There’s a lot of excitement around iOS 19 due to the major redesign it will bring, but the update is also expected to introduce a new paid service that’s sure to be included in Apple One. Here’s what’s coming.
The Roomba Combo 10 Max is a highly capable robot vacuum and mop that practically maintains itself.
Wouldn’t it be nice to tidy up your home without breaking a sweat? The Roomba Combo 10 Max robovac / mop hybrid can make that dream a reality, as it delivers an almost fully hands-free cleaning experience. And now through tomorrow, April 19th, it’s on sale at Wellbots for $741.47 (about $658 off) when you use Verge-exclusive promo code VERGE47 at checkout.
The Combo 10 Max can empty its bin, wash its own mop, and even refill its mopping tank thanks to its new multifunction charging dock, which is one of the reasons it’s one of our favorite robot vacuums. It’s especially great for pet owners, thanks to its powerful suction and dual rubber roller brushes, which rotate in opposite directions to prevent tangling. It also comes with AI-powered obstacle detection, which uses a camera to spot and avoid pet waste. In fact, if it fails to avoid pet mess within the first year, iRobot will replace the robovac for free.
In addition to fur, the Combo 10 Max excels at other cleaning duties. It can identify and remember the dirtiest rooms in your home with its Dirt Detect feature, taking multiple passes to ensure a thorough clean. It functions as a decent mop, too, one that can lift its tiny mopping pad above your carpet or rug to keep it dry while it’s vacuuming.
In terms of smart home compatibility, the Roomba’s latest flagship supports the new Matter standard, allowing you to integrate it into your smart home routines and control it using Amazon Alexa, Google Home, or Apple Home. What’s even more convenient is that iRobot makes some of the most self-repairable robot vacuums on the market, all of which come with replaceable parts that are readily available.
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The SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless is on sale for $139.99 ($140 off) at Best Buy, marking an all-time low. The wireless gaming headset features terrific audio quality with virtual surround sound and includes two hot-swappable batteries. It also comes with a USB-equipped base station for connecting it to your PC, Nintendo Switch, or PlayStation, along with Bluetooth support so you can pair it with your phone.
Now through April 30th, Woot is selling the last-gen Echo Show 5 in refurbished condition with a 90-day warranty for just $27.99. The second-gen model isn’t as snappy as its successor, but it remains a solid 5.5-inch smart display, one you can use as a bedside alarm clock. It delivers loud, full sound for its size and offers the same set of Alexa-based functionality as other Echo speakers, allowing you to control the lights, check the weather, and manage other smart home devices with just your voice. Just don’t expect much from the abysmal 2-megapixel camera. Read our review.
Best Buy is selling Lego’s incredible Rivendell setas a part of its Best Buy Drops program today, allowing you to pick it up for $424.95 ($75 off) when you use the company’s mobile app for Android and iOS. The highly detailed, 6,167-piece kit is an excellent little renditon of J.R.R. Tolkien’s elven sanctuary, one the let’s you play out iconic scenes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy in all their brick-ified glory. It also comes with 15 minifigs, including all nine members of the Fellowship, Bilbo, Elrond, and others.
Covidtests.gov, where you could order free covid tests, also redirects to the new webpage.
The website purports to reveal the “true origins” of covid, blaming a Chinese lab’s “inadequate biosafety levels” for allegedly “leaking” the virus. It goes on to push other blatant conspiracy theories, such as the claim that the Biden administration misled the public about covid’s origins and “demonized alternative treatments.” The page also claims that the WHO “caved to pressure from the Chinese Communist Party” in its response to the pandemic.
It’s not clear exactly when the covid.gov page changed. As shown on an archived version of the webpage, covid.gov included resources about the virus up until at least April 10th. The page now includes a link to the House Oversight Committee report, which similarly promotes the lab leak conspiracy theory.
Since February, the Trump administration has been working to rip down webpages from federal websites that don’t align with its beliefs – particularly information related to climate change, racial equity, and gender identity. Though a court order brought some of these pages back online, the Trump administration ordered federal agencies to include disclaimers around “gender ideology.”
We're excited to share audio and video of our panel at SXSW, where Jason, Sam, and our friend Brian Merchant of Blood in the Machine discuss how AI slop has taken over the internet, how it is a brute-force attack against the algorithms that control what we see on social media, and what we can do to fight back against it.
Here's the panel:
It's better with the video, because there are some visual aids, but we also released an audio-only version of this on our podcast feed:
This was our first big live event, and we hope to do more in the future. If you're throwing a conference or event, hit us up! We had a wonderful time talking about AI spam, labor, and the future of the internet. Thanks to everyone who came out to meet and party with us.
This panel was held at Speakeasy in Austin, Texas at SXSW on March 10, 2025. Thanks to our friends at Flipboard for giving us the space and to DeleteMe for sponsoring the event.
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In October of 2023, the main YouTube app picked up “Stable volume,” and something similar — “Consistent volume” — is now coming to YouTube Music for Android and iOS.
While we are still tracking one of the best prices ever on Apple Certified Refurb Apple Watch Ultra 2 units as well as Apple Pencil Pro, today’s lineup of Apple deals are (mostly) all about Apple Watch Series 10. Despite the fear of looming price hikes around very corner on the internet, Amazon is now offering 42mm and 46mm Apple Watch Series 10 back down at the lowest price we have tracked to date with $100 off the list prices across several configurations. The deals start from $299 in brand-new condition and as low as $270 on open-box units, ranging up through the titanium models. Those offers join the best deals we have tracked on the 15-inch 16GB M4 MacBook Air and whole lot more you’ll find down below.
Three people in Hood River County have contacted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease over the span of eight months, an unusual pattern for an incredibly rare disease.
Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation," says one.
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
Apple Sports has rightfully earned a reputation for being an app that continues to deliver. The latest win is a new social feature coming to Apple Sports called Game Card Sharing.
Subaru’s first and only EV, the Solterra, is getting a facelift for 2026 with many upgrades that include a better AWD system, longer range, and improved performance.
Subaru gave the new model a standard symmetrical all-wheel drive system that allows front and rear motors to work independently and offer better control in various weather conditions. The motors are also more powerful, with up to 233 horsepower combined, while a higher-end XT model bumps the power to 338 horsepower with 0-60 mph acceleration in under five seconds.
It has a cleaner and flatter front bumper, new headlights, and an illuminated logo that make the vehicle look more refined than the first version. Meanwhile, the interior receives an upgraded 14-inch infotainment touchscreen, two 15W wireless smartphone chargers, and USB-C charging ports.
The Solterra now has a 74.7kWh battery pack that gives it an EPA-estimated range of 285 miles on a single charge, compared to the previous 227 miles. It can charge from 10 to 80 percent in “less than 35 minutes” on a 150kW charger. It features the now-standard NACS charging port, which will allow the Solterra to charge at “more than 15,000” Tesla Supercharger locations across North America sometime this year.
I have been reporting in Washington for nearly six years, and on politics for over a decade, and Iâve attended more corporate-sponsored policy events (and tend to nod off during them) than I can remember. Iâve also reported on the gradual disintegration of reality caused by the rise of MAGA, so I thought my tolerance for confusing political phenomena was pretty high. But never in my life did I think I would see Steve Bannon sitting onstage in his beat-up barn jacket next to former Consumer Finance and Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra, a notable progressive introduced as âa protege of Sen. Elizabeth Warren,â with the two of them earnestly discussing the topic: âare techno-optimism and populism incompatible?âÂ
Not that the topic was out of left field per se â the tech right and the populist rightare in an all-out war, and itâs roiling the Trump administration. But this was a visual pairing that reduced me to sending a photo of the stage with the caption âwhat if horseshoe theory, but realâto several sources.
Bannonâs appearance at Y Combinatorâs Little Tech Summit earlier this month was a surprise â his timeslot had been buried in the schedule …
