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Get a free Google Home Mini when you spend over $119 on eBay

2018-07-12T11:00:03-04:00

eBay is giving out a free Google Home Mini smart speaker if you check out with more than $119 worth of items in your cart. Normally a $49 value, the smallest and cheapest Google Home is currently discounted to $34 on the Google Store and elsewhere in the lead-up to Amazon Prime Day. Clearly Google’s marking it down aggressively in hopes of chipping away at Amazon’s lead with Alexa and the Echo Dot.

To get your free Home Mini, add one to your cart from Google’s official eBay page. Make sure that your cart has at least $119 worth of products (not counting the cost of the Home Mini) when you check out, then input the code “PMINI4FREE.” You should then see the value of the Google Home Mini removed from your cart total.

This a pretty swell promotion if you’ve been holding out on buying a Google Home Mini for yourself or someone else. This offer ends at 2:59AM ET on June 15th, and eBay says that your free Home Mini should arrive within 10 days following the order.

Watch Circuit Breaker live for Nintendo Switch projectors and Android P speculation

2018-04-17T10:49:20-04:00

Season two of Circuit Breaker Live is almost over, so you have to enjoy the show while you still can. Nilay's wife Becky had a baby, so he'll be streaming it live at home, just like you. His baby is going to learn about gadgets, just like you, too. As always, we'll be live at 4PM ET on The Verge's YouTube channel. Paul and I will be hosting this episode where we'll talk with Chaim Gartenberg about Nintendo Switch projectors.

Sean O'Kane will join us later to talk about his review of the Light L16 camera, which just looks awesome. Then, finally, Jake Kastrenakes will show us Ikea's new Bluetooth speaker, the Enemy. We'll probably marvel at i …

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Watch Circuit Breaker Live from CES Day 4: The Verge Awards

2018-01-12T15:10:22-05:00

Another CES has come and gone, we finally made it everyone. We had a blast scouring for all the crazy gadgets from the show floor, and showing the best of what we found on Circuit Breaker Live. For our last episode, we gave out The Verge Awards for categories like "Best Robot" and "Most CES", which you can see for yourself! This is our last episode for a while, but we can't wait to do it again.

If you want to relive the good times, watch the full episode above, and check out our Storystream below for all the other episodes!

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Watch Circuit Breaker Live from CES Day 3, and tune in to watch the final episode at 5PM ET today

2018-01-11T14:34:01-05:00

We're almost nearing the end of CES, which can't come soon enough. Just kidding! We love CES, despite the flooding and power outages. We're in it for the gadgets, baby. Yesterday's episode of Circuit Breaker Live had a very HighQuality guest, none other than HQ's Scott Rogowsky! Plus, Ashley brought us more crowdfunded gadgets she found from the show floor, like the Moodo "scent DJ" and the latest craze after raw water, water pods! So hip. Then Lauren came on to show off an extremely dubious sleep mask, and Paul came by to with the Wonder Workshop Cue, a robot with personality.

Today's episode is our last from CES, so don't miss it! You can …

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Watch Circuit Breaker Live from CES Day 2, and tune in at 5PM ET today

2018-01-10T13:04:39-05:00

CES is still happening, and we're still doing Circuit Breaker Live on Twitter. Yesterday's episode was truly a gadget bonanza with talking robots, smart displays, and drum pads. You can watch the full episode above. But if you want to catch us live on Twitter, you still can! We'll be airing again today at 5PM ET / 2PM PT.

Today we'll have a second round of pod gadgets, an AR video game demo, and a coding robot for kids. I'm not going to promise a bonanza, but it'll probably be something like a bonanza.

It's #CES2018 day 2, and we're back at it with #CircuitBreakerLive! https://t.co/sc5vHDZEMn
- The Verge (@verge) January 10, 2018

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Watch Circuit Breaker Live from CES Day 1, and tune in live at 5PM ET today!

2018-01-09T13:45:12-05:00

CES is bonkers, and yesterday's Circuit Breaker Live was just as bonkers. We had a flying drone, we had robots, we replaced an iPhone battery, and we even had a real live Sam Sheffer at the Hype Podium. If you happened to miss it, you can catch the replay right here, right now. Congratulations.

And if you want to catch today's episode, it's not too late! We go live on Twitter at 2PM PST, which is 5PM EST. We'll have more robots, a weird new interface, and of course more Sam Sheffer. Make sure to send your questions to #circuitbreakerlive to get them answered live on the show. Also make sure to bring an umbrella: it's raining in Vegas!

It's …

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Watch Circuit Breaker Live 012: specialty phone cases and Amazon’s Echo Spot

2017-12-19T11:26:39-05:00

We've spent a wonderful three months together, but our time comes to an end this week with the final episode of Circuit Breaker Live - at least until CES, a distant three weeks from now, when we'll be flooded with more gadgets than we know what to do with.

But we still have plenty to talk about before the new year. On this week's episode, Ashley Carman is on to highlight some of this year's odder phone cases (there's a stun gun), I'm around to talk about the Echo Spot and Amazon's obsession with putting cameras all over your house, and we take a final look through The Verge's gift guide to discuss some last minute favorites. Plus, we take s …

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Watch Circuit Breaker Live 011: Cooking gadgets, AR stickers and the best wireless headphones

2017-12-12T10:33:04-05:00

Update 12/13/17: This post has been updated with the full episode.

Hey, you! Yes, you. Did you know we do a live gadget show on Twitter? It's called Circuit Breaker Live, and we've been doing the thing since October. Every Tuesday at 4PM we go live on Twitter right here. Today, we're doing that again. Your hosts Paul Miller and Ashley Carman, who's subbing in for Nilay Patel, will lead you through the world of gadgetry with whimsy and wonder.

Dieter Bohn is in New York and will walk us through Google's new AR stickers. Chaim Gartenberg is here, too, and he'll tell us about a bunch of kitchen gadgets. We might even cook something live on ai …

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Watch Circuit Breaker Live 010: DJ gadgets and a photo shootout

2017-12-06T12:29:22-05:00

Update 12/6/17: This article has been updated with the full episode above.

Another Tuesday is upon us, and yes, another episode of Circuit Breaker Live is here, too. We'll be live today at 4PM ET at our usual spot on Twitter with your hosts Paul Miller and Ashley Carman (that's me!), who is subbing in for Nilay Patel.

Today's show has everything you could want from a live gadget show on Twitter. DJ and tech reporter Dani Deahl will teach me and Paul how to DJ. She'll maybe even make a beat on air with her DJ gadgets. I'm deeply untalented at playing music, so this segment will be fantastic. Then, reporter Sean O'Kane and creative director …

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Watch Circuit Breaker Live 009: Pixel Buds, the HoloPlayer One, and bananaphones

2017-11-29T10:53:55-05:00

Circuit Breaker Live was on Twitter this week not once, but twice! What a treat!

Yesterday, Jake Kastrenakes was on to show us the future of holograms with the HoloPlayer One; Sean O'Kane brought the Pixel Buds on-air with a live translation demo; and Chaim Gartenberg brought a bevy of strange phones for us to gawk at.

We've uploaded the full episode online for you above, and you can always watch past episodes in our Storystream below.

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