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Today’s Vergecast: The tech that made a 2-hour marathon possible.

At this year’s London Marathon, two runners completed the route in under two hours, becoming the first people to ever do so on an official course. It’s a feat that Outside magazine’s Alex Hutchinson once thought wouldn’t be accomplished until 2075. The Verge’s senior policy reporter (and marathoner) Lauren Feiner talks to Alex about “super shoes” and the other surprising technological advances that led to this moment. Watch | Listen | Get ad-free [Media: https://youtu.be/9Kltgi16rys?si=boewGo8reW0kBXfQ]

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The untold history of the seat-belt warning.

I found this Washington Post story about the “lowly” seat belt warning — how they came to be, which automakers have the best and worst chimes, and the people who are still militantly opposed to wearing seat belts — to be highly fascinating. The occasion is that the federal government is delaying new rules that would require automakers to install more persistent warnings. It’s troubling because seat belts literally save lives, and so do reminders to wear them. [Link: Ding! Ding! Ding! The long, strange fight over your car’s seat-belt chime. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2026/09/07/seat-belt-chimes-are-meant-save-lives-some-people-still-resent-them/ | The Washington Post]

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We flew the banned drone with snap-on propeller wings.

[Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0bBACZGinI] Dom says it’s quick and easy to snap a propeller backback onto the HoverAir Versa, and then… it can fly! Shame that HoverAir isn’t transparently telling backers that this camera has been banned in the US, and shame on the Trump administration for creating the dumb drone ban to begin with.

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An air traffic control glitch is disrupting flights across the UK.

Several UK airports, including Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, and others, have grounded departing flights as the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) deals with a “technical issue” affecting its “flight processing system.” NATS adds that its “engineers are on site and working urgently to resume normal operations as quickly as possible.” [Link: Heathrow delays live: Flights grounded at UK airports due to ‘technical issue’ | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-airport-delays-gatwick-heathrow-air-traffic-control-live-updates-b3046636.html | The Independent]

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Xiaomi launches its SkyNomad SUV lineup.

After taking the wraps off its all-electric SkyNomad SUVs in July, Xiaomi has officially launched the four-car lineup in China, which starts at RMB 209,900 (~$31,275) for the N70 Pro model. The priciest SkyNomad N90 Studio Max offers a pop-up camping roof, rotatable front seats, a collapsible table, and back seats that fold into a bed. It costs RMB 299,900 (~$44,685). [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Xiaomi-SkyNomad-N90-Max-Studio_03.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Xiaomi-SkyNomad-N90-Max-Studio_01.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Xiaomi-SkyNomad-N90-Max-Studio_04.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Xiaomi-SkyNomad-N90-Max-Studio_05.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Xiaomi-SkyNomad-N90-Max-Studio_06.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Xiaomi-SkyNomad-N90-Max-Studio_07.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Xiaomi-SkyNomad-N90-Max-Studio_09.png?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/Xiaomi-SkyNomad-N90-Max-Studio_10.png?quality=90&strip=all]

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All of Xteink’s tiny e-readers now use a proprietary magnetic USB cable.

The new $79 Xteink X4 Classic is an updated version of the company’s original tiny e-reader with a larger 920mAh battery that comes at the cost of a USB-C port. Like the Xteink X3 and X4 Pro, the revamped X4 Classic now has a magnetic pogo pin connector on the back for charging and syncing. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/xteink1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/xteink2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

Saturday, October 10, 2026

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