In a world where many of us buy new technology the moment updates are released, we have more electronic waste than ever before. Perhaps your old iPad is collecting dust somewhere right now, and needs a purpose. The good news is that there are plenty of unconventional ways to reuse an older iPad to prevent it from being thrown into the iPad graveyard. You can test out open-source illustration tools, or use your iPad in many productive ways to avoid waste.

We all need more and more storage space for our digital files, but you don't always have to dive straight in to a consumer NAS with expensive hard drives. You can take an old SSD or even a flash drive and turn it into a small network drive to get you on your self-storage journey. That's possible because the best Wi-Fi routers have a USB port on them which can be used as a host device for things like USB modems, but also for storage drives. It's also fairly straightforward to enable in your router settings, so let's dive in.

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There are a lot of great headphone options out there. But if you're looking for something lightweight, comfortable, and wireless — we think the Jabra Evolve2 65 is going to be a great choice. In addition to the qualities above, you also get long battery life, and it now comes at $151 less than its retail price. So grab this deal while you can because it won't last long.

Designed to help you experiment to your heart’s content, home labs are equipped with all sorts of unique facilities to enhance your project-building experience. Containerization is one such feature that can turn your experimentation workstation into a powerful self-hosting platform. Often contrasted with virtual machines, containers offer plenty of perks for server enthusiasts – and here are five reasons why you should integrate them into your home lab workflow.

Image: Second Dinner Mobile card game Marvel Snap is coming back to app stores, starting with Google Play. That’s according to Developer Second Dinner, which announced yesterday it was starting the process of restoring the game to Google’s Android app store at 6PM PT / 3PM ET that day. The developer said in another post it expects the game to return to both Google’s and Apple’s app stores “as early as next week.” Marvel Snap was caught up in the TikTok outage last weekend because its original publisher, Nuverse, is owned by TikTok parent company ByteDance. The game came back online for players on Monday and Second Dinner said it planned to “bring more services in-house and partner with a new publisher.” As of now, Marvel Snap is still “provided, operated, and managed by Nuverse,” according to the privacy policy on the game’s website.An admin of the Marvel Snap Discord server also announced a set of compensation packages for players affected by the outage. As seen in screenshots posted to Reddit, that includes in-game credits, tokens, and special variants for accounts that were created in the US or that showed US activity in the 30 days prior to the outage. Non-US players will also get a “Global Gratitude Package” with similar, though fewer, benefits. Other apps that went down last weekend, such as CapCut and Lemon8, have since come back online but still aren’t listed in the iOS and Android app stores. Although President Donald Trump has directed the US Attorney General not to enforce the US TikTok ban, it’s unclear whether he can shield Apple or Google from legal liability if they host the apps in defiance of the law.

Many of the larger components of our computing setups are easily turned into projects or reused in other computers, but what happens to peripherals once an upgrade arrives? Whether you decide on a new slim mechanical keyboard or mouse, it's all too easy to toss the device it's replacing into a drawer as a spare. But with a little bit of thought and some tools, those peripherals can get a new lease of life as a gift or gadget to be enjoyed further.

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge The next generation of Nvidia GPUs is almost here. Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs are just around the corner, with the first releases — the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 — dropping on January 30th. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 will follow that with their own releases in February, but some are already getting a sneak peek at the GPUs’ software benefits through DLSS 4.Tom Warren’s Verge review of the $1,999 RTX 5090 indicates it’s expectedly a powerhouse, but not quite the generational leap that the RTX 4090 was over its own predecessor. That didn’t stop The Verge’s Sean Hollister from being impressed with the two-slot RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPU when he stuffed it into his aging small-form-factor PC. Along with the 50-series GPUs comes DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, a software trick that may be just as big a story as the hardware itself. This latest version of DLSS uses AI to predictively generate frames, making it possible to run games at higher resolutions without taking the same framerate hit they would without DLSS 4 turned on. Gamers who are already trying DLSS 4 out in Cyberpunk 2077 using RTX 40-series GPUs report seeing huge improvements already.We’ll be keeping up with all the news about Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs right here at The Verge.

Image: Fubo Fubo has raised its English-language streaming plan prices by $5 each, with a Fubo spokesperson citing “rising costs from our programming partners,” reported The Streamable yesterday. Fubo’s Essential and Pro plans now start at $85 a month, while its Elite plan has gone up to $95 monthly. “We only make adjustments when necessary,” a Fubo spokesperson said to The Streamable, “and we’re committed to keeping Fubo competitive while ensuring our subscribers have access to the channels, features and live events they enjoy.” I've updated my live TV streaming price tracker to reflect Fubo's $5/month increase. More from The Streamable: https://t.co/wL6hz3IR6p pic.twitter.com/8w9izuy8F1— Michael Saves (@MichaelSaves) January 24, 2025Fubo debuted its Essential plan at $80 per month in December, as The Streamable notes. While priced the same as the Pro plan and offering largely the same features, it doesn’t include regional sports networks — or the extra up-to-$16 monthly fee that comes with them. With the rate hike, Fubo is once again more expensive than YouTube TV, which raised its subscription fee by $10 the same month. It’s also pricier than Disney’s Hulu + Live TV, which Fubo is planning to merge with.

Do your Excel spreadsheets move slower than a rush hour traffic jam? It’s time for a serious tune-up, as such behavior can affect your productivity and life. Just like there are shortcuts and strategies to navigate a busy city, there are clever tricks to optimize your Excel spreadsheets for smoother performance. In this post, I will show you my go-to practices to fix common Excel woes and dramatically speed up those loading times.

While we hear all about the newest games as they release, there are countless classics out there that have stood the test of time for different reasons. While some are just genuinely good games, others are an important piece of history that you should try out to get a feel for what games were like at the time.

Windows may be the most popular desktop operating system in the world, but it does have a reputation for sometimes being frustrating to use for one reason or another. And with Linux sometimes being brought up by people who are generally more tech-savvy, it begs the question of whether Windows is still a good OS for power users.