Have you heard about the new Paint NPU app? If you haven't, it's a planned revamp of the traditional Paint app on Windows that emphasizes the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) on AI PCs. NPUs are like CPUs and GPUs, except they're wholly dedicated to AI processes; as such, from the name of the app, you can put two and two together and deduce that Paint NPU will feature generative AI in some way.

Photo by John Moore / Getty Images Customs and Border Protection (CBP) just released updated data on migrant deaths at the US-Mexico border, and the results are staggering. At least 895 people died at the border during the 2022 fiscal year — a 57 percent increase from the previous fiscal year. This grim statistic makes 2022 the deadliest year on record for migrants attempting to come to the US, and it’s possible that the figure is an undercount.For years, CBP has blamed the persistent rise in deaths on three factors: the summer heat, the ruggedness of the desert terrain, and the cruelty of smugglers who leave migrants to die there.Climate change has indeed made summers hotter and drier, which means migrants who spend days or weeks trekking through remote stretches of... Continue reading…

Are you a proud owner of the Asus ROG Ally gaming handheld but find yourself constantly struggling with battery life? As with any handheld gaming device, battery life can often be a concern, especially during extended gaming sessions or on the go. Fear not, as we've compiled a comprehensive guide to help you squeeze every last drop of juice out of your device.

There are a number of reasons why the Apple's AirPods Pro 2 are some of the best earbuds you can buy if you're an iPhone owner. Not only do you get a highly compact set of earbuds, but you also get great sound paired with impressive features. The earbuds have been a fan favorite for a long time, but with the addition of USB-C, these are definitely the ones to go for if you have a chance to purchase them.

From gaining Copilot support to promising to help users write text with different tones and lengths with "Cowriter", Microsoft's Notepad app in Windows 11 was in the news in the last couple of months for all the good reasons. In addition, Microsoft has another feature planned for Notepad to save you from typos.

Now's going to be the perfect time if you're thinking about building a new PC. This AMD Ryzen 7 5700X is the perfect CPU if you want to build a PC on a budget, with the CPU offering lots of power, at an extremely affordable price. While it has a retail price of $319, it's been seen much lower over the past few months, but this new deal during Amazon's Big Spring Sale drops the price down to its lowest yet, falling to just $168.18 for a limited time.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The cost of TapeACall, the occasionally glitchy app many reporters use to record their interviews, will increase significantly in less than a month. I discovered this thanks to a pop-up notification when I opened the app, which alerted me that my annual subscription would increase from $29.99 to $79.99 per year on April 16th.The price increase appears to be a result of new ownership. In January, IAC sold its Mosaic Group mobile apps — which includes TapeACall, editing app PDF Hero, and spam-blocking app Robokiller — to the Italian technology company Bending Spoons. Per Bloomberg, all of Mosaic’s 330 employees were laid off as part of the deal.Bending Spoons acquired Evernote in 2022 and laid off more than 100 staff members. Under... Continue reading…

Image: The Verge / Android Google’s second developer preview for Android 15 has arrived, bringing long-awaited support for satellite connectivity alongside several improvements to contactless payments, multi-language recognition, volume consistency, and interaction with PDFs via apps. These developer-focused betas are a proving ground for features that will likely make it into the final public release scheduled for later this year. According to Google, public beta releases should be available to test between April and July. Image: Google Here’s Google’s release timeline for Android 15, which may see a full release between August and October this year. The latest developer preview addresses some nuisances and security concerns... Continue reading…

Neuralink’s N1 implant. | Image: Neuralink Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company has released a video purporting to show the first human patient using Neuralink’s brain implant to control a mouse cursor and play a game of chess. The patient, identified as 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, said he was injured in a diving accident eight years ago that paralyzed him below the shoulders. Arbaugh describes using the Neuralink implant as like using the Force from the Star Wars franchise, allowing him to “just stare somewhere on the screen” and move the cursor where he wants.Elon Musk, who founded Neuralink in 2016, retweeted the video of Arbaugh and said it demonstrated “telepathy.” https://t.co/OMIeGGjYtG— Neuralink (@neuralink) March 20, 2024In addition to playing chess,... Continue reading…

There are plenty of good reasons to use an AMD CPU in your PC build, whether for gaming, content creation, everyday work, or all of the above. Thanks to their excellent price-to-performance ratio, AMD CPUs and GPUs are hugely popular among PC builders. The Ryzen 5 6800G, part of AMD's Zen 4 processor lineup and featuring an AM5 socket, is the best AMD CPU on a budget right now. If you're using it for your build, there are plenty of great motherboards for the AMD Ryzen 5 6800G for you to choose from.

Incorrect spelling will be a thing of the past in Notepad soon. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is bringing the spellcheck feature to its Notepad app on Windows 11. Testers can now access the new spellcheck support in Notepad, which will be available to all Windows 11 users later this year.Spellcheck in Notepad works much like it does in Microsoft Word or inside the Microsoft Edge browser. Misspelled words are automatically underlined in red, and you can fix mistakes with a right-click to see suggestions for spellings. Microsoft has even added autocorrect, so mistakes are fixed as you continue typing. Spellcheck in Notepad will also support multiple languages, and you can ignore words in documents and add them to a dictionary.“This feature is enabled by default for some file types but is off by default in log files and... Continue reading…

Ikea is now selling a pair of its own USB-C chargers that start at just $7.99. The 30W Sjöss charger comes with a single USB-C port, and there’s also a 45W model (also called Sjöss) that has two USB-C ports for $14.99. This dual-port charger can only output 45W of power when using one port at a time, with the output halved at 22W to each device when plugging in two simultaneously. Ikea’s chargers are compatible with Power Delivery (PD 3.0), Quick Charge (QC4+), and Programmable Power Supply (PPS) specs. Both chargers come with a sheet of colored stickers that lets you “personalize” them — useful in households where kids or flatmates can easily mix them up.The big news here is how affordable Ikea’s two chargers are. At the time of... Continue reading…