Base Power raises $1B to deploy home batteries everywhere
Base Power’s Series C will help the company expand beyond Texas, its beachhead market, and build batteries in the United States.
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You can still save up to 70 percent on headphones from Bose and Sony today
The second day of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days is here, providing you with an additional opportunity to save on a range of Verge-approved gadgets. We’re continuing to highlight hundreds of our favorite deals — from cheap charging accessories and discounts on the latest Apple gear to an all-time low on the Google Pixel 9A […]
Bounce introduces a tool to move your Mastodon account to Bluesky
Moving accounts between Mastodon and Bluesky is about to get much easier, thanks to Bounce 2.
The problems with AI in the smart home and how Amazon and Google plan to fix them
Last week, Amazon and Google kick-started what could be the next chapter of the smart home. Their new voice assistants, Alexa Plus and Gemini for Home, have been rebuilt from the ground up on generative AI and large language models to be more conversational, understand context, and take actions. This marks the biggest shift in […]
Ganiga will showcase its waste-sorting robots at TechCrunch Disrupt
Ganiga’s fleet of waste-sorting technology is meant to help companies track and reduce the waste they produce.
Ganiga will showcase its waste-sorting robots at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Ganiga’s fleet of waste-sorting technology is meant to help companies track and reduce the waste they produce.
Microsoft is moving GitHub over to Azure servers
Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion, in a move that was nervously received by the developer community at the time. The company has mostly remained independent at Microsoft since then, but the resignation of former CEO Thomas Dohmke less than two months ago has shaken up how GitHub operates. GitHub is now gearing […]
Sennheiser’s new HDB 360 headphones support high-res audio without a wire
Sennheiser has announced a new pair of headphones that support high-res audio through a wired or wireless connection, even if your smartphone doesn’t support the latest Bluetooth codecs. The HDB 630 looks similar to the redesigned Sennheiser Momentum 4 that launched in 2022 because both headphones are built on the same chassis, but Sennheiser’s latest […]
A break down of the H-1B changes — and why more changes could come
Jeremy Neufeld, the director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress, comes on Equity to talk H-1B changes.
Google’s AI try-on imagines your feet in new shoes
Google will now use AI to help you “try on” shoes while sitting at home. Now, when you browse through shoes on Google Shopping, you can hit the “try it on” button on the new heels, sneakers, or sandals you’re looking at to see how they might look on you. In case you’re wondering, you […]