The best actually real stuff at CES 2025

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 66, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy 2025, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about loneliness and Web3 scams and the future of procedural TV, watching Deadpool & Wolverine More...

How Watch Duty’s wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge ‘We view what we are doing as a public service,’ says the cofounder of the nonprofit that millions of people are relying on to stay safe. If you live in Los Angeles, you More...

Amazon Prime will shut down its clothing try-on program
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon will be winding down its Prime Try Before You Buy program, which let Prime members try on clothes before paying for them, reports The Information. It will shutter More...

Anker’s display-equipped wall charger from CES is already on sale
Anker’s latest GaN offering sports four USB ports on the bottom, which isn’t where they’re typically relocated. | Image: Anker The inventive gadgets and gizmos at CES can often define the year, but More...

Everything we know (and think we know) about the Nintendo Switch 2
Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Leaks and rumors supported by multiple third-party manufactures make up the bulk of info out there about the new Switch. Nintendo’s announcement of the Switch More...

New renders show the Samsung Galaxy S25 lineup ahead of Unpacked
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge New renders of the Samsung Galaxy S25 series have appeared in a leak from Android Headlines ahead of Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event later this month. The most obvious More...

New Glenn: how to watch Blue Origin’s next big rocket launch
Image: Blue Origin Blue Origin is preparing for one of its biggest launches yet. On Sunday, the Jeff Bezos-owned commercial space company will attempt to send its 320-foot-tall New Glenn rocket into space More...

Why Honda is merging with Nissan: factories, SUVs, and China
Photo by PHILIP FONG / AFP via Getty Images Honda’s potential merger with Nissan would represent one of the largest shake-ups to the industry since the creation of Stellantis in 2021. But there are huge More...

Coming back to CES after a decade-long break was a trip
Cool screens are still undefeated at CES. Twelve years ago, I could have told you exactly what happened at my first CES and what happened at my third. Each was a chapter with a beginning, middle, and end; More...

Intel still dreams of modular PCs — it brought a tablet laptop gaming handheld to CES
Photo by Sean Hollister/ The Verge At CES 2025, Intel let journalists into its private “Innovation Showcase,” where we saw things like prototype next-gen laptops and giant stereo 3D handheld gaming PCs. While More...