There are Samsung deals aplenty. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge The best phone prices undeniably come from wireless carriers — but they also come with a lot of strings attached, like lengthy contracts and requirements to stay on expensive unlimited plans. Buying unlocked means that you aren’t tied to a particular carrier…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Verizon’s new Welcome Unlimited plan comes with a slightly more attractive $65 / month price tag for one line but only offers access to 5G on the company’s low-band nationwide network. It’s also missing support for a 5GB hotspot that Verizon’s other entry-level 5G Start plan offers for…
Samsung says the software updates will arrive as part of One UI Watch 4.5 later this year. | Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge Samsung announced today that its forthcoming One UI Watch 4.5 update will add new accessibility features to its Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic smartwatches. The settings will essentially…
The excellent Roborock S7 mop / vacuum hybrid robot vacuum is $220 off for Prime Day. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon Prime Day is the second-best time of year to bag some smart home gadgets at excellent prices. While Black Friday and its various offshoots traditionally have deeper discounts and…
Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge With so much attention on Elon Musk’s bizarre Twitter adventures, it’s easy to forget how fast SpaceX’s Starlink project has been moving. In just the past six months, the service has launched service in nine new countries, a new service for vehicles, and a new premium tier. There’s…
Enlarge / A Canoo LDV wearing Walmart colors. The retailer should receive its first LDVs in 2023. (credit: Canoo) Electric vehicle startup Canoo announced on Tuesday that Walmart has placed an order for 4,500 of its Lifestyle Delivery Vehicles. Canoo and Walmart are customizing the LDV for last-mile deliveries, with added cargo space instead of…
Check out the bigger, curvier, and sometimes brighter screen of the Apple Watch Series 7. Mike Epstein Prime Day 2022 has been a wonderful day (or two) for Apple fans. First, the Airpods and Airpods Pro went on sale. Now the Apple Watch Series 7 is getting a major price cut as well as part…
Samsung announced its One UI 4.5 update for Galaxy Watches, including a full QWERTY keyboard, customizable watch faces and dual-SIM support. The update will sit on top of Wear OS 3.5 and will be available for the Galaxy Watch4, the Galaxy Watch4 Classic and other upcoming models. Almost a year after Apple introduced a full…
Volkswagen of America and Audi have locked in a resurrection plan for old battery packs from its growing slate of EVs. The two VW Group brands have contracted with startup Redwood Materials to recover and recycle end-of-life EV battery packs from its 1,000-dealership network in the United States. This won’t be the final resting place…
What does the future of work look like in a (quasi) post-pandemic world? That’s a question all companies — from startups to major corporations — are asking as they consider how to distribute and manage their workforces in 2022 and beyond. Airbnb, for example, chose a live anywhere, work anywhere policy, while Twitter has gone…