For years, AMD and Nvidia have traded blows as the sole manufacturers of consumer-grade graphics cards. Although Intel's Arc series added Team Blue to the GPU race, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 series continues to dominate our best GPU lists, and for good reason. Not only do the Ada Lovelace GPUs bring amazing ray-tracing capabilities to the table, but you also get to enjoy smoother frame rates thanks to a combination of DLSS 3.5 and frame generation.

Illustration: The Verge Google is kicking off World Password Day by updating us on its efforts toward replacing the often hacked, guessed, and stolen form of authentication with passkeys. Their passwordless approach relies on device-based authentication instead, making logging in faster and more secure. In a blog post on Thursday, the company announced that over 400 million Google Accounts (of the at least 1.5 billion reported since 2018) have used passkeys since rolling them out, logging over a billion authentications between them. The majority of users find them easier to use than passwords according to Google, adding that “since launching, passkeys have proven to be faster than passwords, since they only require users to simply unlock their device using a... Continue reading…

Last year, when the ChatGPT app debuted on Apple's App Store, it became an instant talking point with 500K downloads in just six days. But that was a long time ago, and now, it looks like Anthropic AI wants to taste a similar success by announcing the launch of the Claude app on the Apple App Store.

The Asus ROG Ally. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge What is Asus hiding? Two weeks ago, I told you how Asus has officially extended its warranty on the ROG Ally gaming handheld’s SD card reader to two full years in the United States, presumably to give you more time to get it fixed. But Asus refuses to confirm to The Verge that it’s actually identified a fix for the issue. If you ship your Ally back to Asus, there’s no guarantee the problem won’t reappear. Early on, some ROG Ally buyers discovered the SD card readers had a tendency to fail and possibly damage your SD cards in the process. One law firm, CSK&D, even threatened to pursue a class-action lawsuit on behalf of owners, though I haven’t yet found record of an actual suit being filed, and its class-action website has since been... Continue reading…

Artificial Intelligence is all the rage, but whether it's a fad or not is something nobody can really say just yet. However, there are a number of things that Microsoft will need to do in order to improve the AI experience of users assuming that it is something that takes off and becomes commonplace across the industry.

Building a custom PC can be a challenging experience, especially if it's your first time. After completion, however, it's a rewarded project that can save you money compared to pre-built systems. We see plenty of hardware pass through our doors for review on XDA and decided to take some of the more affordable parts in our inventory to see how cheaply we could create a 1440p gaming PC.

It has only been a few days since Microsoft officially released MS-DOS 4 as open-source, and people are already finding new and inventive ways to put the operating system to use. However, you can't really beat going back in time and putting the operating system on the exact same hardware that it would have ran on back in the day. This is what someone has achieved with an IBM PS/2 by building MS-DOS 4...on MS-DOS 4.

If you're someone who's looking to dive into a new project, and wants to build something from scratch, an SBC can be an awesome solution, providing a great way to learn about hardware, software, and everything in between. In 2024, there's a wide variety of great SBCs out on the market, with one at nearly every price point, which makes it extremely easy to pick one up if you're looking to start tinkering away.

The internet is littered with software both free and paid but not all of it is essential and worth installing on your PC. Besides a few programs that every PC must have, the rest are simply the ones that promise the world but deliver nothing but trouble. It's important to stay away from such programs as they may wreak havoc on your PC by slowing it down, or by bombarding it with unnecessary ads.

Taylor Swift’s label is returning to TikTok’s one billion-plus users. | Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images Universal Music Group has inked a “multi-dimensional” deal with TikTok that will see its roster of artists — which includes Taylor Swift, Drake, and Olivia Rodrigo — return to the social media platform’s one billion-plus users. UMG began pulling its music from TikTok on February 1st after the old contract expired.Notably, the deal will address concerns that UMG and its artists have with generative AI. “TikTok and UMG will work together to ensure AI development across the music industry will protect human artistry and the economics that flow to those artists and songwriters,” reads a press release announcing the deal. “TikTok is also committed to working with UMG to remove unauthorized AI-generated music from the platform, as well as... Continue reading…

The Microsoft Surface Pro line has set the standard for Windows-powered 2-in-1 tablets, but they're not the only game in town following the release of the first Lenovo ThinkPad X12 Detachable. Now, the ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is here, and it's poised to give the Surface Pro 10 for Business a run for its money.

Another dark day for Peloton. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Peloton’s CEO Barry McCarthy is stepping down after announcing yet another round of layoffs, this time affecting about 15 percent of its remaining workforce, or roughly 400 global team members. It’s the fifth round of layoffs to hit the pandemic darling and comes after McCarthy said on its Q1 2023 earnings call that the company was done with layoffs and that the “ship was turning.” “Hard as the decision has been to make additional headcount cuts, Peloton simply had no other way to bring its spending in line with its revenue,” said McCarthy in his outgoing message, noting that it’s a crucial step as the company seeks to refinance its debt. The layoffs are part of a 12-month restructuring program meant to reduce annual expenses by more... Continue reading…