The Nutribullet Flip’s high-torque motor is strong enough to blend ice and most fruits. | Image: Nutribullet Nutribullet’s new Flip incorporates a blender into an insulated stainless steel tumbler that looks no larger than a typical travel mug. If you don’t have enough time in the morning to blend your breakfast, the rechargeable Flip works anywhere you don’t mind making a bit of noise. (Maybe skip the crowded subway.)The $99.99 Flip isn’t Nutribullet’s first single-serve blender, nor is it the company’s first rechargeable one. What sets it apart from past offerings is that the blender part — including blades, an 11.1-volt electric motor, and a rechargeable battery — are all incorporated into the Flip’s lid, instead of into a removable base that gets left behind. We’ve seen that idea before in the powerful Cruz BlenderCap, which costs $149. ... Continue reading…

AMD announced the Ryzen 9000 at last month's Computex event, claiming it's the most powerful desktop processor. The extent to which AMD's claim turns out to be true in real-world scenarios was expected to come out this month, as the Ryzen 9000 was originally planned to hit retail on July 31. But plans have now changed, and Team Red will have to wait a few more days for the Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs to hit the shelves.

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It's always exciting when you buy a new PC and it runs faster than your old one and lets you do all kinds of things you couldn't do before. Indeed, hardware keeps evolving, and buying a new computer is the most effective way to get better performance. But if you want to keep your computer snappy, there are a few things you can do to keep things running smoothly as time goes on, so you don't have to start thinking about getting a new computer every year.

Illustration: The Verge Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today on his WhatsApp channel that WhatsApp now has 100 million monthly active users in the US as of July 25th. According to WhatsApp, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Seattle are among the fastest-growing markets in the country. However, the company says it’s experienced “significant growth” in Southern states as well, with more than 10 million users in Texas.“This is the first time data pertaining to users has been released since Meta’s acquisition of the messaging app and demonstrates how the messaging platform, already the biggest messaging app in the world, has experienced tremendous growth in the U.S.,” WhatsApp spokesperson Ashley O’Reilly wrote in a press release.Since purchasing WhatsApp... Continue reading…

Whether you get the 40mm or the 44mm version of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7, youre going to be dropping a good chunk of change. It makes sense, then, that you'd want to protect your investment. Scratches, scrapes, and bumps can all leave lasting damage. While your watch will probably continue ticking just fine, you dont want to start collecting battle scars on something that you spent at least $300 on.

Apple’s UWB trackers remain a cheap, convenient way to keep tabs on all your belongings. | Photo: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Over the past month or so, we’ve seen a flurry of new Bluetooth trackers, from Motorola’s forthcoming Moto Tag to ESR’s Find My-compatible wallet. That being said, if you’re an iPhone user, Apple’s AirTag remains the best option — one you can still grab at Amazon and Walmart for an all-time low of $23.99 ($5 off). You can also buy a four-pack of trackers at Amazon and Walmart for around $89 ($10 off), though be aware that you can often buy the bundle for $15 less.Despite having launched several years ago, Apple’s AirTags pack plenty of utility. The ultra wideband (UWB) location trackers provide ultra-precise tracking if you’re embedded in the Apple ecosystem, as they allow you to easily leverage the company’s extensive Find My network... Continue reading…

Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge I have six Amazon Echo smart speakers in my house, and I’ve tested more, but my favorite is the Echo Dot with Clock. I love how the fabric-covered LED dot matrix display makes time unobtrusively accessible, beaming its gentle white light from my dresser across my blackout-curtained dark bedroom. (It definitely beats asking Alexa the time.)So I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news: Amazon has discontinued the Dot with Clock in favor of a more expensive, less eye-pleasing model. “You can check the product page for the latest device availability, but once inventory of this generation Echo Dot with Clock is sold through it will not be restocked,” Amazon spokesperson Liz Roland tells The Verge. Amazon didn’t tell us why it’s going away. At... Continue reading…

Google Maps is pretty much the undisputed king of navigation services, even though there are some alternatives like Bing Maps, Waze (also owned by Google), and more. This is primarily because of two reasons: the first being Google commanding a huge marketshare both in the search space and mobile, along with the fact that Google Maps genuinely does offer some pretty advanced capabilities like Immersive View, Live View, and biking routes, among other things. However, the firm may now be gearing up to face some competition as Apple has announced the launch of Apple Maps beta on the web.

One of the downsides of buying the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is that a lot of its features aren't available for all users. For instance, the ECG and blood pressure features are restricted to certain regions. Additionally, you can't use these features when the watch is paired with a non-Samsung phone, even in supported regions. These restrictions truly take away from the overall experience of using them, but thankfully, there's a workaround.

Soldier 76 and Reinhardt in Overwatch 1. | Image: Activision Blizzard A couple of years into the Overwatch 2 experience, player angst has reached a point where the people making the game are considering bringing the old 12-person matches back. Today’s blog post from the developers at Blizzard says that, finally, “we’re exploring how we can test different forms of 6v6 in the game to gauge the results.” Game director Aaron Keller also notes that issues like hero balancing, game performance, and what might happen to queue times if players have a choice between the two formats are questions the team needs to answer but is at least ready to start considering.Other than making a full-priced game free to play and laying out promises about player-vs-environment content that weren’t exactly fulfilled, the shift... Continue reading…

Image: Abigail Bassett When you think of the Cannonball Run, you probably think of a group of people making the trip from New York’s Red Ball Garage to the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach in the shortest (and usually most dangerous) amount of time. Police encounters, lack of sleep, zero rest stops, a spare fuel tank or two, and gallons of energy drinks are usually what fuels these attempts to make the roughly 3,000-mile route in record time. But something was lacking in the most recent successful attempt: conventional gasoline. That’s because speed wasn’t the aim of the three friends who built and drove a solar-powered car across the country in a record-setting 13 days, 15 hours, and 19 minutes. While that’s more than 300 hours longer than the 25-hour... Continue reading…