Some of Bose’s best headphones, earbuds, and speakers were nicely discounted for Prime Day, but just because the event has ended doesn’t mean the deals are over. Bose is currently offering discounts on a range of refurbished products, plus an extra 25 percent off on top of that with code SUMMER25. For example, Verge-favorite QuietComfort Ultra Headphones are down to $284.25 ($165 off) at Bose, the lowest price we’ve seen yet. The QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are also down to $186.75 ($113 off) at Bose, another all-time low (and another Verge favorite).Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (refurbished)Bose’s latest flagship headphones are a replacement for the Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, and offer a more travel-friendly design, spatial audio, better call quality, excellent comfort, and some of the best noise cancellation around. Read our review.Where to Buy: $449 $284.25 at BoseThe QC Ultra Headphones are the perfect noise-canceling headphones for travel, offering excellent audio performance and a design that’s comfortable to wear for long stretches. In his review, former Verge senior reviewer Chris Welch said the wider headband on the QC Ultra Headphones didn’t cause any discomfort over extended use. While the headphones feature the same drivers found in Bose’s older Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, the QC Ultra Headphones include a new Immersive Audio mode, which is the company’s take on spatial audio.The QC Ultra Headphones also offer 24-hour battery life and noise cancellation that’s among the very best. They can block the annoying drone of a plane’s engine and give you peace and quiet in a noisy coffee shop. Additionally, Bose’s transparency mode, which the company calls “Aware,” continues to improve with a more natural sound — nearly reaching the standard set by the AirPods Max.Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (refurbished)With dynamic, rich sound and the best noise cancellation available in true wireless earbuds, the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds are a terrific pick if you want to listen to your music in peace. Read our review.Where to Buy: $299 $186.75 at BoseMeanwhile, the QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds offer the best noise cancellation of any earbuds we’ve tested. They deliver excellent audio quality and a satisfying bass, surpassing the sound quality offered by Apple’s AirPods Pro. Like the QC Ultra Headphones, the QC Ultra Earbuds have an immersive audio mode, providing the illusion that you’re not wearing earbuds at all. Plus, the earbuds offer around six hours of battery life, IPX4 water resistance, and a comfortable fit thanks to stabilizer wings, ensuring they stay secure in your ear.Bose’s refurbished store is also offering great deals on the Ultra Open Earbuds, which with the code are down to $186.75 ($113 off), and the Smart Ultra Soundbar, which is down to $524.25 ($475 off), both of which are all-time low prices. If you’re looking for a portable speaker, the SoundLink Flex is $74.25 ($75 off), another all-time low. Bose says its refurbished products undergo thorough testing and cleaning before they’re resold, and they’re backed by the same one-year warranty as new products.

It's always cool to check out the games that arrived at the start and the end of a console's lifespan. As developers become more savvy with the hardware and find ways to skirt around its limitations, the games begin to look and play a lot better. By the end of the console's cycle, developers have managed to make the hardware truly sing, making some of the best games the console has ever seen.

I've been using Google's AI-powered research assistant, NotebookLM, since before most people knew it existed. I'm talking about the time when it was still tucked away in Google Labs. If you aren't familiar with what I'm talking about, Google Labs is essentially Google's experimental playground, where the tech giant tests out ideas before releasing them more broadly.

Typically associated with circuitry projects and real-time operating systems, microcontrollers are great for tinkerers who prefer working with embedded devices. But unlike their SBC counterparts, you might not find much use for them in typical home lab experiments. That is, unless the microcontroller in question happens to be an ESP32.

Over the weekend, DC Studios' new Superman feature became this year's third-biggest box-office debut in the US. The movie's success is a sign that theatergoers might actually not be quite as tired of superheroes as people tend to think, and that's particularly notable for Warner Bros., given the studio's plan to build a new cinematic universe of DC Comics adaptations for the big screen. But making interconnected film franchises work is easier said than done. And even though Superman is putting up numbers, DC might have a much harder time doing the same with its next couple of cape movies.Though it fell short of A Minecraft Movie's and Lilo …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you're interested in checking out what's coming next for Windows 11, you owe it to yourself to check out the operating system's Beta and Dev branches. These updates with new features that Microsoft would like people to try out before a full release, but unlike the Canary channel, it's a little more stable, and the features have undergone at least an initial testing phase before being served. Microsoft has just uploaded a new update to both the Beta and Dev channels, and both of them make the File Explorer a lot better to use.

It's been a quarter of a century since the first IPv6 standard was finalized as RFC 2460, and to say adoption has been slow is an understatement. The pool of available IPv4 addresses has been exhausted for quite a while now, and in fact, was running out for public use years ago. Yet it's still not gone, with most systems that have adopted IPv6 running a dual-stack configuration that also includes IPv4.

I’ve been trying out different Linux distributions and am still searching for the one that best suits my needs. The Arch Linux distribution works best with the pre-packed KDE or GNOME environment, but if you don’t, it tends to break, and a lot of manual configuration is required.

If you’re not willing to switch to macOS to get the sleek styling of a MacBook, this laptop from Samsung is a great alternative. Not only does it look and feel good, but it also packs lots of power under the hood, making it great for everyday use. The only problem is that it's usually quite expensive, coming in at $1,650. Luckily, we're now seeing a solid discount from Best Buy that knocks $450 off, bringing it down to its best price at $1,200.

For many PC users, a CPU bottleneck is the scariest thing that can happen to them. The moment they hear this term, their mind conjures up images of crippled performance, lackluster framerates, and their expensive GPU investment going down the drain. While the real effects of a CPU bottleneck might not always be severe, it still pays to spot it early, so you can do something about it. Here are some signs that might point to your CPU bottlenecking your PC.

Ani, one of Grok’s AI companions. People who pay for access to SuperGrok can now try the AI chatbot’s new “Companions” avatars, xAI owner Elon Musk announced Monday morning. The companions available currently include Ani, an anime avatar, and Rudy, a cartoony red panda.Ani also has what TestingCatalog describes as an “NSFW” mode where the character wears lingerie. (And just a warning: if you search for posts about the characters on X, you’ll probably come across NSFW videos.)View LinkRight now, users have to go into settings to turn on the companions, but “we will make this easier to turn on in a few days,” Musk says, describing this version as a “soft launch.” Even though I’m a free user of Grok, when I opened the Grok app, I was able to talk to both avatars, so the characters may be more widely available.Users have found that another AI character called “Chad” is in the works. The app already has a voice mode where you can chat back and forth with a faceless version of Grok, and that has an NSFW toggle.The addition of the animated characters follows Grok posting antisemitism and Hitler praise last week, which xAI said was due to an “update to a code path upstream of the @grok bot.”

For as long as I can remember, my junk drawer has been a chaotic mess. Loose batteries, mystery keys, pens that may or may not work, and cables I probably don’t need anymore—it was all crammed together with no sense of order. I had tried store-bought organizers, but they never fit quite right, and most had slots for things I didn’t use.