Previously, we saw a leak that suggested that Microsoft Build 2024 will go live on May 21st-23rd. As it turns out, the leak was dead on, as Microsoft has announced the dates for its Build 2024 event. However, the company has also given us a sneak peek at what we can expect from the event.

Collage of Stabie Cascade art | Stability AI Stability AI’s newest model for image generation is Stable Cascade promises to be faster and more powerful than its industry-leading predecessor, Stable Diffusion, which is the basis of many other text-to-image generation AI tools. Stable Cascade can generate photos and give variations of the exact image it created, or try to increase an existing picture’s resolution. Other text-to-image editing features include inpainting and outpainting, where the model will fill edit only a specific part of the image, as well as canny edge, where users can make a new photo just by using the edges of an existing picture. Image: Stability AI Stable Cascade images generated from the prompt “Cinematic photo of an anthropomorphic... Continue reading…

Microsoft is going back to basics with the Windows 11 Widgets board, giving users the option to remove the news feed from view. In Windows 11 build 26058, which began rolling out to Insiders in the Dev and Canary channels earlier this week, there's now an option for a widgets-only view, which should be available to all users in the coming months.

You probably know what processor you have inside your PC, but do you know what brand and model the motherboard is? I thought not, which is why I've written this handy guide to help you quickly check. The process takes a minute or two, depending on which method you choose. The motherboard is the most vital component inside your PC. It's what connects all the various parts together, including the CPU, GPU, storage drives, and RAM.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nvidia surpassed Alphabet in market capitalization on Wednesday, only a day after it overtook Amazon. Bloomberg is reporting that the chip maker’s stock is now worth $1.83 trillion, beating the Google owner’s $1.82 market cap by a hair. This makes Nvidia the world’s fourth most valuable company in the wake of the AI boom, after Microsoft ($3.04T), Apple ($2.84T) and Saudi Aramco. The company is currently making the H100 chip, which powers the majority of LLMs in use today, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and the majority of AI projects from Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon. The world’s largest tech companies are involved in an AI chip arms race, with each of them hoping to create their own GPU chip to topple Nvidia’s virtual monopoly. Ironically,... Continue reading…

More than two dozen great products are already on sale ahead of the holiday, including Google’s Pixel Buds Pro. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Presidents Day has us thinking about the upcoming election season — not to mention the hotly contested debates and the inevitable onslaught of presidential memes, some of which are likely to be dangerously believable. Regardless of how you feel about politics, however, the holiday remains a great time to save, especially since many deals go beyond the furniture and big-name appliances that will dominate most circulars in the run-up to the holiday on Monday, February 19th.We’re already seeing tech sales pop up at trusted retailers like Amazon and Best Buy, where you can find great deals on the gadgets we’ve tried, tested, and wholeheartedly recommend. We’re seeing great prices on devices like Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Roomba... Continue reading…

The best docking stations can solve your laptop's connectivity woes while also keeping your devices charged for when you need to leave the office. Many of the best laptops on the market today have shrunk to a size where a wide collection of ports simply isn't possible. While you can add hubs, dongles, and adapters to your workflow, the more elegant and permanent solution is a docking station.

We already have a comprehensive collection of the best CPUs, which details the various CPU options across different categories and workloads. However, gaming by itself deserves a dedicated list due to the sheer number of options and their more specialized use case. Things are now more exciting than ever for gamers, with some seriously strong contenders from both AMD's Ryzen 7000 series, Intel's 13th-generation CPUs, and the new 14th-generation refresh of Raptor Lake.

Google released the ChromeOS 117 update last September, and it's packed with several useful features. However, what many didn't notice when the update first rolled out was support for audible effects for power state changes in Chromebook devices. But now that it's here, Google has explained key details about how it developed those sound effects.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla rolled out two changes in its latest vehicle software update — 2024.2.6 — that appear to be aimed squarely at battery issues that immobilized cars during an extreme cold weather event in January. One of those new features will tell Tesla drivers how much time they can expect until their battery is warm enough for DC fast charging, while the other will automatically defrost the charge port.According to the update’s release notes published by Not a Tesla App, the charge port will start warming automatically when drivers use the car’s navigation feature to get to a charging station. Frozen charge ports could be one of the issues that left drivers stranded during an extreme cold snap in Chicago earlier this year, especially if the... Continue reading…

Transparent screens, touch-sensitive keyboards, and stylus support. | Image: Evan Blass / Lenovo Leaker Evan Blass has offered another look at Lenovo’s transparent laptop concept ahead of its presumed unveiling at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month. The new leaked press image shows two of the concept laptops on a desk, with one of the devices being visible through the transparent screen of another. This is our second look at the concept device, after WindowsReport published leaked press shots of it earlier this month.See-through screens aren’t exactly a new technology. They’ve been cropping up in concept devices for over a decade, and Samsung even showed off a transparent laptop concept back at CES 2010. But 14 years later it seems like companies are ready to actually commercialize the technology. We’ve already... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge A report from the nonprofit Tech Transparency Project (TTP) alleges that X has been selling premium subscriptions to subjects of US sanctions, including leaders of the US-designated terrorist organization Hezbollah. The TTP report identifies 28 accounts that were granted checkmarks under owner Elon Musk’s paid verification plan, evading rules that formally state they’re banned from using it. The allegations raise new questions about how strictly social media platforms should vet users — after the Supreme Court ruled just last year that the platform formerly known as Twitter was not responsible for abetting a terrorist attack.The TTP report lists the full series of sanctioned entities that got verified on Twitter. The wide range of names... Continue reading…