A leaked Pixel 8 “Switch to Pixel” ad posted to X by Arséne Lupin highlights Google’s AI features, including Best Take, which lets you swap faces into an image from other pictures (via 9to5Google). Google’s Pixel event is just around the corner on October 4th, but there’s seemingly very little we don’t already know about the phone, considering the steady stream of leaks.The ad kicks off highlighting the process for transferring data to a Pixel 8, but spends most of its time on the AI features of the phone — some new, like Best Take, and some old, like Magic Eraser:Switch to Pixel - Pixel 8 (Pro) pic.twitter.com/hGfQbFDpug— Arsène Lupin (@MysteryLupin) September 30, 20239to5Google also points to a leak from Kamila Wojciechowska,... Continue reading…

Both Samsung and Apple make flagship smartphones that tightly integrate into a broader ecosystem of products. When it comes to the iPhone 15 Pro and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, the differences between these two phones might seem obvious. The latter is a flip phone, and the former is a conventional slab-style device. But there's much more to it than that. Let's dive in and compare these contenders to find out which is best for you.

The Surface Pro 8 remains one of the best Windows tablets on the market despite being a couple of years old at this point. It still performs well and has a fantastic display, but one of its big claims to fame is that it's a tablet and a laptop, yet the keyboard isn't included in the box. If you want to use the Surface Pro 8 as a laptop, you'll need to buy that keyboard separately.

Buying a shiny new Chromebook is an exciting experience. With ChromeOS, you get speed and performance at a lower cost. In fact, many Chromebooks are some of the best laptops you can find under $600. One of the first things you'll want to do when you boot up your new Chromebook is change the wallpaper. We already have an excellent tutorial for changing the wallpaper on a Chromebook, but it's also nice to have a list of apps for finding quality backgrounds.

If you have thought about picking up a dongle over the last several years to enable wireless streaming on your non-smart HDTV, there is an excellent chance you have come across Chromecast. It is essentially a lineup of devices by Google that allows you to stream media to your TV or AV receiver wirelessly. But the underlying Chromecast technology is not just limited to the Google dongles. In fact, you can find it in televisions, speakers, and AV receivers. And it can do far more than just stream online content.

Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s task management app, Microsoft Lists, is now available for everyone to use. Launched in 2020, Microsoft Lists was originally limited to just business and enterprise users, before a limited preview for consumers last year. Microsoft is now letting anyone with a Microsoft Account access this free version of Microsoft Lists through iOS and Android apps and on the web.Microsoft Lists allows you to create, manage, and share lists across devices, complete with ready-made templates for tasks like expense tracking, recipe making, gift ideas, and much more. You can easily share lists with colleagues, friends, and family so multiple people can contribute to a list. Image: Microsoft Microsoft Lists on mobile. ... Continue reading…

Roblox is an incredibly popular online game. If you recently switched to a Chromebook, you might be looking forward to Roblox on your new laptop. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a native ChromeOS app. Luckily, like so many other games, you can use Android app support to enjoy it on your new Chromebook, provided the feature is enabled and not turned off by a school or someone managing your Chromebook. For those with older Chromebooks, you can also play Roblox through the web browser on a third-party website, as long as it is not blocked.

Ultra HD monitors (UHD or 4K for short) are the next step in the evolution of media and PC gaming. Buying a PC monitor or TV for the living room in 2023 would more than likely be a display with a 4K resolution. Comprising 8,294,400 pixels, 4K screens allow for considerably more content (and detail) to be shown. Whether you're smashing Covenant skulls in Halo or enjoying yet another run-through of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, it'll look great on one of these 4K monitors.

Illustration: The Verge Apple will soon bring its powerful internal search engine to the App Store and other apps, as Mark Gurman reports in this week’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg. Apple debuted upgrades to its Spotlight search feature in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, letting users search there for web results, details from apps, documents, and much more.According to the newsletter, former Google executive John Giannandrea’s search team is working to bake the internally-named “Pegasus” search engine more deeply into iOS and macOS and could even use generative AI tools to enhance it further. Last year Apple also launched Business Connect, a tool that helped strengthen its information database with details about businesses’ hours and locations in a way that could... Continue reading…

The new Model Y for China looks a lot like the old one. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge Tesla's China arm announced in a WeChat post Sunday morning that it released a new Model Y with design and performance tweaks that keeps the same starting price as before (via Reuters). The new car follows the company’s release of the revamped "Highland" Model 3 in China, which also hit Europe early last month.According to Tesla’s Chinese website, the Model Y now has a 0–100km/h time of 5.9 seconds, which Bloomberg notes in a report is slightly faster than before. The car gets new wheels and an ambient LED lighting strip in the dash, like the refreshed Model 3. Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge If you squint, you can see the new LED strip along the front. The car starts at 263,900 yuan (about $37,000), and... Continue reading…

At its annual Surface event on Sept. 21, Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Surface Laptop Go 3, adding two more feathers to its Surface PCs lineup. While the Surface Go series didn't get any updates, Microsoft did announce a Surface Go 4 for Business on the sidelines of the event. In terms of dimensions, the Surface Go 4 for Business is identical to the Surface Go 3. The Surface Go 4 comes only with a charger, so every other accessory has to be bought separately. While Microsoft does sell its official accessories for the Surface Go 4, they are limited to chargers and a Type Cover Keyboard. There are no dedicated cases on the official Microsoft Store.

The central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) are two components we focused on with this hub due to the spike in prices in recent years. This was due to electronic shortages, shipping issues, and national lockdowns. Things have eased and prices have returned to almost MSRP levels, but the best GPUs launched with vastly inflated prices compared to their predecessors, which left a sour taste in many mouths.