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Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Pentax’s new $500 film camera prioritizes style over quality

That is one quirky-looking camera. | Image: Ricoh Imaging

I used to lambaste the very idea of half-frame cameras when I was a college student obsessed with medium- and large-format film (who wants even less resolution than 35mm?), but electing to shoot film today is already a conscious decision to compromise quality for the sake of experience and style.

Who needs resolution when you’ve got vibes? That’s what Pentax seems to be saying with its new Pentax 17, a film camera that...

The Verge

Sheena Vasani

Sleep Number finally offers an affordable smart mattress

Image: Sleep Number

Sleep Number has released an adjustable smart bed with sleep tracking that costs less than $1,000, the company announced in a press release on Monday. While still a lot of money for what essentially is a fancy air bed, it’s still significantly cheaper than some comparable rivals.

Take, for example, Sleep Number competitor Eight Sleep, which makes smart mattress covers. (We’ve previously listed the Pod 2 cover as one of our favorite sleep gadgets.) Eight...

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

Betting odds, value picks, insight for Travelers Championship, final Signature Event

Keegan Bradley celebrates after winning the 2023 Travelers Championship. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Fresh off a rousing U.S. Open, the best players on the PGA Tour head to TPC River Highlands for the Travelers Championship.

The eighth and final Signature Event of the 2024 season has arrived, as the best players on the PGA Tour head to the Northeast for the Travelers Championship.

Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, and Rory McIlroy, fresh off his heartbreaking finish at...

Mashable

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 leak: 3 big upgrades, including battery and camera

On July 10, Samsung will reportedly hold its next Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event. It appears that this event will focus heavily on Samsung's new foldable phones.

However, Samsung fans might not have to wait for the news about the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, thanks to new leaks about the company's upcoming foldable device.

According to leaks first reported by Smartprix, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 will receive some pretty significant updates. The foldable is tipped to receive three big gen-over-gen...

Mashable

How to disable Live Photos on your iPhone

Do you think Live Photos on your iPhone are all fun and games? I did, until a particularly mortifying episode of The Other Two — a delightful comedy created by former Saturday Night Live head writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider — made me completely reevaluate the feature.

For those unfamiliar with the way the Live Photo effect works, when the iOS feature is enabled on your iPhone or iPad, it will record what happens 1.5 seconds before and after you take a photo. When you go to look...

Mashable

Men found a surprising new way to lie on dating apps

Men are not having a good time on dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge. But honestly, no one has been having a good time on those apps for a while. So in an age of increasingly-niche dating apps and profit-driven subscription models making the popular ones even worse, how are the boys supposed to get more matches?

SEE ALSO: It's easy to catfish strangers on dating apps

The solution posed by some on the internet for the past few years is,...

Mashable

There aren't any standout Walmart+ Week headphone deals so far

Walmart+ Week kicked off June 17, in theory ushering in the summer savings season, but we have yet to see many standout product deals.

In years past, this sale served as the counter to Amazon's Prime Day (happening sometime in July this year), bringing deals on a wide array of products, from TVs to robot vacuums and headphones.

Instead, day one of the sale started with two deals on random earbud budget brands, along with a few robot vacuum deals, and over 20 deals on WWE figurines. To put it...

Mashable

Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14 (Gen 9) review: A simply adequate, affordable 2-in-1 laptop

The Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14 has a lot of good things going for it, from its affordable price of $899 to its bouncy, comfortable keyboard and port variety that makes my heart sing. Plus, it’s a 2-in-1 laptop, so you can use it as a laptop or a tablet.

Is the Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14 one of the best laptops from Lenovo? No. But does it offer next-gen, efficient performance for a relatively low price? Yes — and that’s one of this laptop’s biggest claims to fame. 

Lenovo’s Yoga 7i 2-in-1 14...

Mashable

The best speaker deals of Walmart+ Week are mostly at Amazon

Walmart+ Week kicked off June 17, but so far, the deals aren't dealing. We've had our eyes glued to Walmart.com waiting for the members-only sales event to wow us, and yet, we've been left scratching our heads.

Typically a Prime Day rival, Walmart+ Week showcases deals on all sorts of products, including TVs, robot vacuums, headphones, and speakers. But the speaker deals, in particular, on day one of the sale are lacking.

If you're looking for a way to bump your favorite summer jams by the...

Mashable

The best Walmart+ Week laptop deal isn't even a deal

Walmart is weird about laptop deals. On any given day, the Mashable Shopping team recommends shopping for PCs elsewhere: The big box store's listings are brimming with dramatically inflated prices and sketchy third-party sellers. ("Delight Tech Electronics," "DealClock" — none of these words are in the bible.)

The fine print here is that Walmart usually course-corrects for major savings events, rolling out more legit doorbusters to mark these occasions. We've seen this happen during the...

Mashable

Walmart+ Week robot vacuum deals: Few and far between so far

UPDATE: Jun. 17, 2024, 2:00 p.m. EDT We've pulled all of the best robot vacuum deals live on the first day of Walmart+ Week 2024 and will be adding to the list as Walmart (hopefully) puts more robot vacs on sale between now and the end of the event on June 23.

Walmart's version of Prime Day didn't quite start with the bang that the internet was expecting. The first day of Walmart+ Week, June 17, unveiled far fewer member-exclusive deals than what we're used to (compared to 2023's...

ESPN.com

Jorge Castillo

Yanks ace Cole set for season debut Wednesday

Gerrit Cole will make his season debut for the Yankees against the Orioles on Wednesday.

Fast Company

Associated Press

Maryland governor pardons more than 175,000 marijuana convictions to help remove economic barriers

The governor’s order also directs the state corrections department to develop a process to indicate a pardon in an individual’s criminal record, a process expected to take about 10 months to complete.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore ordered more than 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions on Monday, saying the “most sweeping state-level pardon in any state” will help reverse harms from the past caused by the war on drugs.

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Webtoon files for IPO—and reveals new information about how much creators get paid

The online comics platform has filed to go public. Here’s what you need to know.

Web comics are more than a fun diversion for people as they go about their online day. For Webtoon Entertainment, one of the top online platforms for comics, they could soon be worth hundreds of millions of dollars as it prepares to go public.

The Verge

Chris Welch

Sonos says its privacy policy change wasn’t for dubious reasons

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

After a change to its privacy policy drew a lot of attention last week, Sonos has responded and insists it’s still carefully protecting the personal data of its customers. The company removed a line — “Sonos does not and will not sell personal information about our customers” — from its US privacy statement earlier this month.

But Sonos claims the reason wasn’t scandalous; the company says it cut the sentence because it was overly broad...

The Verge

Jay Peters

Apple is shutting down Apple Pay Later just months after launch

Illustration: The Verge

Apple is shutting down Apple Pay Later, its buy now, pay later service, the company confirmed to 9to5Mac. The service, which lets you take out “pay later” loans that can be paid in four payments over six weeks, only launched fully in the US in October 2023. In its place, Apple says that users will be able to apply for “installment loans” from credit cards, debit cards, and lenders when checking out with Apple Pay later this year.

Here is Apple’s full...

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Nilay Patel

Apple’s fancy new CarPlay will only work wirelessly

Image: Apple

Apple’s been talking about its next generation of CarPlay for two years now with very little to show for it — the system is designed to unify the interfaces on every screen in your car, including the instrument cluster, but so far only Aston Martin and Porsche have said they’ll ship cars with the system, without any specific dates in the mix.

And the public response from the rest of the industry towards next-gen CarPlay has been pretty cool overall. I talk to car...

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Emma Roth

T-Mobile asked to stop advertising its ‘Price Lock’ claim with 5G home internet service

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

T-Mobile has been asked to stop advertising its “Price Lock” policy for its 5G internet service just months after raising prices. On Monday, the National Advertising Division (NAD) recommended that T-Mobile discontinue or modify the claim to explain how it “differs from a ‘price lock.’”

The NAD is part of the nonprofit BBB National Programs that evaluates claims presented in the ads industry. AT&T brought the challenge against the...

SBNation.com

James Dator

This 9-YEAR-OLD hit back-to-back-to-back 900s at Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert

HOW?!

When Tony Hawk landed the first 900 at the X-Games in 1999 it felt like the pinnacle of skateboarding had been reached. Fast-forward 15 years and now we have a literal child dropping THREE of them back-to-back-to-back.

in case yall wanted to see a 9 year old demon land three 900s back to back to back https://t.co/RV8GVLsdVT pic.twitter.com/aofBKI1uBC

— kai (@shatteredjaw) June 15, 2024

This is a clip of Ema Kawakami, who competed at Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert over the...

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Mark Schofield

Mercedes and Toto Wolff hope to build on ‘positive momentum’ at Spanish Grand Prix

Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images

After their best weekend of the 2024 F1 season, Mercedes is hoping to keep the momentum rolling in Barcelona

Mercedes are coming off their best weekend of the entire 2024 season in the Canadian Grand Prix. George Russell scored the team’s first podium in a Grand Prix this season, with a second-place finish after qualifying on pole position, and the fourth-place finish from teammate Lewis Hamilton — coupled with the bonus...

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