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Dyson’s powerful 360 Vis Nav robovac is down to $279.99 for a limited time

Sat, 09 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Originally published by The Verge

The last-gen robot vacuum tackled dirty carpets well in our testing, especially compared to the newer Spot + Scrub Ai.

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If you’re tired of running your vacuum multiple times just to get the dirt and debris out of the carpets in your living room,Dyson’s 360 Vis Navis worth a look. It’s one of the more powerful robot vacuums currently available, and now through May 11th (or while supplies last), it’s on sale atWootfor an all-time low of $279.99 ($919 off) with a full two-year warranty.

UFO files show Buzz Aldrin saw a ‘sizeable’ object close to the moon and a ‘fairly bright light source’ that the Apollo 11 crew felt could be a laser

Sat, 09 May 2026 14:25:37 +0000

Originally published by Fortune

Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11. A mysterious object making “multiple 90-degree turns” at a speedy clip. A blaringly bright object doing corkscrew twists over the skies in Kazakhstan.

Those are some of the details in a new batch of files on UFOs that the Pentagon began releasing on Friday as President Donald Trumptaps into the public’s long-held curiositiesabout “unidentified anomalous phenomena” in the broader universe. Though the Pentagon has been working on declassifying the documents for years, Trump put attention back on the topic months ago byteasing a major UFO document dump.

Quantum dot TVs beat RGB LED TVs, says the company that makes QDs for TVs

Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Originally published by The Verge

A side-by-side comparison of an RGB LED TV and a QD TV showed color crosstalk and contrast issues in the RGB LED TV.

At the Los Angeles Convention Center, two 85-inch TVs sat side by side inside the Nanosys meeting room at Display Week — a yearly business-to-business convention focusing on the technology that goes into displays of all types. One TV was a mini-LED panel with super quantum dots, and the other was an RGB LED — this year’s hottest TV trend. Both TVs were showing the same content at the same time to highlight the differences between the two technologies — or more specifically, to show the potential failings of RGB LED backlights when compared to super quantum dot (SQD), which uses blue LEDs for the backlight.

The game that makes me actually want to exercise

Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Originally published by The Verge

Plus, in this week’s Installer: Two reasons to go to the theater, impressive new speakers, delightful buttons, and much more.

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Hi, friends! Welcome toInstallerNo. 127, your guide to the best andVerge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, my Scorpion challenges your Sub-Zero to a duel, and also you can read all the old editions at theInstallerhomepage.)

Asus chases Elgato with its own secondary touchscreen display

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:34:24 +0000

Originally published by The Verge Social

At 12.3 inches, the new Asus ROG Strix XG129C is a little smaller than its competition from Corsair.

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Asus’s latest gaming monitor is a little smaller than usual. The ROG Strix XG129C,announced on Friday, is a 12.3-inch touchscreen IPS display that’s intended to be a sidekick for a larger main monitor, similar to the 14.1-inch secondary display in the 2020Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15. It’s a slightly smaller competitor toCorsair’s Xeneon Edge, which has a 14.5-inch display, but the same 720p resolution.

Amazon is adding a vertical video feed to Prime Video

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:19:57 +0000

Originally published by The Verge Social

The new ‘Clips’ feed will show snippets from Prime Video’s shows and movies.

Amazon Prime Video is joiningNetflixandDisney Plusin adding a vertical feed of videos to its streaming app. Thenew “Clips” feedwill offer a stream of short-form videos from shows and movies, with options to jump into the full title, rent, or buy it.

Here is Yarbo’s promise to fix the robot mower that ran me over

Fri, 08 May 2026 19:14:34 +0000

Originally published by The Verge Social

A detailed pledge from the robot lawn mower company.

Yesterday, I told you howa hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower. We explained how thousands of these bladed Chinese robots, made by Yarbo, could be hijacked with ease — exposing people’s GPS coordinates, Wi-Fi passwords, email addresses, and more to any casual hacker who comes along.