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DJI’s first power stations can fast charge its drone batteries DJI’s Power 1000 (left) and Power 500 (right) ready to be worshipped. | Image: DJIDJI just launched its first power stations that feature a new proprietary SDC — aka Smart DC — port that can fast charge (some) DJI drone batteries and supports lots of input and output accessories. The $699 Power 1000 and smaller $379 Power 500 both offer a bevy o…

Razer’s Kishi Ultra gaming controller brings haptics to your USB-C phone, PC, or tablet RazerRazer’s latest mobile gaming controller just released today, the Kishi Ultra, is an all-rounder that can switch between multiple devices. The controller has a built-in USB-C port that can work with the iPhone 15 series as well as most Android smartphones (Razer says it’s compatible with the Galaxy 23 series, Pixel 6 and up, the Razer Edge, …

The Meta Quest 2 gets a permanent price cut to $199 The Meta Quest 2 and its bundled controllers. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeThe Meta Quest 2 has been on sale for nearly a month, and today, Meta’s making that price permanent — $199 is the new sticker price for the virtual reality headset, the company announced today. That’s half what it originally cost in 2020, and Meta is perma…

Amazon’s Fallout has been renewed for season 2 Image: AmazonJust a week after the show first premiered, Amazon has confirmed that there’s more of its live-action Fallout series on the way. As of now there are no details available other than the fact that the show has been renewed for season 2. While there are no specific numbers about how well the show has done on Prime Video, Amazon says th…

Netflix is all about the money, not the members Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeNetflix is moving beyond subscriber numbers. In its first quarter earnings results released on Thursday, Netflix announced that it will stop reporting quarterly membership numbers in 2025 because subscribers are “just one component” of its growth. The change comes after a quarter where it added 9.3 million…

Meta says Llama 3 beats most other models, including Gemini Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeThe next generation of Meta’s large language model Llama, which releases today to cloud providers like AWS and to model libraries like Hugging Face soon, performs better than most current AI models, the company said in a blog post. Llama 3 currently features two model weights, with 8B and 70B parameters. (…

All the news on Qi2 wireless charging Anker is amongst the first accessory makers to rerelease MagSafe-compatible accessories that now support the Qi2 standard. | Image: Nathan Edwards / The VergeQi2 brings MagSafe-like fast magnetic wireless charging for any device. Continue reading…

Your Happy Hacking Keyboard deserves some fresh caps Ursa is a new keycap profile for Topre keyboards. I want it. | Render: FKCapsListen, I don’t want to be the guy who always posts about weird keyboard stuff. I have other interests. But I need to tell the dozens of Verge readers with Topre keyboards about these keycaps. Ursa is a new spherical doubleshot keycap profile for Topre that is available…

Senate advances vote on reauthorizing warrantless surveillance program Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty ImagesThe Senate is moving forward on a vote to reauthorize a controversial program that allows warrantless surveillance of foreign “targets.” Before voting on the reauthorization bill, senators had to vote on a cloture motion to begin voting. The cloture motion passed 67–32, just one day ahead of th…

TikTok divest-or-ban legislation could suddenly be fast-tracked in the Senate Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Brendan Hoffman, Getty ImagesA bill that could oust TikTok from the US looked like it could linger for months in the Senate, even after the House overwhelmingly voted to approve it. But a move by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) could change that. An updated version of the bill, which would enforce a ban of …

Everything you need to know about Disney, ESPN, and Bob Iger’s return as CEO Image: The VergeDisney has big decisions to make about streaming, sports, Marvel, and more. Continue reading…

Netflix’s The Witcher will end with season 5 Henry Cavill as Geralt. | Image: NetflixWe still don’t know what Liam Hemsworth will look (or sound) like when he takes up the role of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher. But we do know how long he’ll be wearing the white wig: Netflix has confirmed that the show’s fifth season will be its last. The news comes as Netflix has confirmed that it has sta…

The future of the Xbox looks a lot like a PC Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeWhen I reviewed the Xbox Series X nearly four years ago, I called the console a “next-gen PC.” Not only did the Xbox look like a PC with its boxy, rectangular, tower-like case but it also felt like one thanks to hardware upgrades that allowed it to run games with a variety of PC-like graphical modes. Now, a…

Meta is adding real-time AI image generation to WhatsApp Illustration: The VergeMeta is rolling out real-time AI image generation in beta for WhatsApp users in the US. As soon as you start typing a text-to-image prompt in a chat with Meta AI, you’ll see how the image changes as you add more detail about what you want to create. In the example shared by Meta, a user types in the prompt, “Imagine a socc…

You should be playing Music League When was the last time your friends made you a playlist? | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty ImagesWriting about the decline of Pitchfork made me sad about the music industry — and also about the state of music discovery. Besides the fact that TikTok doesn’t prioritize music as anything other than background noise, it means that artis…

The Humane AI Pin is lost in translation As funny as it was when the AI Pin utterly failed at translating Korean and Japanese, it also broke my heart. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeOf all the things the Humane AI Pin promised, I was most intrigued by translation. In a demo, a man speaks to Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri in Spanish. The AI Pin automatically translates i…

The podcast industry keeps reinventing itself Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThis is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Today is my last day at The Verge, and this will be my final issue of Hot Pod. I’ll have one more story coming out in the next week or two. But until then, I wanted to offer some parting thoughts on the industry I have covered…

Transformers One turns Cybertron’s greatest warriors into bumbling youths in first trailer Paramount’s live-action Transformers movies have always made its alien robots seem like they were born ready for battle and knowing how to navigate the world, but the first trailer for director Josh Cooley’s Transformers One animated prequel reveals that to be anything but the case. Set in the distant past on the Cybertronian homeworld, Transfor…

Apple is making progress cleaning up its dirty supply chain Photo by Christian Charisius / picture alliance via Getty ImagesApple’s latest sustainability report shows that its greenhouse gas emissions are falling as it pushes suppliers to clean up their operations. Dig into the data in the report, and you’ll find that Apple’s gross carbon dioxide emissions dropped from 20.6 million metric tons in 2022 to…

8BitDo’s NES-inspired mechanical keyboard hits all-time low price It’s not an official Nintendo accessory, but everything about 8BitDo’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard screams NES regardless. | Photo by Jon Porter / The VergeIf you’re craving all things Nintendo after yesterday’s Indie World showcase event, right now, 8BitDo’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard has plunged to a new all-time low price. Normally $99.99, right…