Most people who've migrated from ChatGPT are treating Claude like a slightly better chatbot. You ask questions, it answers, you move on. But Claude's free tier hides a handful of genuinely useful productivity features that change how you work with AI, not just what you ask it but how you organize conversations, control what it remembers, and export what it creates.

Gaming on a phone is a thoroughly enjoyable experience, but our cars are shipping with ever-growing infotainment screens. Thanks to Tesla and its kin, a massive touchscreen-only interface for your climate control, navigation, and entertainment has become the norm. They pack a processor good enough to game on too, but you could get by with gaming on Android Auto as well, since your phone would supply the processing power, and the vehicle is merely an interface. In the past few years of driving an EV, I've spent my fair share of time waiting at charging stations, and sitting through gridlocked rush-hour traffic.

Belkin makes some of the best zip-up cases for the Nintendo Switch 2. Full stop. The company’s aptly titled Charging Case, which includes a 10,000mAh battery to keep your console charged while it’s protected, is particularly novel, although tough to justify at its usual asking price of $69.99. How about for around $45 instead? Now we’re talking.Right now, you can grab the battery-equipped case from Belkin with free shipping for about $25 off when you use promo code VERGE35 at checkout, which drops the price to $45.49 for a limited time. If you want some deal context, Amazon recently knocked the price down to $59.49 as part of its ongoing Big Spring Sale, which was its lowest price to date before Belkin’s discount arrived.Belkin Charging Case for Nintendo Switch 2Where to Buy: $69.99 $45.49 at Belkin (with code VERGE35) $69.99 $59.49 at Amazon $69.99 $59.49 at Best BuyBelkin’s case holds the console, 12 cartridges, plus whatever accessories you can stow in its mesh pocket (there’s also a discreet sleeve for sliding in an AirTag). It also includes a USB-C cable with a right-angle connector, allowing you to charge your console while the case is zipped up. The company claims that the battery strapped inside can top off a Switch 2 nearly twice, and it supports up to 20W charging speeds. And it’s easy to tell how much juice is left in the battery thanks to its LCD screen. If you were considering a case and a portable battery for your Switch 2, this is a solid — and now quite affordable — accessory that I recommend picking up.

We know that SSD prices aren't dropping anytime soon, and we'll probably never see the old prices again, but anytime we see a discount that looks alright, we're going to take it.

Steve Jobs with room full of computers, 1984. | Image: Michael L Abramson / Getty Images It's difficult to picture a world without Apple. The company's influence at the heart of technology and culture is so profound that even the era before the iPhone can now seem like a distant memory - and Apple existed more than 30 years before the iPhone.So, on Apple's 50th anniversary, here's a trip down memory lane. Back when Steve Jobs was wearing a bow tie. Back in 1984, when, on behalf of the Macintosh revolution, a woman defiantly threw a sledgehammer at the face of IBM. Back when iMacs were beautiful giants with tinted plastic cases. Even back when, not so long ago, people were eagerly lining up outside of stores to be the first to …Read the full story at The Verge.

This is one of those things that you probably don't need, but the price is so good you might be tempted to pick one up. It's a 75-inch 144Hz smart TV from Hisense, with fantastic image quality at 4K, great colors and contrast, and audio that feels immersive.

In the mid-2010s, when I entered high school and started taking PC (and gaming) seriously, the one thing I remember being most obsessed with was storage. One could argue that it was an obsession borne out of necessity, since I ran with a 500GB SATA HDD for much of the 2010s, and most of the time, cleanup sessions and optimization were almost written in stone for each weekend. To be fair, it was also a time when hardware really did need plenty of babysitting.

Despite being FOSS, Linux distros will often add support for proprietary apps within the operating system. Not only does it make it easier for people to migrate from closed-source operating systems to Linux, but it's also really handy for people who may not want to pick from the open-source options available.

Have you ever had to pull up a YouTube tutorial on your phone on how to install your OS? If not, then I'd recommend giving installing Arch Linux without tools a try. The process is mostly manual, meaning you have to build your user accounts, time settings, and system partitions by hand. It teaches you a lot about how operating systems work, but it definitely makes you work for your OS.

Starlink satellites being deployed. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an "anomaly." SpaceX isn't saying exactly what happened, but space-tracking company LeoLabs says it "immediately detected tens of objects in the vicinity" of Starlink 34343 after the event."Latest analysis shows the event poses no new risk to the @Space_Station, its crew, or to the upcoming launch of NASA's Artemis II mission," says SpaceX in a message posted to X. "We will continue to monitor the satellite along with any trackable debris and coordinate with @NASA and the @USSpaceForce." The satellite and fragments are expected to burn up in the atmosphere within a few …Read the full story at The Verge.

When it comes to naming apps, I like to think I'm not being controversial when I say that I want its name to convey what the app actually does. At the very least, it has to be unique and identifiable so I can easily find it or search for it online. By giving an app a bland, generic name, not only does it not do the app itself any justice, but it becomes a lot harder to actually find it.

The AI world is certainly interesting, to say the very least. We began with simple chatbots where you'd drop in a question and get a text response back. AI labs then began competing on who could make their model the smartest, and somewhere between all the competition, browser companies decided they wanted in too. While it began with browsers having a couple of AI features baked in here and there, it eventually led to companies developing full-fledged browsers that were built with AI at their core.