Author: Zach_Wilson
Sony Bravia Theater Bar 5 review: A basic TV sound booster
Not everyone needs a $1,000 soundbar. It’s easy to argue the sonic superiority of those flagship models from Samsung, Sonos and Sony, but for some people a simple boost to their TV speakers can provide a world of difference. As part of its 2026 soundbar lineup, Sony debuted the Bravia…
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Why your Whoop might tell you to up your testosterone
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. Last week, our editor-in-chief Nilay Patel messaged me about his new Whoop band,…
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Spotify is rolling out new video controls, and as someone who hates its in-app music videos, I know this will be a huge hit
Spotify is rolling out video controls to users globally It will roll out to Family Plan managers first before expanding to other tiers this month It allows users to maintain an audio-first experience, and users are already enjoying it Do Spotify’s visual elements get in the way of your music…
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Interior design at 25,000 mph
As the Artemis II astronauts prepare for the most dramatic and potentially dangerous part of their mission — reentry into Earth’s atmosphere — the eyes of the world will be on the Orion capsule and the people inside it. Getting glimpses into the capsule during the mission, the public has…
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Stop the presses — Microsoft is actually cutting cloud PC prices for SMBs, promises to make it ‘more cost-effective for small and medium businesses’
Cloud PCs will take longer to wake up, but that’ll get you 20% off your bill Microsoft says there’s no performance disruption when they’re up and running With OEMs rising hardware prices, Microsoft hopes more SMBs will switch to Cloud PCs Microsoft will be cutting prices for its Windows 365…
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‘Everything is magenta’: This wild hack got Mac OS X Cheetah working on a Nintendo Wii, and I can’t quite believe it
One coder got an ancient version of macOS running on a Nintendo Wii The project involved a mass of custom code and complex workarounds Despite the difficulties, the author said it was ‘worth pursuing’ Forget asking whether your PC can run Crysis, the ultimate test of computing capabilities these days…
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