There are a lot of great deals on chargers and power banks during Amazon's Big Deal Days sales event, but if you're looking for something exceptional, you're going to want to get your hands on Anker's GaN Prime charger. The charger is capable of powering devices big and small with up to 150W of power.

Illustration by Lucia Pham / The Verge Welcome to the second half of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days. There are still a ton of discounts on all kinds of tech products, but here are the ones that are worth your time. Continue reading…

She didn’t even get equity! | Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Bloomberg, Getty Images Bankman-Fried thought Alameda’s brand wasn’t as good as FTX’s — so he put his sometime-lover in charge of it. Continue reading…

Windows 11 is the latest and, in my opinion, the best version of Windows so far. It has a much more beautiful and modern design language, and you see it all throughout the operating system. One of the best examples of the new Windows 11 design is the Settings app, which has received a complete facelift compared to Windows 10.

A screenshot of Dropbox Dash, an AI-powered search tool that pulls together information from across apps and services, not just Dropbox. | Image: Dropbox Dropbox has announced several changes coming to its file hosting service including a new web interface, an open beta for its AI-powered universal search feature, upgrades to another AI feature that’s in alpha, and another early alpha of a new video collaboration tool.Let’s start with the new web interface, since it’s something most Dropbox users are likely to encounter as it rolls out, regardless of whether they engage with the service’s more advanced features. There’s a new action bar that’ll sit across the page to offer quick access to features like screen recording, folder creation, and file uploading. File previews have also been redesigned, with Dropbox claiming these will make it easier to edit images, videos, and PDFs. There’s a... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit’s new usage-based API pricing is now in effect, and while the potential costs forced many third-party apps to shut down, a handful of apps are pivoting to paid subscriptions to help pay for Reddit’s API fees. On Monday, the developer of one surviving iOS app, Narwhal, announced the monthly fee for the app: $3.99 per month.Narwhal’s developer, who goes by det0ur on Reddit, went into more detail about the fee in a Monday post. “Reddit is now charging a substantial fee to use the API to power Narwhal,” det0ur wrote. “This fee will be tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands a month depending on how many people subscribe. The only goal of this subscription is to cover the costs of using the API.” The monthly fee is set to come... Continue reading…

Image: Adobe Adobe has developed an experimental AI-powered upscaling tool that greatly improves the quality of low-resolution GIFs and video footage. This isn’t a fully-fledged app or feature yet, and it’s not yet available for beta testing, but if the demonstrations seen by The Verge are anything to go by then it has some serious potential. Adobe’s “Project Res-Up” uses diffusion-based upsampling technology (a class of generative AI that generates new data based on the data it’s trained on) to increase video resolution while simultaneously improving sharpness and detail.In a side-by-side comparison that shows how the tool can upscale video resolution, Adobe took a clip from The Red House (1947) and upscaled it from 480 x 360 to 1280 x 960,... Continue reading…

While Samsung's Galaxy Watch 5 lineup from last year was very well received, many buyers expressed displeasure with Samsung's decision to remove the rotating bezel from the premium model. If you're also a fan of the rotating bezel on the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, you'd be glad to know that Samsung has brought it back with its spiritual successor—the all-new Galaxy Watch 6 Classic. The latest smartwatches also pack a new Exynos W930 chipset, more RAM, larger displays, and bigger batteries, making them strong contenders for this year's best smartwatches.

The 2023 Framework Laptop 13 has a new AMD option, and it’s a stellar performer. Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Mozilla is testing a new built-in “Review Checker” feature for its Firefox browser that rates how reliable a product’s customer reviews are. The experimental feature was initially spotted by MSPowerUser, and Firefox’s senior director of product management Byron Jourdan confirmed that the company is testing the functionality “with a limited audience in the United States,” in a statement given to The Verge. Fake reviews are a big problem for online retailers, which have had to take increasingly aggressive measures to stop malicious actors from using them to boost the ratings of their products. Amazon has previously taken down tens of thousands of reviews deemed to be fraudulent, and has even taken legal action against individuals who... Continue reading…

Security is at the forefront for Microsoft when it comes to Windows, which is expected seeing that its operating system is utilized by over a billion users. Over a year ago, the company announced that it is getting rid of Server Message Block version 1 (SMB1) in Windows 11 Home, and today, it has revealed that it is looking to phase out NT LAN Manager (NTLM) user authentication in favor of Kerberos.

This 15.6-inch portable monitor from Lepow is one of my favorite gadgets right now — in fact, I'm using it right now to write this article. With Prime Big Deal Days coming to an end soon, this is your last chance to pick up this FHD monitor for 20% off. That means you can get it for just $80.