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It's time to say goodbye to the Fold and hello to the Pro Fold!. The Google Pixel Fold has officially been discontinued as Google prepares for the arrival of its newly launched Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro have also been removed. The Pixel 7a,...

Google officially discontinues the Pixel Fold, Pixel 7, and Pixel 7 Pro

The 2024 Moto G Play is available now for $150, and it's looking to be one of the best budget phones available. The phone is affordable, attractive, and feels good in the hand, with useful Motorola software features and long battery life. Performance and camera quality will be limited at...

I switched to a $150 Motorola phone for two weeks, and it was a pleasant surprise

They’re on different sides of a debate over how to counteract pollution from data centers’ energy use, Financial Times reports. Amazon and Meta are part of a lobby group that wants more lax standards for renewable energy certificates, which can pose similar risks as carbon offset credits. Google, meanwhile, backs a different strategy for bringing more renewables online wherever data centers operate.

Google and Amazon are reportedly at odds over renewable energy.

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Google’s inclusion of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold foldable in the Pixel 9 series must have been a massive surprise if you weren’t paying attention to all the Pixel 9 rumors that preceded Google’s big press event on Tuesday. The name isn’t the only big change coming to Google’s second-gen Pixel Fold model.
The Pixel 9 Pro Fold has a much better design than the first-gen version. It’s also significantly thinner than the Pixel Fold and even thinner than the recently launched Galaxy Z Fold 6, one of its main rivals.
The improvements don’t stop there, as the Pixel 9 Pro Fold...

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is incredibly thin, with specs and Gemini AI to impress

At its most recent Made by Google event, the monopolistic search giant announced four new phones: the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. This is more phones than Google has ever sold at once — especially when you throw in the midrange Pixel 8A from May — making the decision on which to get somewhat confusing.

How Google’s new Pixel 9 phones differ from one another (and don’t)

The new store lets “a select number” of Next Pro artists design merch that SoundCloud will create and sell for them, all while artists collect 100 percent of the profits. So far, the SoundCloud Store features merch from artists like Wiz Khalifa, Denzel Curry, Bktherula, and others.

SoundCloud launches a store for artist merch.

Tesla is selling a cooler sized to fit perfectly in the weirdly-shallow Cybertruck frunk. And yes, it’s made of stainless steel. And yes, you can fill it full of Cyberbeer that I initially mistook for an IPA made by the Zodiac Killer because I forgot that Tesla makes its own beer now. But the real kick in the crotch is the price. Because why is god’s name would anyone shell out $700 for a cooler? Of course the answer is the same people who would pay $100,000 for an electric truck made by the guy who thinks people are being too mean to oil and gas executives. Now that’s cool.

The Cybertruck cooler is a thing that exists.

Grok, X’s AI assistant, summed up how X users have evaluated Musk’s skills as an interviewer: not good. He’s both not engaged enough and constantly butting in, trying to flex his knowledge on topics he knows little about. At one point he asked for a job!. Good...

It’s okay, Elon, interviewing is really hard.

Previously only available in purple or aqua, the $29 Playdate Cover that magnetically attaches to the crankable handheld to protect its unlit screen is now available in a third option: the Pizza Cover. It looks like a miniature pizza box without the grease stains or a delicious late night snack...

You can now camouflage your Playdate as a tiny pizza box.

Google Tensor A1 is inside the new Pixel Buds Pro 2 to handle processing for noise cancellation. The buds are smaller and lighter, too, and they’re the first earbuds to let you access Gemini directly.

New chip alert!

Magic Editor comes with some new tools this year, including Auto Frame to correct the angle in a slanted photo while using gen AI to fill in the gaps. Oh, and then you can reimagine the grass on the ground as wildflowers. It’s something!

Oh, here’s the “What is a photo?” segment.

The SwitchBot Mini Robot Vacuum K10 Plus Pro ($600) arrives today with better navigation, more suction power, quieter operation, and increased corner cleaning ability over the K10 Plus. The Plus is my current pick for a robot vacuum for small spaces. Its small self-empty dock and compact size make it...

SwitchBot’s tiny robot vacuum gets some big upgrades.

One of the shortcomings of the recently reviewed HoverAir X1 selfie drone was that its camera could only capture video at 2.7K/30fps resolutions. Zero Zero Robotics will soon resolve this issue with two upgraded versions of the drone that it’s been teasing on its website, as spotted by DIYPhotography.

The HoverAir X1 selfie drone is getting big resolution upgrades in two new versions

DoorDash is bundling Max’s $9.99 / month ad-supported plan with its annual DashPash membership in the US, which costs $96 / year. Uber One offers a similar bundle with Disney Plus in the UK.

Beyond the streaming bundle.

The PlayStation Store listing for Rockstar’s western briefly described an unannounced PC version of the game. The apparent mistake was corrected, but not before Eurogamer noticed — and The Internet Archive grabbed a snapshot. According to that archived page, the game will get everything from last year’s console...

A Red Dead Redemption PC port could be imminent.

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"I worked at Walgreens for 4 years. There was never a dress code for customers". A Walgreens shopper says a manager kicked her out of the store for not following the store’s dress code, sparking outrage in a viral TikTok.

I didn’t realize you had a new dress code for customers: Walgreens shopper says she was forced out

Flipboard is making good on a major fediverse promise. Late last year, at the same time it announced it would be switching user accounts to ActivityPub, Flipboard said it planned to let users follow users on federated platforms that used ActivityPub from the Flipboard app. Starting Tuesday, that feature is here, meaning that you can follow people from places like Mastodon, Threads, and Pixelfed right inside Flipboard.

Flipboard is going to let you follow fediverse accounts right inside the app

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According to cruise industry reports, the world's largest cruise ship is sailing well above 100% capacity, thanks to more beds being filled on recent sailings. Royal Caribbean’s newest flagship, the Icon of the Seas, is proving to be an unprecedented success, with occupancy rates far exceeding expectations.

The Largest Cruise Ship in the World is Sailing at 132% Capacity: How This is Even Possible

Ok, so it’s only been 10 years since the last Dragon Age game launched. But after years of development updates, high-profile departures, and layoffs that saw long-time Dragon Age veterans leave the studio, BioWare is finally ready to reveal when we can expect Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Tune in...

It’s been 84 years.

The Verge, then you probably know your tech, and so it’s likely that you’re sometimes asked to help troubleshoot computer issues by friends, family, and / or neighbors. It can be something as simple as just turning on the Wi-Fi or as complicated as having to update a BIOS. Whatever’s wrong, it’s much harder to sort out if you’re not in the same room as the computer in question — and trying to work with someone over a phone call can be a lesson in frustration.

How to troubleshoot someone else’s computer remotely

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Google’s Pixel 9 launch also brought a new 45W USB-C charger

One device that didn’t get a main stage reveal during yesterday’s Made by Google event is the company’s new 45W USB-C charger. That’s not entirely surprising...

Google’s Pixel 9 launch also brought a new 45W USB-C charger

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