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Photo: Ethereal Lomoer Every month or so, we like to ask our staff about their favorite stuff — whether it’s board games, smart tech, or kitchen gadgets. And the results are usually very different, very interesting, and a lot of fun. Since Amazon is pushing a lot of deals as part of its October Prime Day event, we looked through some of our recent “favorites” articles and found deals on a lot of the devices we like. So, we thought we’d list a few in case you have read about them in the past and thought, well, that sort of sounds good, but it’s a bit pricey. (Or — that’s pretty cheap, but maybe I’ll wait until the price goes down even more...) What follows are some of our staff’s most-liked stuff for the home and office. For the office Neon sign Kylie Robison,... Continue reading…

Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge What is a photo? No, like really. What is a photo? What is a photo? What is a photo? What is a photo? When you tap the shutter button on your phone, and it grabs nearly a dozen frames out of a cache that was capturing data well before you pressed anything, then stitches together the “best” bits of each one before allowing you to edit everything about all of them, is any of that process you taking a photo? And in a world where AI is good enough to make everything look good, does it even matter? When you ask the question enough times, it becomes the size of the universe — and we’ve definitely asked the question enough times to get there. On this episode of The Vergecast, we dig into the question again from two different angles. First, we... Continue reading…

Image: Roblox Roblox is facing accusations that it lied to investors about the number of people who use the platform. In a report published on Tuesday, the investment firm Hindenburg Research claims Roblox is “consistently overstating the amount of people on its platform by 25 percent to 42 percent or more.” Roblox, which went public in 2021, reported having 79.5 million daily active users in its most recent earnings report. However, Hindenburg claims Roblox “intentionally conflates” actual people with daily users, as that number could also include alt accounts and bots. The research alleges that Roblox can separate alt accounts from single users, even though the company’s disclosure says daily active users “are not a measure of unique individuals... Continue reading…

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Attorneys general from 14 states and districts sued TikTok for allegedly harming kids’ mental health and misleading the public about how safe its platform is. The bipartisan group of AGs, led by New York’s Letitia James and California’s Rob Bonta, each filed lawsuits alleging violations of their own state’s law. “Our investigation has revealed that TikTok cultivates social media addiction to boost corporate profits,” Bonta said in a statement. “TikTok intentionally targets children because they know kids do not yet have the defenses or capacity to create healthy boundaries around addictive content.” James called the lawsuits part of an effort “to protect young people and help combat the nationwide youth mental health crisis.” The suits... Continue reading…

The second-gen AirPods Pro offer the most complete package in Apple’s earbuds lineup, and they’re only improving with time. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon’s second Prime Day of the year is bringing serious savings across the board, but some deals truly stand out. Take the AirPods Pro 2, for example — the pair that comes with a USB-C charging case has plummeted all the way to $168.99 (about $81 off) for Prime members, matching the all-time low. Notably, that price is about $10 cheaper than the recently released $179 AirPods 4, which also has active noise cancellation. Although the AirPods 4 is the newer product, the AirPods Pro get you more functionality for your money, so it’s clearly the better buy right now. In fact, if you need ANC, you should absolutely spring for the second-gen AirPods Pro. While we found the AirPods 4’s ANC to be pretty effective in our review, you should... Continue reading…