Sonos is offering up to $100 off its soundbars and speakers ahead of the Super Bowl

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge It’s far too easy to overlook a key component of a great Super Bowl watch party experience: quality audio. Although we’ve already covered some of the best TV deals taking place ahead of the big game, it’s also advisable to not assemble a room full of football fans when all you have for sound is the tinny built-in...

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Lisa’s Family Photos

Photos by Bill Atkinson, Graphic by William Joel / The Verge Apple’s legendary Lisa computer was a flop by commercial standards, but its influence on computing can’t be understated. In the 40 years after its debut, ideas from the Lisa changed our relationship with computers – influencing their design to be more human-centered. If you’re reading...

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Friday’s top tech news: Google and Microsoft prepare to do battle over AI

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Plus fresh details on Meta’s next AI headset, and another smart home company begins its Matter transition. Continue reading…

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Meta’s Quest 3 headset will have better mixed reality tech, according to Zuckerberg

The current-gen Quest 2. | Photo by Owen Grove / The Verge A key feature from Meta’s $1,499.99 Quest Pro headset will make an appearance — in some form — in a more affordable consumer-focused headset coming later this year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the company’s latest earnings release. That key feature is support for Meta Reality, the...

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Vivo’s X90 Pro and its massive 1-inch camera sensor get an international launch

The Vivo X90 Pro, with its vegan leather back. | Image: Vivo Vivo’s X90 Pro, announced for the Chinese market last November, is getting an international release. The X90 Pro is notable for being the latest to use Sony’s 1-inch-type 50-megapixel IMX989 camera sensor, and Vivo is keen to emphasize the low-light photography capabilities such...

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Aqara’s affordable smart home lineup makes first jump to Matter

A selection of Aqara hubs. From left to right: Hub M2, Camera Hub G2H, and Hub M1S. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge After a brief delay, Aqara is taking its first tentative step towards supporting the new Matter home connectivity standard with the release of a beta firmware update for its M2 hub. Aqara is first targeting M2 hubs manufactured...

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YouTube’s livestream co-hosting feature is rolling out on iOS and Android

The feature isn’t available to desktop users yet, but YouTube said it’s exploring support options and will provide an update sometime in the future. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is rolling out a collaboration feature that allows two users to livestream together. “Go Live Together” was first introduced in November last...

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The Xbox 360 store won’t be closing down, despite what an Xbox support page says

An Xbox 360 and a Kinect. | Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Microsoft will not be closing down the Xbox 360 Marketplace, the company tells The Verge, even though text on an official Xbox support page indicated that was the plan. Earlier this week, Microsoft said that it would be pulling many beloved games like Jet Set Radio and The Orange...

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Google is holding an event about search and AI on February 8th

Illustration: The Verge Google is about to share more about its work in artificial intelligence. Next week, Google will be holding an event about how it’s “using the power of AI to reimagine how people search for, explore and interact with information, making it more natural and intuitive than ever before to find what you need,” according...

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TikTok’s transparency theater

One of the displays inside TikTok’s Transparency and Accountability Center in Los Angeles. | Photo by Allison Zaucha for The Verge What I observed during a recent visit to TikTok’s first transparency center. Continue reading…

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