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Brendan Carr is a dummy
All year on The Vergecast, we've been tracking the many bizarre and problematic actions of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. There has been a lot to discuss! Then, this week, ahead of one of our last...
Engadget Podcast: 2025 was the year of AI, smartglasses and spineless Big Tech
This week, Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low joins us to look back at some of the highlights (and lowlights) of 2025. We dive into our favorite gadgets of the year, the many ways Big Tech bowed...
MasterClass deal: Get 50 percent off subscriptions for the holidays
If learning a new skill is one of your New Year's resolutions, then you might want to know that MasterClass subscriptions are currently 50 percent off. This brings the top-tier subscription...
9 actually good things that happened to animals this year
A street dog in Thailand picked up by the Soi Dog Foundation. | Justin Mott/Kindred Guardians Project/We Animals The world we’ve built is an unrelentingly cruel one for animals. By 2025’s end,...
Phones were fashionable again in 2025
Just look at that beaut. A year or two ago, when a phone showed up at my door for review, I could pretty much count on it being black, gray, or maybe (as a treat) white. But in 2025, that hasn't...
Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning
If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats came together on in 2025 - at least at the local level - it was to stop big, energy-hungry data center projects. For communities sick of rising...
A total League of Legends revamp is coming in 2027
Riot Games has confirmed that it’s working on a massive update for League of Legends after Bloomberg published a report saying that the company has plans to remake the game. Back in November, a...
There’s finally a little bit of sunshine in Pluribus
Things might finally be looking up. In the penultimate episode of Pluribus' first season, Carol (Rhea Seehorn) actually seems to be happy. That's a pretty big deal for someone the show describes as...
Pick up the Samsung P9 microSD Express card for Switch 2 while it's down to a record low
It was a big day in gaming history when Nintendo finally released its Switch sequel. But the Nintendo Switch 2 lacked many options for microSD Express cards. Samsung helped change that this fall,...
Semi-solid state MagSafe power banks arrive from the founder of Hyper
BMX’s SolidSafe 5K in that Apple orange color. | Image: BMX A new company called BMX, founded by accessory royalty, has emerged from Kickstarter to make its SolidSafe semi-solid state power banks...