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Hacks’ full five-season run is coming to Blu-ray on December 8th.
HBO’s Hacks was a magnet for well-deserved Emmys, and I was personally delighted to hear that the complete series would come to Blu-ray. The set recently went up for preorder, costing $69.99 at Amazon, and includes cast screen tests, deleted scenes, bloopers, table reads, and more detailed at Blu-ray.com. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/hacks.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7X is the most laptop that $1,000 can currently buy
You can also save on Starfield for the PS5, get a $25 DoorDash gift card with Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave, and save on a great dash cam.
Joby completes first cross-country autonomous flight.
The flight covered 3,199 miles with “zero control inputs from onboard safety pilot,” including autonomous taxi, takeoff, cruise, and landing, the company said. The modified Cessna Caravan aircraft equipped with Joby’s Superpilot autonomous flight system took off from Buchanan Field Airport in Concorde, California, and landed at Dare County Regional Airport in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. In addition to the on-board safety pilot, Joby monitored the aircraft remotely from its headquarters in California, as well as from Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, up to 2,323 miles away. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/J208_PR_4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
Qualcomm is raising phone chip prices starting September 1st
Qualcomm announced it’s raising prices on its products starting on September 1st, as it reported its lowest handset revenue since 2021.
Boox’s quirky page-turning remote won me over
Boox’s Tappy is a compact but surprisingly functional page-turning remote that’s useful for more than just reading.
All these smart glasses and nothing to do
It’s clear that while this is the most capable, stylish, and affordable that the tech has ever been, there still isn’t a compelling reason for the gadget.
Intel’s Panther Lake is finally here: These are the Core Ultra 3 chips
Intel’s Core Ultra 3 series chips, aka Panther Lake, will begin shipping in laptops on January 27th. Here are the different chips on offer.
MKBHD cancels his Tesla Roadster order.
He put down $5,000, and then another $45,000, to reserve a revamped Tesla Roadster when it was first unveiled in 2017. But Tesla never got around to making one, so he decided to cancel it. The cancellation process involved multiple emails and phone calls, but eventually he got a check from Tesla... for $45,000. That’s right, they kept the $5,000 initial deposit. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNz6-B70WOs]
Five futures for Apple’s HomeScreenPod
From a HomePod with a screen to a HomePad (and maybe even an actual Apple TV?), what does the future Apple Home smart display look like? And how much would you pay for it?
I’m so mad that I love Orion's $2,195 AI mattress pad | TechCrunch
Sleeping on the Orion is like flipping your pillow to find “the cool side,” except that your entire bed is the cool side.
Another Clicks Communicator update.
Clicks is offering another updated look at the much-awaited Communicator and a couple of pleasant surprises for those who have already pre-ordered the device: more RAM, a slightly bigger battery, and Android 17 included as standard. It’s expected to ship in December to customers, and this latest video gives a more detailed look at some of the software features Clicks has been working on. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD99T1q5Fnw]
Raja D King’s ‘iPhone Langar’: 10 phones, 1,000 people and a ‘Jai Mata Di’ rule for Chandigarh event
CHANDIGARH: After his earlier ‘petrol langar’ drew a large crowd in Chandigarh, social media personality Rakesh Trehan, also known as Raja D King, has.
The winners of Nikon’s microscopic video competition.
The annual Small World in Motion Competition has yielded another five bangers. The first place entry used a 100X magnification to capture the abnormal airway cilia inside a child with a genetic disorder affecting respiratory function. Sad, but beautiful. ABC News (Australia) has a roundup. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz3V9398LEY]
Apple iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max go on sale starting today: Here’s how much EMI you will have to pay to buy the new iPhone models
Tech News News: Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are now available for customers in India. The Cupertino-based tech giant is offering both flagship models .
Watch: Long queues outside Apple stores across India as iPhone 18 series, 1st foldable iPhone go on sale
NEW DELHI: Long queues formed outside Apple stores across India on Friday as customers turned up early to get their hands on the company’s latest prod.
Waymo says Singapore will be its next international robotaxi city
Waymo plans to launch a commercial robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028.
Google’s new emoji site is great.
On the Noto Emoji site, you can search for emoji, download 2D and 3D files of the (open source) emoji in different formats, and even see the original proposals that helped things get turned into emoji in the first place. (In 2019, I wrote about that proposal process for my submissions of the waffle and yawning face emoji.) I also recommend Google’s post about designing its Noto 3D emoji, it’s good stuff. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Screenshot-2026-09-17-at-2.47.15-PM.png?quality=90&strip=all]