Photo Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales and Cath Virginia / The Verge Even if someone is the type to buy all the latest big games, we’re certain we can help you find them a unique and adequately geeky gift this holiday. Continue reading…

Image: Getty Rite Aid isn’t allowed to use AI-powered facial recognition technology for another five years as part of a settlement it reached with the Federal Trade Commission. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the FTC accuses Rite Aid of using facial surveillance systems in a “reckless” manner from 2012 to 2020.During this period, the FTC says Rite Aid used facial recognition technology to “capture images of all consumers as they entered or moved through the stores.” It then allegedly created a database of customers identified as shoplifters or exhibiting some other kind of suspicious behavior. For some customers, the database would have “accompanying information,” such as names, birth dates, and the activity deemed suspicious by the store,... Continue reading…

Windows 11 received another major update in 2023 with version 23H2, and it added a lot of new features. Among them is the ability to create a Dev Drive, a specialized virtual drive on your PC that's designed to be faster for your development projects.

US Vice President Kamala Harris (right) and Michael Regan (left), administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on Friday, January 27th, 2023. | Image: Jemal Countess / UPI / Bloomberg via Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency named 11 “grantmakers” today, universities and nonprofit organizations that will be in charge of doling out $600 million of federal funding to locally led environmental projects. It’s a new strategy aimed at making it easier for small grassroots groups — especially those burdened with the most pollution — to access funding. Those groups will be able to apply for subgrants from the EPA’s grantmakers, who’ve been assigned to oversee funds for certain regions. The 11 grantmakers include some of the most prominent voices fighting a legacy of environmental racism and injustice in the US.That includes the Climate Justice Alliance (CJA), made up of member organizations across the US — from Brooklyn’s oldest... Continue reading…

Most modern laptops offer a ton of power under the hood, while delivering a more streamlined experience thanks to a relatively compact design. Of course, with this, there are sacrifices, with the most common one being the lack of ports found on a laptop. Of course, there are solutions for this like USB hubs, but if you're looking for a more permanent solution, docking stations are the way to go.

Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge The electric bike company’s new leadership outlines its post-bankruptcy plan to relaunch and expand into more areas of e-mobility. Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Blockchain games are returning to Epic Games’ marketplace. The Epic Games Store has a strict ban on games classified as “Adults Only” by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) — normally games with excessive nudity or violence. But the marketplace announced today that blockchain games classified as AO only because they use blockchain are an exception to this rule. Heads up: Gods Unchained and Striker Manager 3 have returned to the Store after a change in our content policy regarding ratings for blockchain-based games. Learn more: https://t.co/RQGGzWGeG8— Epic Games Store (@EpicGames) December 19, 2023“Some blockchain-based games are receiving Adults Only (AO) ratings from industry ratings bodies for their particular... Continue reading…

Photo Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales and Cath Virginia / The Verge The sky’s the limit when money is no object, so why waste your hard-earned cash and coin on the everyday essentials? It’s time to dream big. Continue reading…

If your work usually involves having to sit for hours in front of a monitor, good ergonomics is key in avoiding long-term, posture-related injuries. Having the best standing desk is one way to ensure a comfortable work space, but sometimes, you might need more desk space or even multiple monitors at your disposal. Having a large desk is the easiest solution, but space constraints in your home could be a deterrent. This is where monitor arms come in.

AMD is closing out the year with a bang with their new AMD Software 23.12.1 release, which updates quite a few things for the RDNA 3 architecture GPUs. It brings additional game compatibility, a new UI redesign, and a new software profile, HYPR-RX Eco.

Being the biggest non-Chromium browser on the market, Firefox has garnered a lot of fans that Mozilla needs to appease. Fortunately, Mozilla has no intention of letting its browser fall by the wayside. Version 121 of Firefox has just released, and it contains a slew of great features for everyone to enjoy.

Earlier this month, when Microsoft teased what's coming next to its Copilot chatbot, it somehow forgot to mention a key plugin that would to the AI chatbot to help users create music. Microsoft has announced that it's partnered with Suno to enable users to create original songs using simple prompts regardless of whether they're from a music background.