Technological progress over the last two decades has undoubtedly made our lives easier and much more convenient than we give it credit for. The internet has been nothing short of a revolution, mobile phones have made a pretty big dent in our technological history, and our gadgets and devices have universally improved in performance and utility.

Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Whether wired, wireless, or low profile, here are our picks for the best readily available boards. Continue reading…

You can never have enough storage in today's world with games and media commanding more space. It's not uncommon for a PC game to require 40GB or more space. That means you could store around 100 games of that size on a 2TB SSD. That's precisely what we're reviewing today. The Corsair MP600 Mini is an M.2 2230 NVMe SSD designed for portable gaming consoles, such as the Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally. It's tiny but packs some serious performance at a reasonable price.

Microsoft began rolling out Copilot to Windows 10 Insiders back in November 2023, despite the operating system reaching its end of life fairly soon. The company then began to deploy Copilot on Windows 10 and 11 PCs via an optional update, but soon had to apply a compatibility hold on certain configurations after customers reported weird icon alignment issues. That said, it still continued rolling out Copilot to more devices in a staggered manner, and while it isn't tracking the aforementioned bug for Windows 11 devices anymore after issuing a fix, Microsoft was tracking it for Windows 10, until today.

In todays digital and fast-paced world, information overload is a common challenge. Our mind is often flooded with ideas, data, thoughts, insights, and information from many sources. An ineffective productivity system can lead to chaos, confusion, and frustration, which can spoil your workflow in no time. Heres where the Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) concept comes into play. Among the dozens of tools available to create a PKM system on a laptop, Obsidian remains my top choice for several reasons.

PCIe, or Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, is one of the most useful interfaces in the computing space. Compatible with most modern systems, be it a laptop, desktop, gaming handheld, or even an SBC, PCIe lets you pair graphics cards, RGB controllers, Ethernet cards, USB hubs, SSDs, and a variety of other peripherals to enhance the functionality of your PC.

Illustration: The Verge If you’re disappointed that the only AI model that will integrate with Apple devices so far will be ChatGPT, it sounds like you won’t have to wait long for that to change. Apple will announce “at least” one other deal — to add Google Gemini, too — this fall, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter today.Gemini has been part of the iOS 18 chatbot rumors for as long as OpenAI has. Apple software boss Craig Federighi even hinted at a Google deal shortly after the keynote was over. Anthropic has been mixed up in these rumors as well, and Gurman also suggests Apple could announce a deal with that company at some point, if not this fall. Meta, though, was quickly rejected because its Llama chatbot just isn’t good... Continue reading…

When it comes to awesome Raspberry Pi projects, there are enough to keep you busy until Vault-Tec sends in the bombs. Were not quite at the point where your Pi can save you from the post-apocalyptic ravages of Vault-Tecs great cleansing, but there is a project you can cobble together that will give you a little bit of warning before it happens: the Raspberry Pi Geiger counter.

Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 44, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been writing about why I love the Boox Palma, reading about hot dog contests and the history of Markdown and the future of streaming, watching Shoresy and Federer and a lot of soccer (it’s been a very sports-y week), mourning the end of the Longform podcast, developing a strange obsession with salt water taffy, retesting the Apple Vision Pro, and trying every method I can find for making good iced coffee at home.I also have for you a couple of great new Bluetooth speakers, the new season of Hulu’s... Continue reading…

Photo by Ivan “Porkchop44” for Games Done Quick It’s summer, which means it’s time for sun and speedruns. The 2024 edition of Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), the annual speedrunning marathon for charity, kicks off on Sunday and runs until July 6th. This year’s lineup is once again packed with runs for some of my favorite games, including Balatro, Alan Wake 2, Elden Ring, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1, 2, 3, and 4 (all in one run), a glitchless Baldur’s Gate 3 Honour Mode run, and a shipless Outer Wilds run (how???).But my most anticipated run is a live speedrun from Peanut Butter, the shiba inu who performed a remote run of the NES game Gyromite at Awesome Games Done Quick in January. At SGDQ, Peanut Butter will be live at the event playing Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball... Continue reading…

Buying a GPU for gaming is a big investment, considering the prices of not just the high-end but mid-range and "budget" graphics cards today. When you look at the current market and the slew of GPUs you can buy (excluding refurbished and used models), it can get slightly overwhelming to choose the best graphics card for your needs.

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge For all its impressive technical chops, Apple’s all-singing, all-dancing Vision Pro hasn’t set the world on fire. But it’s early yet, and the company continues to throw some weight behind the headset, and reportedly has plans to add AI features to visionOS and is readying an updated approach to in-store demos. Apple is working through the challenge of incorporating Apple Intelligence into the augmented reality interface of the headset, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported today. That could be a relief for Vision Pro owners who were disappointed that the company didn’t mention it during the AI portion of its WWDC 2024 keynote presentation. The company is adding a new “Go Deeper” option to its in-store demos, Gurman writes. That reportedly... Continue reading…