The AirPods Pro 2 combine excellent sound quality with top-notch ANC, and they offer impressive hearing health features. Before this year’s Prime Day event began, there were already some great early deals on Apple products, allowing you to save on the Apple Watch, iPad, and the MacBook Air. Now we can add Apple’s second generation AirPods Pro with USB-C charging case to the list, which is currently down to $149 ($100 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy, the best deal we’ve seen yet. AirPods Pro (second-gen) with USB-C The second-gen AirPods Pro improve upon Apple’s original pair with much better noise cancellation, sound quality, and onboard volume controls. The latest refresh also ships with a USB-C charging case, as opposed to Lightning. Read our review. Where to Buy: $249.99 $149 at Amazon $249.99 $149 at Walmart $249.99 $149.99 at Best Buy The AirPods Pro combine superb audio with excellent ANC, plus they have a transparency mode,...
The AirPods Pro 2 combine excellent sound quality with top-notch ANC, and they offer impressive hearing health features. Before this year’s Prime Day event began, there were already some great early deals on Apple products, allowing you to save on the Apple Watch, iPad, and the MacBook Air. Now we can add Apple’s second generationAirPods Pro with USB-C charging case to the list, which is currently down to $149 ($100 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy, the best deal we’ve seen yet.
AirPods Pro (second-gen) with USB-C
The second-gen AirPods Pro improve upon Apple’s original pair with much better noise cancellation, sound quality, and onboard volume controls. The latest refresh also ships with a USB-C charging case, as opposed to Lightning. Read our review.
Where to Buy:
$249.99 $149 at Amazon
$249.99 $149 at Walmart
$249.99 $149.99 at Best Buy
The AirPods Pro combine superb audio with excellent ANC, plus they have a transparency mode, which lets outside sounds in, allowing you to hear your environment while still listening to your music. They can even double as FDA-approved hearing aids, thanks to an update in iOS 18, which is part of the reason why they’re still our best AirPods overall.Additionally, the AirPods Pro offer up to six hours of battery life with ANC enabled, while the charging case comes equipped with MagSafe, making it easy to place them onto a MagSafe or Qi2 wireless charger. The AirPods Pro feature an IPX4 rating, meaning they should be able to withstand a little water. They also offer deep integration with other Apple products, allowing for automatic device switching. For instance, if you’re listening to music on your Mac and pick up your iPhone to watch a video, the AirPods Pro will automatically switch from the Mac to the iPhone.
AirPods 4
Apple’s AirPods 4 are the latest update to its base-model wireless earbuds. The hard plastic buds should have improved audio quality and spatial audio with head tracking for the first time. Read our review.
Where to Buy:
$129 $89 at Amazon
$129 $89 at Walmart
$179 $119 at Amazon (with ANC)
If you don’t like the sealed feeling of the AirPods Pro 2’s silicone tips, the AirPods 4 are also on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy, with the standard model without ANC matching its all-time low price of $89 ($30 off). Additionally, the AirPods 4 with ANC are down to $119 ($60 off) at Amazon and Walmart, which is by far the lowest price we’ve seen. The open-ear wireless earbuds offer many of the same features as the premium AirPods Pro 2, including conversation awareness, personalized spatial audio with dynamic head tracking, and transparency mode.
AirPods Max (USB-C)
The revised AirPods Max are much like the original model from 2020, but now with new color options and a USB-C port instead of Lightning.
Where to Buy:
$549 $399 at Amazon
Finally, the AirPods Maxwith USB-C are down to an all-time low of $399 ($150 off) at Amazon, beating the previous best price by $50. While they haven’t been updated for nearly five years (aside from the addition of USB-C in place of Lightning and some new colors), the AirPods Max remain Apple’s most luxe headphones, offering top notch comfort and sound quality. At $150 off, the high price tag is a little easier to stomach.
De-Googled GrapheneOS is coming to Motorola’s foldables next year
The Razr Ultra line is among those due to receive GrapheneOS support next year. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge GrapheneOS, an open source version of Android that prioritizes security and privacy, has detailed its plans for supporting Motorola smartphones. Official support is set to arrive next year, starting...
The Razr Ultra line is among those due to receive GrapheneOS support next year. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge GrapheneOS, an open source version of Android that prioritizes security and privacy, has detailed its plans for supporting Motorola smartphones. Official support is set to arrive next year, starting with traditional flagships, before rolling out to Motorola's foldable phones and perhaps cheaper models, eventually. In a Mastodon thread, the GrapheneOS Foundation announced that it will initially support a Motorola slab flagship phone, but will later support both Razr Fold and Razr Ultra foldables - the latter of which would be the first flip phone to officially run GrapheneOS.Graphene has always had stringent security standards when it com …Read the full story at The Verge.
Maeva Jones Canada
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Someone modded their Steam Deck to look like an Xbox 360 handheld, and I’m in love
I think every Xbox gamer has their favorite console in terms of aesthetics. As much as it had a bulky controller and a very 2000s-like vibe, my vote definitely goes for the original Xbox. However, some people fell in love with the Xbox 360, such as this tinkerer who decided...
I think every Xbox gamer has their favorite console in terms of aesthetics. As much as it had a bulky controller and a very 2000s-like vibe, my vote definitely goes for the original Xbox. However, some people fell in love with the Xbox 360, such as this tinkerer who decided to tweak their Steam Deck to make it look more like Microsoft's second console. And while making the modifications wasn't the easiest walk in the park, I think all the effort was well worth it.
Deborah Gardner Ireland
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You, too, can play Minecraft on the SNES with this surprisingly playable version of the hit game
Minecraft is pretty graphically simple. Sure, rendering huge worlds can really tax your CPU, but if you cut it down to a smaller size, you can theoretically get it running on all kinds of hardware, such as a smart bulb. Now, someone has managed to get Mojang's hit game up...
Minecraft is pretty graphically simple. Sure, rendering huge worlds can really tax your CPU, but if you cut it down to a smaller size, you can theoretically get it running on all kinds of hardware, such as a smart bulb. Now, someone has managed to get Mojang's hit game up and running on an SNES, and it doesn't even need the advanced 3D tech Nintendo made at the time.
Aras Undheim Norway
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I spend all day at my PC, and these 4 desk upgrades are the ones I’d never give up
Ten years ago, I never thought about ergonomics, whether I was working on my laptop in the office or playing on my PC at home. Having turned 34 this month, however, I'm a lot more careful about my posture when working for 6–8 hours and gaming for a few more...
Ten years ago, I never thought about ergonomics, whether I was working on my laptop in the office or playing on my PC at home. Having turned 34 this month, however, I'm a lot more careful about my posture when working for 6–8 hours and gaming for a few more — all at my desk. The body can only take so much, and having dealt with neck and back pain for years, I don't intend to make things worse for myself.
Julie Cooper Ireland
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I switched from Notion to a plain Markdown folder and Syncthing, and I’m faster than I ever was before
I have been a long-time Notion user. I have used it to take notes, prepare documents, write my articles, and even present things to people. I stuck around primarily because it has a dark mode, which Google Docs doesn’t have on desktop, and I found features like rich embeds helpful.
I have been a long-time Notion user. I have used it to take notes, prepare documents, write my articles, and even present things to people. I stuck around primarily because it has a dark mode, which Google Docs doesn’t have on desktop, and I found features like rich embeds helpful.
Svetlana Perišić Serbia
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Netflix looks worse on my PC than on a $30 streaming stick, and it isn’t the hardware
There is a major hardware contrast between my $2,500 custom gaming PC that features an RTX 40-series GPU, a high-end 4K HDR display, and a Gigabit fiber connection, and a $30 Amazon Fire TV Stick plugged into the same monitor. Yet somehow my PC delivers a blurry, artifact-ridden 720p or...
There is a major hardware contrast between my $2,500 custom gaming PC that features an RTX 40-series GPU, a high-end 4K HDR display, and a Gigabit fiber connection, and a $30 Amazon Fire TV Stick plugged into the same monitor. Yet somehow my PC delivers a blurry, artifact-ridden 720p or low-bitrate 1080p Netflix stream, and the streaming stick offers crisp, instantaneous 4K Dolby Vision with zero user configuration.
ستایش حسینی Iran
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I replaced Google Keep with a self-hosted alternative that works offline and syncs to your phone
Saving notes isn't a problem when looking for a solution. Plenty of software solutions are designed to fit whatever your needs are. From simple tools to full-on productivity managers, there's something for everyone. Over the years, I've dabbled in several permutations and combinations. I might save a note in a...
Saving notes isn't a problem when looking for a solution. Plenty of software solutions are designed to fit whatever your needs are. From simple tools to full-on productivity managers, there's something for everyone. Over the years, I've dabbled in several permutations and combinations. I might save a note in a notes app, or leave a reminder in a reminders app. But for the most part, Google Keep has been my go-to for consolidating all these features.
Noam Giraud France
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My Jellyfin server has four layers of protection, and RAID isn’t the most important one
I’ve invested enough time in my Jellyfin library that losing it would be more than a storage problem. The media files matter, obviously, but so do everything I’ve done around them: folder organization, metadata, artwork, watched status, collections, and all the little choices that make the server behave the way...
I’ve invested enough time in my Jellyfin library that losing it would be more than a storage problem. The media files matter, obviously, but so do everything I’ve done around them: folder organization, metadata, artwork, watched status, collections, and all the little choices that make the server behave the way I expect. None of those things sound especially painful to rebuild on their own. Put them all together after a drive or server failure, though, and I’d be looking at hours of tedious work I’ve already done once.
William Garcia Boston
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I found this Claude feature so good that I canceled ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity
I have spent enough time switching between ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude to know that most AI assistants are starting to feel similar. Switching between them often comes down to small differences in speed, integrations, or output quality.
I have spent enough time switching between ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude to know that most AI assistants are starting to feel similar. Switching between them often comes down to small differences in speed, integrations, or output quality.
Alice Montgomery Australia
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I turned an old laptop into the most useful device in my house, and it took an afternoon
Devices that once served a great purpose in your life slowly become neglected as they become technologically weaker or obsolete. I have a decent collection of such devices, ranging from old Hi-Fi speakers to smartphones and laptops that feel outdated by today's standards. My oldest laptop was tucked inside a...
Devices that once served a great purpose in your life slowly become neglected as they become technologically weaker or obsolete. I have a decent collection of such devices, ranging from old Hi-Fi speakers to smartphones and laptops that feel outdated by today's standards. My oldest laptop was tucked inside a cabinet, collecting dust because it couldn't run the latest operating systems anymore. It was also too weak for mainstream Linux distributions like Ubuntu, which also ran poorly on the old hardware.
Denis Torsvik Norway
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Humanoid robots smash Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record
Tiangong Ultra (left) also broke the 400 meter world record during this year’s World Humanoid Robot Games. | Image: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images The 9.58-second 100-meter dash record set by Usain Bolt in 2009 has been outpaced by Chinese robots participating at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. In a...
Tiangong Ultra (left) also broke the 400 meter world record during this year’s World Humanoid Robot Games. | Image: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images The 9.58-second 100-meter dash record set by Usain Bolt in 2009 has been outpaced by Chinese robots participating at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. In a preliminary heat on Saturday, Tiangong Ultra, made by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, ran the distance in 9.39 seconds, followed by the Honor-developed Lightning at 9.47 seconds.It's one of several notable achievements to take place at the event, which can best be described as a sort of annual robot olympics that's designed to showcase advancements in bipedal bot technology. After launching in 2025, 2,056 robots from 16 countries are participating in this year's …Read the full story at The Verge.
John Doe New York
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This ESP32-powered WLED matrix mirrors your movements on a colorful RGB screen
ESP32 projects can be extremely practical, but they can also be a lot of fun. Take, for instance, this colorful display that sees you via a camera and draws your outline in rainbow colors on a WLED matrix. It may not have much use outside of a disco, but hey,...
ESP32 projects can be extremely practical, but they can also be a lot of fun. Take, for instance, this colorful display that sees you via a camera and draws your outline in rainbow colors on a WLED matrix. It may not have much use outside of a disco, but hey, it looks amazing, so who cares?
