The newest Kindle Paperwhite features a slightly larger backlit screen. | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg No matter what time of year it lands, Amazon Prime Day is always one of the best opportunities to buy Amazon’s own products. Now that Prime Day 2022 is upon us, last year’s excellent Kindle Paperwhite is selling for a…
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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge We thought technology would mediate between my disabled son and an ableist world. We got endless bureaucracy instead. Continue reading… Read More
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Welcome to our repository of only the best Amazon Prime Day 2022 deals for Prime members. What will you find in here? You’ll find big discounts on tech products that we actually like, and other Verge-y stuff that we feel comfortable recommending based on specs and price. What…
Image: Peloton Peloton has announced it will completely out-source the production of its bikes and treadmills to Taiwanese manufacturer Rexon. The fitness company currently builds some of its hardware in-house, but says out-sourcing will allow it to reduce costs and simplify its supply chain. It’s the latest move by recently-installed CEO Barry McCarthy to right…
Recently, we submitted comments for the record to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee in response to its June 22 hearing on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), titled: “The Patent Trial and Appeal Board: Examining Proposals to Address Predictability, Certainty and Fairness.” The hearing focused on Senator Leahy’s PTAB Reform Act, which among…
Enlarge (credit: Andrew Howe) Behavior that we’d consider intelligent is oddly widespread in the animal kingdom. Animals with very different brains from ours—a species of octopus and various birds—engage with tools, to give just one example. It seems intuitive that a brain needs a certain level of size and sophistication to enable intelligence. But figuring…
Humor has gotten me out of some tough spots. Though I’m reluctant to ever say I’m funny (it’s not really for me to judge), humor is certainly a big way I approach the world and the people in that world. It’s sort of a passenger who helps me find the edges and articulate the shape…
Garmin has Prime Day deals for just about everyone who wants to workout. Stan Horaczek Training and fitness come in many forms and Garmin makes a smartwatch to fit just about all of them. Here on Amazon Prime Day, Garmin has cut the prices on wearable training devices across almost all of its most popular…
LG’s massive OLED screens are on-sale for Amazon Prime Day. Stan Horaczek When OLED TVs and monitors first came onto the market, they were tiny and expensive. Think Michael Scott’s wall-mounted flatscreen from the dinner party episode of The Office. While prices have steadily become more reasonable over time, OLEDs still come with a hefty…
Amanda Reed Not having cell service for multiple days while you’re serenaded by bugs sounds like torture for some. But for the outdoors-inclined, roughing it isn’t rough at all. Have you ever experienced a cool night breeze whooshing through the pines and into the mesh windows of your tent, making you burrow deeper into your…