Image: The Verge Today, Steam launched Steam Families, an overhaul of its family sharing system. The new system gets rid of limits on how many people can play games from one library, makes buying games for your kids easier, and adds new parental controls and sharing options. Before, you needed to use two different systems — Family Sharing and Family View — if you wanted to share your library but limit which games your kids could play. Also under the old approach, only one person at a time could play a game from another’s library. Now — to use Steam’s example — if you’re playing your copy of Portal 2 and someone else wants to play Half-Life from your library, that’s fine. They’ll only be booted if you start up Portal 2 while they’re playing it from your... Continue reading…

From a small-sized NAS to an all-in-one media server, the Raspberry Pi is a versatile device that can be customized for pretty much any project imaginable. Heck, the newer boards pack enough firepower to emulate games developed for older consoles, and you even get to choose between Recalbox, Retro-Pie, and several other emulator-centric distros.

When it comes to gaming handhelds, there's a ton of competition, but that doesn't mean the new MSI Claw isn't an impressive machine. But if you pick one up, you might want to do some gaming with it on a traditional controller. While there are many, many choices of controller out there, we've found all the best ones to use with an MSI Claw, regardless of what you might prefer.

Overclocking is the method of configuring a component inside your PC, usually the processor, to run faster than what's set by the manufacturer. It's a good way to take a less capable CPU and achieve better results in games, running software, and general computing. But with higher clock speeds offered by AMD and Intel for the latest Core and Ryzen processors, is overclocking even worth it in 2024? The latest and best CPUs are designed to run at higher temperatures to process as many instructions per second, so is there any room for manual overclocking?

Windows 11 comes in many flavors for different kinds of users, but for most people, only two really matter: Windows 11 Home and Pro. Out of those, you're most likely to have Home on your PC, since that's what ships with most laptops. And with Windows 11 Pro costing $100 on top of that, you might wonder if it's really worth it.

People love their Windows on Arm devices, but they only truly shine if the software running on it also supports an Arm architecture. Fortunately, more and more developers have been creating Arm-compatible software that makes use of the special hardware, resulting in faster processing speeds and less of an impact on power usage. And while Google had been lagging behind with its efforts to port Chrome onto Arm, the company has finally released its browser natively onto Windows on Arm for all to use.

Perhaps those who use light mode are right; us dark mode enjoyers can be a bit overzealous. Whenever a website or an app doesn't have a native dark mode built into it, we're sent scurrying on the hunt for a plugin or an extension to change that. And while there are plenty of good browser plugins out there that give us what we want, nothing beats a native dark theme. Now, Google Drive will be a little easier on the eyes, as the website is getting its own muted theme.

The Verified Product Security Mark is a new labeling program from the CSA designed to help users easily identify what cybersecurity protections an IoT device has in place. | Image: CSA As useful as connected devices like video doorbells and smart lights are, it’s wise to exercise caution when using connected tech in your home, especially after years of reading about security camera hacks, fridge botnet attacks, and smart stoves turning themselves on. But until now, there hasn’t been an easy way to assess a product’s security chops. A new program from the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), the group behind the smart home standard Matter, wants to fix that.Announced this week, the CSA’s IoT Device Security Specification is a baseline cybersecurity standard and certification program that aims to provide a single, globally recognized security certification for consumer IoT devices. Device makers who adhere to the s... Continue reading…

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images ‘The old fear has come back.’ Continue reading…

Apple has really improved the MacBook Air in the last few years, and we consider it to be one of the best Macs for most people. The MacBook Air M2 impressed us, and the 2024 M3 MacBook Air looks to set an even higher performance standard for the Air series of MacBooks.

Nvidia is one of the biggest names in the industry right now, thanks to its significant strides in the artifical intelligence space. The company is showing no signs of losing its lead as generative AI explodes in popularity with tools like ChatGPT on the rise. Outside its consumer GPU business, Nvidia is also seeing huge success in the Cloud and Data Center space, by enabling high-performance AI computing with its DGX platform.

Windows 11 is arguably the best version of Microsoft's operating system yet, but it isn't without its flaws. Until recently, one of those flaws was that the taskbar regrouping feature was removed, meaning icons of the same app on the taskbar will be combined, making it harder to choose the window you want right away. Thankfully, starting with Windows 11 version 23H2, this capability has been brought back, so you can enable it if you want.