Little phone, how I miss you. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge We’ve already heard rumblings about an iPhone Slim model taking the place of the iPhone Plus in 2025, making it the iPhone 17 Slim. Now, a new…
Twitch completes its TikTok makeover with new app update
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch’s mobile app is getting a major update that puts its TikTok-like feed front and center. The company started testing the update earlier this year, and over the course of this week, the new…
Astro Bot’s new PS5 controller has a pair of adorable eyes
Image: Sony Sony Interactive Entertainment and Team Asobi — the developers behind the forthcoming Astro Bot — have teamed up to design and release a limited edition Astro Bot Dual Sense controller. Just look at it. I need it. The Astro…
Apple Intelligence AI features will wait for iOS 18.1
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple’s new AI features for the iPhone may not arrive with the initial rollout of iOS 18 and the expected launch of the iPhone 16 in September, according to a report from Bloomberg. Instead,…
Arc’teryx’s new powered pants could make hikers feel 30 pounds lighter
Arc’teryx’s new powered MO/GO pants claim to boost leg strength by up to 40 percent. | Image: Arc’teryx Strength-boosting exoskeleton suits can help make jobs with physical labor feel less strenuous, but Arc’teryx has partnered with Skip, a spinoff of Google’s…
Ultimate Ears Everboom review: the right size
The smaller sibling to UE’s Epicboom offers plenty of punch for its size. But it’s a little thin on features to justify $250. The Ultimate Ears speaker lineup is getting quite crowded, having now reached six products with the recent introduction…
This $56 Casio watch is a retro step tracking dream
Did I mention it’s only $56?! It doesn’t do anything other than track steps, but that’s all I want it to do. And at this price? I ain’t complaining. When I was in high school, all I wanted was a Baby-G…
Futurama’s new season struggles to make NFTs and AI funny
Image: Hulu It only takes a few minutes before Futurama’s new season starts explaining non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, a concept most people probably haven’t thought about for more than a year. Despite being set in the far future, Futurama has always…
8BitDo’s first mechanical keyboard is down to its best price to date
The Western-style “N Edition,” which is inspired by the original NES controller, is on sale at Woot through July 30th. | Image: 8BitDo With all the excitement over the 2024 Olympics, it’s easy to forget that this weekend is the last…
Here’s your first look at Amazon’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza
Image: Amazon Kiryu is getting a live-action makeover very soon. At Comic-Con today, Amazon revealed the first look at its upcoming adaptation of the Yakuza game series, with the show Like a Dragon: Yakuza (not to be confused with the game…