Image: Exputer Microsoft appears to be readying a white version of its Xbox Series X console without a disc drive. Exputer has published a series of leaked images of the white Xbox Series X, showing that it’s a disc-less system with the same design on the exterior as the existing black Xbox Series X.The white coating appears to be identical to the Xbox Series S “robot white” that Microsoft uses on its smaller $299 console. Exputer reports that this white Xbox Series X will have some internal components upgraded, including the heatsink used to cool the console. The Verge has seen additional documents detailing changes to this white Xbox Series X that suggest these leaked photos are genuine, but we’ve reached out to Microsoft to comment.Exputer claimed... Continue reading…

Maintaining eye contact is essential to convey the idea that you are engaged with those meeting you on the other side of the camera. Eye Contact, part of Nvidia’s Broadcast application, uses artificial intelligence to maintain your gaze even if you glance in a different direction by processing and adjusting the image from your camera in real-time using your GPU to do the heavy lifting and feeding the optimized result to your video chat of choice. In this guide, we’ll show you how to use Nvidia Eye Contact and answer the question – how well does it work?

Steam Link has been around for years, with the first dedicated Steam Link hardware released in 2015 and remote play between devices more generally coming in 2019, allowing you to stream games over your home network from a powerful gaming PC to far less powerful clients. Recently, Steam Link has been coming to more and more TVs natively and is now even on iOS and Android. But what if your TV doesn't support Steam Link? Well, there's an easy (and cost-effective) solution! Using a Raspberry Pi is a great way to get Steam Link running on your PC to stream games over your local network.

Oregon joins Minnesota, California, and New York in giving consumers and repair shops more control over device repairs. | Image: iFixit Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has now signed one of the strongest US right-to-repair bills into law after it passed the state legislature several weeks ago by an almost 3-to-1 margin. Oregon’s SB 1596 will take effect next year, and, like similar laws introduced in Minnesota and California, it requires device manufacturers to allow consumers and independent electronics businesses to purchase the necessary parts and equipment required to make their own device repairs.Oregon’s rules, however, are the first to ban “parts pairing” — a practice manufacturers use to prevent replacement components from working unless the company’s software approves them. These protections also prevent manufacturers from using parts pairing to reduce device... Continue reading…

Google Gemini has been doing well as an online app, but it's still a little shy to appear on mobile devices. It's only available on select models, and if you look for it on the app store on an unsupported device, you won't find it whatsoever. If you're lucky enough to have a supported device, you can download the app, and then select if you want Google Gemini or Assistant will take over as your default mobile helper. Now, Gemini is making its way onto tablets, but it appears you won't be as spoiled for choice as you are on phones.

The Dbrand Ghost Case for the iPhone 15 Pro. | Image: Dbrand Dbrand is scrapping plans to fix its anti-yellowing Ghost Case, but not because it yellows — it’s that it scratches very easily. The company had promised in November to ship free replacements with scratch-resistant coatings, but now it’s telling customers via email they’ll have to wait. Most of its production run of those ended up “unshippable,” the company says, so instead it’s sending a redesigned “Ghost 2.0” this summer. Essentially, it’s a delay.The company says that its first test runs of the newly-coated cases looked good, but when it tried to manufacture them at scale, the coatings got all gloppy at the edges:As you can imagine, after developing a zero-yellowing anti-scratch solution that was the first of its kind, we were... Continue reading…

Windows 11 brought with it a lot of visual changes to Windows, simplifying and streamlining much of the UI, which is generally a good thing. One of the many changes is the context menu in File Explorer, which has a modernized design with fewer options in an effort to look cleaner and easier to use.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, The New York Times reports. The program, which was created after the October 7th attacks, uses technology from Google Photos as well as a custom tool built by the Tel Aviv-based company Corsight to identify people affiliated with Hamas.The facial recognition program was built in tandem with Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, according to the Times report. After the October 7th attacks, officers within the Israeli military’s Unit 8200, the Israeli Defense Forces’ main intelligence unit, identified potential targets by watching security camera footage and videos Hamas had uploaded to social... Continue reading…

The new M3-powered MacBook Air is faster than its predecessor with GPU upgrades. | Image: Apple It’s a good day for Apple deals. Not only can you get $150 off the Apple Vision Pro for the first time, but the new MacBook Air, released earlier this month, is already $100 off at Amazon and B&H Photo. That’s a new all-time low available on the midnight base models, which come with 8GB of memory and 256GB of storage. Note that Amazon is temporarily out of stock, but you can still place an order, and it will ship when it’s available.Apple’s latest entry-level laptop is powered by Apple’s M3 chips and is therefore faster than its predecessor, which was already a fantastic performer. It’s also a little more useful for productivity purposes, as it can now power up to two external displays when the laptop is closed, as opposed to just one... Continue reading…

Image: Vjeran Pavic GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy group, claims that Meta’s content moderation system is allowing an “epidemic of anti-transgender hate” to flourish on its platform. A new report published by the group says Meta has allowed dozens of anti-trans posts — including ones that call for violence against private individuals — to stay online. The organization says that LGBTQ+ people “experience an increasing number of well-documented real-world harms” due to “propaganda campaigns, driven by the anti-LGBTQ extremists that Meta allows to flourish on its platforms.”The report documents several examples of anti-trans content posted to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads between June 2023 and March of this year, all of which GLAAD... Continue reading…

We know that companies have been working away at supplying the public with AI PCs, but it hasn't been easy to tell exactly what an "AI PC" is. Microsoft has stepped up with its own standards, declaring that all AI PCs running Windows must come with a Copilot key. Now, more details on what Microsoft considers an "AI PC" have come to light, including allowing Copilot to run locally on the computer's hardware and an NPU that can hit 40 TOPS.

Though this isn’t quite what Twitch will soon ban, it’s another example from Morgpie of her ability to push Twitch’s guideline boundaries | Image: Twitch / Morgpie The latest update to Twitch’s community guidelines is oddly specific. According to the update, starting March 29th, “content that focuses on intimate body parts for a prolonged period of time will not be allowed.” The move is, without a doubt, a targeted response to the new Twitch “meta” wherein streamers project gameplay onto a green-screened part of their bodies, specifically the breasts or buttocks.I’ve officially seen it all pic.twitter.com/gZ96jSa3hD— ryan (@scubaryan_) March 16, 2024The trend was popularized by Morgpie, a creator known for pushing the boundaries of Twitch’s streaming policies. Earlier this month, she streamed herself playing Fortnite with the gameplay projected on her butt. During her stream today, she... Continue reading…