Month: June 2026
The Nex Playground is down to its pre-RAMageddon price during Prime Day
The Nex Playground is the family-centric, Kinect-like game console that made one Verge editor’s kids laugh, cry, and ask for more playtime, even when they were sick. The motion-based game play isn’t perfect, but it has won over plenty of parents — and it’s on sale for $239 at Amazon,…
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Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you
A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you’re facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google’s expanding its facial recognition feature so that people you’ve tagged in your Familiar Faces library can continue to…
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Hollywood is bending the knee to OpenAI
Netflix, A24, Focus Features, and Warner Bros.’ Clockwork have all reportedly decided to pass on picking up Artificial — director Luca Guadagnino’s new biographical drama about OpenAI cofounder / CEO Sam Altman — for distribution deals. And while Neon and Mubi are still said to be interested in the film,…
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‘I’ve never had such easy access to ice cream headaches, and I’m over the moon about it’: I use the Ninja BlendBoss every day, and its ice-crushing power is a godsend right now — and it’s just received its first major discount
This spring, as many are wont to do, I decided to use the power of shakes to get myself a bunch of nutrients that I’m assured will change my life. I settled on a concoction of oat milk, protein powder, cacao, chia seeds, and banana, and got myself a Ninja…
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Prime Day desktop deal: Get a complete next-gen RTX 5070 workstation for under $1690 — the MSI Codex R2 drops $610
Building a gaming PC from scratch with an RTX 5070 still costs you a significant chunk of change when you factor in every component. That’s what makes the MSI Codex R2 at $1690 (was $2300) at Amazon such a compelling deal right now. • Shop Amazon’s Prime Day deals Here,…
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The Meta Quest 3S is on sale for $297 — which is basically its old price
The base model Quest blends a bit of the higher-end Quest 3 and older Quest 2 for a Goldilocks-style compromise. Like other Quests, it’s a standalone unit that operates wirelessly — until it’s time to charge it, of course. It plays a wide selection of games from the Quest store,…
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