The Beats Studio Pro are once again $100 off (in all color options) Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeThe most recent crop of Beats headphones and earbuds just can’t stop going on sale. Once again, since their release in July, the Beats Studio Pro noise-canceling headphones are on sale for $249.95 ($100 off) at Woot. Beats’ latest wireless cans may look a lot like many of the company’s prior ones, but the Studio …

FEMA’s national emergency alert test rings phones, TVs, and radios on Wednesday A sample of what the message may look like. | Image: FEMAFEMA and the FCC are conducting a dual test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on Wednesday at about 2:20PM ET. The tests will appear on all consumer cellphones in either English or Spanish, depending on the language you have set, as well as radios and …

This giant, next-generation satellite is now one of the brightest objects in the night sky AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite is 693 square feet in size. | Image: AST Mobile via Business WireThe enormous, next-generation communications satellite BlueWalker 3 has become one of the brightest objects visible in the night sky, according to new research published today in the journal Nature. While BlueWalker 3 is groundbreaking …

Someone already unboxed the Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro The Pixel 8 Pro unboxing video shows off a matte black backing and a black camera bar. | Image: PBKreviews via YouTubeThe Pixel 8 launch event is just days away, but someone has already gotten their hands on Google’s upcoming smartphones. In a pair of unboxing videos posted to YouTube by PBKreviews (via 9to5Google), you can see the packaging for…

Beyoncé’s Renaissance film is the next movie theater blockbuster Artwork for Beyoncé’s Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé. | Image: BeyoncéBeyoncé is bringing her Renaissance tour to theaters, making her the second pop superstar this season to turn a blockbuster concert into a moviegoing experience. Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé will hit theaters across the US, Canada, and Mexico on December 1st — AMC, Cinemark,…

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried is on trial for fraud and conspiracy Photo illustration by Cath Virgina / The VergeThe trial could have huge implications for the crypto industry. Stay up to date as The Verge covers the trial from the Manhattan court. Continue reading…

Google Pixel event: how to watch and what to expect Image: GoogleGoogle is gearing up to launch a new lineup of Pixel products during its upcoming Made by Google event. Even though Google has already said that it will reveal the Pixel 8 alongside the updated Pixel Watch 2, it may have some other surprises in store. If you’re interested in watching the event, here’s when and where you can tune in …

Chromebook Plus is Google’s new certification for premium Chromebooks This is the Lenovo Flex 5i Chromebook Plus.Google has introduced Chromebook Plus, a new certification that’s meant to help shoppers identify high-quality Chromebooks to buy. Much like Intel’s Evo program for Windows PCs, the Chromebook Plus branding will be awarded to laptops that meet a set of minimum requirements. The idea is that even a shopp…

Tesla produced over 430,000 vehicles in the third quarter of 2023 Photo by Costfoto / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesTesla produced 430,488 vehicles in the third quarter of 2023, a 10 percent drop from the previous quarter but a 25 percent year-over-year increase for the company. Tesla attributed the sequential drop in production to “planned downtimes for factory upgrades.” During a recent earnings call, Tesla CEO …

Who wins when telehealth companies push weight loss drugs? Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The VergeWhen I contacted a telehealth provider for Ozempic, I got exactly what I asked for. Continue reading…

Nobel Prize awarded to duo who made rapid covid vaccines possible Katalin Karikó (left) and Drew Weissman’s (right) research into mRNA was used to develop covid-19 vaccinations. | Image: Nobel PrizeAmerican scientists Katalin Karikó (a Hungarian-born biochemist) and Drew Weissman (an immunologist and professor of vaccine research) have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research o…

Netflix’s Leave the World Behind is a tense post-apocalyptic thriller in first trailer Image: NetflixThe latest end-of-the-world movie coming to Netflix has some serious star power. Leave the World Behind — based on the book of the same name by Rumaan Alam — is helmed by Mr. Robot’s Sam Esmail and stars Mahershala Ali, Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Kevin Bacon. It’s a post-apocalyptic thriller with a decidedly intense vibe, whic…

Tesla missed its Q3 target for the Cybertruck delivery event Tesla CEO Elon Musk alongside the Cybertruck at its 2019 launch event. | Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP via Getty ImagesTesla didn’t end up holding a delivery event for its Cybertruck in the third quarter of 2023 as CEO Elon Musk had hoped. “We’re anticipating having delivery event, a great delivery event probably in Q3,” Musk said in the …

Microsoft Lists is now available for everyone on iOS, Android, and the web Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft’s task management app, Microsoft Lists, is now available for everyone to use. Launched in 2020, Microsoft Lists was originally limited to just business and enterprise users, before a limited preview for consumers last year. Microsoft is now letting anyone with a Microsoft Account access this free version of Microsoft Li…

Tesla rolls out an updated Model Y in China but keeps the same starting price The new Model Y for China looks a lot like the old one. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The VergeTesla’s China arm announced in a WeChat post Sunday morning that it released a new Model Y with design and performance tweaks that keeps the same starting price as before (via Reuters). The new car follows the company’s release of the revamped “Highland” …

Apple plans to upgrade the App Store’s search engine, and it might not stop there Illustration: The VergeApple will soon bring its powerful internal search engine to the App Store and other apps, as Mark Gurman reports in this week’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg. Apple debuted upgrades to its Spotlight search feature in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, letting users search there for web results, details from apps, documents, and mu…

A leaked Google ‘Switch to Pixel’ ad highlights Pixel 8 AI features A leaked Pixel 8 “Switch to Pixel” ad posted to X by Arséne Lupin highlights Google’s AI features, including Best Take, which lets you swap faces into an image from other pictures (via 9to5Google). Google’s Pixel event is just around the corner on October 4th, but there’s seemingly very little we don’t already know about the phone, considering t…

The Pixel Watch exceeded expectations — now it needs to be as good as Samsung The Pixel Watch 2 is a golden opportunity for Google to prove it’s serious about wearables. | Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeAfter I reviewed the Pixel Watch last year, skeptics kept asking me the same questions over and over again: Do you think Google’s actually going to keep this thing going? Do you think it’s going to ax the…

Hong Sangsoo’s new movies are losing focus Courtesy of Cinema GuildRecently, we’ve been gifted two new works by Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo each year. He loves a small movie, usually comfortably under the 90-minute mark, and a scope that might encompass a novella or even a short story. I personally find them kind of hit or miss. Not to say Hong is inconsistent. In fact, it is remarkable h…

The best Google alternative I’ve tried yet Image: William Joel / The VergeHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 8, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, first of all, hi, hello, welcome, and second of all, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve spent an alarming amount of my free time playing EA Sports FC 24…