On September 6th, YouTuber Nicholas Light posted a video to one of his channels that made it seem like all of his content was about to be removed from the platform. In the video - ominously titled "My Channel will be Deleted Today" - Light alleges that he was on the receiving end of some of the "thousands upon thousands of false copyright strikes" recently initiated by a company called Remove Your Media. Light spends much of the 13-minute video accusing Remove Your Media CEO Eric Green of being a troll who systematically targets creators whose content mentions or features clips of popular anime series like Bleach and One Piece. It's not cl …Read the full story at The Verge.

I used to treat Adobe Acrobat as one of those apps you simply needed if you worked with PDFs regularly. Whenever I came across a PDF-related task, my first thought was usually to find a dedicated tool that could handle it. Over time, though, I started questioning whether I was making things more complicated than they needed to be. Microsoft Edge had been sitting on my computer all along, and I hadn't really paid attention to what it could do with PDFs. Once I started using it more seriously, I realized I had been overlooking a useful part of a browser I already used every day.

Just a couple of weeks before Meta Connect starts on September 23rd, UploadVR posted images seemingly revealing the design for Meta's "Project Phoenix" headset. The images, which UploadVR says were "found in the HorizonOS Prescription Lens firmware package," suggest Meta may be looking to compete with devices like those from Xreal or Viture. These companies' mixed reality glasses are a bit bulkier than something like Meta's Ray-Ban AI smart glasses, but a step down from a full VR headset like Meta's Quest 3. This leak shows something that's almost in between larger headsets and smart glasses, with lenses set into a slim, glasses-style fram …Read the full story at The Verge.

Anker’s Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro came out swinging in May with incredible call quality, something that competing ear buds have struggled to get right. They’ve become part of our reviewer John Higgins’ rotation of earbuds for more than just taking calls; The Liberty 5 Pro have fantastic audio once you make some tweaks in their app, and they stand out thanks to an IP55 rating and LDAC high-res audio codec support on Android.What’s more, they’re typically cheaper than the competition at $169.99, but you can snag them for $149.99 at Amazon, Best Buy, and at Anker. They come in four colors (black, blue, white, pink), and include a screen-equipped charging case that lets you make adjustments to active noise cancellation, sound profiles, speak-to-chat and enabling Dolby Atmos head tracking. Your mileage may vary with the usefulness of the case, but it’s nice not to have to use the app for quick tweaks.Soundcore Liberty 5 ProWhere to Buy: $169.99 $149.99 at Amazon $169.99 $149.99 at Anker $169.99 $149.99 at B&H PhotoI’ve been eagerly awaiting any sort of deal on the Liberty 5 Pro since John’s review dropped. Clearly, Anker caught wind of its success and kept them locked at $170 for months (not even a small price drop during June’s Prime Day sale). What could have lead to the price drop? Likely the debut of the AirPods 5 that start at $129 but have a more feature-rich version that’s $20 more — the same current price as Anker’s Liberty 5 Pro. Read our review. window.HYPE_DESK_CONFIG = { productImageUrl: "https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/SCR-20260902-lfhb.jpeg", productImageAlt: "CORSAIR GALLEON 100 SD", productTitle: "CORSAIR GALLEON 100 SD", shortDescription: "The Corsair Galleon 100 SD combines a premium mechanical gaming keyboard with built-in Stream Deck controls, and it is $50 off through September 13.", longDescription: "The Corsair Galleon 100 SD pairs 12 customizable LCD keys, two rotary dials, and a display with hot-swappable MLX Pulse switches, up to 8,000Hz polling, and a dedicated Game Mode. Its built-in Stream Deck lets you control games, Discord, Spotify, streaming tools, and system functions directly from the keyboard. It is on sale for $299.99 through September 13, a $50 discount. Purchase it from Corsair.com in September and Corsair will also email you a $20 coupon for a future eligible gaming gear purchase after your order ships.", purchaseUrl: "https://go.corsair.com/c/482924/490888/8513?subId1=VergeHypeDesk&subId2=CorsairArticle1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.corsair.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fp%2Fkeyboards%2FCH-912A31I-NA%2Fgalleon-100-sd-stream-deck-integrated-mechanical-keyboard-ch-912a31i-na&partnerpropertyid=7032191", purchaseLinkText: "BUY AT CORSAIR" };Here are three more great dealsThose shopping for a battery-powered video doorbell may want to consider the second-gen Ring Battery Doorbell Pro, which is steeply discounted at Wellbots thanks to an exclusive offer code for Verge readers. Currently $249.99 at Amazon, the 4K-enabled doorbell with 10x digital zoom is $149.99 with code 100VERGERING used at checkout. This price, frankly, spanks the previous lowest price of $179.99 at Amazon we saw in late August. You can read more about Ring’s latest generation of battery doorbells in our coverage. But put simply, they’re sleeker, more capable, and still come with a removable, rechargeable battery.I’m hyped for Control Resonant, the follow-up to Remedy’s brilliant Control. It launches on September 24th, and you can get $12 off Steam preorders at Newegg. The game will debut for $59.99, but the code CNTRLXV used at checkout knocks it down to $47.99, which is the best price I’ve seen. It’s not tough to find the game at other key sellers for around $50, though. While it’s a direct sequel, it’s also the latest addition to Remedy’s connected universe that canonically includes Alan Wake titles. Here’s our hands-on from Summer Game Fest.While we’re on the topic of games, we recently covered that Walmart was discounting preorders for the physical version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2. Well, that also extends to Amazon, which is selling it for $59.99, a discount you’ll see at checkout. The cartridge version typically costs $10 more than digital — a change that Nintendo made earlier this year — but both retailers have a reputation for eating the price hike during the preorder phase for Nintendo Switch 2 titles.

I expected VS Code, Cursor, and Google Antigravity to feel similar after a month of daily use. They all promise faster coding, smarter assistance, and fewer repetitive tasks, so I assumed the differences would mostly come down to preference.

The first thing that comes to mind for most enthusiasts wherever power limiting is mentioned is that it would come with a fairly straightforward compromise. After all, less power should mean less performance, no matter whether it's applied to the CPU or the GPU. That, of course, is true, but it's only half the story, and the other half would be surprising to most, if not all, especially if they haven't tinkered with the power slider in a while.

Water intake towers at the Hoover Dam stand next to a bleached "bathtub ring" on the banks of Lake Mead on September 1st in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona. The reservoir has hit historic lows as the Colorado River experiences unprecedented drought. | Photo: Getty Images Arizona, an epicenter for the bipartisan push to revive American chip manufacturing, is about to lose more than a quarter of the water it typically pulls each year from the Colorado River. The 1,400-mile waterway is a crucial lifeline for the region and other western states. A recent federal decision on how to manage its dwindling flow hits Arizona, and its already drought-prone desert communities, particularly hard. The river provides more than a third of the Grand Canyon State's water. Arizona has been a manufacturing hub since the start of the semiconductor industry, and now it's where TSMC and Intel are expanding massive factories to m …Read the full story at The Verge.

In a race, it's always risky to stop to take a breather and hope that your opponents will do the same, especially if you're the one to beat. OpenAI seems to believe it has a shot, as it's currently mulling over putting the brakes on AI advancement for now, with the hope that the rivals snapping at its heels will also opt to take a rest.

I saw the Luna Pro briefly at the IFA trade show, and it looks and feels a lot like the Ultra. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge Insta360's first compact steadycam, the Luna Ultra, made a splash this year by beating DJI to launch with two lenses. Now it's followed the Ultra with a slightly stripped back Pro model, which drops to one lens but has a unique advantage: It can shoot vertical video in 4K. Plus, unlike DJI's Osmo Pocket 4, you can buy it in the US.At its heart, the Luna Pro is mostly an Ultra with the telephoto lens stripped out. It uses the same 1-inch-type 8K sensor as the Ultra's main camera, and has a similar design including the detachable 2-inch touchscreen that doubles as a remote, and the same four-hour battery life and NFC tag for quicker file tra …Read the full story at The Verge.

Troubleshooting an internet connection that suddenly drops for your whole home can either be a five-second affair or be a multiple-hour waiting game, and there's rarely an in-between. The most common method is a quick router power-cycle, but against some of the more common failures, it's not often successful. One thing that can take your entire network down is a DNS failure, and if your ISP's DNS resolvers suddenly stop working, there's only one specific fix for it, and it's the setting nobody thinks to try during an outage.

The new AirPods 5 in their charging case. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The Apple AirPods 5 are bringing active noise cancellation to the masses, and they're now available for preorder at a variety of retailers. They'll officially launch on September 18th, the same day as the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, as well as the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.There are two versions this time around, just like with the last-gen model. The standard $129 model adds active noise cancelation, which was previously only found on the more expensive $179 AirPods 4 with ANC models. They're available from Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and Apple. The upgraded $149 model features a wireless charging case, longer battery life, and touc …Read the full story at The Verge.

John Ternus, Apple CEO, holds an iPhone Duo at the launch event. | Bloomberg via Getty Images Apple was far from the first company to announce a passport-shaped folding phone this year, but that doesn't mean it wasn't copied. As my colleague Dom Preston already explained, it's almost impossible to keep product development secret when Apple and its competitors all share the same global suppliers. Apple's new CEO John Ternus and head of marketing Greg 'Joz' Joswiak addressed the topic during an interview with TechRadar's Lance Ulanoff and Mark Spoonauer of Tom's Guide."People knew through leaks that we were working on a foldable," said Joz. "Unfortunately, they got the aspect ratio, and a lot of coincidental instances of people fin …Read the full story at The Verge.