Image: Apple Digital keys could become more popular and more ubiquitous after automakers and the consumer tech industry came together to announce the formation of a new working group to develop industrywide standards for ultra wideband (UWB) connectivity. The working group is the result of two consortiums teaming up (don’t you love it when consortiums consort with other consortiums?): the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), which includes Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, and most major car companies as members; and FiRa Consortium, a nonprofit that supports UWB and includes Apple, Google, Cisco, Samsung, Qualcomm, and others as members. The result is a working group with a name that truly defies comprehension: the Joint Ultra-wideband (UWB) MAC PHY Working... Continue reading…

Whenever I review a new great laptop or Mac, there's one thing I always find myself doing. Because I have a large 32-inch monitor, I close the lid, place the laptop under my monitor, and connect it via DisplayPort. Then, I need to connect my keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals separately with multiple dongles. However, I haven't needed to use as many dongles in my setup, and I can still place my laptop under my monitor at an ergonomic angle thanks to the Satechi Dual Dock Stand.

AMD has been upping the game with its Ryzen series of CPUs, making considerable leaps in gen-on-gen performance. There are several great CPUs across AMD’s Ryzen range, so it can get a little confusing to pick the best one for you. This is especially true for CPUs in the same price bracket — like the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X. These two CPUs retail very close to each other in price while sharing some similarities and differences. We've extensively tested both chips and here’s how they stack up against each other.

As an avid reader, I have always been a fan of Kindle e-readers and the convenience they offer. So when Amazon released a new Kindle Paperwhite back in 2021, I was immediately intrigued, although I resisted the temptation to upgrade since my 10th-generation Paperwhite could easily serve for a few more years.

Apple ships its Mac desktop and laptop computers with a choice of storage capacities, but these can prove costly when configuring your dream PC. When packing your Mac full of data, it may not take long before you begin to run out of available space. This is where network-attached storage (NAS) can help alleviate the problem by taking your data off the Mac and onto a network drive. A bonus of the best NAS enclosures is the ability to run apps and services all while allowing you to access your files from anywhere in the world.

A Bluesky sign-in screen. | Image: Bluesky Bluesky, a decentralized social media app alternative to X (formerly Twitter), has announced that it has now crossed 2 million users — doing so just two months after crossing 1 million users. The company is also finally about to add a public web interface, which might help make it a more attractive destination for journalists and other users. One big hurdle for Bluesky to reach a bigger audience is that people can’t view links to posts without being signed in, so the upcoming public web interface should finally help alleviate that problem. The public interface is slated for launch “around the end of this month,” according to the company’s blog post.Bluesky will also open the floodgates for federation early next year. Bluesky is... Continue reading…

You've probably heard of Linux even if you haven't used it, and while it is often talked about as an alternative to Windows, Linux isn't just one thing. There are lots of different implementations of Linux, and one of the most popular is Ubuntu, which advertises itself as the Linux operating system for data centers, enterprise PCs, regular desktops and laptops, and more. Here's everything you need to know about Ubuntu.

Sometimes, PCs can have problems that are hard to pin down, but Windows 11 has a feature called Safe Mode that can help with this. Safe mode helps you narrow down problems by booting Windows with only a limited set of drivers, and if a problem doesn't happen in Safe Mode, you'll know it's not caused by the core drivers or Windows itself.

Illustration: The Verge Google has shared an updated timeline about Manifest V3, the latest version of its Chrome extension specification that has faced criticism for putting limits on ad blockers. After putting the update on pause last year, Google announced on Thursday it will continue the transition to Manifest V3 with some key changes.One of those changes is “improved content filtering support” for the Declarative Net Request API used by ad-blocking extensions. Google previously proposed putting restrictions on the functionality of this API for security reasons, potentially impacting the effectiveness of ad-blockers across all Chromium-based browsers, including Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox. Developers and privacy advocates pushed back on the... Continue reading…

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is taking action against content promoting the manifesto Osama bin Laden wrote discussing his supposed motivations for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), TikTok says it’s “proactively and aggressively removing this content and investigating how it got onto our platform.”Dozens of videos about the manifesto, titled “Letter to America,” have surfaced on TikTok over the past several days, with CNN reporting the topic amassed “at least” 14 million views by Thursday. Originally published in 2002, the manifesto criticizes the US government’s presence in the Middle East and support of Israel. However, some creators are now trying to apply that criticism to the US government’s response to the ongoing... Continue reading…

Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images IBM has pulled its advertising presence from X, formerly Twitter, as Elon Musk continues to endorse far-right talking points — agreeing with posts this week that promoted antisemitism and pushed support for white pride. The nonprofit Media Matters drew attention to those statements and noted that IBM, Apple, Comcast, and other companies all had ads placed next to pro-Nazi and pro-Hitler content (not posted by Musk) on X. IBM told the Financial Times and confirmed to The Verge that “IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation.”On the platform today, Musk called it “super messed up” that white people are not, in... Continue reading…

While it's still early, over the past month we've seen some great deals ahead of Black Friday on laptops, SSDs, Apple products, and more. But if you were holding out for a great deal on wireless earbuds, you've come to the right place, because we've uncovered a price so good that it's going to be one of the best budget wireless earbuds deals this month.