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I called the MSI Claw an embarrassment, so imagine my surprise: its successor is the best Windows handheld yet

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. I wrote that no one should buy MSI and Intel’s original handheld gaming PC. I literally called it an embarrassment, and the company blacklisted me after that. MSI stopped pitching me news, and stopped answering my emails, even after the company began to

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I tested the Pixel 10’s charging with Google’s own 67W brick, and it’s still disappointingly slow

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google’s Pixel series has, to be blunt, always been pretty slow to charge. Even the Pixel 9 Pro XL’s boost to 37W (about 35W effective) still left the phone taking a sluggish 77 minutes to reach full, while the regular 26W capabilities of the Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro left last year’s users waiting about 85 minutes. Nothing has changed for the better with the new Pixel 10 series. In fact, after testing Google’s latest flagships with the company’s new 67W USB-C c

The first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 phones could have ridiculously big batteries

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR A new Xiaomi 16 series leak suggests major battery upgrades across the board. This varies from 7,000mAh for the compact Xiaomi 16 all the way to 7,500mAh for the purported Xiaomi 16 Pro Max. These will be the first phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (or Gen 2) processors. Xiaomi will be the first Android brand to offer phones with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (or Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2) processor. However, it looks like all three of these upcoming

Solid-state power banks are ready to keep you juiced — without burning all your stuff

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR BMX is bringing solid-state tech to battery packs with a 5,000mAh and 10,000mAh solution. Solid-state construction allows these batteries to take serious damage and keep right on running. Magnetic Qi charging also makes them perfect for pairing with a new Pixel 10. Lithium-ion batteries have been an utter game-changer for mobile devices, making possible everything from our smartphones to practical electric cars. But for all the power they can offer,

The best Windows laptops of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

Over the past year, we've seen no shortage of impressive new Windows laptops, from thin and light Copilot+ PCs like Microsoft's Surface Laptop to powerful business devices like HP's EliteBook X G1a. Windows machines are thinner, lighter, and run cooler than ever. There's also fantastic battery life on devices like the Surface Laptop and ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition. Also: The best laptops of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed We've gone hands-on with dozens of new Windows laptops, evaluating portabi

The tiny iOS 26 update that made a big difference for me

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Apple increased the size of its timer and alarm buttons on iOS 26. The update makes it easier to dismiss them. Not every software update needs to be flashy to be helpful. I'm waking up at the crack of dawn, after a shoddy night of sleep. My iPhone alarm and its ever-strong siren song blare as it shakes me from my slumber. At this point, I'll do anything to turn that wretched sound off as quickly

RFK Jr. says COVID shots still available to all as cancer patients denied access

US health secretary and ardent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday amid turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and widespread chaos over access to COVID-19 vaccines. In the combative three-hour hearing, Kennedy defended his dramatic firing of the CDC director last week, less than a month after her confirmation, which he effusively supported. Today, he repeatedly called her a liar and made the extraordinary claim tha

These cool earbuds bring crazy translation smarts for your travels

Supplied by Timekettle TL;DR Timekettle has launched the W4 translation earbuds. These earbuds offer a more conventional earbud design but still offer real-time translation and automatic mode switching. The earbuds go on sale today for $349. Timekettle has made a name for itself thanks to its translation earbuds. Its recent W4 Pro earbuds automatically translate dozens of languages during speech and calls. Now, the company has announced a new pair of buds. The Timekettle W4 AI Interpreter E

Building Supabase-Like OAuth Authentication for MCP Servers

I am Jakob, an Engineer at Hypr MCP, where we help companies connect their internal applications to LLM-based workflows with the power of MCP servers. Join our waitlist or book a demo to learn more. In this blog post, I want to show you how and why we built an MCP Server Gateway that acts as a reverse proxy for one or more upstream MCP servers while adding support for the authorization framework provided by the MCP specification. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emerged as the de-facto stan

I Tried the Lenovo Legion Go 2 Gaming Handheld. It's a Big Upgrade With a Bigger Price

It's been two years since Lenovo released the Legion Go gaming handheld. It was big and heavy, sure, but it also had poor battery life, really loud fans and was saddled with Windows 11. To be fair, it was one of the first of the recent crop of Windows gaming handhelds, and the competition hasn't exactly been exceedingly better. We may be turning a corner, though, with the Legion Go S earlier this year, the upcoming Asus ROG Xbox Ally and now, the Legion Go 2. Expected to arrive in October, with

Timekettle’s new translation earbuds are made for sharing

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Timekettle has announced a new pair of real-time translation headphones called the W4 AI Interpreter Earbuds. They use bone conduction technology that helps improve accuracy in loud environments. Available now for $349 in navy blue and sandy gold color optio

Classic 8×8-pixel B&W Mac patterns

TL;DR: I made a website for the original classic Mac patterns I was working on something and thought it would be fun to use one of the classic Mac black-and-white patterns in the project. I'm talking about the original 8×8-pixel ones that were in the original Control Panel for setting the desktop background and in MacPaint as fill patterns. Screenshots via to Marcin's awesome interactive history I figured there'd must be clean, pixel-perfect GIFs or PNGs of them somewhere on the web. And perh

Finally, You Can Cuddle With a Cute Camera-Clad AI Robot That Feels Jealousy

Lots of people had stuffed animals when they were little. My personal favorite was a teddy bear in army fatigues, named—you guessed it—Army Bear. Fidel Castro was already taken, unfortunately. As much as I loved Army Bear, I remember thinking, “This would be so much more adorable with an on-device LLM designed to understand cloud-free natural language prompts and enable object recognition via computer vision.” And finally, almost 30 years later, SwitchBot has answered my very real and not-at-all

24 of the Best Gifts Under $150 for 2025

If you're looking to gift an affordable outdoor camera that doesn't require frequent battery replacements, the Blink Outdoor 4 is a great option. CNET's Tyler Lacoma says, "From the 1080p resolution and Alexa support to the two-way audio and motion detection, the Outdoor 4 does a little of everything in a compact, weather-resistant design. But where it really shines is that extended battery life." The handy Blink app also lets you check battery status -- a lifesaver, since you’ll probably forge

My Blink Outdoor Camera Ran for Over a Year Without a Recharge. It’s Still One of My Smartest Buys

The Blink Outdoor 4 security camera typically costs around $100. Right now, you can get a two-pack for $180, which is still a solid value for a wireless setup that doesn’t require constant recharging. CNET's key takeaways The Blink's Outdoor 4 security camera comes with lithium AA batteries that lasted me well over a year, unlike competitor cameras that need frequent recharging as often as every month. The Blink Outdoor 4 is one of the more affordable cams, at about $100, and it can often be

AI logistics startup Augment, from Deliverr’s founder, raises massive $85M Series A

Having built and sold e-commerce shipping startup Deliverr to Shopify for $2.1 billion in 2022, co-founder and CEO Harish Abbott knows the logistics industry well. Abbott felt that many manual tasks in logistics could be automated using AI. That’s why last year he launched Augment which offers an AI assistant called ‘Augie’ that can take over tedious and repetitive work performed by freight shippers, carriers and brokers. On Thursday, Augment announced that it raised an $85 million Series A le

Why it’s so hard to make a ‘safer’ football helmet

When players take the field at the start of the NFL season, many will be sporting the new, subtly different F7 Pro helmet, which some have speculated might be the safest one football has ever seen. That’s significant for a sport that, over the past two decades, has become as well known for concussions as end zone celebrations. Schutt Sports, which makes the F7 Pro, claims that 35 percent of active NFL athletes have already adopted the helmet. Football is a sport with a traditionalist bent, part

You can now attach 10,000 character blogs to your Threads posts

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Meta is adding a new feature to let you add a bunch of extra text to Threads posts — no screenshots of text blocks required. Starting today, Meta is rolling out a tool that lets you attach up to 10,000 characters of text to Threads posts, giving you a way to build upon the 500-characte

If you’re upgrading wireless router, look for this brand new standard

If you’re planning to replace your wireless router with a new one and you have a smart home, there’s a new certification you’re going to want … When your home Wi-Fi router is more than a few years old, one of the best moves you can make when it comes to improving your connection and improving the reliability of your smart home products is to upgrade to a more modern model. For smart homes, you’ll want to check your planned purchase comes with a brand new certification: Wi-Fi for Matter. That’s

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6 browser-based attacks all security teams should be ready for in 2025

What security teams need to know about the browser-based attack techniques that are the leading cause of breaches in 2025. “The browser is the new battleground.” “The browser is the new endpoint”. These are statements you’ll run into time and again as you read articles on websites like this one. But what does this actually mean from a security perspective? In this article, we’ll explore what security teams are trying to stop attackers from doing in the browser, breaking down what a “browser-b

The best stuff announced at IFA so far

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. The doors to IFA 2025 at Messe Berlin don’t officially open to the public until tomorrow, but several companies have already announced new gadgets, tech, features, and upgrades as Europe’s largest consumer tech show gets underway. There’s a lot of news to stay on top of, and if you’re struggling to ingest it all, here are some of the best announ

World’s first sodium-ion portable power station is ready for extreme cold

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Bluetti’s at IFA 2025 with the world’s first portable power station built around a sodium-ion battery, and a second, slim unit designed to mount next to the fridge to keep it running during a blackout. The Pioneer Na (get it? Na = sodium) is covere

Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself

Brioches and Knife, Eliot Hodgkin, 08/1961 1. When people talk about the value of paying attention and slowing down, they often make it sound prudish and monk-like. Attention is something we “have to protect.” And we have to “pay” attention—like a tribute. But we shouldn’t forget how interesting and overpoweringly pleasurable sustained attention can be. Slowing down makes reality vivid, strange, and hot. Let me start with the most obvious example. As anyone who has had good sex knows, susta

24 of the Best Gifts Under $100 for 2025

If you're looking to gift an affordable outdoor camera that doesn't require frequent battery replacements, the Blink Outdoor 4 is a great option. CNET's Tyler Lacoma says, "From the 1080p resolution and Alexa support to the two-way audio and motion detection, the Outdoor 4 does a little of everything in a compact, weather-resistant design. But where it really shines is that extended battery life." The handy Blink app also lets you check battery status -- a lifesaver, since you’ll probably forge

The newest Samsung SmartThings hub ditches Z-Wave

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Aeotec announced its Smart Home Hub 2 at the IFA tech show this week, marking the end of an era. The hub, produced in partnership with Samsung, is the fourth generation to support the SmartThings home automation platform, and the firs

My 5 simple tricks to extend iPhone battery life when traveling (including older models)

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. My wife and I like to travel, both in the US and abroad. Naturally, we always take our iPhones with us to snap photos and videos, search for directions, and stay in touch with other people. But when you use your phone all day with no available AC outlets, keeping your battery charge alive can be difficult. As I've trekked to various spots, I've tried different tricks and techniques to prevent the battery from c

New knot theory discovery overturns long-held mathematical assumption

Scanning the crowd at a fancy soiree may reveal a wide array of neckties, each fastened with a highly complex mathematical object masquerading as fashion. An entire field of mathematics is devoted to understanding mathematical knots, which one can obtain from any traditional knot by gluing the loose ends together. Mathematicians long believed that if you attach cut ends of two different knots to each other, the new knot will be just as complex as the sum of the individual knots’ complexity. But

William Wordsworth's letter: "The Law of Copyright" (1838)

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The law of copyright This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at www.gutenberg.org . If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Titl

This handy Apple Intelligence feature saves me over $200 a year

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Apple Intelligence can transcribe your voice memos for free. The transcriptions are easy to access and fairly accurate. The Otter.ai alternative is $17 per month. When you hear of AI features on smartphones, you often think of the flashiest, agentic AI features that could carry out tasks for you without you having to lift a finger. However, I am a firm believer that the litmus test as to whethe

Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses

Posted 2025/8/28 Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses First and foremost: If you’ve got any documentation on this hardware, please contact me! I would love to read the actual specs for this protocol. Background Before the audio-only AI-based smart glasses of today, we’d periodically see companies announcing smart glasses with displays, usually to small fanfare and little success. The Solos Smart Glasses are just another example. Released in 2018, they targeted cyclists and runners. The co