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The Google Pixel 10a is one of the best mid-range phones you can buy right now. It's retail price of $499 is more than fair, but the discount that drops it to $424 makes it even better. This is close to the lowest price that we've seen for this phone, making it a fantastic time to pick one up.

The Centauri Carbon 2 stores the filament on the outside to fit the bowden tube in the build space. | Image: The Verge If the high price tag of premium 3D printers have kept you from exploring the hobby, this deal is a great entry point. Elegoo has its Centauri Carbon 2 Combo on sale for $369, almost $100 off its usual price of $449. This capable 3D printer can handle four filament rolls at once, with a fully enclosed printing area, auto-leveling bed, and big touchscreen for easy project management. It’s altogether very capable 3D printer for beginners, or just anyone who doesn’t want to spend a lot of time tinkering with settings just to print occasional trinkets and brackets.Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 ComboWhere to Buy: $449 $369 at ElegooThe Centauri Carbon 2 is fast and capable right out of the box, though first-time setup is a little involved (I found it tough to get the upper shield and filament hub to fit together, for example). But I really like its fully-enclosed build area, which results in consistent prints, and the auto-leveling bed checks that everything is locked in the right place before each print. It’s worth noting that the filament rolls are stored externally, so if you’re in a particularly humid environment and don’t print often, you may want to remove them between uses. window.HYPE_DESK_CONFIG = { productImageUrl: "https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-3-2026-10_19_50-AM.png", productImageAlt: "HOTO Pulse 4-in-1 Cordless Stapler", productTitle: "HOTO Pulse 4-in-1 Cordless Stapler", shortDescription: "The stapler that tells you what it is doing.", longDescription: "Most staplers give you no information until the moment they fail. The HOTO Pulse tracks your remaining staples in real time, confirms when it is ready to fire, and handles four staple and nail types so one tool covers more of your projects. A built-in remover means quick fixes happen on the spot. Compact, lightweight, and genuinely useful.", purchaseUrl: "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H74SXNTQ?&linkCode=ll2&tag=theverge02-20&linkId=186f55593bda58be43b5d716980c0045&language=en_US&gaOptInStatus=true&ref_=as_li_ss_tl", purchaseLinkText: "Shop At Amazon" };Other deals to considerThe JBL Go 4 in purple is on sale for $15 off at B&H Photo for a limited time, bringing the price down to just $35 when the $5 coupon is applied in your cart. This very portable Bluetooth speaker is IP67-rated for water and dust resistance, with up to seven hours of playback on a single charge, and USB-C charging.Nintendo has temporarily dropped the price on a variety of accessories as part of its “Customer Appreciation” sale, including the Switch Joy-Con. Amazon has the neon purple and orange pair on sale for $62.97, almost $30 lower than the list price. These work wirelessly with the Switch 2 as well, although you’ll need a dedicated charging dock.If you’re running out of ports and plugs nearby, Anker’s Prime Charging Station is a great purchase to consider while it’s $59.99 (usually $79.99) at Amazon. This 6-in-1 travel-ready charging station has two AC outlets, two USB-A ports, and two USB-C ports (either tops out at 140W when it’s the only port in use). The included power cable is five feet long, and detaches from the unit for easier storage.

Storage was cheap and accessible a year ago, and I rarely thought about maintaining it. My laptop has an NVMe SSD, and I have a couple of other SATA SSDs inside SATA-to-USB enclosures. My SSD is five years old, and I've been putting as much stress on it as possible. But the landscape changed in 2025, and AI development bolstered the storage and memory prices by a huge margin.

I've been a heavy Spotify user for years now, and while I appreciate the desktop app (and the level of customization available to me through tools like Spicetify), there's a part of me that misses the days of Windows Media Player. Not just the visualizer, although that was a huge draw for me as a teenager, but the speed, too. Spotify isn't exactly slow, but on occasion, it does take its time. Windows Media Player was snappy, with near-instant load times and no lag before it started playing whatever early-2000s emo rock I had queued up.

With the price of every Raspberry Pi single-board computer hitting the unhinged mark, the original RPi Zero is the only one that’s still in the affordable range. Unfortunately, it’s a tad too outdated and underpowered for anything other than simple projects that can leverage its GPIO pins in 2026 – and that’s something I recently learned when attempting to deploy typical Docker containers on the SBC.

A few months back before RAM prices hit the roof, I decided to add a nice little perk to my NAS. Specifically, I added in SSD caching to eke out a bit more speed, because I thought my hard drives were being the bottleneck to peak performance. My NAS handles everything from file storage to applications, indexing, backups, and more. Once in a while, I might even dabble in a workload with plenty of reads and writes. An SSD cache should help with all that, right?

You may not know it, but minivans are making a comeback in the US. Look around, and you'll start to notice an uptick in these breadboxes on wheels. Sales were up 21 percent in 2025, suggesting that the humble minivan is shaking off its "uncool" stigma and finding new fans among an SUV-weary public. I'm here for it.One of the companies currently carrying the torch for minivans is Kia, which has sold its popular Carnival minivan here since 2021. Kia is also one of the few automakers making all-electric vans. This week, the Korean automaker rolled out its new PV7 at IAA Transportation in Germany. This is the second electric van from Kia's Pla …Read the full story at The Verge.

Two years ago, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt released his New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation. The book posits that the rise of social media and smartphone use is largely to blame for the prominent decline in teen mental health since 2010. It quickly became a central rallying cry of the social media backlash. Haidt has been credited with helping inspire Australia's nationwide teen social media ban. He has joined forces with bereaved parents who are fighting tech companies in court. His name comes up unprompted in conversations with people in power who say his book opened their eyes to an online crisis. Haidt's theory has …Read the full story at The Verge.

It's been more than two years since the last major Windows event, so Microsoft is heading to San Francisco next month to outline the future of Windows and Surface devices. At an event on October 7th, the company says it will host a "conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC."Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be in attendance, alongside Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri. Even Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will be appearing at the event, which suggests that RTX Spark PCs could be the main focus of this event. If that's the case, don't be surprised to hear more about the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra pricing and avai …Read the full story at The Verge.

Whether you played it in the back of your classroom or on your computer at home, if you were a kid in the last 30 years you almost certainly grew up playing The Oregon Trail.On the season 5 premiere of Version History, our fearless wagon leader David Pierce is joined by gaming journalist Chris Grant and Philip Bouchard, the designer and team leader of the game's most iconic version. They talk about the academic origins of The Oregon Trail, the game's complicated legacy, and whether anyone ever really died of dysentery.This is the first episode of the fifth season of Version History, and this time we're going back to school. In the week …Read the full story at The Verge.

Every paid Claude plan meters usage in two ways: a rolling 5-hour window and a weekly cap across all models, and that quota is shared with Claude chat and whatever else is running on the same account. So if you're a heavy Cowork or Claude Design user in addition to Claude Code, then you're out of luck or onto the Max plan.