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Original title: The 71 best Labor Day deals you can still get Labor Day weekend is over, which means the symbolic end of summer has passed. On a more positive note, dozens of the best Labor Day deals are still around, so you still have time to take advantage of them if you spent the long weekend offline. For a limited time, you can save on a variety of Verge-approved gadgets and goods, from earbuds and 4K TVs to the latest e-readers. Being that it’s now September, it’s also a good reminder that the holidays will be here before you know it. Thankfully, some gadgets — including the latest Kindle Colorsoft, the M4 MacBook Air 13, and Sony’s WH-CH520 headphones — have fallen to their lowest price to date, making now an excellent time to get a head start on your holiday shopping. After all, there’s no guarantee they’ll drop lower in price, even when Black Friday and Cyber Monday roll around. Speaker deals JBL’s Flip 7 is on sale for around $129.95 ($20 off) at Best Buy, is on sale for around $129.95 ($20 off) at Amazon Walmart , and B&H Photo , matchi ...

Original title: Why are online puzzle games having a moment? is a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hooked on LinkedIn’s Queens? Gotta extend your Wordle streak in the New York Times games app before you start your day? You’re in good company on today’s Vergecast episode. Allison Johnson is joined by Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, world-class puzzle champs and hosts of the delightful Cracking the Cryptic, a YouTube channel where they solve a puzzle on camera every single day. They specialize in sudoku — and not just the classic number games you might be familiar with. Simon and Mark tackle mind-bending, seemingly impossible puzzles, working through it all in real time, sometimes over the course of several hours. What happens when you get stuck? How can you tell the difference between a puzzle made by a human and a co ...

Original title: Beginner Guide to CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) in 2022 In this CJ Affiliate guide, I will share with you everything you need to get started on the platform, I will give you an in-depth look at the network and how it works. You will learn how to earn money with the platform. If you’re not interested, I’ll share some of the best CJ affiliate programs and alternatives. By the end of this post, I will also answer some of the FAQs on the platform and give my quick CJ review. Sounds Good So let’s start What is CJ Affiliate? Commission Junction is an online advertising company that offers affiliate programs for various retailers. Since 1998, it has been known as one of the oldest and most popular affiliate networks. Commission Junction has consistently ranked among the top 10 affiliate networks With in-depth data analysis and an unmatched understanding of clients needs, CJ has established itself as a leader in performance marketing. For Advertiser: CJ provides advertisers with a variety of tracking, management, and payment options. As an affiliat ...

Original title: Samsung’s trifold might be launching pretty soon We know officially that Samsung is planning to launch its first trifold phone this year, and recent rumors suggest that might mean either this month or next. Just don’t expect it to appear at this week’s Unpacked event, which promises products ranging from “premium AI tablets to the newest member of the Galaxy S25 family.” Korea’s ET News reports today that the new foldable could be unveiled as early as this month, with the phone actually on sale in November. That launch sounds pretty limited though: apparently only 50,000 units, a far cry from the millions of preorders Huawei claims to have received for its first foldable, last year’s Mate XT. It’s ready to launch its second generation, the Mate XTs, this Thursday. Other sources have claimed we might see the launch a little earlier. Another Korean site, Newsworks, expects an Unpacked on September 29th to reveal Samsung’s upcoming Project Moohan XR headset, and leaker Ice Universe claims we’ll see the trifold there too, along with a pa ...

Original title: My favorite cooking gadget is getting a big upgrade is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. I’ve owned a Thermomix TM6 for about five years, and I use it multiple times a day for everything from making smoothies in the morning to steaming veggies for dinner, whipping up a sauce, or cooking some rice. It’s the most versatile smart gadget in my kitchen. Now its successor, the Thermomix TM7, has arrived in the US, launching today for $1,699. Yes, it’s expensive — but this all-in-one machine is designed to replace a countertop’s worth of gadgets, with functions like weighing, chopping, whisking, steaming, sautéing, slow cooking, and even fermenting. The standout upgrade is a larger 10-inch touchscreen powered by a faster multicore processor. However, I‘m wary of the missing physical dial, as the screen features all the d ...

Original title: Amazon ends shared Prime free shipping outside your home is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Amazon is axing the program that lets Prime members share their free shipping perk with people outside their household. In an update to its support page, Amazon says it will cut off Prime benefit sharing on October 1st, 2025, prompting invitees who don’t live with the account holder to sign up for their own subscription at a discounted $14.99 rate for an entire year (and then $14.99 per month after that). Instead, Amazon is replacing this program with Amazon Family, which lets account holders share Prime benefits — but only with people they live with. Amazon says everyone in a “Family” must live at the same primary residential address, defined as “the address you consider to be your home and where you spend the majority of your time.” As we’ve seen with several streaming services that have cracked down on password sharing, Amazon is likely ...

Original title: Apple to Curb iPhone 12 Radiation With EU-Wide Software Update Apple on Monday said it will issue a software update for iPhone 12 users throughout the European Union to reduce radiation levels, bringing them in line with the bloc’s health standards. The update is equivalent to a September 2023 change Apple made in France to bring the iPhone 12 into compliance with a testing protocol used by the country’s regulators. France ordered Apple to halt ‌iPhone‌ 12 sales due to the model exceeding the limit for electromagnetic absorption by the body, and Apple was ordered to “fix” existing devices to bring them into electromagnetic radiation compliance with European standards. The latest EU-wide update follows a decision published by the European Commission on Monday that endorsed France’s original regulatory response as “justified.” The software update will be issued across all 27 EU member states “in the coming weeks,” according to Apple. When Apple rolled out the update in France, it did so despite disputing the regulators’ testing method. Apple said th ...

Original title: AirPods Pro 3 Said to Gain Two Health Sensors, But Translation Delayed Apple’s upcoming AirPods Pro 3 will indeed feature in-ear temperature sensing as well as heart-rate sensing, but the rumored live translation feature is not ready for launch and will instead arrive in a later software update. That’s according to an anonymous tip received by 9to5Mac. Apple is known to have been working on a variety of health features for future AirPods, including heart rate monitoring and temperature sensing – Bloomberg reported as much in December 2024. Since then, heart-rate monitoring has debuted in Apple’s Powerbeats Pro, making the feature a dead cert for the company’s next-generation AirPods Pro earbuds. In contrast, further details about temperature sensing have been lacking. As for AirPods live translation, we’ve already seen hints of its development in Apple imagery found in iOS 26 beta. The AirPods will be able to provide a simpler translation process for people who are speaking different languages, though the process will rely on the Translate app on the iPho ...

Original title: Hungry Worms Could Help Solve Plastic Pollution Plastics that support modern life are inexpensive, strong, and versatile, but are difficult to dispose of and have a serious impact when released into the environment. Polyethylene, in particular, is the most widely produced plastic in the world, with more than 100 million tons distributed annually. Since it can take decades to decompose—and along the way can harm wildlife and degrade into harmful microplastics—its disposal is an urgent issue for mankind. In 2017, European researchers discovered a potential solution. The larvae of wax moths, commonly known as wax worms, have the ability to break down polyethylene in their bodies. Wax worms have been considered a pest since ancient times because they parasitize beehives, feeding on beeswax. However, we now know that they also spontaneously feed on polyethylene, which has a chemically similar structure. “Around 2,000 wax worms can break down an entire polyethylene bag in as little as 24 hours, although we believe that co-supplementation ...

Original title: The best Labor Day TV sales Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer, which is a bit sad, but it’s a great time to get a deal on a fancy, new TV. The US holiday is happening just before the start of the 2025-2026 NFL season, the World Cup qualifiers, and the lead-up to the MLB post-season games. This sports trifecta means you can take advantage of Labor Day sales on 4K TVs, whether you’re planning on hosting big at-home viewing parties, or you just want to tune in alone. Right now, you can save hundreds of dollars on high-end OLED TVs like Samsung’s S90D or Sony’s Bravia 8 II. If you don’t want to spend as much, you can pick up a 70-inch 4K TV from Insignia for well under $400. That’s just a taste, but we’ve got more deals below that should suit gamers, cinephiles and sports fans alike. Many of these TVs are at or matching their lowest prices, and, as always, there’s no guarantee that Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals will beat these prices. Insignia F50 Insignia’s massive 70-inch F50 4K TV is on sa ...