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Here's a look at the Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept at IFA 2025.
The Verge· 2025-09-05 18:23
Lenovo has made laptop screens that can roll, flip, and go transparent. And now for EA 2025, it's made one that can rotate into portrait mode. The Lenovo ThinkBook Vertiflex concept is a pretty standard 14-in productivity laptop when it comes to specs, but the whole display can rotate 90° within its chassis to give you a better view for documents, coding, or general doom scrolling.screen is easy enough to rotate into landscape mode with one hand, but pulling it up into portrait mode is tricky unless you hav ...
The Verge’s senior smart home reviewer, Jennifer Tuohy, played tennis with the Acemate tennis robot.
The Verge· 2025-09-04 18:00
This is the Acemate tennis robot. It costs $2,500 and it will teach you how to be a better tennis player. It uses AI and cameras to track you across the court, play with you or play against you, and also can turn into a coach for you and give you analysis of your swing and your shot rate.And it did that for me and it was a little embarrassing. So, here's a summary. Your data shows one very clear primary issue, consistency and control.Your average net clearance is 0.94%. Dangerously low. Extremely inconsiste ...
Dreame's new robot Cyber X took on a staircase at Europe’s largest home and electronics exhibit.
The Verge· 2025-09-04 17:13
Behind me is Dreamy's Cyber X. It is a quad track stair climbing robot. It is like a mini stairlift for Dreamy's robot vacuum.The robot vacuum goes into the Cyber X and then is transported up or down the stairs using the Quad Track for ARM system. It's quite slow. It takes a while to get its arms going and up on the stairs, but once it gets moving on the stairs, it's quite fast.It's quite interesting, quite fun to see it do do its thing. I'm not sure how practical it is, though, really. ...
The beauty of variant sudoku #vergecast
The Verge· 2025-09-02 19:00
variant sedoku turns it up to 11. So you might have extra graphics in the grid. There might be a thermometer wending its way through the grid and you'll have to increase uh the digits along the thermometer from the bulb end.We've got puzzles now where there's a rat in the grid that has to get to a cupcake going along certain pathways. And these puzzles have all been handmade. So they're very very different to most people's experience of Sudoku which will be on the back of newspapers.>> All of those puzzles ...
When did sudoku puzzles stop being designed by humans? #vergecast
The Verge· 2025-09-02 17:13
Were they always like that. Well, I mean, originally the puzzle was invented in Japan uh by uh a company there called Nicoli, which is a wonderful place of innovation and all of their puzzles are handmade. But when the puzzle came to the west, it was Wayne Gould originally, I think, a New Zealander who in invented a computer program that could just churn out zillions and zillions of puzzles and he managed to sell it to many of the newspapers in the western world.And so it just became accepted that, you know ...
Testing Framework's 240 watt charger
The Verge· 2025-09-02 14:38
Today I'm toying with a black brick. Why do you care. Because this brick is one of the world's first 240 watt USBC PD chargers, putting a light gaming laptop worth of power into the same standard used to charge your phone. Framework's the first computer company to ship a 240 watt PD laptop too. Thanks to the Framework Laptop 16's modular GPUs.As you can see, this 16 isn't quite maxing it out, but by plugging in a couple phones, we can make it to 220 watts, more than the company's previous 180 watt adapter c ...
KPop Demon Hunters is Netflix’s most popular movie ever #vergecast
The Verge· 2025-08-30 14:32
My new title at theverge. com is senior K-pop Demon Hunters reporter. And that's because K-pop Demon Hunters is officially the most ever watched movie on Netflix.Most popular movie of all time. >> It sold out real theaters. >> Real theaters.This is going to the Oscars. Like, mark my words. I think I I read that they are actually going to be nominating the soundtrack for the Oscars.And uh as they should, it is a banger of a soundtrack. And I'm not at all biased as a K-pop stand, but it is a banger of a sound ...
Trying the Pixel 10’s voice translation #vergecast
The Verge· 2025-08-29 21:05
What did you have for breakfast today. Something like that. Eat some mandarin oranges, too.I ate it. So, we tried out the voice translate, and this one mimics the speaker's voice both ways, which is a little wild. And we had like a weird time with it.My friend was also there at the side, and my friend was just like, her eyes were just like, "Yo, what?" Because at one point, robot Allison, who was speaking in Japanese to me, was just went like, she glitched. She went It was wild and we were screaming like it ...
Upgrading a laptop GPU with just six screws
The Verge· 2025-08-29 15:30
Product Innovation - Framework Laptop 16 allows graphics card upgrades with six screws [1] - The laptop features a modular design for easy component swapping [1] - The upgrade process involves removing the keyboard and touchpad to access the graphics card [1] Performance Improvement - The new Nvidia RTX 5070 graphics card is expected to perform 30-40% faster than the AMD Radeon RX7700S [3] - The upgrade aims to provide a future-proof gaming laptop experience [3] Competitive Landscape - The laptop initially contains an AMD Radeon RX7700S graphics card [1] - The upgrade replaces the AMD card with an Nvidia RTX 5070 [1]
Are you bored with your phone? #Vergecast
The Verge· 2025-08-27 15:01
Market Trends & Consumer Behavior - Boredom with phones is driving consumers to seek alternatives like foldables or phones with unique designs [1] - Foldable phones offer a different user experience, potentially reducing screen time or providing a tablet-like experience [2] Product & Technology - Foldable phones are considered the best option for a significantly different phone experience [2] - "Nothing" phone brand offers a unique design as an alternative to traditional phones [1][2] Regional Differences - High-end Android phones from Chinese OEMs (Xiaomi, Honor, Oppo, Vivo) feature advanced camera technology and designs not found in US iPhones [3] - US market (Samsung, Google, Apple) favors more modest camera designs and impressive camera performance [3]