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May 21, 2026

26 articles

Anker’s new earbuds have the best call quality I’ve ever heard

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The Liberty 5 Pro series are Soundcore’s most ambitious earbuds yet. Soundcore, Anker's audio brand, has mostly lived in the budget-to-midrange world, but with its new Lib...

by John.Higgins

Anker’s new earbuds are the first with its AI chip that boosts noise reduction

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The Liberty 5 Pro Max feature a larger touchscreen with more controls and the ability to record meetings without a phone. | Image: Anker Anker has announced a new version...

by Andrew Liszewski

States ask judge to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster

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A federal judge is officially being tasked with deciding whether to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster. More than 30 states are asking Judge Arun Subramanian to order a s...

by Lauren Feiner

Firefox is working on a rounded redesign with easy-to-find controls for privacy and AI

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Firefox is getting a drastic visual overhaul with a redesigned Settings section that will make it easier to find and use privacy settings, including the switch for turnin...

by Stevie Bonifield

In desperate times, graduates find hope in humiliating tech CEOs

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University graduates are booing and heckling corporate executives who praise AI during their commencement ceremonies, and the only people who seem to be genuinely surpris...

by Janus Rose

Who gets to own the Luigi Mangione story?

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Luigi Mangione, accused of the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, attends a court hearing on May 18, 2026. | POOL/AFP via Getty Images On Monday morning, a ju...

by Mia Sato

Philips’ new display has a screen on both sides

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Front desk staff will no longer have to turn their displays to show customers or clients. | Image: Philips Its name might be dull and uninspired, but the Philips 24B2D530...

by Andrew Liszewski

One of Meta’s big legal reckonings just ended in a settlement

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After back-to-back losses in trials grappling with its impact on teens' mental health, Meta just settled what was supposed to be its next legal battle with Kentucky's Bre...

by Lauren Feiner

Bungie gives up on Destiny

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Bungie is moving on from Destiny 2. The studio announced Thursday that it's releasing the last major update for the game on June 9th as its focus "turns towards a new beg...

by Jay Peters

Sonos’s pint-sized Roam 2 speaker is 25 percent off for Memorial Day

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The Sonos Roam 2 is about the size of a small water bottle and comes in multiple colors. | Image: Sonos If your summer plans involve spending any time outdoors, whether on...

by Sheena Vasani

This AI guitar pedal let me roll my own effects

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You can buy physical plates to pair with your AI effects. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge I'm not sure anyone was really asking for an AI guitar pedal. But it was in...

by Terrence O’Brien

Uber is deploying its own self-driving cars again, just not as robotaxis

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The project is starting small with just one Hyundai Ioniq 5, though Uber says its not wedded to that model. | Image: Balaji Krishnamurthy / X Uber is putting its own auton...

by Andrew J. Hawkins

This mechanical bird drops dead when your home’s air quality worsens

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When air quality drops the bird simulates fainting and death by succumbing to gravity and hanging upside down. | Image: Birdie The original Birdie debuted in 2022 with a m...

by Andrew Liszewski

The cost of the smart home is going up

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Google is expanding its AI-powered Gemini for Home capabilities beyond its cameras and smart speakers to other manufacturers to sell more subscriptions. | Photo by Jennifer...

by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Meta and Google get data from the app your boss uses to track you

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Hundreds of thousands of workplaces use software to monitor employees. Now, a new study has found that many of these tools share data not just with employers, but with di...

by Lauren Feiner

GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft

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When Microsoft announced it was acquiring GitHub in a $7.5 billion deal in 2018, developers were nervous. Some were concerned about Microsoft controlling GitHub, and othe...

by Tom Warren

Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes

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Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) just announced a licensing deal that will allow users to prompt the creation of AI-generated remixes and covers for streaming song...

by Terrence O’Brien

Spotify is going to reserve concert tickets for ‘real fans’

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As part of a new "Reserved" program, Spotify is going to start offering concert tickets for "real fans" of participating bands that are going on tour. The idea with the R...

by Jay Peters

Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you

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Studio by Spotify Labs is a new standalone AI app that generates a daily briefing, podcasts, and playlists on your PC using chatbot prompts. The AI-generated content draw...

by Stevie Bonifield

AI video is moving beyond clip slop

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A still from Innovative Dreams, a new production company by Luma and Wonder Project | Image: Luma/X This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving i...

by Janko Roettgers

Viture’s refurb Luma Pro smart glasses are more than half off at eBay

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Price is a big barrier for most people who’d like to try out smart glasses for gaming, watching movies, or using their computers. Many models are at $400 and up, but you...

by Cameron Faulkner

Musk v. Altman: Much ado about nothing

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Today I’m talking with Liz Lopatto, who spent the last month covering the Musk v. Altman trial in all its chaos. You’ll hear her describe the courthouse as a “zoo” and ex...

by Nilay Patel

I tested several cases for the Switch 2 and these are the best

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You might find it kind of sad to put your hard-earned Switch 2 into a protective case. To me, it’s freeing. Sure, it can take away from the slick design. But using a case...

by Cameron Faulkner

Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers

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Earlier this month, SpaceX and Anthropic announced a new compute partnership that provides access to the rocket company's Colossus data centers in Memphis, TN. Now, with...

by Andrew J. Hawkins

‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing

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Bambu Lab makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet, but that reputation is suddenly under siege. It all started when Paweł Jarczak received a private message...

by Sean Hollister

Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments

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Meta says it needs to “offset the other investments we're making.” | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees tha...

by Jess Weatherbed