Nintendo is one of the oldest companies in gaming, and one of the most iconic ones at that, having created some of the most recognizable and influential franchises in the industry. Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Kirby, and others are still huge names to this day. But for every franchise that gets the spotlight each and every year, Nintendo has many series that have lived in the shadows for decades or have been relegated to get entries most fans don't really like.

Whenever a new generation of CPUs or GPUs drops, PC users are susceptible to a wave of FOMO clouding their rational thinking. From the announcement livestreams and preview benchmarks to third-party reviews and stock issues, everyone gets swept up in the hype. On the one hand, this is what we look forward to every year or two, but on the other hand, a fancy new product doesn't magically make your existing PC trash.

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 series is here, and if you were lucky to get one of the best GPUs in the brief time they were available, you know you'll be playing DLSS-enhanced games as soon as you plug it in. Only the top two from the range are out, which is the usual release cadence for any GPU release. The RTX 5080 joins a long line of XX80 graphics cards from the company, and the general rule is that the new XX80 card is more powerful than the previous flagship. That's the RTX 4090 in this case, and it's only fitting if we put that long line of historical facts to the test.

Every so often, Microsoft will remove a pretty useful feature from one of its apps. Sometimes, they evaporate for seemingly no reason, and sometimes, the feature just wasn't seeing enough use to justify continuing its support. Today, we're seeing an example of the latter case: Microsoft has announced that it's sunsetting the Microsoft Defender VPN feature at the end of February. It's a move that's bound to prompt a lot of questions, including "When on Earth did Microsoft Defender get a VPN feature?"

Do you think you could game on a screen the size of a watch face? While it would probably cause eye strain, it's undoubtedly a great way to pass the time on those long rides. Well, as it turns out, people have been getting games working on their Samsung Galaxy Watches, and the performance has been impressively solid.

PowerToys' Advanced Paste is a handy tool for anyone who wants to take copying and pasting to the next level on Windows. However, Microsoft wants to take it even further by incorporating two new paste actions that allow the transcoding of media files to help users convert them from one format to another.

Docking stations can be a great way to expand the ports on your existing devices. But if you need a solution that you can take with you while you're on the go, then going with a USB hub is going to be an absolute must.

If you're someone that uses the internet a lot while traveling, buying a travel router might be a good idea in order to ensure that your network is secure. We hear you — no one wants to carry a big bulky router with them while on a trip. But what if you could grab something that was both compact and powerful?

There's nothing better than a good gag gift. While you could get your friend a horrible pair of socks or a shirt with a questionable quote, sometimes there's nothing better than a Steam game they certainly won't play, let alone install. Clogging up my friends' Steam libraries with nonsense is one of my favorite pastimes, and here are 7 of my go-to games that I gift as a joke.

A new year means a new Sundance Film Festival, and a fresh crop of promising original features that could go on to become awards season darlings in a few months. It might be hard to top last year’s festival where Dìdi, A Different Man, and I Saw the TV Glow all made strong showings. But with films like Atropia, Bubble & Squeak, and Didn’t Die on the roster, this year’s Sundance might just do the trick.Naturally, The Verge is going to be taking in as much of Sundance as we can and posting bite-sized reviews of everything we see. We’ll also be posting longer reviews and sharing trailers, and you can follow along here to keep up with all of the news out of the festival. Atropia. Luz. Bubble & Squeak. By Design. Didn’t Die. The Legend of Ochi.

Have you ever gotten into a debate with an OpenAI bot? If so, did you find it particularly convincing or appealing to human nature? If you did, there's a good reason behind it. OpenAI has revealed that, to train some of the most powerful AI models in the world, it simply points it toward a subreddit built solely for argument and debate and lets the training algorithm do the rest.

Emulating older consoles on modern hardware has plenty of perks. Not only do you get to experience timeless classics with better display scaling options and graphical mods, but you also have save states, fast-forward, and other QoL facilities to remove the clunkiness from retro titles.