The world has, more or less, moved on from hard drives. Everyone knows that an SSD is much faster than an HDD, and an NVMe SSD is faster than a SATA SSD. When buying a new SSD, most users are aware they need to look at the more obvious specifications such as the interface (SATA/NVMe), PCIe generation (Gen3, Gen4, Gen5), capacity, and the advertised read/write speeds.

Earlier this month, the reviews for AMD's latest Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X started coming out from multiple publications. There's a mixed reaction to AMD's Zen 5 processors, and the incredible gains (especially in gaming) that AMD claimed have mostly been proven false. Both gamers and creators were expecting the Ryzen 9000 CPUs to take the AM5 platform to new heights, but what we got is stagnation.

Adam Driver in Megalopolis. | Screenshot: YouTube So, all those faked review quotes from the Megalopolis trailer that got pulled last week were apparently AI, after all. Not only that, but the person who was in charge of the materials for the trailer, Eddie Egan, has been removed from the movie’s marketing team.That’s all according to Deadline, which reported on Friday that the AI-ness of it all was confirmed in an investigation after the fact. Neither Egan nor Megalopolis studio Lionsgate meant to fake the quotes, which had purported to be critical notes from contemporaneous reviews of Megalopolis director Francis Ford Coppola’s past films. According to some of the trailer’s quotes, critics had called The Godfather a “sloppy, self-indulgent movie,” while Apocalypse Now was “an epic... Continue reading…

If you're on the hunt for the best desktop CPU, AMD seems to be the only option for now. Intel is a bit busy with the whole Raptor Lake instability fiasco, so the new Ryzen 9000 processors have no competition as a result. These new Zen 5 chips are efficient, they work with existing AM5 motherboards, and cost less than their last generation counterparts. While these chips might not be the fastest in terms of gaming performance, here we highlight some excellent reasons to buy a Ryzen 9000 series CPU right now.

You can learn a lot about somebody just by learning about how they get things done. Are they the sort of person who might have a perfectly color-coded email inbox, a flawlessly organized to-do list, and what’s that, they just sent you a calendar invite for happy hour next week? Or are they more likely to have a giant pile of sticky notes they never look at, a computer desktop with so many files you can’t even see the wallpaper, and today’s main tasks written on their arm? Neither is wrong, but they’re very different.On this episode of The Vergecast, the second in our three-part miniseries about work and productivity and how to get more done in a digital world, we decide to get to know our colleagues in a new way: by asking them to... Continue reading…

August is almost over, and people are beginning to look forward to everything associated with the fall. However, just like any week of the year, the tech news engine kept working away. If you've been too busy looking up if pumpkin spice lattes have returned to check out the tech news this week, here's everything you missed out on.

Storage is an important part of any device, and if you're looking to upgrade your PC, laptop, or even PlayStation 5, this Sabrent 1TB SSD is going to be a fantastic option. Not only do you get great performance, but you also get a reliable chip that's backed by a two-year warranty that can be extended to five years just for registering the product.

Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 49, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope you like podcasts, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about upstart baseball teams and canceled comics and Francis Ford Coppola, watching Logan Lucky, binging Teo Crawford’s camera videos, listening to The Mess Around and thus rewatching New Girl for the millionth time, trying to plan a trip to the Nintendo Museum this fall, and giving Capacities another whirl since Casey Newton recommended it this week. I also have for you a bunch of new podcasts that all launched this week for some reason, some amazing smartphone photos, a reason to hit... Continue reading…

The Raspberry Pi ecosystem is full of accessories, HATs, and sensors that can boost your SBC models capabilities to the next level. With the Raspberry Pi 5 adding a PCIe interface to its already robust port selection, you can connect even more attachments to the SBC. One of these is the recently released Raspberry Pi AI Kit, which consists of an M.2 HAT+ and a Hailo-8L NPU.

When looking for a new phone, the best Android phones are always worth considering, especially so the top Samsung Galaxy models and greatest Google Pixels. But when it comes to flagships like the Pixel 9 Pro series, which includes the Pro and Pro XL, or the Galaxy S24 Ultra, which should you buy?

We got game emulators in the app store, as a treat. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indulge: the iPhone is more fun in Europe now, and it’s not fair.They’re getting all kinds of stuff because they have cool regulators, not like, regular regulators. Third-party app stores, the ability for browsers to run their own engines, Fortnite, and now the ability to replace lots of default apps? I want it, too! Imagine if Chrome on iOS wasn’t just a rinky dink little Safari emulator! Imagine downloading a new dialer app with a soundboard of fart sounds and setting it as your default! Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t seem interested in sharing these possibilities with everyone.Sure, we got retro game emulators in the app store. And that rules. But that’s only because... Continue reading…

So, you got your new gaming PC, but you are not quite sure what programs you should install first. That's OK because we're here to help you. There are several programs you will want to install aside from the standard game launchers, such as Steam, EA, and Batlle.net.