When you install Windows, it comes with pre-made power plans that dictate how your computer operates and how some of the components operate. While there's an Ultimate Performance power plan that you can enable, for the most part, you don't need to enable it. Instead, we recommend turning on high-performance mode and then making some more changes on top of that too.

Keychron is a company that's known for its mechanical keyboards. Not only does it make one of the best mechanical keyboards you can buy with the Q1 Pro, but it also offers a wealth of other affordable options as well. Of course, we're always on the hunt for a good deal, and this discount on the brand's K12 wireless mechanical keyboard is one that you don't want to miss.

Goliath’s Power Saber, in red and green. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge It would have been a Star Wars product — but Hasbro whiffed. Continue reading…

Lacey still faces about 30 other charges related to prostitution facilitation and money laundering. | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Michael Lacey, a founder of the defunct classified site Backpage.com, received a five-year prison sentence on Wednesday and was fined $3 million. Lacey was found guilty of money laundering last year in a sweeping case that alleged Backpage executives promoted and profited from prostitution. Lacey was convicted on a single count of international concealment money laundering in November 2023 but was acquitted of 50 other charges related to prostitution facilitation and money laundering due to insufficient evidence. He still faces about 30 related charges, according to the Associated Press. Two other Backpage executives — former chief financial officer John Brunst and executive vice president Scott Spear — received 10-year prison sentences... Continue reading…

If youre even remotely into computers, you must have heard of switches. By allowing you to connect all your devices within a network, switches serve as handy additions to any computing setup. But their real utility comes into play once you start dipping your toes into the world of home labs and server management and here are five reasons why you should integrate them into your server environment.

2024 saw the release of the Ryzen 9000 series of processors built on AMD's Zen 5 architecture. Succeeding the Ryzen 7000 series, this latest family of chips boasts improved efficiency and performance, thanks to architectural changes and a shrinkage in the manufacturing process at TSMC. The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 9 9900X are very different processors. The Ryzen 7 is the mid-range chip with 8 cores and moderate performance whereas the Ryzen 9 9900X is for enthusiasts and creators, thanks to its impressive 12-core layout. I'll run you through all the similarities, differences, and performance numbers to help you choose the right chip for the job.

Kodi is a powerful media platform for enjoying content on the same device the files are stored on. It's perfect for home theatre PCs and is more local than Plex or Jellyfin. Even though you will be rendering TV shows, music, and movies locally, you can still expand the functionality of Kodi through the installation of plugins. I'm going to run you through some of our favorites that work today and how to install them.

Hyundai N Vision 74 Concept shown along with the Pony Coupe Concept from 1974 | Image: Hyundai The N Vision 74 coupe was a slick embodiment of Hyundai’s “high-performance vision of electrification” two years ago that we have hoped to see as a real vehicle. That seems way more likely now that it got namechecked in Hyundai’s plan to launch 21 fully electric models by 2030. This slide (below) is from the company’s 2024 CEO Investor Day presentation, explaining the range of vehicles the company will launch and listing the Vision 74 and the Genesis Magma concept. The plan also includes affordable EVs like its Inster / Casper subcompact, the three-row Ioniq 9 that’s next up to launch in the US, luxury EVs from Genesis, and, finally, high-performance models. Image: Hyundai Hyundai EV Full Lineup slide E... Continue reading…

You mean it’s all copyright? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The huge leaps in OpenAI’s GPT model probably came from sucking down the entire written web. That includes entire archives of major publishers such as Axel Springer, Condé Nast, and The Associated Press — without their permission. But for some reason, OpenAI has announced deals with many of these conglomerates anyway.At first glance, this doesn’t entirely make sense. Why would OpenAI pay for something it already had? And why would publishers, some of whom are lawsuit-style angry about their work being stolen, agree?I suspect if we squint at these deals long enough, we can see one possible shape of the future of the web forming. Google has been referring less and less traffic outside itself — which threatens the existence of the entire... Continue reading…

Although Skype continues to exist for some reason, Teams is Microsoft's flagship software for online communication and collaboration. The Redmond tech firm frequently adds new features to Teams during the course of the month, with recent examples being easier account management and an updated minimized meeting view, among other things. Now, the company has published a roundup of all the capabilities it introduced in Teams in the past four weeks, just like it does at the end of each month.

Smartphones and tablets are both becoming increasingly capable of capturing great photos and videos, and the best iPhones and iPads are no exception. However, even with great file-sharing features like AirDrop, it can be difficult to export numerous photos and videos on iOS or iPadOS. Luckily, there's a way to zip photos and videos for quick and easy sharing. The process compresses the individual photos and videos and stores them in a single zip file for simplicity. To learn how to zip up photos and videos on your iPhone or iPad, check out the steps below.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google recently started letting you use its Gemini AI chatbot to ask questions about your Gmail inbox on the web, and now, that feature is coming to mobile. The company says its Gmail Q&A feature is starting to roll out on Android and that the feature will be “coming soon” to iOS. Using Gmail Q&A, “you can ask Gemini questions about your inbox or to do things like find specific details in your emails, show you unread messages, view messages from a specific sender, or summarize emails about a topic in your inbox,” according to Google’s blog post. Google previewed Gmail Q&A earlier this year at its I/O conference. Gmail Q&A could be a potentially useful way to sift through your email or find something that might be buried... Continue reading…