This Black Friday, Razer gaming fans are in for a real treat with hard-to-beat deals for two of its top-selling gaming headsets, the Razer Kraken V3 wired gaming headset, and the Bluetooth-powered, eye-catching Razer Kraken Kitty wireless headset. Both are great-sounding, great-looking gaming headsets with features like THX Spatial Audio for maximum immersion and Advanced Noise Cancelling tech for crystal clear communication, and though they’re already both great deals, you can grab them now for a song.

When you set up a new Mac, there are some essential macOS apps that you may want to download. After all, macOS Sonoma only offers the bare minimum; third-party apps will have to be individually installed as needed. A web browser happens to be one of the fundamentals you may need to rely on, and there are plenty of excellent options available for the Mac.

Getting the right motherboard for your gaming rig is important if you want the backbone of your system to handle the load really well. Asus is a big name in PC hardware, and that includes motherboards. But since the prices of high-end Asus motherboards can break a budget, people mostly try to find better-priced alternatives. However, this Black Friday, Asus has got some pretty good sales on its motherboards.

Black Friday is the perfect time to invest in a new pair of headphones. While many people will be looking at headphone deals for over-ear headphones and true wireless earbuds, it's always worth considering something different, especially when prices are low. Bone-conduction headphones are the perfect alternate option, and thankfully, the Shokz OpenRun Pro and Pro Mini, which are some of our favorites, are now available at heavily discounted prices this Black Friday.

Image: Microsoft Every time I see a big Windows 11 update I wonder why it wasn’t a Windows 11.1 or Windows 11.2 release. Instead, Microsoft has used a number of confusing ways to name Windows updates in recent years instead of a simple method like point releases. Let me illustrate my point to you:Windows 10 Anniversary UpdateWindows 10 Creators UpdateWindows 10 Fall Creators UpdateWindows 10 October 2020 UpdateWindows 10 May 2021 UpdateWindows 11 22H2Windows 11 2023 UpdateAs you can see, Microsoft is gradually getting to a more understandable naming strategy for Windows releases, but it still regularly uses 22H2 and 23H2 monikers that sound like weird codenames to regular people. If you head into Windows Update you’re also more likely to see a... Continue reading…

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Every Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there’s always a ton of hype about the discounts on big-ticket items — you know, the deals on the OLED TVs, game consoles, and tablets of the world. But it never fails that many of the ultra-cheap items make for some of the most clutch deals, namely because spending very little on a small accessory you end up using all the time can be the most gratifying.This year, we’re once again keeping an eye out for the best tech deals on those little gadgets and gizmos under $25. We’ve also got a roundup for those working with a $100 budget, but the items below are pretty much as cheap as you can get in the tech world without simply buying absolute crap that’s destined to end up as e-waste.Some of these... Continue reading…

Black Friday and Cyber Monday will soon be upon us all, offering enticing discounts across various electronics. If you're in the market for a new processor, we'll steer you toward some of the deals we'll be including in this hub. We're expecting the latest AMD and Intel products to be discounted to help make the upgrade or building a new system far more affordable. This year's Black Friday sales event will take place on November 25, but you can bet we'll see some deals go live early. You'll find only the best CPU deals here.

From powerful handheld gaming PCs capable of running graphically intensive games to VR headsets that let you immerse yourself in your favorite game worlds, the gaming sector has witnessed tons of innovations over the past decade. And that includes cloud gaming, a technology that lets you play games even if you don’t own a beast of a PC.

Image: Atlus Persona 5 Tactica pleasantly surprised me.I have been anxious for a good tactical RPG all year. Fire Emblem Engage failed to live up to its title, winding up as a shallower Three Houses. (Yes, friend, Engage did indeed come out this year.) And the Advance Wars reboots bored me to tears. While I wasn’t exactly looking to Persona 5 Tactica to fill the hole Marvel’s Midnight Suns left behind — please go play that game, just...please! — nevertheless, the first handful of hours with the game have been a delight.Persona 5 Tactica is a tactics RPG that builds upon your love of Persona 5 and its Phantom Thieves. If you’ve played Persona 5 / Royal / Strikers, you already know most what you’re in store for: personas, fusing personas, coffee,... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’ve ever embarrassed yourself by publicly sharing a part of your screen you weren’t supposed to, spare a thought for Mohammad Moniruzzaman, who’s alleged to have shown off the source code he stole from a former employer during a Microsoft Teams call with that same company. The incident has come to light in a lawsuit filed by Moniruzzaman’s old employer, automotive technology company Valeo, which is suing Nvidia — the company Moniruzzaman moved on to — and accusing it of having benefited from these stolen trade secrets.Nvidia has spent the better part of a decade attempting to branch out into the automotive market. Valeo is alleging that Moniruzzaman “downloaded without authorization the entirety of Valeo’s advanced parking and... Continue reading…

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 is the best value graphics card on the market, sustaining high frame rates at 1080p and 1440p resolutions. With a 200W TDP, it doesn’t need a huge wattage power supply to run, but as most models use the 12VHPWR connector, you will want an ATX 3.0 compatible unit. As the best CPUs for this graphics card can use over 300W on its own, you’re looking at a 650W unit for mid-tier processors and anywhere up from 750W for top-tier CPUs. I’ve rounded up my favorites from the current market to simplify your purchasing decision.

Need to access your network-attached storage (NAS) on Android or iPhone? Well, the beautiful thing about NAS is that you can connect to it on almost any device — including a smartphone or tablet — and it's surprisingly simple, especially if all your devices are connected to the same network. Once you set everything up, you'll be up and running in no time.