The Galaxy S26 series like these Ultra models pictured will be the first Samsung devices to support the AirDrop sharing feature. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung is bringing AirDrop support to the Quick Share feature on Galaxy devices, starting with the S26 series. The new AirDrop feature will begin rolling out in Korea starting today, according to Samsung, with US devices seeing the option sometime later this week. It will arrive in more regions and on more Galaxy devices "at a later date," including the rest of North America, Latin America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan.This update will allow Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra owners to effortlessly share files with Apple devices over a fast wireless connection. With this, Samsung is now the second Android smartph …Read the full story at The Verge.

Siri, can you tell me where I belong? | Image: DEEWEE Last week's recommendation, Sotomayor's Wabi Sabi, has a very particular vibe that you don't find in a lot of records. One of the few things it called to mind was 2022's Topical Dancer from Charlotte Adigery and Bolis Pupul, which I ended up revisiting this week a lot.The two records don't seem particularly alike on the surface. But they're both rough around the edges smash-ups of electronic and organic elements packaged for dancefloor abandon. The way the sounds and rhythms click together feels very much of the same ilk.There are, of course, differences. Significant ones. Adigery and Pupul draw more heavily from rock and early electroni …Read the full story at The Verge.

Well, that was a close one. Previously, we reported on how some Linux 7.0 release candidates were seeing a larger number of changes and additions than usual. Usually, more stuff getting added to an OS is better, but because the release candidate is all about testing and making sure things aren't breaking, a high number of changes means that things are, unfortunately, breaking.

Most people know PCIe as the slot used to install their graphics card, and nothing more. It's the long horizontal receptacle located beneath the CPU socket that has duplicates below it (similar-sized or smaller), which are mostly ignored. Among these "other" PCIe slots are a few PCIe x1 slots that might appear too small to be of any real use. However, these tiny slots are probably the ones that are the most versatile. On a modern motherboard, you may not feel the need to add any expansion card, but older motherboards can benefit from advanced NICs, extra USB and SATA ports, and discrete sound cards. If you're an enthusiast, even your modern motherboard's PCIe x1 slots can allow you to expand its capabilities, thereby avoiding investment in a new motherboard.

Even if you've just upgraded to an RTX 5080, you might find that your gaming experience still feels exactly the same. If you're pushing 240 fps and then viewing it on a 60 Hz office monitor or playing on a $20 dining chair, you probably won't be actually feeling the upgrade that you've made. The pro move when it comes to your gaming set-up is investing in an OLED display, the ergonomics, or the input precision.

First came the AI beauty pageant. Then the AI music contests. Now, there is an award for AI Personality of the Year - perhaps the inevitable next step for the AI influencer economy as it transforms from quirky novelty into a serious and lucrative industry. The contest, a joint venture between generative AI studio OpenArt and AI-powered creator platform Fanvue, with backing from AI voice company ElevenLabs, opens on Monday and runs for a month. The organizers said it is intended to "celebrate the creative talent 'behind' AI Influencers" and recognize their growing commercial and cultural clout. Contestants will compete for a total prize f …Read the full story at The Verge.

I'm really glad that I moved from Windows to Linux in mid-2025. I enjoy free and open-source software more than its proprietary cousins, and the freedom to do what I want with my desktop is refreshing. However, I have learned that people are very passionate about their distro of choice, and they care deeply about the minute details.

With Microsoft recently raising the price of its Xbox Series X, there's a good chance that Xbox One owners felt like they had missed the ideal window to upgrade to a newer console. However, it seems like Microsoft is throwing a raft to the people who are still using the previous generation of Xbox consoles. People are spotting some pretty huge discounts applying to the Xbox Series X, but before you get too excited, there are quite a lot of hoops you'll need to jump through before Microsoft deems you worthy.

If you own a Bambu Lab printer, you probably already know the feeling. You start a print, walk away, and then spend the next two hours wondering if everything is going okay. Maybe you check Bambu Handy on your phone, or maybe you pull up the printer's web interface, but neither of those options feel particularly quick. I wanted something I could glance at, something always on, always showing me exactly what my P2S was doing without reaching for my phone.

Look inside your phone's USB-C port. You'll see 24 pins designed for high-speed data and massive power, but buried in the spec is a mode that allows those pins to act exactly like an HDMI cable. This is HDMI Alt Mode. Announced in 2016, it allowed a simple USB-C to HDMI cable to carry native HDMI 1.4 B signals, which are up to 4K at 30 Hz, directly to a TV without any conversion chips. It was a cheaper and simpler way to connect your phone to a big screen, but it was essentially dead on arrival because it was too limited to compete with DisplayPort.

Everyone endeavors to build a PC that's somewhat future-proof, but most enthusiasts don't look at the motherboard beyond platform, PCIe generation, and basic slot compatibility. A small number perhaps delve into the finer details like the VRM, and very few think about looking at the BIOS chip.

Whenever I’m browsing and see a site I want to read later, I usually add it to my browser's bookmarks folder. The problem is that, after a while, the list gets so long that I waste time trying to find the one I want. That’s why I decided to give Raindrop.io a try. It lets me save sites to a Read Later list that's much easier to sort through. The app is free to use, and because of everything the free tier offers, it was enough to make me switch.