Cath Virginia / The Verge An antitrust investigation by the Department of Justice focusing on Nvidia’s AI dominance as the hardware company of choice is escalating, reports Bloomberg. The outlet reports that Nvidia and other companies have received legally binding requests for information as its sources say regulators are investigating whether Nvidia is “making it harder to switch to other suppliers and penalizes buyers that don’t exclusively use its artificial intelligence chips.”Earlier this summer, Nvidia had overtaken Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company, but now it trails both Microsoft and Apple. Before the subpoenas were reported on Tuesday afternoon, its share price dropped more than 9 percent, wiping out about $279 billion in market value in... Continue reading…

Network-attached storage (NAS) has become powerful enclosures that do much more than simply store data. They run software, and services, and can even be turned into servers with multiple features. Want to create your own media streaming service to replace your Netflix and Spotify subscriptions? That's possible on the same NAS where you store device backups. The same goes for a home surveillance system or web server. You can even install Windows inside a virtual machine. What your NAS will require is plenty of RAM to achieve all of this. Here are some reasons why having more memory inside your NAS is a good thing.

From left to right: The River 3, the Rapid power bank, the Delta 3, and Power Kit v2. | Image: EcoFlow EcoFlow just launched four new battery products designed to power everything from your Qi2-compatible phone, to RVs, to your home appliances in the event of a blackout.Going from most powerful to least, there’s the second-generation PowerKit to power your off grid vanlife fantasies, the mid-range Delta 3 and compact River 3 solar generators, and the Rapid Qi2 wireless power banks for phones that can also charge your laptop in a pinch. Image: EcoFlow All the new EcoFlow products. The Power Kit v2 is a followup to its original all-in-one power management system I reviewed 18 months ago. The kits are designed to power everything from an off-grid cabin to a small campervan, without the complexity of having to... Continue reading…

Image: Instagram Instagram is adding the ability to leave comments on Instagram Stories, the ephemeral posts that many people use even more than traditional posts these days.Previously, replying to an Instagram Story sent a private message visible only to the person who posted the content. The addition of comments adds a more public way to respond to Stories. The ability to comment in the first place is more limited, though: only people who follow the poster and who the poster follows back will be able to leave a comment. Instagram explains how most of it works in this video. Just like Stories, the comments are temporary and will last for up to 24 hours; Instagram spokesperson Emily Norfolk says users will have the option to turn comments on or off... Continue reading…

When using a new iPhone with recent versions of iOS, the device switches between Wi-Fi and cellular automatically. The switch to mobile data mostly happens when the Wi-Fi connection is slow or unreliable to provide you with uninterrupted internet access. However, many of us are on limited mobile data plans and having our iPhones switch to 4G/5G without alerting us can be problematic. The behavior could result in draining your cellular plan if you're downloading large files when the switch occurs.

Existing subscribers Canva teams subscribers are being moved to a new, more expensive pricing model. | The Verge The price of some Canva subscriptions are set to skyrocket next year following the company’s aggressive rollout of generative AI features. Global customers for Canva Teams — a business-orientated subscription that supports adding multiple users — can expect prices to increase by just over 300 percent in some instances. Canva says the increase is justified due to the “expanded product experience” and value that generative AI tools have added to the platform.In the US, some Canva Teams users are reporting subscription increases from $120 per year for up to five users, to an eye-watering $500 per year. A 40 percent discount will be applied to bring that down to $300 for the first 12 months. In Australia, Information Age reports that the... Continue reading…

The port is on the wrong side of the car for most Tesla Supercharger stalls, but at least Hyundai didn’t tape it on this time. | Image: Hyundai The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 refresh revealed today looks like it will be one of the first non-Tesla vehicles to get a native Tesla-based charging port, now known as the North American Charging Standard, or NACS, built in from the factory. Last year, largely every automaker selling electric cars in the US announced it’s adopting the connector, but most haven’t added the port on their new cars yet, forcing customers to rely on CCS to NACS adapters that Tesla is taking a while to distribute.We’ve seen prototypes of the new Rivian R2 with NACS, but that vehicle is not slated for release until 2026. While Ioniq 5 buyers won’t need an adapter at Tesla stations, the company will give owners a dongle that goes the other way in case they need to... Continue reading…

Synology produces some excellent network-attached storage (NAS) solutions and it has always been relatively easy to migrate between models. So long as you weren't mismatching series, you were able to move everything across to a new NAS. With Migration Assistant, Synology has made it painless to migrate from one branded NAS to another. All you need to do is read through this guide and follow a few steps, and you'll be up and running in no time.

The Thumbnail preview in the Windows 11 taskbar is one of those features many argue that Apple should steal from Windows. While not every app developer can leverage that taskbar capability to its full potential and pass on the benefits to the users, Microsoft has recently shown how to take maximum advantage of the Thumbnail Preview in the Windows taskbar.

Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Microsoft has started testing a new gamepad keyboard layout in Windows 11 that’s designed for Xbox controllers. The gamepad keyboard layout improves the on-screen keyboard in Windows 11, so you can use an Xbox controller to type or navigate around the OS.The gamepad keyboard is now in testing as part of the beta channel for Windows 11 and even includes button accelerators so you can use the X button for backspace, the Y button for spacebar, and the menu button on an Xbox controller to hit enter. The keyboard keys have also been vertically aligned, so it’s easier to type with a controller. Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s new gamepad keyboard for Windows 11. It’s encouraging to see Microsoft add a feature like... Continue reading…

If you have a Macbook, you might be frustrated by how much Apple locks down the operating system. It's not too bad when you consider that you can still modify quite a bit, but it does feel as if the operating system is sanitized and protected from the user as much as possible. Even the settings options can be quite lackluster, but there are programs out there that you can use to modify your system in many different ways. These are the 10 tweaks I've made to my MacBook Pro that I can't live without.

Image: The Verge In a reversal, Starlink says it’s “complying with the order” to block access to X in Brazil. The company previously refused to restrict X unless Brazil unfroze its financial assets.Starlink, the satellite internet company controlled by Elon Musk, has been caught in the crosshairs of an ongoing feud between the billionaire, who also owns X, and Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.In addition to imposing a ban on X over the spread of misinformation, the Brazilian justice also handed down an order that prevents Starlink from performing financial transactions. The move was supposed to coerce X into paying $3 million in fines for failing to block accounts flagged by the Brazilian government, as reported by The New York Times.... Continue reading…