Parker Ortolani / The Verge The Verge, your source for Tesla Cybertruck windshield wiper news, is unreasonably happy to potentially reveal: a Cybertruck windshield wiper replacement may cost as little as $165 for the entire arm and blade assembly, or $75 for just the wiper blade itself. That’s the word from Tesla watcher Nic Cruz Patane, who, like all good windshield wiper enthusiasts, has seemingly been paging through the Tesla parts catalog for the Cybertruck but, unlike the rest of us, seemingly has access to prices for each part. We can see the same page, without prices, and it appears to be one single wiper blade after all. Screenshot via Nic Cruz Patane (Twitter/X) Twitter embeds weren’t working so I took a screenshot. The... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge PowerPoint for the web now lets users insert videos with closed captions and subtitles into presentations, reports Windows Central. It should make presentations created in the Microsoft 365 suite more accessible to Deaf people or those hard of hearing, but the feature also offers other benefits.You can add closed captions in multiple languages, allowing users to connect with audiences worldwide, and captions also make it easier to watch videos in loud environments or quietly without disturbing people around you. It’s also become a feature people expect to see as support for subtitling expands in apps like TikTok, Netflix, Zoom, and more.To embed a video and insert captions, users must first create closed caption files in the WebVTT... Continue reading…

Image: The Verge As if publishers and users didn’t have enough reasons to reconsider their connections to the platform formerly known as Twitter, all outgoing links from X stopped working Wednesday afternoon. A problem with the URL redirect that captures activity before sending users on their way sent people to a simple error page saying, “This page is down. I scream. You scream. We all scream... for us to fix this page. We’ll stop making jokes and get things up and running soon.” After about an hour or so of that happening, the problem was fixed, although we haven’t seen any public acknowledgment of the issue from the @Support account, CEO Linda Yaccarino, or X owner / CTO Elon Musk.If this sounds familiar, it’s because something similar happened in... Continue reading…

Image: Meta Xbox Cloud Gaming is arriving on Meta’s range of VR headsets today. A beta version of the cloud gaming app is now available for the Meta Quest 2, 3, or Pro headsets, allowing you to stream hundreds of Xbox games with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, a controller, and a Quest headset.The beta app is available from the Meta Quest Store, and you’ll simply need to pair a supported Bluetooth controller to start playing. You can use an Xbox controller (that supports Bluetooth), a PS4 one, or even Nintendo’s Switch Pro controllers. Support for PS5 controllers is “coming in the future,” according to Meta. Image: Meta The Xbox Cloud Gaming app on a Quest headset. There are a variety of display sizes for an... Continue reading…

Anker is known for making some of the best accessories for smartphones, tablets, and laptops. When it comes to chargers, the brand has a wide array of products that cater to different buyers, but if you're looking for a charger that can do it all, the Anker 736 Nano II charger is one of the best GaN chargers on the market right now. While this charger usually comes priced at $75, Amazon Prime members can now save big with a discount that knocks 45% off.

Illustration: The Verge Meta announced in a blog post update yesterday that it will apply an obscure Instagram setting to Threads that lets users control how much fact-checked content they see in their feed. Meta says its fact-checking is intended to address misinformation, so effectively, users will be able to decide how much they want to see controversial topics on the site.The controls have three levels: “Don’t reduce,” “Reduce,” and “Reduce more.” While none of the choices can hide content entirely, they will affect the ranking of posts that are “found to contain false or partly false information, altered content, or missing context.”To get to the setting from Threads, users will need to tap the two lines in the upper-right corner from the profile tab,... Continue reading…

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple will require law enforcement to obtain a court order before the company hands over details of customers’ push notifications from now on. As Reuters reports, Apple quietly updated its guidelines for law enforcement page on Monday with language specifying that search warrants and court orders are now required for it to give up “The Apple ID associated with” an Apple Push Notification Service token. The new policy follows revelations that both Apple and Google have been providing details about the notifications to governments.Apps can “push” notifications to your phone so that you receive alerts, like a text message or incoming email, even when the app itself isn’t open. But the process involves potentially sensitive information... Continue reading…

You stare at your wallpaper every day on your great iPhone, whether it's because you aren't actively using the phone or when you turn your phone on. So what happens when you want to give your phone's aesthetic a little refresh? Fortunately, it’s easy to change the wallpaper on an iPhone, and it's just as simple to delete a wallpaper if the image is temporary or seasonal.

Apple AirTags are highly-capable, coin-sized trackers that rely on the Find My network. This means that as long as a new iPhone model is around, your AirTag's location will continue to update on the map. So, considering the iPhone's global popularity, AirTags and Find My devices are pretty much the most powerful trackers of this kind around.

The motherboard is an important part of any PC, especially a system geared towards gaming. There are various factors to consider, such as the socket, chipset, storage interfaces, headers/ports, and RAM support. The more money spent on the motherboard, the better the feature set and overclocking capabilities. The processor, be it AMD or Intel, is then able to interface with the motherboard and play all your favorite PC games. Here are our recommendations for the best gaming motherboard.

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch is updating the way it responds to sexual content. As part of the change, the streaming platform will now allow some previously prohibited content — as long as it has a label to warn viewers.Twitch has long struggled with moderating content containing sexual material and has faced backlash for its uneven handling in the past. While Twitch notably banned Indiefoxx over what the streamer claimed was a wardrobe malfunction, the company chose to warn — not ban — top streamer Pokimane for accidentally showing a Pornhub page. Twitch also recently banned a female creator who appeared to be streaming while topless.The platform will now allow “deliberately highlighted breasts, buttocks or pelvic region” if the stream has a Content... Continue reading…

You don't need a lot of money to get a great Chromebook. ChromeOS is a great, lightweight operating system, and because you don't need powerful specs to accomplish basic tasks like web browsing, you can get a Chromebook for less than $1,000. If you're on an even more limited budget, there are Chromebooks for you, too. One of them is the new IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook for a little over $300. Even though it's not the most premium when compared to some other devices and ChromeOS tablets, it still manages to impress.