If you've noticed that your newer Intel CPU has been a little unstable, help may be on the way. A recent leak has shown that Intel has sent out a message to its motherboard partners, asking them to begin using a standard profile for their boards. This move should hopefully bring stability to 13th and 14th-generation chips, as the company hopes to iron out issues with i9 processors.

Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, speaks during a climate initiative event at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, on Thursday, January 16th, 2020.  | Photo: Getty Images Microsoft is doubling down on a controversial plan to capture carbon dioxide emissions from wood-burning power plants. It announced a contract with energy company Stockholm Exergi to capture 3.33 million metric tons of carbon emissions from a biomass power plant in the Swedish capital in what is potentially the biggest deal of its kind to date — equivalent to taking more than 790,000 gas-powered cars off the road for a year. It’s supposed to help Microsoft meet its goal of capturing more planet-heating carbon dioxide than it produces as a company by 2030 and then removing as much CO2 from the atmosphere as it has ever emitted since its founding by 2050. But the jury is still out on whether wood-burning power plants actually help fight... Continue reading…

The Steam Deck is essentially a Linux gaming PC in handheld form, and it uses device drivers just like any other computer. That unfortunately means that sometimes driver issues can hamper the performance of the handheld gaming console. For example, the Wi-Fi connection may be slow, laggy, or could just plain refuse to connect. While you can still play most games offline, it's not a perfect situation, especially if you were hoping to stream some games with GeForce Now or another cloud streaming service. You can always pick up a docking station if you need the most stability for your internet connection, but in that case you won't be able to play it as a handheld, which is the biggest draw of the Steam Deck. As with any other Wi-Fi enabled device, there are a few things you can try in order to get your connection back online.

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images NASA will attempt to send a pair of astronauts to space aboard Boeing’s Starliner aircraft for the first time today. Starliner has faced several delays over the years, with its first uncrewed test flight in 2019 ending in failure before it successfully docked at the International Space Station in 2022. While Starliner’s first crewed flight was supposed to take place last May, NASA delayed the launch due to technical issues.The launch will take place at 10:34PM ET from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, and you can watch it live from NASA’s YouTube channel.The United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket will propel the Starliner aircraft to space, where it will stay at the ISS for one week. While on board, flight commander... Continue reading…

When you spend over $1,000 on a premium laptop like the MacBook Pro, you want to ensure it lasts as long as possible. Of course, accidents do happen, and you can still break or lose your charger, but that's no reason to stop using the laptop. There are plenty of replacement chargers out there, so you can easily get one that works for your MacBook Pro. The first step might be to check which charger your MacBook model needs, if you aren't already sure about that.

Image: Wizards of the Coast A rare Magic: The Gathering card has sold for $3 million, making it the most expensive Magic card ever sold. And before you ask, Magic nerds, of course it was a Black Lotus. The sale of the card was announced last week by CGC Cards, a certification and grading company for trading cards, video games, comics, and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by CGC Cards (@cgccards)The Black Lotus is the holy grail of Magic cards. It was first printed as a part of the card game’s Alpha and Beta sets that launched with the game’s debut in 1993. Though highly sought as a collector’s item, the card itself is unplayable, as it is banned in all but one format because it is simply too powerful, allowing... Continue reading…

The Rabbit R1 and similar Humane AI Pin have lit the internet up over the last few weeks. These two (in theory) promising hardware devices are designed to streamline human interactions via AI assistants. However, both have been widely lambasted as unnecessary, unfinished, and unlikely to deserve a space in your pocket.

Intel hasn't even released Arrow Lake yet, and it's already preparing to outdo it with another one of its CPU families. A leaker has recently lifted the cover on some interesting tidbits of information including details on the Core Ultra 200V series, also known as "Lunar Lake." If the leaks are to be believed, this chip will achieve over twice the power of Arrow Lake processors, alongside some other interesting insights into what Intel is doing.

Illustration: The Verge As people try to find more uses for generative AI that are less about making a fake photo and are instead actually useful, Google plans to point AI to cybersecurity and make threat reports easier to read.In a blog post, Google writes its new cybersecurity product, Google Threat Intelligence, will bring together the work of its Mandiant cybersecurity unit and VirusTotal threat intelligence with the Gemini AI model. The new product uses the Gemini 1.5 Pro large language model, which Google says reduces the time needed to reverse engineer malware attacks. The company claims Gemini 1.5 Pro, released in February, took only 34 seconds to analyze the code of the WannaCry virus — the 2017 ransomware attack that hobbled hospitals, companies,... Continue reading…

Windows 11 has been around for a while now, and it's been getting big updates ever since. With the operating system set to turn three years old this year, you might be wondering if there's a future for the platform. Thankfully, Windows 11 isn't going anywhere anytime soon, and you have nothing to worry about in terms of being supported.

Image: Schuurman There’s a lot riding on Sonos’ first pair of wireless headphones; CEO Patrick Spence has expressed confidence that the new product category will be a huge revenue driver for his company after Sonos has faced cooling demand for its speakers. The headphones are expected to ship sometime next month, but today, we’re getting a first look at the hardware design — and we now know what they’ll be called.You’re looking at the Sonos Ace headphones. These images were prematurely published by authorized Sonos parts dealer Schuurman. The main image reveals quite a few buttons on both ear cups, a toggle switch of some sort, and a premium build that seems fitting of headphones expected to be priced around $450. The Schuurman website shows a price of... Continue reading…

Collaborating on projects is typical for both business and personal tasks, like parties, grocery lists, and more. You can do so easily with iOS on the best iPhones and iPadOS 17, inviting others to join in and collaborate on a project, sharing ideas and to-do lists without starting a lengthy group message chain. Edits are made directly in the file, so everyone can see them in real-time. Its a proper way to collaborate seamlessly, and its much easier to do than you might think.