Sony and Bose have dueled over the top spot in the noise-cancelling space for years, and while Sony has held onto the crown in recent years, the Bose Quietcomfort 45 are angling to take it back. For the price, the Sony WH-1000XM4 are still one of the best pairs of noise-cancelling headphones on the market.
Read MoreWhatsApp is adding a feature that will let users save disappearing messages. Signal may see another boost in users in response to the feature. WhatsApp just gave its users another reason to switch to Signal, thanks to a big change to how disappearing messages work. First noticed by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is testing a feature that
Read MoreApple is working with anti-union lawyers at Littler Mendelson in an escalating fight with retail workers in Atlanta who have filed for a union election. Though the company has not publicly stated its stance on Apple Stores unionizing, the move sends a strong signal that it plans to oppose workers organizing for better pay and
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony’s storefront will have the PlayStation 5 console available for purchase starting at 4:30PM ET today, so time is running out before the waiting room flips into a queue for the hotly in-demand console. We expect that the store will stock both the $499.99 version of the PlayStation
Read MoreGoG, the video game and film storefront formerly known as Good Old Games, has announced it will offer menstrual leave for employees affected by cycle-related complications. In a LinkedIn post from earlier this month, GoG stated it would be “giving additional days off for those experiencing menstrual period pain” effective immediately. The company confirmed the
Read MorePhoto by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Even if Elon Musk could reinstate former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, Trump will not be returning to the platform — at least that’s what he told Fox News on Monday. Rather than tweeting from his formerly favored platform, Trump assured Fox that he would officially start posting “truths” to
Read MoreNetgear and AT&T are introducing the most impressive mobile hotspot I’ve ever seen: a four-inch puck that promises to turn the newest, fastest flavors of 5G and Wi-Fi into speedy internet for your laptops, tablets, and even wired PCs. It’s called the Netgear Nighthawk M6 Pro, and at $459.99, it ain’t cheap. But it’s a
Read MoreFor years, designer Zach Gage has been enamored with the works of famed Japanese game publisher Nikoli. The company is best known for popularizing sudoku, and is renowned for its minimalist takes on puzzles like nonograms (which Nintendo fans might recognize as Picross). For Gage, creating that kind of clean, straightforward, and accessible puzzle was
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony will begin rolling out support for the Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) feature for the PS5 via an update released this week, the company announced Monday. “On HDMI 2.1 VRR-compatible TVs and PC monitors, VRR dynamically syncs the refresh rate of the display to the PS5 console’s graphical
Read MoreBrooke Singman / Fox News: Trump says that, regardless of Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, “I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on TRUTH”, which has seen its stock drop 10%+ today — Trump said a Musk Twitter takeover would be a positive development, but he will stay with his own platform
Read MoreIf you’re ever nostalgic for Sony’s last-generation games, you can use Remote Play to connect and stream your PS4 console to your PS5. Granted, the PS5 can play PS4 games natively, but given its limited storage, you may want to keep your PS4 around to store your older games, especially if you don’t want to
Read MoreThe Verge: Elon Musk says he wants to improve Twitter by “making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans” — Elon Musk will buy Twitter for $44 billion — Twitter has accepted Elon Musk’s offer to purchase the company for $44 billion …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Elon Musk is officially buying Twitter. The deal is going through for about $44 billion. Musk says he has many changes planned for the “digital town square.” The king of the digital town square has arrived. Elon Musk is officially buying Twitter. In a press release, the company announced that
Read MoreHis weeks-long pursuit of the company has resulted in a $44 billion deal. But how did it happen, and what the hell comes next?
Read MoreThe Brooklyn Public Library just announced its “Books Unbanned” initiative. | Photo by Sergi Reboredo / VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is counteracting a ban on certain books by letting anyone in the US aged 13 to 21 apply for a digital library card. This gives teens and
Read MoreUsing PS Remote Play, you can connect your PS5 console to stream to your PS4, meaning you can play the next-gen games on Sony’s last-generation system. If you’re not ready to part with the PS4, it’s a great way to pause your PS5 games in one room and pick them up in the next or
Read MoreApple AirPods are often what comes to mind when you think of true wireless earbuds. While these are the best-selling earbuds in the last 20 years, popularity doesn’t necessarily equate to quality. Should you give this new model a chance or consider other options first? It’s complicated. Let’s talk about why in this Apple AirPods
Read MoreThe Digital Services Act has granted the European Commission unprecedented power over tech companies in times of war.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Moonshot — A Journey Home is now available for download from the App Store. Moonshot can be played on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Like all Apple Arcade games, Moonshot is free of ads and in-app purchases. Another Apple Arcade winner is ready for download. Apple Arcade subscribers can
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: SoftBank’s stricter investment criteria has led to tepid continued support for some cash-strapped startups it has backed including camera startup Light — SoftBank Group Corp.-backed Light is struggling to raise funds after the world’s largest tech investor balked at putting …
Read MoreDroids and robot assistants are still not really a part of our daily lives, even if they started showing up in movies many long decades ago. [Rudy Aramaryo] perhaps hopes that will change one day, and is pursuing this goal with their own droid build named R.O.B. R.O.B. is quite a hefty ‘bot, weighing 140
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A hacker has stolen NFTs worth millions of dollars after compromising the official Instagram account for Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and using it to post a phishing link that transferred tokens out of users’ crypto wallets. The hack was disclosed on Twitter by BAYC just before 10AM
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today, workers at Amazon’s LDJ5 warehouse facility will vote on whether to organize with the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), the same union that pulled off a historic win at another Staten Island, New York, facility earlier this month. With ballots scheduled to be counted on May 2nd, the
Read MoreRam teased its upcoming electric 1500 pickup truck, which is scheduled to go into production in fall 2022. The new electric truck is expected to be one of the first major long-range EVs to come out of Stellantis, the multinational conglomeration that formed last year when Fiat Chrysler merged with the French PSA Group. The
Read MoreCatherine Stupp / Wall Street Journal: Three German wind-energy companies have suffered cyberattacks since Russia’s war in Ukraine, taking 2K+ turbines’ remote control systems offline for a day, more — Three Germany-based wind-energy companies have been the targets of cyberattacks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine …
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