The Fitbit Ace LTE is a great smartwatch for kids who aren’t quite ready for their first smartphone. It has cute games, a fun little activity tracker, location tracking, and it lets kids call or text with preselected contacts. There’s no app store, no internet access, no smartphone connection, and no way for them to get spam calls or texts. It’s down to $170.95 from $229.99 on Amazon in both spicy (green and gray, with a purple and green band) and mild (gray, with a gray and black band) during the current arbitrary shopping event. My daughter has been using one since this summer, and we both recommend it. The Ace LTE is a cross-platform standalone watch; parents or guardians set it up using the Fitbit Ace app on Android or iOS. That...

It’s now the second day of Amazon’s October Prime Day event, and since the company is still pushing a lot of interesting deals, we looked through some of our recent “favorites” articles to find discounts on a lot of the devices we like. What are the “favorites” articles? Well, every month or so, we like to ask our staff about their favorite stuff — whether it’s board games, smart tech, or kitchen gadgets. And the results are usually quirky, personal, and a lot of fun. So, we thought we’d list a few in case you have read about them in the past and thought, well, that sort of sounds good, but it’s a bit pricey. (Or — that’s pretty cheap, but maybe I’ll wait until the price goes down even more...) What follows are some of our staff’s...

The badges for the 2025 convention, designed by artist TAKUMI, render Star Wars heroes and villains alike in the style of period Japanese art.

On Threads, the topic of “Threads Moderation Failures” is trending. Some users complain their accounts are being deleted or restricted for linking to articles with controversial topics. Instagram and Threads boss Adam Mosseri is directly replying to some complaints and said he’s “looking into it.” And I’m one of many people who’s had their account deleted for allegedly being a child — which I am not. Moderation is a perennial problem on social media, but based on social media posts and The Verge staff’s own experiences, Meta is currently banning and restricting users on a hair trigger. One of my colleagues was locked out of her account briefly this week after joking that she “wanted to die” because of a heatwave. Others, like Jorge...

The mystery of a ghoulish 23-year-old auction has finally been solved and the answer is a harsh lesson in how disinformation spreads.

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Sarasota, Florida, around 8:30 pm Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 storm with up to 120 mph winds. The storm — and the many tornadoes it spawned — left more than 3 million Floridians without power. Several fatalities have been reported so far. As of Thursday morning, Milton was still a Category 1 storm just off the east coast of Florida, though it’s expected to weaken later today as it moves farther offshore. Milton struck parts of Florida still reeling from Hurricane Helene, which devastated the US Southeast less than two weeks ago. Helene left Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia to battle with record storm surge, wind damage, and catastrophic flooding. Over 230 people were killed across the six states and millions of homes and businesses were left without power.  The monstrous storms follow a summer lull in what’s been projected to be an especially active hurricane season, which could extend through November.  Follow here for the latest news and updates.

It has been a billboard week for artificial intelligence research. But could big wins for Demis Hassabis and Geoffrey Hinton change broader scientific incentives?

Sure, it’s not the Switch 2, but it’s a fun new Nintendo gadget.

Tinyyyyyyy.

Forget walking and grab this scooter for less than $400 to get from point A to point B a little faster.

The windows dim, and the rear seats turn around to face a wall-to-wall display at the back. The concept vehicle clearly shows the growing EV ambitions of Sharp's parent company, Foxconn.

Tonight marks the conclusion of Prime Day, and Amazon is making a concerted effort to slash prices across a wide array of products. With the countdown underway, shoppers are encouraged to seize these fantastic deals before they vanish at midnight. Here's our Top 12 for the day.

Dan Riccio, a longtime Apple executive formerly in charge of hardware, is retiring from the company this month, Bloomberg reports. Riccio has been with Apple for 26 years. Before becoming the SVP of hardware engineering in 2012, he led the company’s iPad division. As the company's hardware head, he oversaw some of the company’s most successful products, including the AirPods and large iPhones, as Bloomberg notes. He also headed up projects such as the Apple Car, which never came to be, and the Vision Pro, which has struggled to gain much of a foothold. He was replaced as SVP of hardware engineering by John Ternus in 2021. At the time, he was said to be taking over an unspecified “new project” that ultimately turned out to be the...

Amazon's massive sale ends today and the WIRED Reviews team is working in shifts to bring you the best deals on products we've tested and tracked.

If you have an iPad or MacBook on your wish list—or maybe you want a case for your new iPhone 16—we have the best Prime Day Apple deals here.