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Here’s everything you get in iFixit’s $1,207 inner screen replacement kit for the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. | Image: iFixit iFixit has started listing repair parts for Google’s Pixel Pro 9 Fold, but it’ll be cheaper to buy a regular brand-new phone than pay for a screen replacement. The inner display specifically, which includes the frame, hinge, side buttons, and OLED screen itself, will set customers back $1,199 for “Part Only.” The full kit that also includes iFixit’s repair tools bumps that up to $1,207. With prices starting at $1,799, the Pixel Pro 9 Fold is one of the most expensive smartphones on the market. iFixit’s inner screen replacement for last year’s Pixel Fold was also costly at $899 , but this is still an alarming jump for the latest model. For context, $1,199 is the same price as an iPhone 16 Pro Max , and more expensive than a 13-inch M3... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/J4q0E1X

Image: Nvidia Nvidia is officially launching its Nvidia app on PC today, designed to overhaul and replace the GeForce Experience app. The Nvidia app originally went into beta earlier this year , and it’s now feature complete enough for the beta label to be removed and for the app to soon be bundled with GeForce drivers. The Nvidia app includes a redesigned and improved overlay, with support for 4K 120fps AV1 video capture, Nvidia’s AI-powered RTX game filters, and an improved customizable statistic overlay. Image: Nvidia The new Nvidia app also gives you access to a bunch of other Nvidia apps. Just like GeForce Experience before it, the Nvidia app includes optimal playable settings for games and it even includes a number of... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/tjJQPOq

A pretty book that costs a pretty penny. | Image: Apple Music / Assouline You can now buy a physical version of the 100 Best Albums list that Apple Music released this year — if you have some serious cash to burn, that is. Apple Music: 100 Best Albums , a 208-page coffee table book produced by luxury print company Assouline, is available to preorder today for $450, with an estimated shipping date of November 25th. Shipping itself is thankfully free. One explanation for the high price tag is that availability is extremely limited — only 1,500 copies are up for grabs, each numbered on the rear and inside the book. The design of the book itself is also very luxurious, featuring a “custom-designed translucent acrylic slipcase etched with the Apple Music logo” that protects the white linen hardcover, and gold... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/5PqaVRm

Image: Digital Eclipse For such a simple game, Tetris has a wild history. Developed in the mid-1980s by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union, Tetris ’ global expansion involved a complex web of software copyright, clandestine meetings, handshake deals, and someone stretching a tourist visa to the very limits. It’s a story that inspired a feature film — but it might be best explored in Tetris Forever , the latest retro game collection from Digital Eclipse. The studio has made a name for itself with its interactive documentary format. The idea is that, instead of just presenting a bunch of games and supplementary material and leaving it to players to sort through it, the collections put everything into a timeline you can explore in chronological order. This... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/P2s5xYp

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Efforts to influence President-elect Donald Trump’s policies via Elon Musk are already beginning. On Friday, nonprofit AI advocacy group Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) launched a public petition asking Trump to make Musk his special adviser on AI, saying he is well positioned to protect the US lead on the technology while ensuring it’s rolled out safely. “No one is better equipped to help the Trump Administration make America lead on AI than Elon Musk,” reads the petition circulated by ARI, which is led by former Democratic representative Brad Carson and says it doesn’t take corporate funding . Musk has been a leading critic of OpenAI, a company he cofounded but more recently has distanced himself from and made into an... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/YerTOsZ

Remember the race to 5G? | Image: The Verge Boost Mobile has announced it is on its way to meeting FCC coverage deadlines by the end of the year and says it has earned the title of MNO — Mobile Network Operator — rather than MVNO, which is a virtual network operator mainly reselling service from other carriers. Mission... accomplished? Sort of. It’s progress, at least. Boost, you will remember, is supposed to be our nation’s fourth wireless carrier thanks to a wonky deal that allowed T-Mobile to buy Sprint . Dish Network — now owned by EchoStar — bought the brand as part of the deal and is required by the FCC to hit certain milestones in its 5G network buildout to hold up its part of the bargain. Last June, it was required to cover 70 percent of the US population ; by the end of the... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/fOQLm5i

The first part of Wicked, starring Ariana Grande (left) and Cynthia Erivo (right) will arrive in theaters on November 22nd. | Image: Universal Pictures Barbie producer Mattel has issued an apology after customers spotted its Wicked edition dolls listed an adult website on the packaging. The toy merchandise mistakenly directed customers to the homepage of the Wicked Pictures pornographic movie studio, instead of the correct WickedMovie.com URL. “We deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to remedy this,” Mattel said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter . “Parents are advised that the misprinted, incorrect website is not appropriate for children.” Mattel said that the dolls, which have been released to coincide with Universal’s film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical, are “primarily sold in the US” and that the error was a “misprint.” It’s unclear... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/rtSOwxu

Image: Disney Star Wars spinoff Andor is finally coming back for its second and final season on Disney Plus April 22nd, 2025, Disney announced during its D23 event in Brazil yesterday. And in a clear nod to Rogue One , the 2016 film it’s setting up, it has a new logo with the subtitle “ A Star Wars Story .” The new season will complete the so far excellent story of Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) transformation from street rat to hard-bitten rebel alliance spy in the lead-up to the events of Rogue One. Its 12-episode run will be broken up into blocks of three episodes, each covering three-day events taking place in a four-year period, as TheWrap notes . On April 22, 2025, #Andor returns to @DisneyPlus . pic.twitter.com/c6P3pdNBi6 — Star Wars (@starwars) N... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/h4CxFrH

Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge Popular music changes all the time, but there’s been one consistent element in practically everything released in the last two decades: Auto-Tune is everywhere. What started as a simple audio processing tool in the 1990s has become the dominant force in music. Artists are training to sing with Auto-Tune; songs sound like Auto-Tune. Like it or hate it, Auto-Tune is everywhere. And to be clear, most people like it. On this episode of The Vergecast , the second installment in our series about the future of music, music journalist and Switched on Pop co-host Charlie Harding tells us the story of Auto-Tune. (Disclosure: Switched on Pop is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network, as is The Vergecast .) It starts, of all places, in the oil and gas... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/hKYHncv

Was anyone asking for this? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge At the risk of stating the obvious, AI is absolutely everywhere lately. There’s AI in your car , AI in your messaging app , AI in your glasses . I’ve gotten pretty desensitized to it all as a hazard of the job, but it was Spotify’s AI DJ that actually got my attention. I’ve listened to a top 40 radio station in the past two decades, so I’m familiar with the concept of a robot picking music for me. In that context, an AI DJ doesn’t seem like much of a stretch. But after using it on and off for a week, I’m convinced it’s the perfect analogy for our AI-everything moment. It’s eerily human, and it plays a lot of music I like. But take it from someone with access to a high-quality local indie radio station — one that employs human DJs! — there... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/Okr6bZs

Seagate’s proprietary storage solution ain’t cheap, but it remains the easiest way to outfit your Series / X with additional space. | Image: Seagate Black Friday won’t be here for several more weeks, but the holiday promos are beginning to take shape at Amazon, Best Buy, and other retailers. We expect to see steep discounts on a number of gaming goods when many of the early sales kick off next week , but if you want to shop ahead of time, Seagate’s 2TB Storage Expansion Card for the Xbox Series X / S is already matching its all-time low of $199.99 ($160 off) at Amazon , Best Buy , and Seagate’s online storefront . While pricey, Seagate’s proprietary expansion cards are a great way to expand the storage capacity of your Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S. The NVMe-based, Microsoft-licensed cards — of which there are currently two — are incredibly easy to install, fast, and allow you to run... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/ozP5nWh

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Google Photos continues to get new and improved features on a regular basis, and one of the most recent Android updates has focused on video editing. Even if you don’t have the latest Pixel 9 phone (which is required if you want to try out the weird new Reimagine tool ), you can now speed up, slow down, and enhance your clips with a few taps as well as trim them down more easily. You can also expect what Google calls “AI-powered video presets” on both the Android and iOS versions of Google Photos. After the app algorithm analyzes your clips, you get a choice of effects — trims, zooms, slow-mos — you can apply with a tap. The app takes the role of director and chooses where and how these tweaks should be applied. When the changes arrive on... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/F6xeA02

Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge You know that thing where, just after you’ve opened Instagram and become invested in whatever video was already loaded, a new video pops in and seemingly yeets the old video into the void, never to be seen again? That’s a thing of the past, according to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri, who says in an AMA from his Instagram Story yesterday that the app now waits for you to scroll to show you the new stuff. That behavior — which Instagram apparently called “rug pull” internally — wasn’t just some weird bug. Mosseri says the app did it “because we were trying to load new content, and it was taking a while, so we showed you something that was already downloaded in the meantime, and it is generally good for engagement.” But that’s “really... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/eCBHxEZ

This walking pad was supposed to help me relieve stress. Then I overcomplicated it. I became so mired in the smart features, I forgot to walk. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/oyp91gh

Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A collection of fun, affordable, and unique gifts fit for everyone on your list. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/LXGJhRS

Image: Palworld Palworld developer Pocketpair has revealed the patents at the center of the infringement lawsuit Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed in Japan back in September . Pocketpair has also shared that, in addition to 5 million yen each plus late fees, they’re “seeking an injunction against the game and compensation for a portion of the damages incurred between the date of registration of the patents and the date of filing of this lawsuit. The Pokémon Company cites three Japanese patents, No. 7545191 , No. 7493117 , and No. 7528390 . From the translation of the claims, they appear to describe Pokémon-style activities, with ‘191 focused on the act of throwing a ball at characters in a field, ‘117 tied to aiming, and ‘390 on riding characters.... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/sKIdkjq

Photo: Vjeran Pavic, The Verge Think about how you like to play video games. Are you the type to sink into your couch, controller in hand, TV across the living room, for a few hours of Madden? If so, Sony’s new PlayStation 5 Pro is not for you . But if you find yourself leaning forward, creeping ever closer to the screen, looking for every clue hidden in the grass or every tiny twitchy graphical advantage, a $700 console might not be such a silly idea. On this episode of The Vergecast , The Verge ’s Sean Hollister joins the show to talk about his experience with the PS5 Pro. We go through what you can expect from this super-powered new gaming machine, which games and which gamers might get the most from it, and why the PS5 Pro might have more in common with a gaming PC... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/DfRSKOA

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge AMD launched its latest Ryzen 7 9800X3D to glowing reviews this week, but if you’re looking to buy one then you might have to wait for more stock. The 9800X3D is currently sold out at Newegg and Best Buy , with the majority of Micro Center locations also sold out of AMD’s best gaming processor. The situation is similar across Europe, too. In Germany most retailers have run out of stock , with new shipments not expected to arrive until later this month. In the UK Scan is accepting preorders for the 9800X3D, but stock won’t arrive until November 29th. Overclockers in the UK says its stock is currently held at UK customs and that its first and second shipments are allocated and sold out. It’s not expecting another shipment until December. S... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/ERmG8YH

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Nvidia is announcing some big changes to its GeForce Now cloud streaming service today. The existing Priority membership is being renamed to Performance , with 1440p streaming, ultrawide resolution support, and the ability to save graphics settings across streaming sessions. Nvidia is also introducing a 100-hour monthly playtime cap for new Performance or Ultimate GeForce Now members starting on January 1st, 2025. New GeForce Now members that sign up for the service from 2025 onward will have a cap on monthly playtime set at 100 hours. That works out to around three hours of usage every day of the month, and Nvidia says it’s putting the cap in place to avoid increasing membership prices “in the foreseeable future.” Image:... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/QZD23Nb

Image: Archer Archer Aviation, a leading electric flight company based in San Jose, California, is bringing its futuristic air taxis to Japan. The company will sell 100 of its Midnight battery-powered aircraft to Soracle, a joint venture between Japan Airlines and Sumitomo Corporation, in a deal valued approximately at $500 million. Archer says that Soracle plans on deploying its aircraft — which look like a cross between a drone and a helicopter — “in cities where existing ground transportation is constrained by traffic or geographic barriers,” the company said. Still, Archer will need to achieve “certain milestones in advanced aircraft delivery” before Soracle approves pre-delivery payments. “in cities where existing ground transportation is... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/8cxfIhu

Image: Microsoft Microsoft appears to be stepping back from charging Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscribers another $20 per month to get access to AI-powered Office features. The software giant quietly announced it’s making Copilot Pro features part of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions last week, but only in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand for now. “It’s been nine months since we introduced consumers to Copilot in our Microsoft 365 apps via Copilot Pro. We’ve spent that time adding new features, improving performance, and listening carefully to customer feedback,” says Microsoft in a press release spotted by ZDNet . “Based on that feedback, we’re making Copilot part of our Microsoft 365 Personal and... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/Gict3fF

The DJI Goggles N3 headset, DJI Neo drone, and RC Motion 3 controller. | Photo: The Verge I’m hoping DJI’s affordable new FPV goggles will be the missing puzzle piece — a way to cheaply buy the “It feels like I’m flying!” experience I had with the DJI Avata for maybe $400 or $500 tops, rather than the current $800 to $1,000 you might have to pay. See, the company announced its budget $199 Neo drone in September that works with goggles, and today it’s announcing the $229 DJI Goggles N3 . Add a $99 RC Motion 3 controller and you get airplane-like flight, with first-person video that puts you in the virtual cockpit. But I can’t quite confirm that it’s worth your money yet — because DJI says my unit likely shipped with a defect, and I’ll need a little more testing time. More on that below. At $229, the Goggles N3 are definitely... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/acpBHn3

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election. Trump, who announced his reelection campaign in 2022 , is the second president in US history to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms. Trump declared victory early on Wednesday, followed by the AP , The New York Times , and other outlets. Trump has made immigration, the border, and the economy hallmarks of his reelection campaign. As the Republican nominee, he promised mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, suggested that he’d sign a ban on abortion after 15 weeks, and pledged to embrace Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. His allies at the Heritage Foundation and the America First Policy Institute have drafted hundreds of executive orders ahead of Trump’s... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/SM7Hnbv

Sony’s $700 PlayStation is here for people who don’t want to muck around. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/K16GeT4

Image: Nintendo Listening to Nintendo music isn’t easy. It’s not available on streaming platforms, so I usually end up scouring YouTube for songs from Animal Crossing and Metroid . Because of this, I was hoping that Nintendo Music, a new app that surprise-launched last week , would be my one-stop shop for listening to Nintendo soundtracks. But while it features some clever ideas, there are lots of frustrations and weird choices from Nintendo that mean it isn’t quite what I was hoping for. Navigating the app, which is available on iOS and Android but only accessible to Switch Online subscribers, feels a lot like other music services like Apple Music or Spotify. You can browse tracks from individual games or hand-curated playlists themed around things like... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/KX8I490

Artistic representation of Lignosat wooden satellite. | Art: KyotoU/Gakuji Tobiyama In a first for the world, scientists launched a satellite made from wood into space. As it orbits the planet from some 250 miles away, researchers will study whether wood is sturdy enough for space. Called LignoSat, after the Latin word for wood, the satellite launched Monday night aboard a SpaceX mission bound for the International Space Station. It’ll eventually be released into orbit, where instruments will measure how the wood fares under the harsh conditions of space over six months. “With timber, a material we can produce by ourselves, we will be able to build houses, live and work in space forever,” Takao Doi, an astronaut and professor at Kyoto University, told Reuters . Scientists in Japan are set to test the world’s first... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/hW43yGa

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Authorities in Canada have arrested a man suspected of stealing information from around 165 companies using Snowflake’s cloud storage services, according to reports from Bloomberg and 404 Media . The Canadian Department of Justice confirmed to 404 Media that it arrested Alexander “Connor” Moucka on October 30th following a request from the US government. “He appeared in court later that afternoon and his case was adjourned to Tuesday November 5, 2024,” a spokesperson told 404 Media . Canada’s Department of Justice didn’t immediately respond to The Verge ’s request for more information. In May, Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation revealed that it had suffered a massive data breach after alleged customer information was posted for sale on... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/egsDPUZ

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Alexa didn’t get a big splashy launch event, or come with a bunch of grand proclamations about being the future of anything. Instead, like a phone charger with a made-up name or a knockoff version of your favorite blush, it just kind of appeared on Amazon one day. Ten years ago this week, on November 6th, 2014, Amazon launched the Echo and the smart speaker era. The device quickly spawned countless more , from Amazon and others. It became the emblem of a voice-first way of using technology, the “ ambient computing ” revolution Amazon and others came to believe would change how we do everything. Now there are Alexa devices in millions of homes, just listening and chirping away all day. On this episode of The Vergecast , we wrestle with what... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/wLaVW9x

The French-language app shows new movies like Terrifier 3 and Venom: The Last Dance. | Image: Thomas Ricker / The Verge Another illegal streaming app has made its way to the App Store — but it only surfaces pirated films for people in certain regions outside the US, including France, Canada, and the Netherlands. As shown in a post on Threads , the App Store listing for “Univer Note” presents itself as a productivity platform that can “easily help you record every day’s events and plan your time.” However, if you’re a user in certain countries, like France or Canada, opening the app shows a collection of pirated movies, such as Venom: The Last Dance , Joker: Folie à Deux , and Terrifier 3 . Options within the app are labeled in French, while films stream in their original language with French subtitles or dubbing. Anyone else who downloads the app in an... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/OgpxIQ0

The hardware is chunky and the software is clunky, but this is the best portable audio player I’ve ever heard. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/6KcalWp

Image: Nintendo For a character that’s been around so long, Mario is in something of a golden period. Since last year his mustache has been spotted in theaters , theme parks , and the best ( and weirdest ) side-scrolling Super Mario game in a long time. But he’s had a particularly strong run in role-playing games on the Switch, with recent remakes of both Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and the original Super Mario RPG . Now we have Mario & Luigi: Brothership which keeps the streak alive with a blend of charm, humor, and clever gameplay. Brothership , once again, starts with the brothers getting whisked away to a fantasy realm in need of help. This time it’s the oceanic world of Concordia, which has been broken apart into a series of islands. The bros end... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/knz2taV

Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge Guess the artist, win five bucks. Whether you’re a random person on the streets of New York, an A-list celebrity, or the sitting Vice President of the United States, that’s the pitch behind one of the most fun music shows on social media. You show up, you get some headphones and a microphone, and you hope you know what song is playing. The show is called Track Star , and it’s hosted by Jack Coyne. On this episode of The Vergecast , the first in our three-part miniseries about the future of music, Coyne joins the show to tell us the story of Track Star . We talk about the show’s beginnings as a trivia show about New York called Public Opinion , how Coyne and his co-creators figured out the show’s structure and pace, how he thinks about his... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/MPnZK8t

Activists gather in New York City in August 2024. | Photo: Luis Yañez Joe Biden raised hopes that the US would finally plan for climate-displaced migrants. Today, it’s still a glaring hole in climate and immigration policy. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/IuL1Vr9

Tim Stevens My favorite feature of the new $420,000, all-electric Rolls-Royce Spectre isn’t the cosseting ride quality or the illuminated stars embedded in the headliner of the insanely ornate interior. It isn’t the 577 horsepower or the 266 miles of range. It’s neither the “yes, that’s the spot” massaging seats nor the curbside presence of that upright, chromed front grille. It isn’t even the aerodynamically refined yet classically styled Spirit of Ecstasy statuette perched atop. My favorite feature of the Spectre is the sound it makes. As an EV, it doesn’t really make any engine sound on its own. It’s a rolling cocoon made inherently anti-acoustic thanks to the tireless work of some surely big-eared scientists. So, to inject a little more life... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/ghSvHPn

Adult Swim Juston Gordon-Montgomery sees his new shonen-inspired Adult Swim series as a gateway to the world of wrestling. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/PJGIuER

Image: Motion Twin Some of the most beloved roguelikes are single-player — the likes of Hades , Balatro , and Dead Cells are all solo titles. But Windblown , the new roguelike from Motion Twin, the studio that created Dead Cells , showed me just how cool it can be to play a roguelike with other people. In Windblown , your character, one of a few adorable animal adventurers like an axolotl or a bat, is shot out of a cannon into a mysterious giant tornado to fight your way through various zones. Like Dead Cells , you can equip up to two main weapons. I typically have one for close-range bouts and another for long-distance attacks. But with every weapon, you’re also able to pull off a combo that uses a special move from the other weapon called an “Alterattack.” H... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/QGeog0F

Cat not included. Using the Eight Sleep Pod 4 Ultra has given me the best sleep of my life. I just can’t get over the price and subscription. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/Tfl6PLc

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Social networking has become more disconnected, to say the least. Two years ago, Elon Musk began transforming Twitter into what is now X, and the ensuing chaos drove a lot of former users elsewhere — elsewhere being several places, including Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, and even Facebook or Instagram. We were curious as to where our staff members were going for their social networking fix these days — or whether they had given up on it altogether. Here are some of their answers. I just don’t think any single platform is going to be the one-stop shop that Twitter once was Jay Peters, news editor I primarily use microblogging social networks, and I bounce between many of them because 1) I need to for my job and 2) because none has really... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/o51NiA2

The $1,300 ‘Aura Edition’ laptop doesn’t quite live up to its fancy new Lunar Lake processor. Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/suX9hqi

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Turbosquid Retro Game Corps isn’t Nintendo’s typical mark. Could he fight back? Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/i4FORZK