Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 44, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been writing about why I love the Boox Palma, reading about hot dog contests and the history of Markdown and the future of streaming, watching Shoresy and Federer and a lot of soccer (it’s been a very sports-y week), mourning the end of the Longform podcast, developing a strange obsession with salt water taffy, retesting the Apple Vision Pro, and trying every method I can find for making good iced coffee at home.I also have for you a couple of great new Bluetooth speakers, the new season of Hulu’s... Continue reading…

When it comes to awesome Raspberry Pi projects, there are enough to keep you busy until Vault-Tec sends in the bombs. Were not quite at the point where your Pi can save you from the post-apocalyptic ravages of Vault-Tecs great cleansing, but there is a project you can cobble together that will give you a little bit of warning before it happens: the Raspberry Pi Geiger counter.

Microsoft began rolling out Copilot to Windows 10 Insiders back in November 2023, despite the operating system reaching its end of life fairly soon. The company then began to deploy Copilot on Windows 10 and 11 PCs via an optional update, but soon had to apply a compatibility hold on certain configurations after customers reported weird icon alignment issues. That said, it still continued rolling out Copilot to more devices in a staggered manner, and while it isn't tracking the aforementioned bug for Windows 11 devices anymore after issuing a fix, Microsoft was tracking it for Windows 10, until today.

Willem Dafoe in Nosferatu. | Screenshot: YouTube I’m stuck in a weird spot when it comes to movies and TV, these days. On one hand, the constant churn of remakes, reboots, franchise movies, and sequels often feels like it comes at the expense of original storytelling. But on the other, I am unabashedly looking forward to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, I’m really enjoying The Acolyte, and I’m sorry, but I’m the reason Nintendo just keeps remaking games, and I will continue to be. (Also, I feel I must apologize to my friends and family in advance for my absence when Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is released.)Thankfully, the trailers that showed up this week look as promising as any of the best of those. Deadpool & WolverineIt’s another Deadpool & Wolverine trailer; what am I going to do, not... Continue reading…

Recently, Microsoft revealed all the new features it had added to Excel and Teams during June 2024, with the latter hosting a particularly massive change log. Now, with the month on the verge of ending, the company has detailed all the enhancements that it made to Copilot for Microsoft 365, its latest AI-powered solution for enterprise customers.

Technological progress over the last two decades has undoubtedly made our lives easier and much more convenient than we give it credit for. The internet has been nothing short of a revolution, mobile phones have made a pretty big dent in our technological history, and our gadgets and devices have universally improved in performance and utility.

Recently, we reported that the June 2024 preview update (KB5039302), which began rolling out on June 25, is causing bootloop issues on certain Windows 11 PCs, particularly those which utilize virtualization software. Although Microsoft hasn't been able to provide a robust solution for this problem, another one has now cropped up, with the same KB update being the culprit.

Photo by Ivan “Porkchop44” for Games Done Quick It’s summer, which means it’s time for sun and speedruns. The 2024 edition of Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ), the annual speedrunning marathon for charity, kicks off on Sunday and runs until July 6th. This year’s lineup is once again packed with runs for some of my favorite games, including Balatro, Alan Wake 2, Elden Ring, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1, 2, 3, and 4 (all in one run), a glitchless Baldur’s Gate 3 Honour Mode run, and a shipless Outer Wilds run (how???).But my most anticipated run is a live speedrun from Peanut Butter, the shiba inu who performed a remote run of the NES game Gyromite at Awesome Games Done Quick in January. At SGDQ, Peanut Butter will be live at the event playing Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball... Continue reading…

Apple used to offer iCloud Keychain under the Settings menu on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. However, following the latest iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia update, iCloud Keychain has finally grown into a native Passwords app on all platforms. After taking it for a spin, heres why Im sticking to my tried and tested 1Password on my Mac.

With Copilot+ PCs now out in the wild, things have been a little quiet on the news front. Still, despite the slower pace, some gold nuggets caught our eye over the past week. So, regardless of whether you want to check out how quick Google Sheets is now, or you're a Raspberry Pi enthusiast, here's a handpicked selection of the best stories in the last week.

Sometimes, even the best routers can experience slowdowns. Bad internet speeds are common from time to time, but there might be a hidden culprit lurking in the background as the root cause your VPN. There are a lot of great VPN providers out there, but they sometimes have the consequence of impacting your internet speed. Here are a few ways you can detect and fix the problem.

With Windows 10's end-of-support date approaching in October 2025, Microsoft has given its users an ultimatum: upgrade to Windows 11 or pay for three more years of Windows 10 support. However, a third-party developer has offered an alternative route that may be more attractive to those who want to keep using the aging operating system. 0patch has claimed it will support Windows 10 until October 2030 at the very least, with the potential of even more updates if interest persists.