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Thin is in, but the big battery is the V5’s real magic trick.
If there’s one thing we love to hate at The Verge, it’s proprietary chargers. So I’m pretty happy to echo this commenter, delighted to find that Chipolo’s first rechargeable trackers support USB-C and Qi wireless (which have their own sets of standards to worry about, but that’s a whole other post).
Legowerewolf:
“Woo! Hooray for standard chargers!”
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It’s been less than two weeks since the NYT Games app added its latest free offering, the domino-based Pips, but now we’re paying the price: the Mini Crossword has been paywalled, in a devastating blow to my morning routine. Tiles and Letter Boxed now need a subscription too, but I never played them anyway.
You hold one deranged late night talk show tech event hosted by Jimmy Fallon, and all of a sudden that’s all anyone wants you to do, whether you’re launching a new phone or a Duolingo knock-off.
Subsy:
“I’m surprised this wasn’t announced by Jimmy Fallon”
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We’re still waiting for Samsung’s first trifoldable phone — last we heard it’s due “this year” — but Huawei is ready for round two. It’s announced a September 4th launch for the Mate XTs, a follow-up to the impressive Mate XT, and has already teased a major upgrade: stylus support.
[weibo.com]
Victoria’s piece on AI in journaling prompted a pretty lively discussion about the pros and cons of diary tech, but at least some users share her hardline approach.
widepipe13:
“I love this. It took me years of trying every app, device, and technical crutch in the book before I realized a blank space and a pen was the most fulfilling way to reflect on what’s happening to me.”
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The most repairable Fairphone yet is also the first I can easily recommend — but only if you live in Europe.
