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Cowon Plenue D3

Our Verdict Cowon has added Bluetooth, a volume wheel and a dual DAC to its bijou player – and produced another class leader For Detailed presentation across frequencies Bluetooth connectivity Classy build and finish Against Screen looks a little dated Remember matchbook quotes, those little sayings written on complimentary matchbooks you could pick up in… Read more

Building Ikigai, My Award-Winning Wooden PC Mod

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) I have been in the modding scene since 2005, creating mostly scratch build projects out of wood, acrylic and aluminum. The most notable of these have been Sangaku, Yuugou and Chiaroscuro with Chiaroscuro having been completed back in 2008. After a long hiatus, I completed Morphosis for the Cooler… Read more

Crowbits’ Programmable Magnetic Blocks STEM Kit Review: Build, Code and Play

Our Verdict Crowbits’ progressive STEM kits teach future engineers (ages 6-10 and up) the basics of electronics and programming, but nondurable paper elements and poorly translated documentation could lead to frustration and incomplete projects. For + 80+ Lego-compatible electronic modules and sensors + Helpful programming software + Progressive learning kits + Examples are very helpful… Read more

Humax Aura

Our Verdict As a Freeview PVR, the Humax Aura is hard to beat , but its incomplete smart platform requires a pause for thought For Excellent recording and playback Full-bodied, exciting sound Useful Aura mobile app Against No Netflix app HDR picture could be better User interface a touch convoluted Even without an Oxbridge education,… Read more

Samsung Galaxy A22 5G budget smartphone (A-Series 2021)

In about three months, Samsung will announce the Galaxy A22. Read all about the expected budget phone here and take a look at the possible design. Every year, Samsung releases a large number of smartphone models, a significant part of which is housed within the Galaxy A series. A considerable number of 2021 models have… Read more

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is getting a 4K HDR remaster on June 8th

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children — the 2005 CGI spinoff film that dared to ask “What if the already incredible, intricate story of Final Fantasy VII was made even more confusing?” — is getting a 4K HDR remaster this summer. The newly updated version of the film is due to arrive on June 8th, setting… Read more

Unicomp New Model M review: back to brilliant basics

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. I’m not old enough to have ever encountered an original IBM Model M in an office. But in my second year of university, after hearing about how amazing these old keyboards were to type on, I sought… Read more

Outriders review: A lootin’ shootin’ good time

(Pocket-lint) – If you were to pick out a gaming genre that’s hard to break into right now, online looter-shooters would be high up on the list. High-profile attempts like Anthem have shown how difficult it can be to upset the hierarchy. That’s just what developer People Can Fly is trying to do with Outriders…. Read more

Leben CS600X

Our Verdict Pamper the Leben CS600X and you have one of the most musically beguiling integrated amplifiers money can buy For Detailed and expressive sound Beautifully made Lovely to use Against No remote Speaker matching requires care Leben’s CS600X integrated amplifier could be described as distinctly retro, if you’re being polite, or old-fashioned if you… Read more

A cable company that prided itself on no data caps says you’re getting data caps because pizza

Internet data caps are not like pizza — where taking a slice could mean fewer slices for everyone else. I don’t think Verge readers have trouble understanding this concept? It’s been well-established that ISPs have no trouble delivering unlimited data, even during — say — a global pandemic when vast throngs of the population have… Read more

How To Emulate An Apple II On Your PC

The Apple II released in June 1977 was one of the first successful mass-produced computers and Apple’s first personal computer aimed squarely at the consumer market. The hardware was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak and the case by Steve Jobs, who we both know as the founders of Apple. In 1977, there were three machines… Read more

The Verge’s Kara Verlaney on copy editing and its tools

You may come across the occasional writer who will claim (wrongly) that they don’t need an editor, but you will seldom, if ever, meet a writer or editor who will say they don’t need a copy editor. The role of a copy editor is often misunderstood or underestimated by those not in the business. Kara… Read more

Privacy and ads in Chrome are about to become FLoCing complicated

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is forging ahead with its third-party cookie replacement technology Repent, o ye ad trackers, for the cookiepocalypse is nigh! If Google sticks to its roadmap, by this time next year Chrome will no longer allow websites to use third-party cookies, which are cookies that come from outside… Read more

Amnesia: Rebirth has a new ‘Adventure Mode’ with no monsters, new puzzles, and more lights

If you like puzzles and eerie deserts, but not darkness and horrifying ghouls, Swedish studio Frictional has a new version of its game Amnesia: Rebirth for you. A less stressful “Adventure Mode” is being added to Rebirth today via GOG, Steam, and the Epic Store. The game’s PlayStation version will get Adventure Mode in the… Read more

Google celebrates the unblocking of the Suez Canal with a small boat parade in search

The big boat is no longer stuck. After days of rapt attention from the internet, a non-metaphorical rising tide has indeed lifted all the boats — and particularly, the Evergreen Marine Corporation’s Ever Given cargo ship — reopening the Suez Canal to regular shipping traffic and ensuring that the precious lifeblood of capitalism can continue… Read more