LG CEO William Cho and home entertainment company president Park Hyoung-sei met with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in February to discuss the collaboration. | Image: LG LG is reportedly pausing its partnership with Meta to develop an extended reality (XR) device that would take on Apple’s Vision Pro headset, just three months after announcing the joint venture.While multiple Korean news outlets are reporting that the Meta partnership has broken down entirely due to a lack of “synergy” between the companies, LG has denied terminating the deal. “LG Electronics continues the XR partnership with Meta forged in February but is controlling its pace,” LG said in a statement to Korea JoongAng Daily. Products from the collaboration, set to combine Meta’s Horizon Worlds mixed reality platform with content and service capabilities from LG’s TV business, were expected to hit the market next year. The potential... Continue reading…

If you want to use Wi-Fi in your home, you'll need a wireless router of some kind. Some ISPs will rent you their one-size-fits-all solution for a monthly fee, but if you want to stay in control of your own hardware and software, it can be a good idea to get your own router. You can keep it simple and grab one of the best Wi-Fi routers or one of the best mesh systems. If you really want to understand what you're buying though, you'll want to look out for these important features.

With the Fallout TV series in full swing, we've seen a ton of people get back into the iconic post-apocalyptic video game series. Given how far SBCs and 3D printing have come since the release of Fallout 4, we've seen a resurgence of cool homemade projects based around the franchise. Now, someone has shown off their PipWatch, a passion project you can make yourself.

Illustration by Carlo Cadenas / The Verge A security lapse could let millions of college students do free laundry, thanks to one company. That’s because of a vulnerability that two University of California, Santa Cruz students found in internet-connected washing machines in commercial use in several countries, according to TechCrunch.The two students, Alexander Sherbrooke and Iakov Taranenko, apparently exploited an API for the machines’ app to do things like remotely command them to work without payment and update a laundry account to show it had millions of dollars in it. The company that owns the machines, CSC ServiceWorks, claims to have more than a million laundry and vending machines in service at colleges, multi-housing communities, laundromats, and more in the US,... Continue reading…

Lets say you built a PC decked with a premium processor, high-end graphics card, and tons of RAM a few years ago. When you first assembled your system, it could run all games with max settings without breaking a sweat. But with the latest innovations in PC games and hardware, your system may no longer be able to keep up with your gaming needs, and you might find yourself in need of some hardware upgrades.

Usually, when Microsoft adds a new feature to the Windows 11 Beta or Dev branch, it's automatically enabled so people can test it out and find bugs to report. However, sometimes Microsoft hides some features, presumably because it's not quite finished yet. If you have the Windows 11Beta branch installed and you feel like doing a little digging, you can now enable a hidden File Explorer revamp that isn't visible by default.

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes led a tabletop exercise for journalists to role-play as election officials to understand the speed and scale of AI threats they face. | Photo by Ash Ponders for The Verge The job has never been harder, and the threats have never been stranger. Continue reading…

The Mac App Store has been with us for nearly 15 years now, and in that time it's been broadly successful as a single location for downloading first-party approved apps. But much like the Microsoft Store, it fails to compete on one key level. Neither gets anywhere near the universal power of package managers on major Linux distros. Need a bit of software, library, or command line tool? MacOS offers no native option to install these things, unlike most Linux distributions.

With its innovative block editor, project management tools, real-time collaboration, calendar integration, reminders, and more, Notion has completely disrupted the productivity space. A rich templates library is another solid reason for Notions soaring popularity and wide adoption. Whether you are a student, professional, marketer, designer, or HR director, check out the top Notion templates to create an ideal workflow on your laptop.

Capturing and saving memories is easier now than it's ever been before. Most modern smartphones have very capable cameras, and they're small enough to fit into a pocket. But as good as these cameras are, there's always something you might want to tweak, crop, or change entirely, and photo editing apps let you do just that. While there are apps for editing on smartphones, computers still offer more capable experiences most of the time, and we've rounded up some of the best apps you can use for photo editing on Windows.

YubiKeys are the de facto standard for hardware authentication devices. They are found everywhere, from big businesses to the keychains of security-savvy professionals. They're one of the biggest upgrades you can make to reduce your risk profile for all sorts of online attacks. While not as affordable as some other alternatives, they're durable and long-lasting, and will easily serve you for many years. Here are some of the reasons why we think you should get a YubiKey.

The new iPad Pro (M4, 2024) brings the powerful M4 Apple silicon chip to creative professionals before it gets a home in the MacBook line later this year. With an all-new display type in the tandem OLED, it's even more suited than ever for sketching, video editing, and other creative tasks. To get the best out of the touch interface on this awesome iPad, you'll want to pick up a good stylus pen that's compatible with the somewhat unique touchscreen technology that Apple uses. We've got you covered with a collection of all our favorite stylus pens to pair with your new iPad Pro.