These days, there are plenty of ways to play Windows games on Mac, but you don't have a great deal of choice when it comes to peripherals. However, it seems that Corsair is trying to change that. The company has announced that it's releasing the first keyboard for Macs designed specifically for gaming, and it may be a sign of things to come for hardcore fans who love macOS.

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Emails in Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI expose the startup’s rocky origins. Continue reading…

Imagine urgently needing your Windows PC to meet a deadline but helplessly waiting for it to boot. I know this can be a really frustrating situation. A sluggish Windows startup can dampen your productivity and greatly test your patience. It may also indicate some deep-rooted issues with the OS. Thankfully, you can apply many simple, actionable steps on your Windows 10 or 11 devices to increase the boot time. Most of these steps just involve changes to some Windows OS settings, though a few would require you to invest in upgrades. Here are the best steps you can take to improve your system startup.

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge HarperCollins has agreed with an unnamed AI tech company to let the company use some nonfiction titles to train its models, 404 Media reports, but only if authors opt-in to having their books be used for training. Some authors are currently suing companies like OpenAI, accusing them of copyright infringement for training AI models on their works without permission.According to a statement HarperCollins gave to 404 Media, the agreement protects authors’ “underlying value of their works and our shared revenue and royalty streams.” Author Daniel Kibblesmith posted screenshots of an email showing that he would be paid $2,500 if he allowed one of his books to be licensed.Abominable.— Daniel Kibblesmith (@kibblesmith.com) 2... Continue reading…

Screenshot: Razzlekhan A federal judge has sentenced Heather Morgan to 18 months in prison for her role in helping husband Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein launder stolen Bitcoin, CoinDesk reports. Lichtenstein has admitted to hacking the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in 2016 and stealing 120,000 Bitcoin, worth $71 million at the time (and almost $11 billion as of this writing).Before she was arrested, Morgan was a Forbes and Inc. blogger. When the Department of Justice announced her arrest, the internet found out she also made crypto-themed rap videos under the name “Razzlekhan.” The whole story is expected to be immortalized in a Netflix documentary series and a film called Dutch & Razzlekhan.Morgan issued a statement on X, saying she “will soon be telling my... Continue reading…

Corsair has upgraded its K65 Plus wireless keyboard and M75 wireless mouse so they’re Mac compatible with new colorways. | Image: Corsair Corsair has announced an updated version of the K65 Plus wireless keyboard it debuted earlier this year that’s now compatible with the Mac. It’s joined by a new version of Corsair’s M75 wireless mouse, and both peripherals are available in Mac-exclusive colors including glacier blue and a white version the company calls frost.The frost versions of the K65 Plus wireless keyboard and M75 wireless mouse are available now from Apple’s online and retail stores for $179.95 and $129.95, respectively. The glacier blue versions will be available for the same price, but at a later date. Image: Corsair The Mac version of the Corsair K65 Plus wireless keyboard is exclusively available in glacier blue and frost (white)... Continue reading…

It's that time of year again when retailers crawl over each other to get your attention to buy all the things! Here at XDA, we won't sell you mattresses or other things that don't relate to our core coverage. We'll hunt down the best Black Friday deals and shortlist only the discounts worth caring for. You won't find a single deal here that we wouldn't purchase ourselves whether you're in the market for a discounted laptop, CPU, GPU, storage drives, an SBC, or even some networking equipment. We'll have all the best Black Friday deals right here.

Sometimes, the best tech stories come from when a previous April Fool's joke becomes a reality. It's to the point where you'd be forgiven for thinking that April Fool's Day has turned into a corporate exercise to test product ideas and produce the ones that get positive feedback. Now, another "gag product" has become a real thing, and while it may look like an old piece of kit from the outside, this PC case can handle some pretty intense hardware under the hood.

Windows Search isnt exactly known for being great at finding your files or apps, and its web search isnt much better. By default, when you type a query in the taskbar search box, alongside results for apps, files, and settings, Windows Search will also suggest web searches. These will open Microsoft Edge and use Bing to answer your question.

The US Department of Energy headquarters building on February 9th, 2024, in Washington, DC. | Photo by J. David Ake / Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy is fossil fuel executive Chris Wright — who has misleadingly claimed on LinkedIn that “there is no climate crisis, and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.” Hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, and other disasters exacerbated by climate change are already hitting the US. And renewable energy capacity is on course to more than double globally by the end of the decade.Nevertheless, Wright is a staunch evangelist for fossil fuels who consistently rejects mainstream climate science. While Wright also has ties to the nuclear energy industry, clean energy advocates say that with Trump’s cabinet picks, the US is losing ground in the race to deploy renewable... Continue reading…

The liquid hydrogen-powered GR Corolla H2 Concept. | Image: Toyota Toyota is pushing hydrogen-powered vehicle technology forward with a liquid hydrogen system design that includes a self-pressurizer to save escaping gas and reuse it as fuel to increase engine efficiency.Toyota introduced a liquid system in the GR Corolla H2 Concept in 2023, which keeps hydrogen at -253 degrees Celsius during filling and storing in the tank. Hydrogen exists as a gas at room temperature, so the pumps have to operate cold to prevent the liquid from boiling. Inherently, the system still has boil-off gas that gets wasted. Image: Toyota Boil-off gas chart for the system. So what’s the solution? Toyota exhibited a “self-pressurizer” at the Super Taikyu Series 2024 race this past weekend that “uses the... Continue reading…

Video editing is no longer limited to professionals with expensive software. There are plenty of great video editing programs like OpenShot and Shotcut have made it easier than ever for casual editors and aspiring creators to produce high-quality content without paying a dime. But with both programs offering robust features, it can be hard to know which one is the best fit for your needs. Here's a breakdown of OpenShot and Shotcut to help you decide which free video editor is right for you.