Blackmagic’s Vision Pro immersive camera can be yours for only $29,995 Blackmagic has announced that its URSA Cine Immersive commercial camera for shooting high-quality 3D immersive video is now available to preorder “direct from Blackmagic Design Offices,” with the first deliveries going out in early 2025. The camera, which could enable more immersive content for the Vision Pro, costs $29,995 — or a mere 8.6 Visio…

You can now buy this nostalgic Game Boy Advance clone The Anbernic RG34XX is now available in four colors, including transparent red and green options. | Image: AnbernicAnbernic’s latest handheld, which upgrades the design of Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance with a larger screen, extra buttons, and the ability to play games through emulation, is now available. The RG34XX can be ordered through Anbernic’…

Chuck Schumer wants answers after another weekend of drone chaos Sen. Chuck Schumer during a December 15th press conference. | Screenshot: NBC NewsSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has asked the Department of Homeland Security to provide New York and New Jersey authorities with an advanced drone detection system to help “determine what the heck is going on” with continued sightings in the Northeast….

Sony’s noise-canceling WF-1000XM5 are cheaper than they were on Black Friday Sony’s XM5 deliver impressive noise cancellation, sound, and comfort. | Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeThe holiday season is a time of celebration, but it can also be chaotic. With all the parties, travel, and family obligations, it’s difficult to carve out time to recharge. That’s why noise-canceling earbuds like Sony’s WF-1000XM5 are so helpf…

YouTube is testing creator voice replies Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe next time you comment on a YouTube video, you could hear its creator’s voice respond to you. YouTube says it’s testing out a feature with a “small number” of creators that lets them record an audio reply to comments on their videos. YouTube says it hopes this experiment “enables more meaningful relatio…

Instagram will let you recap 2024 with a collage for your story Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The VergeInstagram will now let you showcase your favorite moments from 2024 by adding a collage to your story. The new feature, which is only available through the first week of January, lets you combine a bunch of pictures from throughout the year and share them with friends. You can currently only create colla…

Meta rolls out live AI, live translations, and Shazam to its smart glasses More AI features are rolling out to the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeMeta just announced three new features are rolling out to its Ray-Ban smart glasses: live AI, live translations, and Shazam. Both live AI and live translation are limited to members of Meta’s Early Access Program, while Shazam support…

Google’s Whisk AI generator will ‘remix’ the pictures you plug in An AI-generated image I made in Whisk using Google’s suggested images as prompts. | Image: Google via WhiskGoogle has announced a new AI tool called Whisk that lets you generate images using other images as prompts instead of requiring a long text prompt. With Whisk, you can offer images to suggest what you’d like as the subject, the scene, and …

Snapchat is overhauling how influencers earn money on the platform Illustration: Alex Castro / The VergeSnapchat is tweaking how people earn money on the platform by introducing a new, unified monetization program. The new program will cover content posted to Stories as well as Spotlight, the platform’s TikTok-like discovery feed filled with recommended video content. Under the program, influencers earn revenue…

Silo will end with season 4 on Apple TV Plus Image: AppleThe end of the end of the world is now in sight. Apple just announced that its post-apocalyptic series Silo, which is in the midst of its second season, has been renewed for two more seasons. That means that season 4 will be the show’s last. Silo first debuted in 2023, and it tells the story of the remnants of humanity, who live in a…

Eufy’s new $70 security cam captures color footage at night Eufy’s new Indoor Cam E30 can sit on a table or be mounted to walls and ceilings, but you’ll need to run a power cable. | Image: EufyEufy has announced a new security camera, the Indoor Cam E30. The camera updates an older model released in 2020 with 4K video recording capabilities and an added spotlight that adds color capture to its typical ni…

Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI chip race, Intel, and what Trump means for tech Image: The Verge; Photo: Hollie Adams / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe head of the ubiquitous chip design firm on the ‘breathtaking’ pace of AI.  Read the full story at The Verge.

As robotaxi companies stumble in the US, China’s fleet is growing Photo by Jia Tianyong / China News Service / VCG via Getty ImagesThe same day that General Motors announced that it would stop funding its beleaguered robotaxi company Cruise, one of China’s leading autonomous vehicle operators made a different sort of announcement. Pony.ai said it would expand its robotaxi fleet from about 250 to at least 1,00…

Amazon Teamsters in NYC have voted to authorize a strike Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeWorkers at a Staten Island, New York Amazon warehouse voted on Friday to authorize a strike if the company doesn’t agree to set dates for contract negotiations. The workers are asking Amazon to recognize the union and bargain for safer working conditions and better wages, threatening the possibility of a st…

T-Mobile is looking for Starlink satellite-to-cell beta testers Image: The VergeT-Mobile is letting customers sign up to be the first to test its upcoming Starlink satellite direct-cell service, which promises to fill in 500,000 square miles of terrestrial cell tower dead zones in the US. The company created a new registration page where people can sign up for free, and testing will begin “early next year.” …

Europe’s Starlink competitor is go A Starlink terminal in the wild. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The VergeThe EU has signed a deal for its IRIS² constellation of 290 communication satellites that will operate in both medium and low-earth orbit. The Starlink rival will provide secure connectivity to governmental users as well as private companies and European citizens, and bring hig…

This mod turns the PSP into a tiny PS2 with Bluetooth controller support The PS Placeable makes the PSP into a tiny PS2. | Image: Retro Mod WorksWhat if you could turn a PSP with a broken screen into a miniature PS2, connect a Bluetooth controller to it, and play PSP games on your TV? That’s the idea behind Retro Mod Works’ PS Placeable, a mod that “consolizes” the PSP and was featured yesterday in a video from the Y…

Instagram’s head says social media needs more context because of AI Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeIn a series of Threads posts this afternoon, Instagram head Adam Mosseri says users shouldn’t trust images they see online because AI is “clearly producing” content that’s easily mistaken for reality. Because of that, he says users should consider the source, and social platforms should help with that. “Ou…

2025 in tech: who’s in and who’s out Image: Alex Parkin / The VergeHello! I’m here from the future. And I have some news. 12 months from now, all the Big Tech CEOs are still in their jobs, everybody’s using folding phones, Apple made a TV, and Nvidia is the most valuable company in the history of the universe. Wild year, huh? Or maybe not? It’s hard to remember. Time travel messes …

Apple’s foldable iPad could be like ‘two iPad Pros side-by-side’ Don’t you just want to bend this right in half? | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeApple hopes to release a foldable 18.8-inch creaseless iPad by about 2028, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes in today’s Power On newsletter. The company’s industrial design group has reportedly managed to create prototypes of this device that “have a nearly…