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The Kids edition is the same as Amazon’s entry-level ebook reader, only with a few added perks. | Image: Amazon I will be the first to admit that the Kindle deals we saw during Amazon Prime Day in July were lackluster at best. Only the note-taking Kindle Scribe saw a discount worth highlighting, though, thankfully, we’re starting to see prices drop across the entire lineup. Right now, for instance, the latest Kindle Kids is on sale for $94.99 ($15 off) — one of its best prices to date — at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. So-called “kid” devices from Amazon are often misunderstood. The ad-free ebook reader is identical to the 11th-gen model rolled out in 2022, which remains the best budget option. It offers a sharp 300ppi display and USB-C support as well as up to six weeks of battery life with average use. The Kids version simply comes with... Continue reading…

You don’t have to go home, but you can’t camp here. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Seven years after launching on iOS and Android, Nintendo has announced that online service for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be ending on November 28th at 11AM ET. In a statement today, Nintendo assured current players they would still be able to fully enjoy the game for three more months. “We will continue to hold events and add items until the service-end date.” We have an important announcement for everyone playing the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp app. Please see the following page for details as well.https://t.co/JGacPgXFyo pic.twitter.com/RHZt5u7SPU— Pocket_camp (@Pocket_Camp) August 22, 2024 In addition to the game shutting down on November 28th, Leaf Tickets (which could be used to expedite the building of campsite... Continue reading…

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge The dream of a successful Epic Games Store on iOS sounds like an oasis: a thriving alternative app store that exists outside Apple’s walled gardens, where developers won’t have to pay Apple’s much steeper commission for in-app purchases, and where they can use whatever payment processor they want. Epic’s store launched last week in the European Union — thanks to new regulations opening up iOS — and it’s likely to be a boon for Epic and its perennial hit, Fortnite. But it’s not clear whether Epic will be able to grow the store far beyond its own games. The company wants to welcome in a vibrant ecosystem of third-party developers, but moving to the Epic Games Store could be an impossible ask for any company that doesn’t make Fortnite-sized... Continue reading…

Justine Ezarik, better known as iJustine, is a legendary YouTuber. I spent less than an hour hanging out with the legendary YouTuber Justine Ezarik before she had me in a chokehold. Literally. Jiujitsu has become an integral part of her weekly routine, and the Thursday I was hanging out with her happened to be a jiujitsu day. The move we were working on: how to use your Gi uniform as a tool to choke your opponent. Next thing I knew, Justine, a creator I had been watching for years, had me tapping out. I was star-struck, shocked, and couldn’t breathe. I was in for a wild day. Justine, better known as iJustine, started creating content in 2006. She was vlogging before Casey Neistat, doing “man on the street” interviews before TikTok, and livestreaming before Twitch. By the time I started my tech... Continue reading…

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge A new feature announced by Instagram today will allow users to add a song on their profile — much like Myspace in the early 2000s. The music added to a user’s profile shows up in the bio area, according to screenshots shared by Instagram. A song will be featured on a profile until the user removes or replaces it. But unlike Myspace, songs won’t autoplay — people viewing a profile with a song can play and pause the track. Image: Instagram Users can add a song by going to the “edit profile” page, where they’ll be able to search for and select a track from Instagram’s library of licensed music that’s also available for things like Reels or posts. From there, users will be able to select a 30-second-long portion of the... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge Google’s new deal with California lawmakers will pay newsrooms across the state up to $250 million over the next five years, while also helping the tech giant avoid an even bigger bill. The first-in-the-nation agreement, funded by taxpayers, Google, and potentially other private sources, allows the search giant to evade a proposed state bill that would force it to pay for linking Californians to news articles. The money will be split between two initiatives administered by the “News Transformation Fund” at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. According to Politico, $180 million is set for distribution to Californian news outlets (excluding broadcasters), while the remaining $70 million is earmarked for artificial intelligence... Continue reading…

After two months of beta testing, a public release of iOS 18 is just around the corner. With a release date expected for “later this fall,” it seems Cupertino will follow the trend and make this system available in September. Unlike other years, Apple is simultaneously testing iOS 18 and iOS 18.1, the latter with Apple Intelligence features for iPhone 15 Pro users. With that, Cupertino took one of the most important features of the initial build of iOS 18. However, it made the beta test smoother, as there aren’t that many groundbreaking features to be added. For example, Apple is revamping the Home Center, Control Center, and Lock Screen with more customization. There’s also a new Passwords app, an improved Calculator with Math Notes on the Notes app, and an all-new Photos app. Still, the feature people are looking forward to the most is Apple Intelligence, which is also in the early days of beta testing. That said, as Apple recently released iOS 18 beta 7 to developers and public beta 5, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman wrote on X that this is likely the final build from Apple, as there shouldn’t be changes to the Release Candidate build, expected a few weeks from now. If Apple follows the trend, the iOS 18 release date is expected for September 18, the Monday after the Apple event. So far, rumors point to an iPhone 16 event on September 10. If that’s the case, iOS 18 should be available a few days before Apple starts to sell officially the new iPhone models. Here’s when the company released the previous iOS official versions: iOS 17: September 18, 2023, in the following week after the iPhone event iOS 16: September 12, 2022, in the following week after the iPhone event iOS 15: September 20, 2021, in the following week after the iPhone event iOS 14: September 16, 2020 (however, the iPhone was delayed a month due to the pandemic). With that in mind, it’s only natural that the release date of iOS 18 will be the week after the iPhone event. These are the iPhone models that will get this new operating system: iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max iPhone 11 iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max iPhone SE (2nd gen) iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone SE (3rd gen) iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max Below, you can learn more about iOS 18. Don't Miss: iOS 18: Features, release date, beta, download, Apple Intelligence The post iOS 18 release date: Here’s when you can expect the final version appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $224 iPad, New back to school blowout, $198 Sony XM4 headphones, $98 eufy smart lock, more Today’s deals: $699 Apple Watch Ultra 2, self-bagging trash can, $349 Dyson V8 Plus vacuum, more Today’s deals: Pixel 9 preorder offers, $20 waterproof speaker, $225 HP laptop, $89 Sony earbuds, more Today’s deals: $199 Apple iPad 9, $30 Crest 3D Whitestrips, $298 Sony XM5 ANC headphones, more

Rarely mentioned during the Democratic National Convention this week is the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris is the party's first nominee for president in 56 years who didn't enter a single primary.

Former President Donald Trump will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday to highlight the Biden-Harris administration's unwillingness to address the historic migrant crisis until just five months before November's election.