Deals this good rarely stick around. Black Friday and AirPods discounts go together like, well, AirPods and iPhones. We thought the latest AirPods Pro were an incredible deal at their recently discounted price of $189, but they’ve dropped even further at Amazon and Walmart, where you can now pick them up for a new low of $153.99 ($95 off). That’s less than the current price for the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, which are down to $168.99. Sure, the AirPods 4 are newer, but Apple was mostly playing catchup with their release. The second-gen AirPods Pro are still the best wireless earbuds in Apple’s lineup, even a couple of years after their initial release. Their voice call quality is fantastic and their noise cancellation performance is more effective than... Continue reading…

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge You’d think Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and its wide-reaching Supercharger network, would already know about the workings of the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program that has dedicated $7.5 billion to building a national charging network. However, he needed Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to chime in on X yesterday to stop some Republican leaders from spreading misinformation about the program. “Please post the rebuttal,” Musk asked Buttigieg under a Donald Trump Jr. post quoting Ohio congressperson Michael Rulli, who accuses Buttigieg of “squandering billions” to build “8 EV charging stations.” Buttigieg tells Trump the post is “false.” As Buttigieg explained, the $7.5 billion is “the entire program... Continue reading…

Anthropic is adding custom styles to Claude that quickly adjust the tone and length of responses. | Image: Anthropic Anthropic is adding a new feature to its Claude AI assistant that will give users more control over how the chatbot responds to different writing tasks. The new custom styles are available to all Claude AI users, enabling anyone to train it to match their own communication style or select from preset options to quickly adjust the tone and level of detail it provides. This update aims to personalize the chatbot’s replies and make them feel more natural or appropriate for specific applications, such as writing detailed technical documents or professional emails. Three preset styles are available: Formal for “clear and polished” text, Concise for shorter and more direct responses, and Explanatory for educational replies that need to include... Continue reading…

Buying a new keyboard probably won’t make you happy. But this one is orange. | Photo by Nathan Edwards / The Verge The Omnikeys Bauer Lite, one of my favorite keyboards of the year, is down to just $95 ($25 off) this week as part of Omnitype’s ongoing Black Friday sale. I paid full price for mine earlier this year, and it was a steal. It feels great to type on, it has a great layout, it’s customizable and fun to build, and it’s colorful. What’s not to love? The Bauer Lite has a plastic case that comes in a bunch of fantastic translucent colors, from clear to atomic purple to bright blue, seafoam, coral, dark red, and my personal favorite: neon orange. This is great news if your brain, like mine, can sometimes be tricked into feeling a little happier by a jolt of fluorescent color. It comes as a barebones kit, which means you need to supply your own... Continue reading…

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten told Newsmax on Monday that a tweet by Linda McMahon has her encouraged about President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary. The tweet that caught Weingarten's eye was posted last...

Members of the New York City Council blasted the head of the City University of New York (CUNY) Monday following a hearing where he was unable to identify any improvements to combat antisemitism on campus, the New York Daily News reported.

While it prefers a trade deal over a trade war with President-elect Donald Trump, the British government is prepping to resurface retaliatory tariffs on American products such as motorcycles, blue jeans and whiskey, Politico reported Tuesday.

Threatened with contempt of Congress charges for failing to comply with a subpoena to appear, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify before the House committee investigating the Biden administration's disastrous military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

STEUBENVILLE, OH — Modern-minded parishioners of St. Peter's, a church connected to a Benedictine monastery, were pleased to hear that the monks would begin offering a second Sunday service with upbeat contemporary chants.

Breathe easy with $150 off this top-of-the-line air purifier and fan from Dyson this Black Friday, making it the cheapest it's ever been.