Motorola’s Razr Ultra and the Marshall Emberton II top this week’s best deals
The latest Motorola Razr is $300 off in multiple colors. | Image: The Verge If you’ve been thinking about buying a foldable phone that truly stands out, few models can rival the 2025 Motorola Razr Ultra, which is currently on sale at Amazon and Best Buy with 16GB of RAM and 512GB starting at $999.99 ($300 off), its lowest price to date. If you can’t tell from the image below, Razr’s latest handset boasts a unique wood grain back panel, which makes it one of the best-looking phones you can buy. It’s not just about looks, though; the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset makes it incredibly fast, and it still manages to last a full day on a single charge. It also features two displays, specifically a 7-inch 1224p inner display that unfolds and a 4-inch 1080p outer screen that’s perfect for checking notifications. It even features a dedicated AI button for accessing notification summaries and live transcriptions,...
The latest Motorola Razr is $300 off in multiple colors. | Image: The Verge If you’ve been thinking about buying a foldable phone that truly stands out, few models can rival the 2025 Motorola Razr Ultra, which is currently on sale at Amazon and Best Buy with 16GB of RAM and 512GB starting at $999.99 ($300 off), its lowest price to date.If you can’t tell from the image below, Razr’s latest handset boasts a unique wood grain back panel, which makes it one of the best-looking phones you can buy. It’s not just about looks, though; the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset makes it incredibly fast, and it still manages to last a full day on a single charge. It also features two displays, specifically a 7-inch 1224p inner display that unfolds and a 4-inch 1080p outer screen that’s perfect for checking notifications. It even features a dedicated AI b***on for accessing notification summaries and live transcriptions, as well as support for 68W wired and 30W wireless charging.As for durability, the Ultra carries an IP48 rating, meaning it should be able to withstand a meter of water for up to 30 minutes; however, we’d advise being careful around dust and sand, neither of which it’s fully protected against. That said, Motorola does promise three years of OS and security updates, which, while not as impressive as newer foldables like the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 (which comes with seven), is still respectable.
Read our full Motorola Razr Ultra review.
Motorola Razr Ultra (2025)
Where to Buy:
$1299.99 $999.99 at Amazon (512GB)
$1299.99 $999.99 at Best Buy (512GB)
$1299.99 at Motorola (512GB)
If you thought Amazon’s most recent Prime Day event was a good time to pick up a Bluetooth speaker, you’ll be pleased to hear that Marshall’s Emberton II is actually cheaper now than it was last week. Right now, it’s on sale at Best Buy and Amazon (for Prime members) for $94.99 ($85 off), which is just $5 shy of its best price to date.Although Marshall’s last-gen Bluetooth speaker is pretty basic, it still manages to deliver multi-directional stereo sound with a vintage-style design that resembles the company’s signature guitar amps. You can pair it with other compatible Marshall speakers, and the companion app offers adjustable EQ settings. Its long battery life and IP67 rating make it a good choice for outdoor adventures, too, though you’ll miss out on a couple of newer features found on the Emberton III (including a built-in mic for taking hands-free voice calls). Otherwise, though, it’s a stylish, great-sounding pick suitable for all sorts of occasions.
Marshall Emberton II speaker
Where to Buy:
$179.99 $94.99 at Amazon (with Prime)
$179.99 $94.99 at Best Buy
Ugreen’s Revodok Max 8-in-1 Thunderbolt 4 Docking Station is small and lightweight enough to fit in a work bag, yet powerful enough to turn a laptop into a desktop-like workstation (at least as far as ports are concerned). And right now, it’s available from Amazon and Ugreen for $169.98 ($80 off), matching its best price to date.Ugreen’s 8-in-1 dock outfits your Windows or macOS machine with eight extra ports, including four Thunderbolt 4 ports, each of which can supply up to 85W of power using the included 140W GaN charger. It’s a shame it doesn’t include built-in SD card readers or audio jacks, but it does include a gigabit ethernet port and three USB-A ports, so you can connect to everything from dual 4K monitors to older accessories, all through a single hub.
Ugreen Revodok Max 8-in-1 Thunderbolt 4 Docking Station
Where to Buy:
$249.99 $169.98 at Amazon
$249.99 $169.98 at Ugreen
A few more deal standouts
Anker’s 7-in-1 Nano Charging Station — which is also great for charging multiple gadgets — is on sale for an all-time low of $59.99 ($30 off) at Amazon and Anker’s online storefront (with promo code WS7DV2GZULDK). The 100W station can charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro to 50 percent capacity in just over half an hour and comes with a pair of retractable USB-C cables, three AC outlets, a USB-C port, and a USB-A port. Its built-in LCD screen also shows which ports are in use and how much power they’re pulling.
If you’re in the market for a great pair of gaming earbuds, the SteelSeries Arctis Buds are an easy recommendation, especially now that the white model with PlayStation connectivity is down to an all-time low of $127.99 ($73 off) at Amazon. The wireless earbuds deliver fantastic sound and come with Bluetooth support and a 2.4GHz transmitter, so you can connect them to your PC, Mac, and PlayStation 5. They’re lightweight and comfortable to wear, too, and benefit from good noise cancellation, a helpful transparency mode, and a wireless charging case. Read our review.
The Crafting Table is Lego’s first Minecraft set for adults, one you can pick up at Amazon and Target for $71.99 ($18 off), its lowest price to date. The 1,195-piece kit resembles a classic Minecraft crafting table on the outside, but opening it up reveals a mini world with 12 biomes, including Cherry Grove, the Deep Dark, and Lush Cave. It also comes with eight buildable Minecraft figures — Steve, Alex, a skeleton, a witch, a Creeper, a villager, a cow, and a pig — each of which detaches, so you can display the figures anywhere.
There was a time when Microsoft Outlook was the undisputed king of Windows productivity — a fast, feature-packed native application that handled massive enterprise workflows without breaking a sweat.
There was a time when Microsoft Outlook was the undisputed king of Windows productivity — a fast, feature-packed native application that handled massive enterprise workflows without breaking a sweat.
Matthäus Bohlen Germany
Published by: aplhsindia.in
I spent weeks chasing a DisplayPort problem that HDMI solved in seconds
DisplayPort has largely been the primary cable PC enthusiasts reach for, and for good reason. It has better bandwidth than the HDMI of its era, native VRR before HDMI caught up, and there's no royalty funny business or weird treatment of Linux drivers. When I upgraded from my 1440p IPS...
DisplayPort has largely been the primary cable PC enthusiasts reach for, and for good reason. It has better bandwidth than the HDMI of its era, native VRR before HDMI caught up, and there's no royalty funny business or weird treatment of Linux drivers. When I upgraded from my 1440p IPS display to a 4K OLED, I reached for DisplayPort once more. I plugged it in, set my refresh rate on the "Gaming Mode" of my Samsung Odyssey G8 to 240Hz, and thought that'd be the end of it. Then I experienced weird static lines in the display and periodic black screens that weren't frequent enough to be very concerning, but just enough for me to search for a fix. After chasing ghosts of panel problems, cable replacements and entire GPU swaps, I found that the DisplayPort implementation itself wasn't up to snuff, and switching to HDMI was the only fix.
Ángeles Castro Spain
Published by: aplhsindia.in
In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is a risk factor
The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways in which Elon Musk's companies interact and overlap with each other, shuffling money around in ways that are often difficult to keep...
The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways in which Elon Musk's companies interact and overlap with each other, shuffling money around in ways that are often difficult to keep track of. This is evident in ways that are both obvious and less so. A CTRL-F search for "Tesla" yields 87 results, xAI is mentioned 356 times, and X 267 times. Even the Boring Company (7 times) and Neuralink (3) get a few mentions. Throughout its 330 pages of rocket launches and interplanetary wishes, you can trace the network of ways in which Musk's …Read the full story at The Verge.
Daniel Martinez Dallas
Published by: aplhsindia.in
Home a**istant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home’s infrastructure
Before combining everything onto a few Proxmox-powered cluster nodes, I ran dedicated hardware for specific packages, be it Home Assistant and Frigate. The former was running on a compact mini PC, and by compact, I mean ridiculously small. It had an Intel chip, barely any RAM, and almost no storage,...
Before combining everything onto a few Proxmox-powered cluster nodes, I ran dedicated hardware for specific packages, be it Home Assistant and Frigate. The former was running on a compact mini PC, and by compact, I mean ridiculously small. It had an Intel chip, barely any RAM, and almost no storage, making it perfect for running the smart home ... or so I thought. Though I enjoyed having no layers, no extra software, and no hypervisor at the time, I eventually outgrew the system it ran on. Bare metal can prove useful for many deployments, and it's never really the wrong choice to make for Home Assistant.
Daniel Martinez Dallas
Published by: aplhsindia.in
You, too, can build this ESP32 ePaper device that tells your fortune
If you want to get started with both the ESP32 and ePaper displays, what better way to get accustomed to both than by a small, simple, yet endlessly fun little project? If you're on the hunt for something to make that doesn't take a ton of effort and gives you...
If you want to get started with both the ESP32 and ePaper displays, what better way to get accustomed to both than by a small, simple, yet endlessly fun little project? If you're on the hunt for something to make that doesn't take a ton of effort and gives you something cool to talk about, then this ESP32 fortune teller may just be what you're looking for. It has a ton of pre-made fortunes loaded on it, works offline, and best of all, it comes with additional features that elevate it past being just a novelty.
Jacob Barnaby Canada
Published by: aplhsindia.in
AMD just dropped a compact AI workstation that makes discrete GPUs look outdated for running LLMs
AMD has announced the availability of the Ryzen AI Halo developer platform, powered by AI Max 300-series processors. This range of mini PCs isn't going to win awards for gaming prowess, nor are they designed as low-cost options for attaching behind workstation monitors.
AMD has announced the availability of the Ryzen AI Halo developer platform, powered by AI Max 300-series processors. This range of mini PCs isn't going to win awards for gaming prowess, nor are they designed as low-cost options for attaching behind workstation monitors.
Ethan Ambrose Canada
Published by: aplhsindia.in
Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments
Meta says it needs to “offset the other investments we're making.” | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they've been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In an email from Meta management shared...
Meta says it needs to “offset the other investments we're making.” | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they've been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In an email from Meta management shared by Business Insider, impacted staffers were told that the planned headcount reduction was part of the company's "continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we're making."Reports of an upcoming wave of layoffs started circulating in March, though at that time Meta was believed to be cutting up to 20 percent of its total company headcount. According to a recent memo shared in May, the layoffs are now …Read the full story at The Verge.
Mads Christiansen Denmark
Published by: aplhsindia.in
I ditched Docker Desktop for native containers and everything is better
I adore Docker and its containerization ecosystem as much as the next tinkerer. Between its simple commands, Compose functionality, and massive community support, Docker is easy to pick up for beginners and reliable enough to serve veteran project-building enthusiasts. But as someone who started with Docker and moved on to...
I adore Docker and its containerization ecosystem as much as the next tinkerer. Between its simple commands, Compose functionality, and massive community support, Docker is easy to pick up for beginners and reliable enough to serve veteran project-building enthusiasts. But as someone who started with Docker and moved on to other container runtimes over the course of my DIY project-building journey, I have to admit that it has certain quirks that make it a bit of a hassle for advanced container-hosting tasks.
Emily Brown Houston
Published by: aplhsindia.in
‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
Bambu Lab makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet, but that reputation is suddenly under siege. It all started when Paweł Jarczak received a private message from the company on Reddit asking him to delete his code. Now the 3D printing community is lining up behind Jarczak to fund...
Bambu Lab makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet, but that reputation is suddenly under siege. It all started when Paweł Jarczak received a private message from the company on Reddit asking him to delete his code. Now the 3D printing community is lining up behind Jarczak to fund a war against Bambu - and the future of 3D printers could be at stake.Jarczak is a developer who shared a way to let people remote control their Bambu printers without using Bambu software. But Bambu wanted to lock down its system, despite relying on open-source code. That provoked a furious coalition of open-source advocates and YouTubers to respond."I' …Read the full story at The Verge.
Ömür Kutlay Turkey
Published by: aplhsindia.in
The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn’t selling it yet — they’re asking for help to build it
The Flipper Zero spent the past five years becoming the kind of device that people either own and love or have a strong opinion about despite never having touched one. It packaged NFC, sub-GHz radio, infrared, RFID, and a handful of hardware interfaces into a pocket-sized microcontroller toy that became...
The Flipper Zero spent the past five years becoming the kind of device that people either own and love or have a strong opinion about despite never having touched one. It packaged NFC, sub-GHz radio, infrared, RFID, and a handful of hardware interfaces into a pocket-sized microcontroller toy that became unexpectedly serious in the hands of researchers, hobbyists, and the occasional teenager. It was hugely popular, and the company says that it generated over $150 million in sales with more than a million devices sold.
Daniel Martinez Dallas
Published by: aplhsindia.in
Someone built a fully motorized Lego WALL-E controlled by a PS4 controller, complete with a built-in taser
One of the coolest things people who build stuff can do is bring something from fiction into reality. We've seen plenty of Pip-Boys and even a fully 3D-printed wearable suit of Doomguy's armor that used in-game assets for extra accuracy. One recurring trend is when people remake robots from movies...
One of the coolest things people who build stuff can do is bring something from fiction into reality. We've seen plenty of Pip-Boys and even a fully 3D-printed wearable suit of Doomguy's armor that used in-game assets for extra accuracy. One recurring trend is when people remake robots from movies and books, because tinkering and robotics often go hand-in-hand.
Jane Smith Los Angeles
Published by: aplhsindia.in
Roku is offering up to 90% off streaming subscriptions, but you only have until Sunday
You know, there's always a big rush from retail companies to meet the demands of popular retail days like Black Friday. But what if a company just made up a day and then began celebrating it with deals? I mean, nothing's stopping a business from announcing that today's a special...
You know, there's always a big rush from retail companies to meet the demands of popular retail days like Black Friday. But what if a company just made up a day and then began celebrating it with deals? I mean, nothing's stopping a business from announcing that today's a special kind of day and then offering discounts because of it.
