Horror games have become a staple of the video game industry and with each new generation, we are given even more realistic and disturbing titles to play. While this industry is highly saturated, we've had to narrow the list down to six of the best AAA horror franchises that continue to deliver horrific nightmare fuel that will keep you awake late into the night, wondering what is hiding in the closet.

The Asus ROG Ally is a pretty good PC gaming handheld, with one of our only major complaints being the software, as it runs Windows. Luckily, that problem seems to soon be a thing of the past, as Valve recently announced that SteamOS will be available for pretty much any device.

Laptop makers can state how powerful or fast their devices are, but if it falls apart the moment you throw it into a rucksack and take it to the office, the coffee shop, or your classes, it's not fit for purpose. Fortunately, Asus has introduced a range of Chromebook that it claims is "invincible" for everyday use.

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.

The RTX 4090 is a lot thicker than the RTX 5090. | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Nvidia has posted a new video showcasing a history of Founders Edition graphics card designs that explores the design of its new RTX 5090 and confirms a previously leaked prototype that used an unconventionally large four-slot design. As noted by VideoCardz, the prototype “Titan ADA” card first revealed by leaker Kopite7kimi included a triple-fan cooling system, and earlier this month, Gamers Nexus tested and tore down a working version of the prototype.In the video published today, Nvidia’s EVP of system products, Andrew Bell, explains that Nvidia cards were trending larger and larger, and they wanted to change that. “We didn’t like the idea of it taking up four slots; it was big, it was unwieldy, it worked in a limited number of chassis,” Bell said.Bell says that the prototype triple-fan cooling system influenced Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture. However, the latest RTX 5090 Founders Edition card that we are currently testing achieves its goals through a modular four-part design with a separate I/O board that allows air to flow through for a more efficient and compact cooler. According to Nvidia, these changes are why the new 5090 fits in two slots on the motherboard compared to the previous three-slot 4090.

Image: Canon The megapixel race isn’t over if you ask Canon. Today, the company announced a new 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor with a resolution of 410 megapixels. That’s 24,592 x 16,704 pixels and a resolution that’s equivalent to 24K — or 12 times the resolution of 8K and 198 times the resolution of HD.It’s the ”largest number of pixels ever achieved in a 35mm full-frame sensor,” according to Canon, but don’t expect the company to introduce it on its consumer-ready digital cameras. It’s designed for surveillance, medicine, and other industrial “applications that demand extreme resolution,” and don’t mind paying a small fortune for it.Thanks to a “redesigned circuitry pattern” and a newly developed “back-illuminated stacked formation in which the pixel segment and signal processing segment are interlayered,” Canon says the sensor has a readout speed of “3,280 megapixels per second,” allowing full-resolution images to be captured at eight frames per second.Canon will also offer a monochrome version of the sensor with a “four-pixel binning” function that improves low-light sensitivity by treating four nearby pixels as one. Although that reduces its overall resolution, it allows the monochromatic version of the sensor to capture 100-megapixel videos at 24 frames per second.If you want to maximize your megapixels, you typically need to turn to medium-format or larger sensors and bigger cameras. The Phase One XF IQ4 150MP, for example, can capture images at 150-megapixels. But by putting this much resolution into a 35mm sensor that will be compatible with a wide range of lenses already available for full-frame cameras, Canon says it will help “contribute to the miniaturization of shooting equipment.”

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

Illustration: The Verge One of the most important changes in Samsung’s new phones is a simple one: when you long-press the side button on your phone, instead of activating Samsung’s own Bixby assistant by default, you’ll get Google Gemini. This is probably a good thing. Bixby was never a very good virtual assistant — Samsung originally built it primarily as a way to more simply navigate device settings, not to get information from the internet. It has gotten better since and can now do standard assistant things like performing visual searches and setting timers, but it never managed to catch up to the likes of Alexa, Google Assistant, and now, even Siri. So, if you’re a Samsung user, this is good news! Your assistant is probably better now. (And if, for some unknown reason, you really do truly love Bixby, don’t worry: there’s still an app.)The switch to Gemini is an even bigger deal for Google. Google was caught off guard a couple of years ago when ChatGPT launched but has caught up in a big way. According to recent reporting from The Wall Street Journal, CEO Sundar Pichai now believes Gemini has surpassed ChatGPT, and he wants Google to have 500 million users by the end of this year. It might just... Read the full story at The Verge.