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…

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…

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.

Fubo’s cheapest streaming plan is now $85 per month Image: FuboFubo has raised its English-language streaming plan prices by $5 each, with a Fubo spokesperson citing “rising costs from our programming partners,” reported The Streamable yesterday. Fubo’s Essential and Pro plans now start at $85 a month, while its Elite plan has gone up to $95 monthly. “We only make adjustments when necessary,” a …

Oracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesOracle and a group of investors that includes Microsoft are in talks to take over TikTok’s global operations, reports NPR. The deal, which the White House is reportedly negotiating, would see ByteDance keeping a minority stake in TikTok while “the app’s algorithm, data collection and software updates…

Razer Laptop Cooling Pad review: are you a fan? The $150 RGB laptop stand can keep any laptop cool, and on a few Razer Blade 16 gaming laptops, it can even improve 1080p performance. Read the full story at The Verge.

Lok Digital is a surreal puzzle game full of made-up words Image: Letibus Design and Icedrop GamesAt a glance, Lok Digital seems like another cute and clever word game, a perfect distraction to keep on your phone for idle moments. But look closer, and it’s clear something just isn’t right. Yes, it’s a game about creating words to fill out a puzzle board. Except those words aren’t actually real — and the…

Casio’s retro-looking step tracker is on sale for less than 40 bucks today It’s all about the vibes. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeThere are a lot — and I mean a LOT — of fitness trackers out there, many of which can provide a surprising amount of insight into your health and fitness. That being said, the bare-bones Casio WS-B1000, which is currently on sale at Amazon and Walmart for an all-time low of $…

Marvel Snap is coming back to app stores soon, says developer Image: Second DinnerMobile card game Marvel Snap is coming back to app stores, starting with Google Play. That’s according to Developer Second Dinner, which announced yesterday it was starting the process of restoring the game to Google’s Android app store at 6PM PT / 3PM ET that day. The developer said in another post it expects the game to ret…

The best indie games we’re playing right now Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeWatch this space to find some great indie games. Read the full story at The Verge.

All the news about Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeThe next generation of Nvidia GPUs is almost here. Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs are just around the corner, with the first releases — the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 — dropping on January 30th. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 will follow that with their own releases in February, but some are already getting a sneak peek at t…

Here are the best robot vacuum deals right now You don’t have to pay a lot for do-it-all robot vacuums like the SwitchBot S10. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The VergeWe’re in an age where you can realistically delegate tasks to smart hunks of metal, whether it’s a self-driving car or a robot that can clean on your behalf. Most of us probably won’t be able to afford the helpful sentien…

The $900 Ayaneo 3 is the most exciting PC handheld the company’s yet made Ayaneo builds the best-looking handheld PCs in the business, but they’ve always been boutique. The 2023 Ayaneo 2, for example, cost $1,300 for an arguably worse experience than the $400 Steam Deck. But that experience isn’t dampening my excitement for the new 7-inch Ayaneo 3. Not only does this one start at $900, within striking distance of the…

Windows 11 is getting colorful new battery icons that are easier to understand at a glance The battery icon in Windows 11 is getting a colorful update. | Image: MicrosoftMicrosoft is releasing a new Windows 11 Insider Preview Build today with some welcome improvements to the operating system’s battery icon – possibly sparing you the realization that you’ve chosen a dead outlet, or improperly plugged in your power adapter, or let your …

TikTok still isn’t in the App Store Image: The VergeNearly a week after it was removed, the TikTok app is still missing from Apple and Google’s app stores. The app was pulled from both stores after the US’ ban-or-divest law went into effect last weekend, which resulted in the service going dark within the United States. While TikTok came back online shortly after the ban, the app …

Elon Musk email to X staff: ‘we’re barely breaking even’ Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesEver since Elon Musk closed his deal to buy Twitter he’s claimed the company, now called X, is in “a very dire situation from a revenue standpoint.” Now, the Wall Street Journal reports that banks are preparing a coordinated move to sell off some of the $13 billion in debt they loaned Musk to financ…

Audi’s lifted Q6 E-tron Off-Road concept is ready for winter driving Looking like a true brute of an off-roader. | Image: AudiAudi has revealed a new dual-motor electric off-road vehicle concept based on the Q6 E-tron that looks ready for a snowpocalypse. The automaker built a working prototype that lifts the vehicle by 6.3 inches and widens it by 9.8 inches, giving it a stance that wouldn’t be out of place if it…

Apple makes a change to its AI team and plans Siri upgrades Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeApple is making an executive change to try and improve its AI efforts and Siri. Kim Vorrath, who recently helped get the Vision Pro software out the door and has been at Apple for 36 years, has been brought over to Apple’s artificial intelligence and machine learning division and will serve as a “top deputy” to AI…