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The firm previously said there was "no evidence that customer data was compromised".

The pricing error allowed some shoppers to get pasta sauce, coffee and cookies for free.

The technology giant says US tariffs will add around $900m to its costs this quarter.

The firm told the BBC it had restricted internet access in its stores following an attempted cyber attack.

The company has pointed to increasing game development costs and "market conditions".

The retailer is reeling from a ransomware attack - here's what other people did when in the same situation.

Experts say the instruction suggests the company fears hackers could be lurking on calls.

The electric car firm says a report that it is hunting for a successor is "absolutely false".

Meta said the negative impact could kick in as soon as the third quarter of this year.

The tech giant had been ordered in 2021 to allow greater competition and open the App Store up to outside payment options.

The retailer says it's disabled parts of its IT systems in response to the incident.

Users said the chatbot endorsed ideas including stopping medication and getting angry at strangers

Scientists, including researchers in Bath, have come up with 100 proposed uses for the robots.

The company not saying who carried out the attack - or when their systems will be restored - suggests it's serious.

The BBC understands food availability should be back to normal by the end of the week.

The firm has stopped taking orders on its website and apps, including for food and clothes.

The country is aiming to boost its technology sector by training children in tech from a young age.

Websites will have to instate age checks and tighten up algorithm recommendations for young users.

Tech firms are being urged to do more to stop young people accessing unsuitable material.

The meme coin's website says its 220 top investors will be invited to a gala event with the president.

An OpenAI executive told a US judge the company would be interested in buying the popular browser.

While Meta says the AI chatbot is a "good thing", some users have shared their frustrations.

The tech giants have reacted with fury, accusing the EU of unfairly pursuing US companies.

The tech boss says he intends to spend only one to two days a week on Trump administration matters.

Customers have reported problems with click and collect orders as well as card and contactless payments.

Instagram promised more "built-in protections" for young people but researchers say users are still exposed to sexualised images and negative stereotypes.

But it said it would still consider human involvement when selecting winners.

It is a long-awaited remaster of the classic video game, which originally released back in 2006.

Angry customers have also complained of being unable to use vouchers and gift cards.

Several Chinese solar companies with factories across the region could face steep new tariffs.

The influencer explains how she rebuilt her life after a podcast implicated her fiancé had had an affair.

China sits at the heart of Apple's supply chain - and has benefited hugely from it. Can they break up?

The space mission to better understand how forests affect climate change on Earth.

Artificial intelligence is being used to unlock the mysteries of dolphin communication.

What is AI discrimination, and can it be fixed ?

Could nuclear fusion supply endless clean energy?

How do you get close enough to study a gigantic mass of ice floating in cold waters ?

Marc Cieslak has the highlights from the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco.

It's one of the world's biggest companies - we get exclusive access to the Seattle HQ

UN agencies are worried about rising cases of satellite navigation signal interference.

Can we clean up air travel? Adrienne Murray explores developments in electric flight.

Weather influencers can provide useful local information but are also accused of exaggerating conditions.

Bug hunters make money by funding flaws in software, but AI is changing the way they work.

Helsinki wants to become a top European start-up hub, but can it challenge London and Stockholm?

India wants to boost the domestic trainer industry but will small domestic makers suffer?

Start-up social media firms are looking to capitalise on dissatisfaction with the social media giants.

Robo-taxi services and driverless trucks are gaining ground but progress is painstaking.

Services that assess climate change risks are springing up for home buyers, insurers and lenders.

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Google is notifying parents using its Family Link parental controls via email that their kids will soon be able to access Gemini AI Apps on their monitored Android devices, The New York Times reports. The company says kids will be able to use Gemini to do things like help them with homework or read them […]

Google is notifying parents using its Family Link parental controls via email that their kids will soon be able to access Gemini AI Apps on their monitored Android devices, The New York Times reports. The company says kids will be able to use Gemini to do things like help them with homework or read them stories. Like its Workplace for Education accounts, Google says children’s data will not be used to train AI. Still, in the email, Google warns parents that “Gemini can make mistakes,” and kids “may encounter content you don’t want them to see.” Besides sillier mistakes like recommending glue as a pizza topping or miscounting the number of “r” letters in strawberry, some AI bots have had more distressing issues. Some young Character.ai users have struggled to tell the difference between chatbots and reality, and the bots told users they’re talking to a real person. After lawsuits alleged the bots had offered inappropriate content, the company has introduced new restrictions and parental controls. In the case of Gemini, Google’s emailed advice says parents should talk to their kids and explain that the AI isn’t human and not to share sensitive information with the chatbot. Kids under 13 will be able to enable and access Gemini all on their own under Google Family Link, which is designed for parents to keep tabs on their kids’ device usage, set limits, and protect them from harmful content. Google spokesperson Karl Ryan confirmed in an email to The Verge that parents can turn off access via Family Link, and that “they will get an additional notification when the young person accesses Gemini for the first time.”

Sam Altman and Elon Musk aren't just competing in the AI race; they both have ambitions to build Silicon Valley's holy grail: an "everything" super app encompassing finance, social media, gaming, and more. Earlier this week, I got a peek at Altman's plan from a cavernous event space on the northern edge of San Francisco. […]

Sam Altman and Elon Musk aren't just competing in the AI race; they both have ambitions to build Silicon Valley's holy grail: an "everything" super app encompassing finance, social media, gaming, and more. Earlier this week, I got a peek at Altman's plan from a cavernous event space on the northern edge of San Francisco. He was not there as the CEO of OpenAI, but as the co-founder and chairman of Tools for Humanity, the parent company of a cryptocurrency called Worldcoin that's now available in the US. Worldcoin is distributed to people who scan their eyes at one of the startup's orbs, which are rolling out in retail stores across America. At the same time, the token is being used to build a super app to rival X. Tools for Humanity's World app is a crypto wallet, social network, and mini-app platform all in one. Its monthly user base has doubled in the last six months to 26 million people, 12 million of whom have been verified by an orb. In the World app, you can message others via a chat interface tied to World IDs - the blockchain-based identifier you get after scanning your eyes - and send or receive cryptocurrency. There are also dozens of mini apps available from developers … Read the full story at The Verge.

If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-expanding AirPods lineup. Both the new AirPods Max and AirPods 4 (with and without ANC) now consistently receive discounts, as do the latest AirPods Pro with USB-C. The same goes for the original AirPods Max, which are nearly indistinguishable from the last-gen […]

Apple’s surprisingly excellent AirPods 4 are down to just $99 right now, matching their best price to date. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you know where to look, you can often score discounts on Apple’s ever-expanding AirPods lineup. Both the new AirPods Max and AirPods 4 (with and without ANC) now consistently receive discounts, as do the latest AirPods Pro with USB-C. The same goes for the original AirPods Max, which are nearly indistinguishable from the last-gen model aside from the switch to a USB-C connector and a few new color options. The best AirPods 4 deals The best AirPods Pro (second-gen) deals The best AirPods Max deals Below, we’ve rounded up the best deals currently available on each model, including both iterations of the AirPods 4, the latest AirPods Pro, and the AirPods Max. The best AirPods 4 deals At its September event, Apple introduced the AirPods 4, a pair of wireless earbuds available in two variations: a $129 standard model and a $179 noise-canceling model. Both versions represent significant upgrades over the third-gen AirPods, with a more comfortable design and improved audio performance. They’re also better for taking calls thanks to Apple’s Voice Isolation feature, which focuses the mics on your voice so you can be heard more clearly in noisy environments. The $179 AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation offer a surprisingly effective noise-canceling mode, a helpful transparency mode, and several other Pro-level features. The latest AirPods Pro do a better job of tuning out noise, but the AirPods 4 with ANC still do a good job of reducing sound. They also feature other perks formerly reserved for Apple’s top-of-the-line earbuds, including wireless charging and a case with a built-in speaker that allows you to easily track it down via Apple’s Find My app. Although they launched at the end of last year, we’ve consistently been seeing discounts on both versions of the AirPods 4. Right now, for instance, the standard AirPods 4 are matching their all-time low of around $99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. The AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, meanwhile, are on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy starting at $148.99 ($30 off), which remains their best price to date. Read our full AirPods 4 review. The best AirPods Pro (second-gen) deals In 2022, Apple released the second-gen AirPods Pro, which feature a similar build to the first-gen model but offer better noise cancellation, swipe-based controls, and an extra-small pair of swappable silicone ear tips for smaller ears. Apple followed up a year later with a minor refresh, one that features a USB-C charging case and an upgraded IP54 rating for water and dust resistance. The newest model also supports lossless audio when used with Apple’s new Vision Pro headset and doubles as a pair of FDA-approved hearing aids. As far as deals go, Apple’s updated AirPods Pro with USB-C are currently available at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy for around $169 ($80 off), which is just $15 shy of their all-time low of $153.99 and the best price we’ve seen on Apple’s premium earbuds this year. Read our AirPods Pro with USB-C impressions. The best AirPods Max deals The AirPods Max aren’t the iconic in-ears that have become synonymous with the AirPods name. They’re large and luxurious, comprised of aluminum, steel, and mesh fabric that remains comfortable during extended listening sessions. They also sport excellent noise cancellation, Apple’s spatial audio feature, and expansive, balanced sound, even if they lag behind some of their peers when it comes to bass response and features. They’re not the best noise-canceling headphones for most people — blame the sticker price — but it’s hard to find a better pair of Bluetooth headphones if you’re an iPhone user. At the beginning of September, Apple replaced the first-gen Max with a new model that features support for USB-C charging and a few new color options. They’re currently on sale at Amazon and Walmart starting at $479.99 ($70 off), which is their second-best price to date and $30 shy of their all-time low. Keep in mind that you can also occasionally pick up the first-gen model for less than $400, but right now, we’re not seeing any deals of note on the original pair. Read our original AirPods Max review.

On the evening of April 30th, the hottest ticket in San Francisco was a buzzy crypto startup's coming-out party at a warehouse-like complex on the northern edge of the city. It had all the makings of an event you'd only find near Silicon Valley: Anderson Paak, champagne, and a bunch of eye-scanning orbs. Onstage, Sam […]

One of World’s orbs. | Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge On the evening of April 30th, the hottest ticket in San Francisco was a buzzy crypto startup's coming-out party at a warehouse-like complex on the northern edge of the city. It had all the makings of an event you'd only find near Silicon Valley: Anderson Paak, champagne, and a bunch of eye-scanning orbs. Onstage, Sam Altman and co-founder Alex Blania announced that the cryptocurrency Worldcoin is coming to the US for the first time, along with a bevy of orbs. The idea is straight out of science fiction. It may be too far-fetched to work, but given Altman's involvement, it's something worth paying attention to. Read the full story at The Verge.

President Donald Trump proposed drastic budget cuts today that could stymie green energy projects, gut environmental protections, and further hobble health and climate research in the US. Topline budget proposals released today for the 2026 fiscal year would ax $15 billion in federal funding for renewable energy and new technologies to capture carbon dioxide emissions. […]

President Donald Trump proposed drastic budget cuts today that could stymie green energy projects, gut environmental protections, and further hobble health and climate research in the US. Topline budget proposals released today for the 2026 fiscal year would ax $15 billion in federal funding for renewable energy and new technologies to capture carbon dioxide emissions. It would strip nearly $18 billion from the National Institutes of Health, while the Environmental Protection Agency would see its budget slashed in half. All in all, it’s yet another wrecking ball aimed at federal agencies after Trump and billionaire-crony Elon Musk swiftly moved to layoff thousands of government employees and defang regulators charged with protecting Americans’ homes, health, air, and water. The proposal also reads like a tirade against civil rights and any solutions for combatting climate change. “The budget document is laced with racist, anti-science, petty, and cruel language that should be beneath the president of the United States.” “The budget document is laced with racist, anti-science, petty, and cruel language that should be beneath the president of the United States,” Gretchen Goldman, president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, said in a press release. The budget line cutting $624 million for the Economic Development Administration and Minority Business Development Agency describes programs as “subsidies for idealogues [sic] who prioritize ‘racial equity’ and the radicalized climate agenda” and criticizes funding of a “Pride Plaza” in Portland, Oregon. The agency that leads weather forecasting and research into climate change and marine ecosystems, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, takes a major hit with a proposed $1.3 billion loss in funding. It “terminates a variety of climate-dominated” initiatives including educational programs it claims “radicalize students against markets and spread environmental alarm.” The budget would also take away $209 million for procuring weather satellites. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would lose $646 million, even as a growing number of billion-dollar weather disasters take a toll on the US. The document says FEMA will no longer “instill equity as a foundation of emergency management,” and falsely claims that the agency “discriminated” against people who voted for Trump — echoing disinformation about FEMA that Musk and others promoted on social media last year that stoked violent threats against the agency’s staff. To try to prevent worsening climate disasters, the Biden administration funneled an unprecedented amount of federal funding into carbon pollution-free energy projects. Trump has been quick to try to claw those funds back, despite facing legal challenges for attempting to take away funding that had been approved by Congress. His budget proposal today says it would cancel more than $15.2 billion from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed in 2021. That includes funding for for EV and battery manufacturing and cutting $5.7 billion that had been earmarked for EV chargers. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been another target of Trump and Musk’s deregulatory agenda, and would lose more than $4.2 billion if the President’s budget is enacted. Some of the most severe cuts would be to the Hazardous Substance Superfund, a loss of $254 million that would otherwise go toward the clean up of more than 1,300 toxic sites across the US. The EPA’s scientific research arm would similarly lose $235 million. The budget also eliminates the EPA’s environmental justice programs, slashing $100 million in funding. “When the next toxic disaster strikes, who will answer the phone and respond? Americans overwhelmingly support EPA’s mission, and the public must speak up and tell Congress to stop these attacks on public health,” Michelle Roos, executive director of the Environmental Protection Network made up of hundreds of former EPA staff, said in a press statement. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), which had a budget of roughly $48 billion last year, would lose nearly 40 percent of its budget under President Trump’s plans. The document criticizes NIH of promoting “radical gender ideology to the detriment of America’s youth.” It comes a day after the Department of Health and Human Services published a report on treating transgender youth based on harmful pseudoscience that the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics said, “misrepresents the current medical consensus and fails to reflect the realities of pediatric care.”

Firefox could be put out of business should a court implement all the Justice Department’s proposals to restrict Google’s search monopoly, an executive for the browser owner Mozilla testified Friday. “It’s very frightening,” Mozilla CFO Eric Muhlheim said. The DOJ wants to bar Google from paying to be the default search engine in third-party browsers […]

Firefox could be put out of business should a court implement all the Justice Department’s proposals to restrict Google’s search monopoly, an executive for the browser owner Mozilla testified Friday. “It’s very frightening,” Mozilla CFO Eric Muhlheim said. The DOJ wants to bar Google from paying to be the default search engine in third-party browsers including Firefox, among a long list of other proposals including a forced sale of Google’s own Chrome browser and requiring it to syndicate search results to rivals. The court has already ruled that Google has an illegal monopoly in search, partly thanks to exclusionary deals that make it the default engine on browsers and phones, depriving rivals of places to distribute their search engines and scale up. But while Firefox — whose CFO is testifying as Google presents its defense — competes directly with Chrome, it warns that losing the lucrative default payments from Google could threaten its existence. Firefox makes up about 90 percent of Mozilla’s revenue, according to Muhlheim, the finance chief for the organization’s for-profit arm — which in turn helps fund the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation. About 85 percent of that revenue comes from its deal with Google, he added. Losing that revenue all at once would mean Mozilla would have to make “significant cuts across the company,” Muhlheim testified, and warned of a “downward spiral” that could happen if the company had to scale back product engineering investments in Firefox, making it less attractive to users. That kind of spiral, he said, could “put Firefox out of business.” That could also mean less money for nonprofit efforts like open source web tools and an assessment of how AI can help fight climate change. Mozilla would have to make “significant cuts across the company” Ironically, Muhlheim seemed to suggest that could cement the very market dominance the court seeks to remedy. Firefox’s underlying Gecko browser engine is “the only browser engine that is held not by Big Tech but by a nonprofit,” he said. The other two are Google’s open source Chromium and Apple’s WebKit. Mozilla developed Gecko to stave off a fear that Microsoft would control all the protocols on the internet, Muhlheim testified, and creating Gecko helped ensure different browsers would be interoperable, so access to the web wouldn’t be controlled by one company. (Unlike numerous other companies featured in the Google trial, Firefox hasn’t expressed an interest in buying Chrome.) Replacing the revenue from Google is not as easy as making a deal with another search engine provider or a non-exclusive deal with Google, Muhlheim says. Mozilla has talked with Microsoft about the possibility of Bing taking over the default spot, but Muhlheim warns that without Google being able to bid on the contract, the revenue share Mozilla would be able to negotiate would likely fall. On top of that, Mozilla has found that Bing doesn’t monetize traffic as efficiently as Google does today. In a December 2024 presentation to Mozilla’s board that was shown in court, the company warned that losing Google’s payments posed a ”significant threat to viability for Mozilla with limited ability to mitigate.” From 2021 to 2022, the company ran a study to see what would happen if it quietly switched Firefox users’ default search engines from Google to Bing, and found that users who switched to Bing generated less revenue for Mozilla — a finding Muhlheim said demonstrates what might happen if all of its users were switched over to Bing. Mozilla has also previously tried to switch all users’ default search engines, and it didn’t go well. Between 2014 and 2017, the company made Yahoo the default on its browser, and found that people disliked the experience so much that they switched to another browser altogether. “We would be really struggling to stay alive” If the DOJ’s other proposals work as it hopes, they would theoretically create many more quality search engines that could compete for Firefox’s default positioning, and take over the revenue share Google currently pays it. But Muhlheim says that would likely take such a long time that Mozilla would have to make significant cost cuts and strategy changes all while “waiting on a hypothetical future in which that happened.” In the meantime, he said, “we would be really struggling to stay alive.” On cross-examination by the DOJ, Muhlheim conceded that it would be preferable not to rely on one customer for the vast majority of its revenue, regardless of the court’s ruling in this case. And, he agreed, another browser company, Opera, has already managed to make more money from browser ads than it does from search deals. But while that may be a potential pathway to diversifying Firefox’s revenue, he added, scaling up such a business at Firefox may look different, in part because of the privacy-preserving approach it takes to products. Mozilla has supported choice screens for browsers on phones and desktops, the DOJ noted, something it would directly benefit from. But it does not support a choice screen for users to select a default search engine in a browser. Muhlheim said Firefox regularly reminds users they have multiple search options — “there are a thousand different search points” in the browser, he testified. “Choice is a core value for us, but context matters,” he added on cross-examination. “The best way to get to choice is not always a choice screen.” Judge Amit Mehta asked Muhlheim if he’d agree that it would benefit Mozilla if at least one other company that matched Google’s quality and ability to monetize searches existed. “If we were suddenly in that world,” Muhlheim said, “that would be a world that would be better for Mozilla.”

Nothing cements your relationship status with a new hobby like buying a special bag for it. Hiking? Cycling? Photography? You bet there's a special bag designed for just that. Getting into a new thing and accumulating gear for it is a joy. An important and underappreciated subcategory of that enjoyment is finding a special bag […]

Form and function. Nothing cements your relationship status with a new hobby like buying a special bag for it. Hiking? Cycling? Photography? You bet there's a special bag designed for just that. Getting into a new thing and accumulating gear for it is a joy. An important and underappreciated subcategory of that enjoyment is finding a special bag to hold all of those gadgets. Finding and using that perfect bag - with all the right compartments, hooks, and snaps - is its own particular delight. And it's high time we gave it the recognition it deserves. There are some purchases that just can't hold up the hopes we have for them. Who among us hasn't stood in line to check out at Uniqlo thinking "These are the wide-leg jeans that are going to change everything for me," only to put them in the donation pile six months later? But a special little bag has always been able to support the weight of my expectations, even when they're sky-high. I've never regretted buying one, but I sure as hell have regretted hauling around a bunch of equipment in a bag that wasn't right for the job. Don't get me wrong, a good general-purpose bag is a great thing to have. Peak Design makes some popular backpacks along these … Read the full story at The Verge.

Apple and Anthropic are building an AI-powered coding tool that will work in Xcode, Apple’s code-writing tool, Bloomberg reports. A new version of Xcode will integrate Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model to “write, edit and test code on behalf of programmers,” Bloomberg says. Apple is slowly rolling this new version out internally initially and apparently has […]

Apple and Anthropic are building an AI-powered coding tool that will work in Xcode, Apple’s code-writing tool, Bloomberg reports. A new version of Xcode will integrate Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model to “write, edit and test code on behalf of programmers,” Bloomberg says. Apple is slowly rolling this new version out internally initially and apparently has not decided if it will release it to the public. Developers will be able to enter requests in a chat interface, test user interfaces, and help manage bug fixing, according to Bloomberg. Apple didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment from The Verge. Anthropic spokesperson Danielle Ghiglieri declined to comment. Big tech CEOs have touted how AI assists with the development of their internal code, including Microsoft’s Satya Nadella saying that “maybe 20 to 30 percent of the code that is inside of our repos today in some of our projects are probably all written by software.” OpenAI is also reportedly considering a $3 billion deal to buy the AI-powered coding tool Windsurf, which could make ChatGPT better for helping with coding. Apple announced an AI-powered tool to help with coding called “Swift Assist” at WWDC 2024, but hasn’t yet released it, as noted by Bloomberg. The new tool could help Apple get a leg up as it tries to advance its lagging AI efforts. The company recently delayed its upgraded Siri, saying in a statement that “it’s going to take us longer than we thought” to roll it out despite announcing it in June 2024. Oversight of Siri was recently moved from AI chief John Giannandrea to Mike Rockwell, the former head of Vision Pro development. Update, May 2nd: Anthropic declined to comment.

A beta build of Android 16 contains an early version of Google’s new Android Desktop Mode that, in the future, could let users simply plug their smartphone into a monitor and use it like a laptop or desktop computer. The new feature was shared by Android tinkerer Mishaal Rahman reporting for Android Authority. Rahman manually […]

A beta build of Android 16 contains an early version of Google’s new Android Desktop Mode that, in the future, could let users simply plug their smartphone into a monitor and use it like a laptop or desktop computer. The new feature was shared by Android tinkerer Mishaal Rahman reporting for Android Authority. Rahman manually enabled Android Desktop Mode under developer options on his Google Pixel 8 Pro running the latest Android 16 beta. After plugging it into a USB-C compatible monitor, it immediately displays a PC-like interface on the external display, as you can see as in his video: It looks similar to Samsung’s useful DeX feature that lets you dock a Galaxy smartphone to a monitor for a windowed experience. Android Desktop Mode puts Android’s status bar on the top so you can see your Wi-Fi and signal strength, and there’s a taskbar on the bottom that lets you pin apps for easy access. The taskbar also gives you a Windows Start Menu–style app drawer, and you get access to Android’s native navigation buttons on the right end of the taskbar. Apps run in windowed modes that look a lot like the experience on Android tablets, but you also get Windows PC–like abilities such as snapping windows to the left and right of the screen. Last year, Rahman found an early version of Google’s desktop experience didn’t do much more than let you drop a resizable windowed app onto a bigger screen. In March, Google upped its abilities to include a display placement management setting that lets you drag boxes to arrange your mobile screen and monitor so you can make it easier to navigate your cursor between them, much like the display arrangement settings you’ll find on desktop operating systems. Rahman says Desktop Mode might not be ready at launch for Android 16, which is expected to launch this spring. It could come later in a quarterly update or even as part of Android 17, which won’t likely come until 2026.

Microsoft increased the price of Xbox Series consoles by up to $100 earlier this week, but thankfully, not all retailers have raised the price (yet). Dell, for instance, is still offering the digital-only Xbox Series X (1TB) for $449.99, saving you $100 on the new MSRP. The smaller, 512GB Xbox Series S is also available […]

Microsoft increased the price of Xbox Series consoles by up to $100 earlier this week, but thankfully, not all retailers have raised the price (yet). Dell, for instance, is still offering the digital-only Xbox Series X (1TB) for $449.99, saving you $100 on the new MSRP. The smaller, 512GB Xbox Series S is also available at Walmart for just $273.99 ($106 off), while the 1TB model is going for $347 ($83 off) at Walmart. In case you need a refresher, the Series X is more powerful and capable than the smaller Xbox Series S. The Series X offers support for native 4K resolution, for example, while the smaller Series S is primarily designed for 1440p gaming. Microsoft’s higher-end console also offers 1TB of storage, double the base Series S, along with faster performance thanks to an expanded 12 teraflops of GPU performance. Both the disc-less Xbox Series X and Series S lack an optical drive, meaning they’re limited to playing digital titles. That being said, they can play all of the same titles, including those offered through Xbox Game Pass — including newer RPGs like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, along with former exclusives such as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Read our Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X reviews.