 owners have taken to Reddit and Twitter to report their fitness trackers simply won’t sync in what appears to be a widespread outage. It’s the latest in...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeWhatsApp’s new app on Windows no longer requires you to link your phone to send, receive, and sync messages. An update on WhatsApp’s site reveals the refreshed Windows app is out of beta and available to download on the Microsoft Store. Previously, users...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeAmazon warehouse staff that work at a fulfillment center outside of Albany, New York have filed a petition for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the NLRB told The Verge on Tuesday. The employees, who work at Amazon’s ALB1...

The number of Latinos who listen to podcasts on a monthly basis has declined, according to a new study.Surprise! I had a bit of a vacation detour, so I am back for a two-day stint before taking off again Thursday. The TL;DR of my trip is that Sweden is great — let’s all move there and take our...

American AirlinesAmerican Airlines announced Tuesday that it has placed an order for up to 20 supersonic aircraft from Boom Supersonic, with an option for an additional 40 jets. American is the second major airline to bet on the return of ultra-fast air travel in just two years. The amount of...

The slide-out headset stand might leave an indent in the padding but is very practical. | Image: DellAlienware is releasing a pair of new gaming monitors, including a 25-incher with a 360Hz variable refresh rate and a 27-inch Quad HD option that can overclock to 280Hz. Both monitors sport leaner...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThis week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revealed a recent filing from Amazon (you can read it in full below), showing the internet retail giant’s requests for limits on the agency’s investigation of its business practices. According to lawyers...

Corin Faife and Alex Castro / The VergeThe USB Rubber Ducky is back with a vengeance. The much-loved hacking tool has a new incarnation, released to coincide with the Def Con hacking conference this year, and creator Darren Kitchen was on hand to explain it to The Verge. We tested out some of...

Image: Blizzard EntertainmentAhead of Overwatch 2’s launch on October 4th, the developers are letting us know how to take advantage of the game’s progression system. If you play Overwatch across multiple platforms, starting today, you’ll have the option to merge the separate accounts,...

NASA’s SLS rocket during its first roll out to the launch pad for a dress rehearsal in March 2022 | Photo by Loren Grush / The VergeNASA’s giant Space Launch System will start its first journey into space with a slow crawl along the ground. The first window for the rocket’s highly...

Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeHearing aids will soon be able to be sold over the counter and without a prescription, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. A new final rule from the Food and Drug Administration created a new category for over-the-counter hearing aids — which wouldn’t...

Image: AMDMaybe don’t build a new PC right now? AMD just announced it’ll unwrap its next-gen Ryzen 7000 processors on August 29th — where it’ll hopefully stop teasing us with vague but promising Zen 4 improvements and announce some actual chips for our devices. What we already know: the...

I’ll never be able to charge up energy like this in real life, but I can in Fortnite. | Image: Epic GamesWhen we were kids, my friends and I used to play a game we called “Be Whoever You Want,” where we’d pretend to be our heroes from video games, TV shows, and movies. Goku, Vegeta, or...

Normally these Joy-Cons would be about $40 a piece at their full price of $79.99. | Photo by James Bareham / The VergeWhile Nintendo’s Joy-Cons may be the bane of some people’s existence due to their small size and notorious reputation for developing stick drift, they remain the de facto...

It shares the same “looming cockpit” vibes as the Samsung Odyssey Ark display. | Image: Mobile PixelsMobile Pixels is running a crowdfunding campaign for this Geminos range of folding dual-screen clamshell displays, which offers an interesting alternative for folks looking to replace a...

The Elvish version comes with green and off-white keycaps.A little under a year after Drop released a pair of keycap sets themed around the Elvish and Dwarvish languages from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the mechanical keyboard retailer is following it up with two full-on keyboards....

Image: BeatsKim Kardashian’s special edition Beats Fit Pro collection, first announced a week ago, is now available at Apple stores. The earbuds come in three neutral colors that were designed by Kardashian, matching her signature palette. “Since you’re wearing something every day, I wanted...

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeWhile protecting your privacy online has been a subject of interest for a while now, events in the news — for example, the chat history Facebook recently turned over to police — have brought it front and center. But how do you protect your privacy while...

Photo by Jay Peters / The VergeIf you’re wondering why your Fitbit Charge 5 won’t sync, you’re not alone. Frustrated Charge 5 owners have taken to Reddit and Twitter to report their fitness trackers simply won’t sync in what appears to be a widespread outage. It’s the latest in a series...

Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft is planning to release its next big Windows 11 update, version 22H2, on September 20th. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge Microsoft will roll out Windows 11 22H2 through Windows Update on September 20th, a week after the company’s regular Patch...

Google’s Pixel 6 Pro. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The VergeGoogle announced on August 15th, 2022, that it would begin rolling out the Android 13 update to its portfolio of Pixel devices. As is usual with Android updates, however, this doesn’t mean that even if you have a qualifying Pixel device...

Supergiant GamesIf you have a Game Pass subscription and have somehow, inexplicably, never gotten around to playing what was arguably the best game of 2020, your time is running out. Xbox has announced that Hades, along with a treasure trove of games — some of the best on the service — are...

The starlight version of the M2-powered MacBook Air is $100 off at B&H Photo and Amazon. | Image: AppleHeading back to school soon? If you’re in the market for a new laptop, you can save $100 on Apple’s new M2-powered MacBook Air, which is our top pick for most people when it comes to...

Photo illustration by William Joel / The VergeSelena Gomez’s beauty brand has grown beyond her own social reach Continue reading… ...

People stand in the bank of the Chilama River at La Libertad Port, one of the hardest affected areas by tropical storm Amanda, in La Libertad, El Salvador, on June 1st, 2020. | Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty ImagesHurricane season in the Atlantic is arriving ahead of schedule as the oceans...

Image: PlayStationSony could be working on its own PlayStation PC launcher. References to a PlayStation PC launcher have been discovered in the recent release of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered on PC, and VGC has verified the references are legitimate. A potential PC launcher for PlayStation...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeGoogle Maps continues to show results for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) when users search for a nearby abortion clinic. A new analysis from Bloomberg shows that CPCs make up about a fourth of the top 10 search results on average in all 50...

Alphabet has been testing its Everyday Robots prototypes cleaning up in the company’s offices. | Image: GoogleGoogle’s parent company Alphabet is bringing together two of its most ambitious research projects — robotics and AI language understanding — in an attempt to make a “helper...

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeBluecruising into the future Continue reading… ...