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Sony’s noise-canceling WH-1000XM6 are already on sale with a $30 gift card
Less than a month after making their debut, the WH-1000XM6 are on sale at Amazon in black, blue, and platinum with a $30 gift card for $448. It’s not a straight cash discount, sure, but if you were already debating picking up Sony’s latest pair of noise-cance…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
Nintendo shows off Donkey Kong Bananza’s destructive gameplay
Switch 2 owners will soon have another big Nintendo game to play. During its latest Direct presentation, the company showed off plenty more of Donkey Kong Bananza, a 3D platformer that launches as a Switch 2 exclusive on July 17th — and it’s looking like a su…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
We confirmed Nintendo’s Switch 2 TV dock supports VRR — so why doesn’t it work with Switch 2?
You want your games to play the smoothest they possibly can - but sometimes, screen technology gets in the way. That's why some of the latest TVs and handhelds feature variable refresh rate (VRR) screens that can compensate when your graphics can't deliver a …
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
$1,400 can get you a powerful (and huge) HP Omen laptop with an RTX 5070
Many people gravitate toward compact laptops for their convenience, but there’s a subset of gamers who want a big ass gaming laptop that offers desktop-class performance. If you fall into the latter bucket, you may appreciate knowing that HP is offering 20 pe…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
The Meta Quest 3S is down to its lowest price ever for Prime Day
Prime Day is in full swing, and we’ve already found close to 200 amazing deals. The Meta Quest 3S with 128GB of storage is one of them, thanks to a deal that knocks $50 off its usual $299 price. You can grab the latest VR headset for $249 ($50 off), its all-t…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
Microsoft’s Copilot Plus features might arrive on desktop PCs later this year
Microsoft’s latest Windows AI features arrived first on new Copilot Plus PCs last year, but they were limited to a special range of laptops. That looks set to change thanks to Intel refreshing its existing Arrow Lake desktop CPUs later this year, that might j…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
Weird-shaped notebooks make me want to write again
Andru Marino is an audio and video producer at The Verge. “I make videos on our YouTube / TikTok / Instagram channels, and have produced our podcasts like Vergecast, Decoder, and Why’d You Push That Button?” He also keeps a lot of notes, and his latest favori…
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Reception: Positive
Lamborghini Revuelto review: perfect harmony
With the dawning of a new era of hybridization in the automotive industry, more and more manufacturers are integrating electric propulsion into their lineups. Mild-hybrid systems are well-established, and more beneficial plug-in hybrid systems keep getting be…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
The 198 Prime Day 2025 deals you can still get
It’s the second day of Amazon’s four-day Prime Day sale, and if you’ve held out on making impulse buys so you can make informed purchases, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve collected the best deals we could find on everything from noise-canceling headphon…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive
Kindle’s new ad-filtering setting keeps NSFW promos off your lockscreen
The release notes for the latest Kindle software update that launched a few weeks ago were vague, but some users have discovered a useful feature for anyone with cheaper ad-supported e-readers. In addition to more robust line and text spacing options, you now…
Source: The Verge
Reception: Positive