The Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 have a dedicated speaker for bass. The OpenRun Pro 2 add USB-C charging, a dedicated speaker for bass, reduced vibration, and AI noise cancellation. Continue reading…

We adore SBCs at XDA, and we love seeing all the different ways people put them to use. While the Raspberry Pi 5 has found its way into a wide range of different projects (and is now even cheaper than ever before), it also makes for a surprisingly good miniature PC. To prove it, the company Soulscircuit is producing a Pi-powered tablet that you can enhance with modules.

If you're a PC gamer, chances are you use Steam. It's the biggest gaming platform on PC, with an estimated 75% market share in 2013. It's only grown since then, and I'm sure its market share hasn't particularly shifted by much either. I'd argue that Steam is a monopoly (or at least an oligopoly), and I wouldn't be the first to do so either. There's a stark lack of competition in the PC game distribution space, and Valve is basically the only provider for most games that are released on PC.

Image by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit experienced a widespread outage that impacting the entire site and subreddits earlier today. Millions of Reddit users were met with a “Server error. Try again later” message in a red banner at the top of the site for around 45 minutes today. The same outage error was displayed on subreddits and individual posts, too.The status page for Reddit initially indicated the site was experiencing “degraded performance” at 4:16PM ET, before identifying the issue just minutes later and then implementing a fix at 4:45PM ET. “A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results,” says Reddit.This latest outage follows similar issues with Reddit in April, where users were met with the same “try again later” message after a back-end... Continue reading…

The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X is all you need for an AM5-powered gaming PC. It has 12 physical cores that can boost up to 5.6 GHz with the right CPU cooler. Working with the best GPUs you can afford, your PC will be transformed into a capable gaming rig with plenty of computing headroom. I recommend spending as much as you can on the GPU to avoid having to upgrade early. It's always better to buy an overkill GPU than an underpowered one for your monitor and overall setup.

Image: The Verge AT&T was experiencing some issues Tuesday night that left customers seeing “SOS” instead of their usual bars of service. “We’ve resolved a software issue that disrupted the ability of a limited number of our customers to connect to our wireless network. We apologize for the inconvenience and we appreciate our customers’ patience as we worked to resolve this issue,” said AT&T spokesperson Jim Kimberly in a statement sent to The Verge. The number of problem reports tracked by Downdetector started rising after 4PM ET before finally fading out closer to midnight on the East Coast. Many customers disconnected by the problem were tweeting directly at AT&T’s Help account on X, reporting issues like being stuck in SOS or having no phone... Continue reading…

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Apple has eliminated about 100 jobs across its digital services group according to Bloomberg, as part of a “shift in priorities” for the division. The majority of those laid off reportedly worked within the team that runs the Apple Books app and Apple Bookstore, with the remaining cuts made to some engineering roles and services like Apple News.According to Bloomberg, the layoffs aren’t a sign that Apple is shifting its focus away from services like Apple Books, and the Books app is still expected to receive future updates for new features. While the services division — which includes things like Apple TV Plus, Apple News, and Apple Music — has been a revenue driver for Apple in recent years, the company reportedly doesn’t consider... Continue reading…

You really can't go wrong with an OLED TV. The technology is simply unmatched when it comes to its vibrant colors and deep black levels. Of course, if you're not looking to spend a lot, you might think that an OLED TV is outside of your budget. However, we've found a promotion so good on an LG OLED TV that it's going to be one of those deals that you're not going to want to pass up.

Image: Meta Meta is opening up Horizon Worlds, its 3D social platform, to users between the ages of 10 and 12, the company announced on Wednesday. As part of the rollout, parents will have a significant amount of control over what experiences their preteens can access, and experiences will get age ratings to help parents determine which ones are appropriate for their children.For a preteen to use Horizon Worlds, they’ll have to have a parent-managed Meta account and request access to Horizon Worlds itself. Once a parent has approved that, preteens can request access to individual experiences, or parents can mark a setting that lets their preteen jump into all experiences that fall within a certain age rating. (Meta will rate experiences as... Continue reading…

Image: AMD You can’t download more RAM, but you can now download better gaming performance if you’re the owner of a modern Ryzen desktop CPU. AMD revealed last week that it was working with Microsoft on an optimization patch for Ryzen CPUs that was due with Microsoft’s next big Windows 11 version 24H2 update, but Microsoft has now backported this to the existing 23H2 version.The result is a significant performance improvement in gaming across a variety of Zen 4 and Zen 5 desktop Ryzen CPUs, including the popular 7800X3D chip. “Users will need to look for KB5041587 under Windows update > Advanced options > Optional updates,” says AMD in a statement to Wccftech. “We expect the performance uplift to be very similar between 24H2 and 23H2 with... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber to rolling out a few new features for its teenage customers in the first major update since first opening up its platform to teen riders over a year ago. Last year, Uber launched teen accounts in two dozen cities, in which parents and guardians can create accounts for minors aged 13–17. Since then, the list has grown to over 250 cities in all 50 states. Uber says the latest update is in response to feedback from teen users and their families. Uber says the latest update is in response to feedback from teen users and their familiesParents and guardians can now hail a ride for their teenager from their own accounts. Previously, rides could only be hailed from the teen customers’ accounts. The ride will feature all the same safety... Continue reading…

The Verge X has updated its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation. The AI assistant will now say “For accurate and up-to-date information about the 2024 US Elections, please visit Vote.gov,” when users ask election-related questions.The change was introduced after election officials from Minnesota, New Mexico, Michigan, Washington, and Pennsylvania sent a complaint letter to X owner Elon Musk earlier this month, highlighting that Grok had provided false information about the ballot deadlines in their states. Grok, which is developed by another Musk-owned company xAI, is only available to paying subscribers on the X social media platform — but the letter signed by the... Continue reading…