Retro Remake opens preorders for its PS One FPGA clone The SuperStation One comes in three colors, including translucent blue. | Image: Retro RemakeRetro Remake’s Taki Udon announced last night that preorders had opened for the SuperStation One, a clone of the PS One variant of the original PlayStation. The $149.99 Founders Edition preorders are sold out already, but you can still preorder the stand…

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New ‘HomePod’ Hub With 7-Inch Screen on Track to Launch This Year Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today said that a new HomePod-like smart home hub with a 7-inch screen remains on track to launch in 2025. A conceptual render of Apple’s rumored smart home hub Gurman believes the home hub will be “Apple’s most significant release of the year,” as it represents the company’s “first step toward a bigger role in the smart…

Netflix won the streaming wars, and we’re all about to pay for it Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeWhenever Netflix raises its prices — which seems to happen roughly as often as Ben Affleck falls in love with an A-list celebrity — the company always gives the same reason. It needs the extra money, you see, in order to keep investing in the kind of programming and product its 302 million subscribers dema…

Are you actually full-time on your ecommerce? If yes, in what market are you in? Kinda curios, i an trying my best of transforming if in fulltime Also,. Inspiring background stories are welcome! submitted by /u/Popular-Hospital-894

Do you have brand ‘ambassadors’ with your ecom shop? Hey all, I’ve been toying with the idea of getting customers onboard as brand ambassadors for my mainly ecom business. I can very easily get as many as I would like, as my brand is quite loved and as far as social media goes, very engaged. (15k Insta followers, anywhere from 2-5k likes per post, purely organic) 1) Have you done this with your …

Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube Shorts Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on other short-form video apps, including TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, CNBC has learned.

Using Insta Doodle to offer whiteboard videos to businesses I recently bought Insta Doodle to make a whiteboard explanation video for a sales page that I was creating for a client. I’d normally outsource those videos from Fiverr but Insta Doodle is essentially the same price, so the cost is just the time investment, which is minimal. It sort of saves time because you can build exactly what you have in mi…

✨Need Honest Feedback on My Beauty Tech Brand and Website Hey guys, I recently launched my beauty tech brand, Nefra, at the start of the year. It’s inspired by the elegance and innovation of ancient Egyptian beauty rituals, and we’re targeting the UK market. I’ve been running Meta ads for the past three days, but I’d love to get some fresh eyes on our website. What do you think about the design, user e…

Remove WordPress Login Page I’m building out a wholesale site using Hostinger > WordPress > WholesaleX. When I tried to access my site there’s always a login / register page (not set up by me) and I can’t access any pages. How do I set my site to not require a log in? submitted by /u/ben_runs

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What handheld PCs should do to fight the Nintendo Switch 2 The Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeIt might be time for a more unified platform. Read the full story at The Verge.

The 2025 Android upgrade cycle has begun Image: David Pierce / The VergeHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 68, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you’re staying warm and sane, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Kieran Culkin and insomnia and the eBay for …

Live AI on Meta’s smart glasses is a solution looking for a problem It can feel magical when it works, but often Live AI feels more like Captain Obvious. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeLive AI is neat, but the problem is knowing when (and why) you’d want to use it. Read the full story at The Verge.

What Do You See As The Biggest Threats & Opportunities Of AI To The Ecom Game? There’s been a lot of AI news these last couple weeks. OpenAI showcased their operator agent and we’re now starting to see China step up with the release of DeepSeek. What changes do you think all these advancement will have on ecommerce in the medium to long term? submitted by /u/ttttransformer

Gurman: Apple Stores Receiving ‘Merchandise’ Updates Next Week Apple’s retail stores will be rolling out “merchandise/floor marketing updates” next week, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman did not explicitly say if the store updates are related to any upcoming product announcements, but he did mention that next week is around the time that Apple rolls out its annual Black Unity watch band for the…

AI Governance: How Do We Ensure Ethical Use as Systems Become More Autonomous? We well aware that AI becoming a bigger part of industries like healthcare, finance and customer service, there is a growing conversation about how we should be regulating it. While the EU is already working on the AI Act to regulate high-risk applications it feels like this is just the beginning. As AI systems start making more decisions on the…

Best place for help with WordPress > WooCommerce > WholesaleX I’m trying to get my wholesale site up and running, but I’m struggling – where’s the best place to get help? Ideally someone to finish the build for me. submitted by /u/ben_runs

How can I sell if my manufacturer is not listed on any marketplaces? The manufacturing I am interested is located in Greece and I want to sell it in Brazil. After a few emails traded I feel like my business partner is just lost as I am 😂 His last response said (just a fragment) “We must find a formula so you would calculate the weight and the shipping cost for Brazil. Then when you make an order you will make the…

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