A general view of a flooded street in Williamsburg, New York, United States on September 29th, 2023. | Photo by Fatih Aktas / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images New York City came to a grinding halt Friday as floods shut down roads and subways and inundated schools in one of the biggest storm-related emergencies since the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit in 2021.It isn’t a problem that’s unique to New York. Flood risk is rising across the US with worsening weather disasters and growing strain on outdated infrastructure. “The water has nowhere to go”What should a flood-proof city look like? The Verge asked Samuel Brody, Director of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas and a professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science at Texas A&M University at Galveston.This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.Are cities uniquely vulnerable to flooding?... Continue reading…

The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 is a business Lenovo laptop, so you'll be using it on the go a lot. From the office to home, or from one office to another office, you'll want to ensure that your great ThinkPad won't get damaged in transit. Additionally, if you didn't buy the Lenovo Accidental Damage Protection Plan, physical protection is especially important considering the laptop only has a limited warranty that doesn't cover issues created on your own like a cracked screen or broken keyboard unless you want to pay extra for accidental damage protection.

HDR is a pretty important feature in media today, improving the visual experience of movies and games by offering a wider dynamic range that can preserve details in the shadows and the highlights in an image. Windows has supported HDR for a while, but more recently, Microsoft released an HDR calibration app to make it easier to get the optimal experience for your display.

The brand-new Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 is here, and we’re sure it will be as successful as the earlier two generations; these machines are perfect for buyers looking for an affordable laptop with a premium finish. While its dimensions remain the same as the Laptop Go 2, the Surface Laptop Go 3 comes with a few bumped-up specs (8GB RAM, the 12th Gen Intel Core i5 chip, and improved battery life) and a new price tag to match. As long as your job doesn't require you to execute resource-hungry computing tasks, this laptop will more than meet your requirements.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 series debuted this summer, and with it came the Watch 6 Classic. This new wearable has become one of our favorite smartwatches available with its relatively standard 43mm model and a large, in-charge 47mm model, the largest smartwatch Samsung has produced. This model also features the grand return of the rotating physical bezel last found on the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, as well as longer battery life, an updated operating system, and a new CPU chip.

It's that time of the month again, when Microsoft recaps all the features it added to Teams during the past four weeks. The company continually adds new capabilities to its popular online communication and collaboration platform in an effort to retain existing customers and attract new ones. Today, it has published a round-up of all the enhancements it made to Teams during the month of September 2023.

When you look at the best laptops you can buy today, you'll see a few different form factors to choose from. You can buy a typical clamshell laptop if you just want the basics, or go with a tablet and a detachable keyboard if portability is your number one priority. But then there's the best form factor a PC can have — personally speaking, at least — the convertible. Convertible PCs give you the versatility of a tablet while also having the convenience of a keyboard permanently available, plus they can usually afford to be more powerful than a typical tablet.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Su Zhu, the co-founder of the collapsed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), was arrested in Singapore on Friday. Zhu was taken into custody while attempting to leave the country from Singapore’s Changi Airport, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Teneo, the liquidation firm in charge of liquidating 3AC’s assets, says it received a committal order against Zhu after he failed to comply with a court order that compelled him to cooperate with the liquidation process. That committal order directs Singaporean police to arrest Zhu and hold him in prison for four months. Teneo says it obtained a “similar” committal order for 3AC’s other co-founder, Kyle Davies.During his time in prison, Teneo says the liquidators will engage with Zhu... Continue reading…

Windows 11 (and 10) lets you organize your windows using a feature called virtual desktops, so you can separate apps into different environments. If you're not sure how to use them, we're here to help.

We haven't seen the last of Amazon Prime Day in 2023. The online retail giant is going to provide a second run of discounts in October before the year is out. We saw promotions in July slashing the price of various solid-state drives (SSD), and one can hope we'll see a repeat come Oct. 10 and 11. We're always on the hunt for the best SSD deals and will be promoting the ones we come across during these Prime Big Deal Days, along with deals on laptops and other PC accessories and peripherals.

At a time when mass surveillance by corporations and governments is increasingly becoming commonplace, consumers are looking for ways to keep their private conversations away from prying eyes. While there are plenty of messaging apps available to consumers, not all have the same level of protection or consumer interest at heart. This is where Signal comes into play.

Lenovo's best ThinkPads are devices that go through military-grade testing. Compared to some of the other best business laptops, this helps make them quite durable and ensures that a new device like the ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 won't get damaged if you happen to drop it. One thing, though, that'll get you some extra protection is a case for that ThinkPad.