This beautiful gaming monitor is our top pick as one of the best ultrawide monitors in 2024. It's also the monitor I use the most on my desk, and I wholeheartedly suggest that if you like ultrawide monitors, this is the one to get. Usually, it's priced at $999.99, but this Prime Day deal, or Black Friday in July as Dell and Best Buy call it, brings it down to $699.99 for a limited time. But you'd better hurry, as this deal won't last long.

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by STR / NurPhoto, Getty Images Elon Musk says he plans to move X and SpaceX’s headquarters from California to Texas. “Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas,” Musk wrote in a tweet, referencing California’s SAFETY Act (AB1955).Signed on Monday by California Governor Gavin Newsom, it prevents schools from imposing rules requiring teachers to disclose changes to a student’s gender identity without their permission and prohibits retaliation against teachers who refuse to out a student, reports the Los Angeles Times.Another post from Musk a few minutes later said that X, which is currently headquartered in San Francisco, “will move to... Continue reading…

The Fitbit Charge 6 is a great $100 tracker with a solid set of fitness and health tracking features. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge What do the latest AirPods Pro, Meta Quest 3, and Roomba Combo j9 Plus all have in common? They’re all on sale for Prime Day... for upward of $200. Thankfully, you can still score deals on terrific gadgets and goods without racking up credit debt or dipping into your savings account during Amazon’s two-day sale. In fact, there’s plenty of tech on sale for less than a Benjamin if you know where to look.Over the years, we gadget nerds at The Verge have tested all kinds of incredible stuff, some of which is currently on sale for less than $100. Current deals range from one of the best e-readers on the market to some of our favorite streaming devices, Fitbits, speakers, video doorbells, and video games. We could go on, but to make things... Continue reading…

Have you tried using the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) on a Surface device? If you have, you may have noticed that you can install WSA just fine. However, no matter what you try, it will refuse to boot. Fortunately, someone has figured out the issue as to why WSA isn't acting as it should, and an unofficial fix is in the works.

Qualcomms latest Arm processor, the Snapdragon X Elite, is the latest talk of the (tech) town for good reason. Finally, undeterred by 12 years of unsuccessful attempts, Windows on Arm is making a wide stride in the right direction. The Snapdragon X Elite seems to be the long-awaited chip that could put Windows PCs back in contention with Apples outstanding Macs and MacBooks in terms of performance, power efficiency, and battery life while offering affordability as the cherry on top.

Amazon Prime Day is always a great time to check for deals on the best PC gaming handhelds. The Lenovo Legion Go is one of the best Windows-based gaming handhelds, and it's now at an all-time low price while this deal is on. With the powerful AMD Ryzen Z1 processor, it's got the grunt to handle your games on the beautiful high-resolution display. And it's got a secret weapon, Switch-like controllers that can be removed and used like a mouse.

Katie Couric (L) and Ozy CEO and Co-Founder Carlos Watson speak onstage during Ozy Fest 2017 | Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Ozy Fusion Fest 2017 Carlos Watson and the now-shuttered Ozy Media startup he cofounded were found guilty of fraud by a federal jury on Tuesday, as reported earlier by The New York Times. Over the course of a several-weeks-long trial, the jury heard the government’s claims that Ozy Media misled investors by falsifying financial records, inflating audience numbers, and even making up business deals.Watson, the former CEO of Ozy Media, cofounded the company alongside Samir Rao in 2013. The company launched an online magazine, newsletter, and an annual conference in New York City, all while striking high-profile partnerships and receiving millions in investments.But things came to a halt when a 2021 article from New York Times media columnist Ben Smith... Continue reading…

In the world of mechanical keyboards, there is no layout more popular than the 75%, at least based on the current market. Wherever you look, you'll find endless products and videos featuring 75% layout keyboards. I spend almost half my day looking at sound tests of 75% keyboards like the Aula F75, Bridge75, and Epomaker TH80 Pro. The 75% mechanical keyboards are having their moment.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix has discontinued its streaming app for Quest headsets, Upload VR reports. The good news for Quest owners is that Meta recently added support for Netflix in the Quest browser, complete with 1080p streaming.Netflix hadn’t significantly updated its VR app since porting it to the Quest in 2019. It never gained passthrough or download support, and its resolution stayed pinned at 480p. None of that mattered when the app came out for Samsung Gear VR in 2015, but things have changed a lot in the nine years since then.I’d imagine some people will miss the cozy Netflix cabin in this YouTube Short, though.Streaming in the browser fixes two of those things — passthrough and higher-resolution streaming — but users still can’t download... Continue reading…

The Start menu began its long and illustrious life on Windows 95 and has become a staple for the operating system ever since. These days, people have mixed opinions on the Windows 11 Start menu, not helped by the fact that Microsoft started putting ads in it. Now, someone who helped work on the original Windows 95 Start menu has made a YouTube video discussing the thought processes behind how it came to be.

Prime Day is upon us, and savvy shoppers know that the festival of deals is a great time to pick up PC components like CPUs and GPUs. It's the perfect time to build a powerful gaming PC for significantly less, and this deal on a great processor will get you started. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D is among the most powerful CPUs you can get, with 12 cores to chew through tasks, and an impressive cache configuration for high frame rates while gaming. With this deal being almost too good to last, you can be sure it will sell out quickly, so don't delay.

Networking isn't always the most fun thing to think about, but it's critical to making sure you practice good online safety and cybersecurity habits. In fact, one of the biggest tech mistakes people still make today is overly trusting public Wi-Fi networks. Even as I write this article, I'm looking back on all the times I've ignorantly connected to a Starbucks wireless network without taking the proper precautions to keep my data and devices safe. To avoid making the same mistakes myself and many others have made, I'm pitching a strange solution: take a router with you on vacation.