Citizen suspends sales of its latest smartwatch Citizen is temporarily suspending sales of its CZ Smart watch. | Image: CitizenCitizen is temporarily suspending sales of its second-gen CZ Smart watch due to a “technical issue.” The Wear OS watch, which launched in May, had a feature based on tech from IBM’s Watson and NASA to track a person’s alertness. It appears the decision stems from nega…

Alphabet’s Wing partners with Walmart for drone deliveries in Dallas Image: WalmartWing, the drone delivery service owned by Alphabet, is teaming up with Walmart to offer deliveries in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. In an announcement on Thursday, Walmart says the partnership will allow the retailer to deliver to an additional 60,000 homes. In the coming weeks, Wing will start delivering out of a Walmart Superc…

Windows 11 will soon get a settings homepage that puts your most-used controls in one place Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeMicrosoft is getting closer to releasing a new settings homepage in Windows 11. In an update rolled out to Windows Insiders on the Beta Channel, Microsoft added a homepage with “interactive cards” that let you quickly jump into various settings, such as device personalization, Bluetooth controls, account re…

Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa is coming to the Code Conference Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa. | Image: Monarch TractorPraveen Penmetsa is bringing the AI craze to farms. His company, Monarch Tractor, makes an electric tractor powered by an Nvidia AI platform that allows the vehicle to drive itself through farm fields and work autonomously. The first machines rolled out of the company’s Livermore, Cal…

The Space Invaders AR game now lets you play without using AR Imagine this but not outside. | Image: GoogleGoogle and Taito have added a new “indoor mode” to their Space Invaders AR game, according to a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday. In this new mode for Space Invaders: World Defense, the game autopilots your ship through a pregenerated world so you can focus on using your thumb to shoot the ali…

For Native Hawaiian advocates, tech billionaires’ donations don’t go far enough In an aerial view, burned cars and homes are seen in a surrounding that was destroyed by a wildfire on August 18th, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.  | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesTech giants have accumulated vast properties across Hawaii while Native Hawaiian residents fight to keep their land. It’s a fight that’s heating up in the aftermat…

T-Mobile is laying off around 5,000 workers Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeT-Mobile is laying off “a little under” 7 percent of its workforce, affecting about 5,000 roles at the company. The move will mostly impact workers in corporate, back-office, and technology roles, with those in retail or customer care positions remaining unaffected. Other carriers, including AT&T and Veriz…

Google, Amazon, Nvidia, and others put $235 million into Hugging Face Illustration by William JoelOpen-source AI model repository Hugging Face just got massive investments from Google, Amazon, Nvidia, and Salesforce as demand for AI model access grows. Hugging Face, which acts like GitHub for machine learning and other AI models, codes, and datasets, raised $235 million in a Series D fundraising round, reported C…

Leak: Meta’s next Ray-Bans will stream video and let viewers whisper in your ear These are Meta’s old Ray-Ban Stories — not the new ones. | Photo by Amanda Lopez for The VergeHow will Meta convince you to buy its next Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses after a reported 90 percent of buyers abandoned them after purchase? Meta has a plan! The second-gen glasses will let you livestream video to viewers who can talk back to you. Tec…

How to clean your smartwatch If your smartwatch is stinky, it’s time to give it a quick clean. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeWhen was the last time you cleaned your smartwatch? These are devices you wear 24/7, and if you took off your watch right now, there’s a good chance you’d find dead skin, sweat, oil, and grime all over it. A gunky sensor array isn’t the be…

YouTube tests a new hum-to-search feature on Android Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeGoogle is testing a new YouTube feature that lets you hum or record a song to search for it. If you’re part of the YouTube experiment for the feature, you can hum or record three or more seconds of a song so that Google can try to identify it, according to a support page. Once YouTube identifies the song, …

Shein beat out its competitors — soon it could sell Forever 21 clothes Image: Getty ImagesA deal struck by Shein and Forever 21 could see the digital retailer and legacy fast-fashion brand converge online and in person. Shein, the biggest online retailer for womenswear, has acquired a third of Forever 21 operator SPARC Group, which also owns brands like Reebok, Brooks Brothers, and Eddie Bauer. As part of the deal…

Cherry is overhauling its classic mechanical keyboard switches Image: CherryIt’s a big day in the mechanical keyboard world. Cherry, the German manufacturer behind the ubiquitous Cherry MX, has announced a redesigned version of the switch called the Cherry MX2A that it says should feel smoother to press, sound quieter, and still be rated to survive millions of actuations. The new switch will be available to…

Fortnite’s next season has heists, Ahsoka, and a beefy fish Image: Epic GamesIt’s that time again: Epic Games is launching another major season of Fortnite on Friday, and a day ahead of the start of the season, the company debuted a cinematic trailer that hints at some of what you can expect. A big feature of this season appears to be heists. The trailer shows a band of Fortnite characters sneaking into…

Sony’s PlayStation division is acquiring headphone maker Audeze Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The VergeSony Interactive Entertainment, the division of Sony that’s responsible for PlayStation, is acquiring the high-end headphones maker Audeze, according to a press release. Sony says that “the acquisition will strengthen SIE’s efforts to continue innovating when it comes to the audio experience of PlayStati…

Baldur’s Gate 3 is coming to Xbox ‘this year’ Image: Larian StudiosThere’s a big subset of gamers that have not yet been able to experience the chaotic joy of Baldur’s Gate 3 — console players. While we know that BG3 is releasing on the PlayStation 5 on September 6th, Xbox players have had no idea when to expect the game to hit their console of choice. That situation got a little clearer w…

DOJ sues SpaceX for hiring discrimination A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2020. | Image: Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel / Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesThe US Department of Justice is suing Elon Musk’s SpaceX over allegations that it discriminated against asylees and refugees in hiring. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the DOJ claims from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX d…

Blink’s latest battery-powered camera now comes with person detection The fourth generation of Blink’s wireless outdoor camera adds person detection. | Image: Blink Amazon’s budget smart camera company Blink is bringing person detection to its flagship battery-powered camera. The Blink Outdoor 4 smart security camera also comes with a new design, upgraded image quality, and improved motion detection, while keeping…

As one Destiny 2 saga ends, Bungie prepares for the future Image: BungieDestiny 2: Lightfall was unusual for Bungie. The now Sony-owned studio hyped up Lightfall as the beginning stages of the biggest light vs. darkness battle we’ve ever seen. “The battle begins here and now,” said Commander Zavala in an epic launch trailer. The in-game reality felt, for many, like the story writing was lackluster. Even…

The Apple Watch Ultra is $100 off with a couple colorful strap options The jumbo-sized Ultra is the battery champ of the Apple Watch line, lasting up to two days with average use. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeWe’re inching closer to September’s Apple event, and along with a rumored iPhone 15 lineup, we’re likely to see a new Apple Watch. There are some rumors of a new model and color option for the …