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PS6: If you thought PS5 Pro price was bad, wait ’til you hear the price estimate for the next-gen console

Sony might make PS6 — PlayStation's next-gen console — very expensive at launch.

In a chat with GamesBeat, multiple prominent games industry analysts, including Circana's Mat Piscatella and Midia Research's Rhys Elliott, expect a theoretical PlayStation 6 to cost around $600, whenever it comes out, though that likely won't be anytime soon.

Sony is about to release the $700 PS5 Pro in November, and these analysts believe the huge price tag on that mid-generation update console is a sort of...

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Amazon Fire tablets are already up to 54% off ahead of October Prime Day

A tablet is the perfect middle ground between a smartphone and a laptop. If your current tablet is slowing down, doesn't keep a charge, or lacks in display quality, today is a great day to look into a new Amazon Fire tablet. Here are some early Prime Big Deal Days deals that'll take up to 54% off the list price.

Fire tablet deals to shop today Best overall deal ...

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Set the mood this season with an Echo Pop and smart bulb for 58% off

SAVE $34.99: As of Sept. 20, get the Amazon Echo Pop with Sengled Smart Color Bulb bundle for just $24.99. That's a discount of 58%.

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If you have an Anker product, stop right now — 3 are being recalled due to fire risk

Owners of three particular Anker products need to stop using them right away.

The portable battery maker issued a recall notice this week due to potential battery fire hazards in a few of its products. While Anker's recall notice noted that this problem should only affect a relatively small batch of batteries (i.e., those that were manufactured between Jan. 3 and Sept. 17 of this year), it's still recalling every unit it has sold.

The three Anker products that are being recalled are as...

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Our favorite smart lock is on sale at Target — plus more of the best smart home deals

The best smart home deals at Target at a glance: BEST SMART SECURITY DEAL Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro 6-in-1 (WiFi) $144.49 at Target (save $35.50 with Target...

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October Prime Day is almost here — check out the best Apple deals you can snag ahead of the event

Best early Apple deals ahead of October Prime Day Best MacBook deal Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M3, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $929 at Amazon (save $170) ...

The Verge

Ash Parrish

Twitch introduces new depreciating strike program

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge

Twitch is changing the way it enforces its community guidelines. In an announcement posted on its website, Twitch said that it will introduce a new enforcement strategy in which strikes for certain offenses will depreciate over time, users will receive more information regarding their strikes, and users will be able to take educational courses to reduce the severity of enforcement actions. In an interview with The Verge, Rob Lewington,...

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Sheena Vasani

The best deals you can get ahead of Amazon’s October Prime Day sale

The Echo Hub offers an easy way for the whole household to control smart home gadgets, including the tech-averse. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

In case you missed the news, Amazon recently announced a second Prime Day event for the fall. The two-day deal blitz, dubbed Prime Big Deal Days once again, will run from October 8th through the 9th, offering Prime subscribers a chance to save on all sorts of tech ahead of Black Friday. It’s still a few weeks away, but in...

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Jason Parham

The Shade Room Founder Is Ready to Dial Down the Shade

Angie Nwandu dishes on Diddy, Donald Trump, the responsibility of the Black press, and what it takes to build a lasting media empire.

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Nick Corasaniti and Johnny Kauffman

Georgia Election Board Orders Hand-Counting of Ballots

Critics say the move could significantly delay the reporting of results in the battleground state and inject chaos into the post-election period.

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Patrick Kingsley

Israel’s Attacks on Hezbollah Have Intensified but Stop Short of All-Out War

Israel is attempting a risky strategy, increasing the intensity of its attacks in an attempt to force Hezbollah to back down, while raising the chances of an aggressive response that devolves into a land war.

The Verge

Umar Shakir

Lotus Theory 1 is a high-powered electric sports car with haptics and robot textiles

Sadly, Theory 1 isn’t going into production. | Image: Lotus

Lotus revealed its new Theory 1 electric sports car, a concept that the automaker says “embodies the future of intelligent performance vehicles.”

It’s a visual aid for Lotus’ new Digital, Natural, and Analogue (DNA — get it?) design principles on which it plans to base its performance vehicles for the modern era.

Theory 1 features Lotus’ new “Lotuswear” interior that promises an immersive and personalized...

The Verge

Tom Warren

Microsoft’s Copilot key will be able to launch apps on Windows 11 soon

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Microsoft is planning to allow Windows 11 users to customize the Copilot key that has started shipping on new laptops and keyboards. The Copilot key is configured as default to launch Microsoft’s Copilot app on Windows 11, but the company is now testing the ability to use it to launch other apps instead.

A new beta build of Windows 11 includes the customization changes, available for testers today. “You can choose to have the Copilot key launch an app that is MSIX...

The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

8BitDo now sells the NES-themed keycaps from its retro keyboard

8BitDo’s Retro Keycaps include options for both ANSI and ISO layouts. | Image: 8BitDo

8BitDo is now selling a set of keycaps featuring the same Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) inspired design as those used on the Retro Mechanical Keyboard it debuted last July. While the keyboard is now available in four styles including Commodore 64 and Famicom designs, only the NES style keycaps are currently available on their own.

The $49.99 8BitDo Retro Keycaps set includes 165 PBT keys with...

The Verge

Victoria Song

Wear OS watches might soon have an edge when it comes to blood oxygen

Masimo is keen to offer its expertise to Wear OS smartwatch makers for biosensing tech. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Last week, medical device maker Masimo announced new deals with Google and Qualcomm to bring its biosensing tech to Wear OS smartwatches. That’s pretty inside baseball for the wearable industry, but it takes an interesting turn when you realize Masimo is also the reason why the new Apple Watch Series 10 doesn’t have blood oxygen features in the U.S....

Fast Company

Eve Upton-Clark

‘Skinny girl’ videos are invading social media. Health experts are concerned

Influencers like Liv Schmidt built followings by sharing weight loss tips that critics say are unhealthy and unhelpful.

Across social media, influencers who have amassed large followings by sharing weight-related tips and promoting “skinny” lifestyles. One of the most controversial, Liv Schmidt, built a community of 670,000 working women by posting videos of her “skinny girl essentials.” Her content included weight loss tips, including “how to avoid the freshman 15” and “how...

Fast Company

Jessica Bursztynsky

How to prepare for the coming quantum leap

Companies and educators need to start preparing now for quantum computing’s place as a disruptor in the marketplace, panelists said at the Fast Company Innovation Festival.

Companies and educators need to start preparing now for quantum computing’s place as a disruptor in the marketplace, or risk falling behind the rapid pace of innovation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Martin A. Schmidt said during a panel at the Fast Company Innovation Festival.

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Civil rights groups urge Fortune 1000 companies to keep DEI programs

The civil rights groups included the NAACP, the National Organization for Women, and others.

A broad group of civil rights organizations called on the CEOs and board members of major companies Thursday to maintain their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have come under attack online and in lawsuits.

Fast Company

Jennifer Mattson

Nuclear plant Three Mile Island is reopening to power Microsoft AI’s growing energy demands

A new deal will have the site of the worst nuclear meltdown in American history power Microsoft’s data centers for the next 20 years.

Microsoft is going nuclear. Nuclear power, that is.

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