Samsung’s latest phones all look and feel very similar, but there are some key differences. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge During its latest Unpacked event, Samsung dished all the details on the Galaxy S25 lineup. The Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus start at $799.99 and $999.99, respectively, while the S25 Ultra runs a cool $1299.99 in its entry-level configuration. You can preorder the phones ahead of their launch on February 7th, but before you do, you’re probably wondering what’s new.The phones don’t look or feel much different, save for the slightly curvier Galaxy S25 Ultra. The Snapdragon Elite 8 is perhaps the S25 family’s most notable hardware upgrade, which is up to 40 percent faster than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and comes with a new neural processing unit to support Samsung’s expanded Galaxy AI experience. The company introduced multimodal and generative AI improvements, after all, and the Galaxy S25 line will be among the first to usher in new Google Gemini features.Our reviews are still forthcoming, and it’s much too early for us to determine whether any of these phones are actually worth upgrading for. But that doesn’t mean we can’t distill their differences to help you determine which device you’d rather buy. Keep reading for a full breakdown of all of the hardware and software... Read the full story at The Verge.

Photography plays a huge part in my writing career and personal life. For the majority of my photo editing needs, Adobe Lightroom Classic has long been my go-to software for projects large and small. It’s the juggernaut of the industry, known for its excellent features and great support. What’s not to love?

What do you feel when you hear the TeamSpeak "user entered your channel" notification? For some, it's just a basic sound notification; for me, it sends me back to a day when my friends and I were hopping on an audio channel so we could do some 40-man Molten Core raids in World of Warcraft, back when expansions weren't even a thing yet.

When it comes to recording gameplay and streaming, there are a few options on the market that you can use. There were the likes of Fraps and Bandicam back in the day, but now there are significantly better options that are free and open-source. One of the best is Open Broadcaster Software, also known as OBS Studio, and it's completely free with extensive plugin support.

I want to use this feature just to side-eye Gemini. | Image: Google Google is announcing a variety of classroom and accessibility-focused ChromeOS features today, and one of the standouts is being able to control your computer with your head and facial expressions. The feature — aimed at those with motor impairments — was first announced in early December, but it’s now rolling out to more users with compatible Chromebooks (Google recommends 8GB of RAM or more).This isn’t Google’s first foray into the face-as-a-cursor space. It previously made an open-source AI accessibility tool for Windows games called Project Gameface, which was also announced for Android. Here’s a sample video from Google of the tech in action, demoed by software engineer Amanda Lin Dietz who helped develop it.Additionally, Google is also teasing a boatload of new Chromebooks for 2025, with over 20 new devices in its standard Chromebook and Chromebook Plus lines coming this year. That estimate may be a bit of a stretch, since Google seems to be counting the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus that launched back in October, but it does also count the just-announced 14-inch Lenovo Chromebook Plus 2-in-1 and more to come.Along with laptops aimed at educators and students, Google’s got a new batch of classroom-focused ChromeOS features called Class Tools. These allow teachers to have real-time control of their students’ screens. Once a pairing code is shared, educators will be able to send students direct content on their Chromebook screens, flip on live captions or translations for them, remotely view their screens, and share a student’s work with the whole class. Image: Google An educator’s view of Google’s Class Tools settings. In addition to these collaborative tools, Google Classroom is also getting an integration with Figma’s FigJam, allowing teachers to assign online whiteboards to students for brainstorming and group work. Maybe the combination of FigJam with the teacher’s ability to snoop on students’ screens will reveal who’s really doing all the work for the group.

Some apps on Windows have become the default choice for many of us. Many people stick to services like Microsoft Office, Google Chrome, Adobe Photoshop, and similar apps, which puts us at their mercy. These apps often come with hefty price tags simply because they are used by millions, if not billions, of users. They also lack transparency about how they handle your data and offer little flexibility.

The last two weeks have been all about Nvidia's RTX 50 series launch — the company's performance claims, the actual rasterized gen-on-gen gains, and the "fake vs. real frames" debate. It's also been about the notable absence of AMD's RDNA 4 graphics cards from its CES keynote. The company's RX 9000 GPUs were a no-show at CES, which AMD tried to justify. Many people believe the company might not be confident in its offerings.

Now that we've properly kicked off 2025, perhaps now would be a great time to check out all the new hardware hitting the market and see if you can score an upgrade for your aging hardware. If you use a laptop for work or study, Acer has a new range that you'll want to take a look at if you're in the market for something new.

Despite the extra immersion VR titles offer, they’re still nowhere near as mainstream as their flatscreen counterparts. Sure, Half-Life: Alyx, Asgard’s Wrath, Lone Echo 2, Into The Radius, and a few other games offer enough content to go head-to-head with the best PC titles, but the VR market can feel somewhat limited, especially for hardcore virtual reality enthusiasts.

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Microsoft has been making some strange decisions lately. After renaming Office on everyone's PCs (and not picking the best name), the company is continuing its trend with a major change to how you sign in to your Microsoft account.