Adobe Audition is Adobes main audio precision editing app. Its part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, meaning it falls under the subscription trap found with many other Adobe creative software. To avoid the subscription and find better tools available which are more suited to your needs, there are many great alternatives to Adobe Audition you can use across multiple platforms and at different price points.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal would’ve created a TV service megamerger, but it fell through after Dish bondholders rejected the takeover.In September, DirecTV reached an agreement to acquire Dish, Sling TV, and EchoStar’s TV business for just one dollar, while also taking on Dish’s $9.75 billion in debt. However, Dish bondholders — or the investors who lend money to a company (and expect to be paid back) — weren’t happy about the decision, as the transaction would’ve cut the value of their holdings by $1.5 billion.“While we believed a combination of DIRECTV and DISH would have benefitted all stakeholders, we have terminated the transaction because the proposed Exchange Terms... Continue reading…

Network-attached storage (NAS) is fantastic for storing files on the network, making services available for an entire household or office, and connecting to various systems while away. Compared to simple storage devices, there's much more that can be done with a NAS and they're quickly becoming more like traditional servers. Most enclosures you can purchase have a few USB ports and you'll have a few when turning an old PC into a NAS, but what should you use them for? Here are a few things that can be connected to your NAS through USB.

The Spectra smartwatch is now available for preorder through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. | Image: Pocuter The Spectra is a new smartwatch designed from the ground up to be hackable and easy to repair. It was created by Pocuter, a company that has spent the last few years honing an expertise in building small electronics like its tiny Pocuter One computer. What makes the Spectra unique is that it’s repairable, yet with a design that mirrors the Apple Watch which is much harder to get into.The wearable is now available for preorder through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign with delivery expected as early as July 2025. Early backers can preorder one discounted to around $209, while full pricing is closer to around $272. The Spectra is the company’s seventh Kickstarter campaign, but also appears to be one of its most ambitious. Three years... Continue reading…

Did you know that disposable vapes come with lithium-ion batteries? Yeah, the same kind of battery that you'll find in your phone. Just like their bigger brothers, disposable vape batteries are totally capable of being recharged and reused in other projects. Unfortunately, because they're bundled into a disposable product, a ton of these batteries hit the landfill before they can even perform a slither of their potential.

Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the government’s bloat and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on X.Earlier this week, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the X user “datahazard” shared a screenshot on X highlighting the role of Ashley Thomas, the Director of Climate Diversification at the US International Development Finance Corporation, saying, “I don’t think the US Taxpayer should pay for the employment” of that role. Musk reposted it, adding the comment “so many... Continue reading…

Hey, remember the Nova SBC that went up as a crowdfunding campaign? It was a cute board that combined an RP 2040 with a small LED grid you can use for minute projects. If you needed a reason to pick one up for yourself, here's one: someone coded Snake on their board, and you can do the same with their tutorial.

Apple may have just recently released the M4 Mac Mini, but that doesnt mean you cant find it at a discount. The new, much more compact model of Apples mini desktop computer starts at $599, but you can already score better prices than that. Amazon lists the base M4 Mac Mini at just $559, but a special Black Friday coupon brings it below the $500 mark to $499.99.

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on a case involving funding for a major broadband subsidy program, the Universal Service Fund (USF). SCOTUS granted cert in a pair of cases called Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, and Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumers’ Research, which were consolidated for oral arguments. They center around whether Congress inappropriately delegated lawmaking function to the FCC by letting it set contribution rates for telecommunications companies to pay into the nonprofit Universal Service Administration Company, which manages the USF. It also asks whether the FCC delegated too much authority to a private entity by letting USAC manage the subsidy program.The... Continue reading…

Microsoft Excel is undoubtedly a powerful spreadsheet software for data analysis and manipulation. That said, even the most seasoned Excel users can run into performance issues when faced with massive datasets. This can lead to lost hours, productivity, and inaccurate analysis. Before you ditch Excel in favor of an alternative, make sure to implement a few strategic techniques to handle such large datasets easily and unlock their true potential in no time.

There are lots of great portable SSDs. But if you're looking for one that offers great performance, tons of storage space, and is great for even the toughest conditions then this SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD is going to be right up your alley.

It doesn't seem that long ago when mobile gaming was summed up by games like Flappy Bird and Candy Crush. As phones got more powerful, so did the games, and now we have full-blown titles that run in the palm of your hand. As such, companies have developed controllers that cradle your phone and let you play your games without needing to tap the screen. One of our fave models is the GameSir G8 Galileo, and if you've been on the lookout for a stellar mobile controller, you can now get it for its cheapest price ever during this year's Black Friday deals.