Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The FDA is warning Amazon to do something about “bootleg Viagra” found on its platform, misleadingly disguised as men’s energy or health supplements. In a letter to Amazon dated December 20th, the agency threatened legal action and listed seven different products available on the e-commerce platform with ingredients found in Viagra and Cialis. With outlandish names and brightly colored, cartoonish labels, it would be hard to confuse them with real-deal prescription drugs. But a recent investigation by the FDA found several supplements or powders sold on the e-commerce platform contained either sildenafil or tadalafil (the active ingredients in Cialis and Viagra) and failed to disclose it: MANNERS Energy Boost, Round 2, WeFun, Genergy,... Continue reading…

Samsung Samsung has a smart fridge in the works for the new year that includes some interesting AI features, including an internal camera that can identify individual food items and a connected app that can suggest recipes based what you have in stock. The company plans to unveil the 2024 Bespoke 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with AI Family Hub+ at CES next year. Users can mirror the display of their Galaxy phones to the 32-inch Family Hub touchscreen, and there are even separate apps for TikTok and YouTube videos. While neither the internal camera or the Family Hub app are new (the 2023 model also included an AI-powered camera and could generate recipes), both have been upgraded with more features. The Samsung Food app (which you can access... Continue reading…

Many people assume that if your computer is not fast enough, simply changing one or two components will fix the problem, but this is only sometimes the case. The truth is that your PC components need to complement each other to work together and perform tasks. This is because if your PC components do not have the same level of power, then your system will bottleneck.

Image: Freewrite Astrohaus will be shipping the cheapest digital typewriter in its Freewright lineup, the Freewright Alpha, in mid-January for $349. You can preorder it now, however, in black or white from the company’s website.The Freewrite Alpha is the follow-up to the original $649 Freewrite and the $499 portable Freewrite Traveler from 2020. Like its predecessors, the Wi-Fi-enabled typewriter is free of distractions like web browsers and emails to help you focus on writing. After you’re finished, the gadget wirelessly syncs documents with software services like Google Drive and Dropbox so you can edit and share your documents. However, the Alpha drops the E Ink display in favor of a reflective monochromatic LCD screen, thus keeping costs down. It... Continue reading…

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Microsoft is getting ready to upgrade its Surface lineup with new AI-enabled features, according to a report from Windows Central. Unnamed sources told the outlet the upcoming Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 will come with a next-gen neural processing unit (NPU), along with Intel and Arm-based options.Microsoft’s Arm-based devices will be powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X chips, Windows Central reports. These PCs, codenamed CADMUS, will reportedly be designed to run the AI features Microsoft is packaging into a future release of Windows. They’ll also come with improvements to performance, battery life, and security on par with Apple silicon, according to Windows Central. Meanwhile, the Intel version of the devices will... Continue reading…

The best smartphones, TVs, computers, and other digital devices may have improved our lives, but they come with their own risks, one of which is blue light. Incandescent light bulbs also emit blue light, making it a part of our daily lives. Prolonged exposure to blue light can cause issues including eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, and they can even disrupt our sleep patterns.

Accessibility has been a major focus of Microsoft's products for many years now, and Windows 11 is no exception. One of the highlights of this operating system is a feature called voice access, which was added in version 22H2.

Image: The Verge A recent discussion among friends wondered if anyone really used ringtones anymore. The idea was that most people (those who still use their phones to hold verbal conversations) either go with whatever ringtone their phone comes with or just use vibrations. Once upon a time, ringtones were a thing. You could use them for amusement. (My favorite was a bored voice that said, “Ring. Ring. Ring.”) You could use them to know who was calling without having to look at the phone (so you knew when to pick up and when to let it go to voicemail). Now, maybe, not so much.Still, Google recently added a bunch of new ringtones to its Pixel phones, so presumably, some of us are still playing around with these sounds. In case you count yourself in... Continue reading…

One of the greatest things about PCs, Macs, and ChromeOS devices is that they can be used by multiple users. The same also applies to Linux laptops and devices and to great distributions such as the ever-popular Ubuntu. You can add multiple accounts for different users, like a sibling, a parent, or colleague. You might even want to create a regular user and an administrative user. Thankfully, this is very easy, and you can do it through the graphical user interface (GUI) or the terminal.

2024 LG Gram Pro | LG Ahead of CES 2024, LG is debuting new laptops in its ultra-light LG Gram and LG Gram Pro series. If you’re in the market for OLED displays and better graphics, take a look at the 2024 LG Gram Pro lineup. As our review last year noted, the biggest difference between the Pro and standard laptops last year was the graphics — much less the look and feel. For a more visible difference, we’ll keep an eye out for their more fashion-forward cousin, the LG Gram Style. For 2024, there’s the Gram Pro 16 and 17, and the LG Gram Pro 2-in-1 (more on what those two things are later). The Gram Pro 16 is available in either the standard Wide Quad or with an OLED display, as well as the 2-in-1. The 2-in-1 doubles as a laptop and a tablet, featuring a... Continue reading…

A day after a sales ban on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 came into effect in the US following a patent dispute with a prominent medical technology company, an appeals court temporarily lifted the sales freeze, paving the way for both devices to get back on store shelves across the country. The ban went into effect on December 26 after the Biden administration refused to veto a US International Trade Commission (USITC) ruling that prohibited the import and sales of the two devices in the country.

Like it or not, we tend to accumulate more tech products than we really need, whether it's through impulse purchases or because we really need something. In my case, I have somehow ended up with a mix of new devices that I drive daily and a set of older budget products I bought when I had less money. And you'd think that just because I own some of the best current products that I'd ignore my older ones, but that's not the case. Despite buying replacements for a lot of them, I still can't throw away the older ones. Even though they were budget products back when I bought them, they still come in handy every now and then.