Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island on March 26, 2019 before it closed later that year. | Photo: Getty Images Major tech firms, in search of carbon pollution-free electricity for data centers, are helping to revive nuclear energy in the US. Continue reading…

New Shepard in 2022. | Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Blue Origin is preparing to launch its NS-27 mission with the RSS Kármán Line, its new crew capsule, on Monday at 9AM ET. It will be the first launch for the capsule, which the company says in its announcement will have improved performance and reusability, along with “an updated livery, and accommodations for payloads on the booster.”The flight will carry two LIDAR sensors into space that will be used for Blue Origin’s Lunar Permanence program to develop Moon landers. Those are among 12 payloads that also include ultra-wideband proximity operations sensors, a reproduction of the black monoliths from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and student postcards submitted to its Club for the Future nonprofit. Blue Origin will stream the launch on its... Continue reading…

Backed by a thriving community of developers and tinkerers, theres no shortage of fun projects you can build with a Raspberry Pi. From affordable weather stations and Flask web servers to makeshift NAS and personal clouds, the Raspberry Pi boards are perfect companions for DIY enthusiasts.

While there is no shortage of photo editing tools out there, each promising to be the next best thing, I always find myself coming back to Adobe Lightroom. Although solutions like GIMP, Darktable, RawTherapee, and Photopea are capable on their own, its Lightroom which has been my trusty go-to companion for transforming those boring stills into stunning artwork.

Image: Bethesda It’s been a long time coming for Starfield players. Bethesda’s sci-fi take on Skyrim originally launched last summer, and while there have been some updates and improvements since then, it’s taken more than a year for the game to get its first major expansion. This lead-up means there’s a lot riding on Shattered Space — which is a perfectly fine addition to the game that also feels incredibly underwhelming. After a promising setup, it ends up mostly being more of the same.Things start, as they so often do in expansions, with a distress call. This one leads you to a derelict space station that is brimming with ghostly apparitions and which eventually whisks you away to the home planet of the House Va’ruun, a religious sect that worships... Continue reading…

Setting up a home lab is one task, but keeping it efficient and well-maintained is an entirely separate challenge. With tangled wires, dust, increased temperatures, and an ever-growing collection of hardware, it doesn't take long for your home lab to turn into chaos. It affects your productivity, damages equipment, leads to data loss, and ultimately spoils your digital sanctuary.

Are you checking out Windows 11 24H2? The long-awaited operating system was finally released, and from what it looks like, it's a pretty good upgrade. In fact, in our news coverage last week, we saw reports that 24H2 was running a lot better, even on unsupported hardware. However, there was a lot more news than just 24H2, so let's dip into the headlines of the past week.

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google is rolling out a new set of features aimed at making it less easy for thieves to access your data. That’s according to Mishaal Rahman, who posted on Reddit that the features are showing up in a new update after seeing that his Xiaomi 14T Pro phone now has Theft Detection Lock and Offline Device Lock, two of three features Google announced in May. Others say they only see the third one, called Remote Lock.The flashiest of the new features is Theft Detection Lock, which uses AI to lock your screen when it detects “common motion associated with theft,” like someone snatching your phone out of your hand. Meanwhile, Offline Device Lock locks a device’s screen when it’s offline for a while, and Remote Lock lets users lock their phone... Continue reading…

Have you seen any checkmarks appear in Google searches lately? If you have, you're one of the few who have reported seeing these little blue starbursts appear when looking for something on Google. Fortunately, it's by no means a scam, as the search giant has confirmed that it's using it to help people identify scam websites.

The Pixel Watch 2 can still serve you well in 2024 if you don’t need a bigger or brighter screen. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Pixel Watch 3 may be the shining refinement Google’s wearable lineup needed, but the last-gen Pixel Watch 2 is still a great buy. That’s especially true when you can get it for as low as $224 ($26 off) — which is the watch’s current starting price at both Amazon and Best Buy.Although the Pixel Watch 3 introduces a host of solid improvements — including a bigger and brighter display, a new 44mm size, AI-generated workout suggestions, and offline Google Maps — the second-gen Pixel Watch is still a looker. It only comes in one size (41mm), and the usable display area is only about 10 percent smaller than the third-gen model. It also uses the same Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear W5 Gen 1 chip, though it lacks the ultra wideband chip that lets... Continue reading…

Discord is tremendously popular as a communication platform, especially for gamers. Its also used for technical support for quite a few developers and companies. You can also easily set up your own private Discord server to manage your time and projects. The problem is that Discord for Linux isnt supported on the Arm processor inside the Raspberry Pi. Not to worry, there are still a couple of options to get Discord up and running on your Raspberry Pi.

I've been a longtime Microsoft Windows user for more years than I wish to count, certainly many more than the ten years since Windows 10 was released and introduced us to free upgrades. In that time, I've seen the change from running alongside MS-DOS to GUI refinements, missteps, and sidesteps, and the wonder of stability that is Windows 11. I've used every major version (yes, including Windows ME), but while Windows 11 crashes less often for me and lets me swap hardware with complete abandon, it's becoming more and more annoying to use. Things like how many years it's taken to move the Control Panel over to the Settings app, and it's still not finished, but that's a minor annoyance compared to these other issues that might make me move over to macOS for good.