The 47 Best REI Cyber Week Outdoor Deals (2025)

REI’s Cyber Week sale ends tonight. If you need to restock your backpacking, hiking, biking, camping, outdoor-loving gear quiver, now is a great time to do it. REI Members can use the code CYBER2025 to save an extra 25 percent on REI Outlet items. Below are the best deals on all our favorite tents, backpacks,… Continue reading The 47 Best REI Cyber Week Outdoor Deals (2025)

JBL Grip Review: A Bluetooth Speaker With Lava Lamp Vibes

Despite the Grip’s smaller size, JBL pegs battery life on both speakers at the same 14-hour maximum. On the Grip at least, that might be overpromising. When I ran the speaker at 50% volume continuously, I only got about 10.5 hours. Using JBL’s PlayTime Boost mode could help if you really need to eke out… Continue reading JBL Grip Review: A Bluetooth Speaker With Lava Lamp Vibes

The Best Cookbooks of 2025: Soju Party, Fat and Flour, Salsa Daddy, Italo Punk, and More

When I first received a copy of one of this year’s great cookbooks, it stopped me in my tracks. There’s such a rush of books at the end of the year that I usually make a couple stacks at the far end of my desk, then attack them methodically, but this book was different. The… Continue reading The Best Cookbooks of 2025: Soju Party, Fat and Flour, Salsa Daddy, Italo Punk, and More

A first look at Google’s Project Aura glasses built with Xreal

It’s kinda like a pair of chunky sunglasses that runs Android apps. by Victoria Song Dec 8, 2025, 6:00 PM UTC Victoria Song is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter. She has more than 13 years of experience reporting on wearables, health tech, and more. Before coming to The Verge, she worked… Continue reading A first look at Google’s Project Aura glasses built with Xreal

Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan

A man in a wheelchair about to get into his car. Photograph: Andriy Popov/Alamy View image in fullscreen A man in a wheelchair about to get into his car. Photograph: Andriy Popov/Alamy Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour Frances Ryan Starmer’s ailing government is happy… Continue reading Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan

A car like the Bugatti Veyron may never happen again

Two decades ago, Autocar drove the Bugatti Veyron for the first time – and it blew us away. “The noise – a peculiar cacophony that sounds a bit like two TVRs on full reheat plus an industrial-strength air hose – is accompanied by mind-bending, heart-stopping acceleration, the like of which has never been felt before in a… Continue reading A car like the Bugatti Veyron may never happen again