It’s finally time to upgrade for many owners of the earliest Amazon Fire TV devices, as Netflix is ending support for them next month, reports German outlet Heise.The cutoff for US users is June 3rd, according to ZDNet, which writes that the company has been emailing those who would be affected by the change. Netflix is specifically ending support for the 1st-generation Fire TV streaming box and Fire TV Stick, as well as the 2016 Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, ZDNet writes. If you didn’t get the email but want to be certain whether your Fire TV device is one of those reportedly losing Netflix, the outlet writes that you can check the “About” section under Settings > My Fire TV. According to Heise, Amazon is offering discounts on new Fire TV Sticks to those affected by the change. Amazon didn’t immediately respond when The Verge reached out to ask whether that’s true for US users, as well. In a FAQ added to a Netflix help page sometime in the last couple of months (March 15th is when it first showed up on The Internet Archive), the company says it may end support for devices that “can no longer get necessary updates from its manufacturer or support new features.” The company also added new references to error codes R4, R12, and R25-1. Netflix did not immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment.

Network-attached storage (NAS) performance is largely governed by the processor, memory, and installed drives. It's possible to give the enclosure a bump to make it better suited to more advanced or heavier workloads. This includes swapping out RAM modules for faster and higher-capacity equivalents, installing faster storage, and using NVMe SSD caching. An NVMe solid-state drive (SSD) is notably quicker than SATA counterparts, be it flash or mechanical. I spent a total of $45 on buying a 500GB SSD for caching, and it was the best decision I made.

File management on Windows 11 is something you probably don't think about that often, and you might be fine just using the built-in File Explorer. However, once you start playing around with alternatives, it quickly becomes apparent that this default experience is nowhere near as good as it could be. I've stated before that File Pilot may just be the best file manager for Windows, but once the beta period is over, that app will cost $50 at minimum. So what if you don't want to spend that kind of cash?

If you've looked at your NAS running a RAID array and wondered what it would be like swapping those HDDs for some SSDs, you're not alone. After all, if RAID can make slower drives access data faster, then with faster ones it should be even faster, right? But that's only part of the equation, and the other things you need to consider are more important in this case.

If you're on the hunt for one of the best business laptops, you can stop searching if your budget allows. The HP EliteBook Ultra G1i is the perfect companion to grace your C-suite desktop. Perhaps that's not surprising, as HP has a reputation to maintain, and the EliteBook range replaces our old favorites, the premium Dragonfly models.

You know, companies do a lot to make bank off of retro games. After all, it's pretty easy money; just bundle a bunch of old games people like in a collection or a special retro-themed console and the thing near prints money.

Depending on the kind of person you are, you fall into one of two camps — one that believes every BIOS update is indispensable, and the other that believes the BIOS should be updated only when necessary. If you haven't guessed by now, I'm part of the latter group. I even consider myself a tech Luddite who avoids BIOS updates like the plague. Irrespective of how you treat BIOS updates on your PC, there are always myths that you can still get rid of, whether they're about update frequency, necessity, complexity, or risk.

For the longest time, I used Google Keep for all my note-taking needs. This included making to-do lists either for work or for other tasks, like buying groceries, making a travel checklist, etc. While Keep got the job done for the most part, my biggest issue with it was the lack of accountability. All my tasks, irrespective of the priority, were on Google Keep. So I wasn't able to prioritize them and clearly demarcate between important tasks and non-urgent ones. I tried several alternatives, like Notion and Obsidian. However, they, too, had the same issue. I wanted a dedicated app just for to-dos that added a sense of urgency, depending on when the tasks were due.

You’ll be able to use a USB mouse with the Nintendo Switch 2 in at least one game, as a Koei Tecmo developer commentary video for the upcoming Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition revealed this week. That’s great news if your wrists, like mine, started preemptively cramping the first time you saw video of someone tipping a Joy-Con 2 controller on its edge for mouse mode.While demonstrating the game’s use of the Joy-Con 2 as a mouse, producer Michi Ryu stops and plugs in a USB mouse. The Switch 2 displays a message that says a mouse has been connected, and he continues to play with both a mouse and his left Joy-Con 2, switching between them seamlessly, the same way you’ll be able to go back and forth between gyro and mouse control in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.As VideoGamesChronicle notes, the original Switch had mouse and keyboard support, though only some games took advantage, like the Nightdive-developed Turok port. (If you own that game and never noticed the “Mouse” option in its input settings, go plug in a USB mouse and keyboard and try it out — you won’t want to go back.)This time around, Nintendo is embracing mouse support more. For instance, the company published a video to its Nintendo Today app earlier this month, showing that when you put a Joy-Con 2 on its edge for mouse mode, an onscreen pointer appears for navigating the system’s menu. So does the Nobunaga’s Ambition video, mean a standard mouse works interchangeably with a Joy-Con 2 controller anywhere where mouse control is supported? I sure hope so, but we don’t know that yet. And Nintendo didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s email asking if that was the case.

Despite the programming landscape teeming with cool code editors, many developers (including yours truly) rely on Visual Studio Code to develop apps, create scripts, and edit config files. After all, it’s lightweight, works on the big three operating systems, supports plenty of languages, and is armed to the teeth with QoL-enhancing features. However, VS Code’s endless customizability is what truly sets it apart from its rivals, and there’s a barrage of extensions you can add to the code editor to boost its functionality even further.

One superhero that has received tons of praise throughout the decades is The Dark Knight, Batman. Since his first appearance on the pages of Detective Comics and in many DC Comics releases, Batman has had a cultural impact that has permeated throughout entertainment. To many, Batman is an icon in every sense of the word. Within video games, many Batman games have gone on to become classics on various platforms, including home consoles and PC. While some were based on the different live-action films from Hollywood, others were original stories that took the essence of Batman and spotlighted the best aspects of the character and his world.

I’ve been looking for alternatives to Plex and have tried several options, including Jellyfin. Plex has been my go-to app for years, but it has become more expensive, and some features that were once free are now locked behind a paywall. That pushed me to explore other options. Surprisingly, the best alternative turned out to be one I had used a long time ago – Kodi. It’s been around for quite a while, and when I installed it again recently, I was glad to see that it has not only held up well but even surpasses Plex in some areas.