Amazon’s first — and perhaps only — Prime Day event of the year is just around the corner. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As expected, Amazon’s annual sales event for Prime subscribers will once again take place in mid-July. The two-day sales event will start at 12:01AM PT / 3:01AM ET on Tuesday, July 16th, and run through Wednesday, July 17th, the company announced on Tuesday.Like in previous years, Prime Day 2024 will function as a two-day sale, one that’s exclusive to Amazon Prime members. The company typically treats the multiday deal blowout like its own Black Friday — a fair comparison, considering the event often drops many sought-after goods to some of their best prices of the year. Historically, some of the best deals have been exclusive to one of the two days, though many materialize as lightning deals with limited availability. Like last year,... Continue reading…

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge How much would it cost Google to let third-party app stores like the Epic Games Store live inside its own Google Play Store, with access to every Android app? Google says the reputational damage can’t be calculated — but that it’d take 12 to 18 months and upwards of $60 million to build and maintain the technical underpinnings. We’re still waiting to find out what Epic actually won in its surprise victory against Google last December, after a jury decided the Google Play app store and Google Play Billing are illegal monopolies — but we know what Epic wants. The Fortnite developer’s biggest ask was arguably for Google to open up its own Android app store, forcing Google to carry other competing app stores inside its walls. Last month, J... Continue reading…

Image: The Verge EU regulators have charged Microsoft with illegally bundling its Teams chat app with its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions. It’s the first time Microsoft has been charged with antitrust violations in the EU for 15 years, following two big cases related to Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer bundling.“The European Commission has informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that Microsoft has breached EU antitrust rules by tying its communication and collaboration product Teams to its popular productivity applications included in its suites for businesses Office 365 and Microsoft 365,” says the European Commission in a statement today.Microsoft has now been handed a statement of objections, a list of the EU’s concerns over... Continue reading…

Photo by Matt Thomas / San Diego Padres / Getty Images Guy Beahm, better known by his streamer persona Dr Disrespect, said he was banned from Twitch four years ago due to private messages he sent to a minor that “sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate.”Beahm shared details of the ban in a lengthy post to X, marking the first time he’s directly addressed the reason for his removal.“Everyone has been wanting to know why I was banned from Twitch, but for reasons outside of my control, I was not allowed to say anything for the last several years,” Beahm posted on X. “Now that two former twitch employees have publicly disclosed the accusations, I can now tell you my side of the story regarding the ban.”“I should have never entertained these conversations to begin... Continue reading…

The Cybertruck is suffering from real-world issues. | The Verge / Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images Tesla is again issuing a physical recall of its Cybertruck. This time it’s recalling 11,688 of its electric pickups due to a faulty windshield wiper that could reduce visibility for the driver, and 11,383 Cybertrucks due to trim in the truck bed that could come loose and create a road hazard for others.These new recalls follow a recall in April affecting 3,878 Cybertrucks over the risk of a jammed accelerator pedal. Issues with the gigantic wiper had surfaced in owner forums in recent weeks and reportedly delayed Cybertruck deliveries on short notice. The NHTSA recall notice for the wiper says that “excessive electrical current can cause the front windshield wiper motor controller to fail.” Tesla service will replace the wiper motor,... Continue reading…

With most next-gen processors including dedicated neural processing units (NPUs), AI is well on its way to becoming mainstream. However, you dont need cutting-edge AI PCs to utilize the newest artificial intelligence facilities; even a tiny SBC can provide enough horsepower to run the latest LLM models and image generation tools.

There are a lot of different mechanical keyboard options on the market, but if you want something that's good, cheap, and offers something a little unique, you might want to give Epomaker's TH80-X keyboard a try. This keyboard not only looks good with its white and mint green accent keys, but it also offers a lot of features too, like hot-swappable switches, removable key caps, and perhaps the most intriguing, a small and powerful customizable display.

PC hardware is a space that is continuously evolving. From CPU and GPU horsepower, to storage speeds, memory, and power supply standards, we've all seen our PC components transform into the high-performance devices they are today. Whether it's the DDR4 vs. DDR5 RAM toss-up, or mulling a PCIe 5.0 SSD upgrade, it's fair to say that PC users are always excited about trying out the next big thing in PC hardware.

Photo: Aurora Uber’s freight hauling business will use Aurora’s driverless trucks on routes between Dallas and Houston as part of a new “long-term” deal that builds on a three-year-old commercial pilot. Uber Freight will be one of Aurora’s first customers on the Texas route launching later this year. Launched in 2017, Uber Freight connects truck drivers with shippers, much in the same way the company’s ridehailing app pairs drivers with those looking for a ride. Aurora, which was founded by former executives from Google, Uber, and Tesla, has said it plans to deploy 20 fully autonomous trucks this year. When it does, those trucks will be hauling goods for Uber Freight customers. Uber Freight will be one of Aurora’s first customersThe two companies... Continue reading…

The Logitech G G515 Lightspeed TKL wireless keyboard is just 22mm thick and features upgraded MX-compatible keycaps. | Image: Logitech Logitech has announced a new low-profile gaming keyboard, the G515 Lightspeed TKL Wireless, featuring upgraded low-profile switches that are now compatible with Cherry MX-style keycaps, improving the keyboard’s customizability.The G515 is a welcome upgrade to Logitech’s G915 Lightspeed Wireless keyboard, which debuted in 2019. The new G515 features a TKL (tenkeyless) design that’s similar to the smaller Logitech G915 TKL update from 2020; this one completely eliminates not only the G915’s number pad but also the wide volume wheel that sat above it.Saying goodbye to that physical volume wheel leaves the G515 keyboard, which should be available today, with a $139 price tag that’s significantly cheaper than both the $249.99 G915 and the... Continue reading…

It goes without saying that Raspberry Pi SBCs have really paved the way for those looking to build a custom computing device that's both versatile and affordable. And over the years, things have only gotten easier as support for such devices has grown.

An Android phone minus the phone plus two giant cameras. | Image: Adi Robertson / The Verge Xreal is one of the few companies trying to sell mass-market augmented reality headsets without an existing big tech empire. But its latest product isn’t a pair of glasses; it’s a phone-sized Android tablet designed to keep you using them. At last week’s Augmented World Expo (AWE) the company announced the Beam Pro, a combination battery, app repository, and 3D video recorder. It’s a pragmatic solution to a very obvious problem — even if, at first glance, I wish it were weirder.Xreal’s glasses — the Air 2 and Air 2 Ultra — have generally required some kind of third-party device like a phone, laptop, or Steam Deck. (There was a bare-bones control box called the Beam, but it wasn’t a big focus for the company.) The Beam Pro is meant to... Continue reading…