Our new favorite budget phones
Over the last few months, every phone maker under the sun has refreshed its lineups, especially at the affordable end, with no major budget phone launches now expected until next year. That made it the…
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The best budget smartphones you can buy
Some of us take a kind of “eat to live” rather than a “live to eat” approach to…
Dairy Queen is putting an AI chatbot in its drive-thrus
Dairy Queen is becoming the latest fast food chain to get in on AI, as it's bringing a…
AI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body
AI-assisted writing is creeping into newsrooms under the guise of efficiency. But the tradeoff may be more profound…
The AirPods Pro 3 are $50 off right now, nearly matching their best-ever price
From OLED TVs to smartphones, Best Buy’s Upgrade Sale has slashed prices on all kinds of tech, including…
Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Tomorrow.io Precipitation Radar Data
The report adds to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.…
Volunteers Discover Rare Space Weather Events Using Their Ears
Scientists are working to understand exactly how these waves behave, and the team behind NASA’s Heliophysics Audified: Resonances…
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Maps Interstellar Ice in Milky Way
An observation made by NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices…
Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance
A post-midnight revolt in the House sank the White House's efforts to extend Section 702—a spy program the…
Peloton, stay in your lane
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and…