Panasonic is announcing the next iteration of its semi-rugged, modular laptop that's designed for mobile workers today. The Panasonic TOUGHBOOK 55 Mk3 now comes with Intel 13th-gen processors, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, and AI noise reduction features.

The deal is available across all PS5 consoles, including the recently announced PS5 Slim. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Apple and Sony have put together a promotional offer for PS5 owners that allows them to enjoy ad-free access to the Apple Music streaming service for up to six months. The offer is available for new and “qualified returning” Apple Music customers until November 15th, 2024, and can be activated by simply downloading and signing into the Apple Music app on any PS5 model. After the initial six months is up, users in the US will be charged $10.99 per month — the standard price for an Individual Apple Music membership — to continue the service.PS5 owners who take up the offer aren’t limited to just streaming Apple Music from their console. Once the six-month trial has started you can listen to tunes across any supported devices, including on... Continue reading…

While it's still early, over the past month we've seen some great deals ahead of Black Friday on laptops, SSDs, Apple products, and more. But if you were holding out for a great deal on wireless earbuds, you've come to the right place, because we've uncovered a price so good that it's going to be one of the best budget wireless earbuds deals this month.

Apple ships its Mac desktop and laptop computers with a choice of storage capacities, but these can prove costly when configuring your dream PC. When packing your Mac full of data, it may not take long before you begin to run out of available space. This is where network-attached storage (NAS) can help alleviate the problem by taking your data off the Mac and onto a network drive. A bonus of the best NAS enclosures is the ability to run apps and services all while allowing you to access your files from anywhere in the world.

Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images IBM has pulled its advertising presence from X, formerly Twitter, as Elon Musk continues to endorse far-right talking points — agreeing with posts this week that promoted antisemitism and pushed support for white pride. The nonprofit Media Matters drew attention to those statements and noted that IBM, Apple, Comcast, and other companies all had ads placed next to pro-Nazi and pro-Hitler content (not posted by Musk) on X. IBM told the Financial Times and confirmed to The Verge that “IBM has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination and we have immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation.”On the platform today, Musk called it “super messed up” that white people are not, in... Continue reading…

Image: Apple Digital keys could become more popular and more ubiquitous after automakers and the consumer tech industry came together to announce the formation of a new working group to develop industrywide standards for ultra wideband (UWB) connectivity. The working group is the result of two consortiums teaming up (don’t you love it when consortiums consort with other consortiums?): the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), which includes Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, and most major car companies as members; and FiRa Consortium, a nonprofit that supports UWB and includes Apple, Google, Cisco, Samsung, Qualcomm, and others as members. The result is a working group with a name that truly defies comprehension: the Joint Ultra-wideband (UWB) MAC PHY Working... Continue reading…

The holiday season is quickly approaching, and that means we're entering Black Friday and Cyber Monday territory. This event used to run for just a few days, but it has now expanded to essentially cover the entire month of November. We're already seeing plenty of major retailers advertise Black Friday pricing despite being a couple of weeks away from the event proper, and there are indeed some worthwhile Black Friday laptop deals already on the go.

If you're looking at investing in one of the best MacBook Pro laptops, you might be wondering which ones come with an HDMI port. The short answer is yes, but it depends on which model of MacBook Pro you have. Different models of MacBook Pro have different types of HDMI ports that support different maximum resolutions and refresh rates, and some models of MacBook Pro don't come with an HDMI port at all. We'll begin with a brief overview of the different HDMI ports on various MacBook Pro models.

Sometimes, PCs can have problems that are hard to pin down, but Windows 11 has a feature called Safe Mode that can help with this. Safe mode helps you narrow down problems by booting Windows with only a limited set of drivers, and if a problem doesn't happen in Safe Mode, you'll know it's not caused by the core drivers or Windows itself.

The latest iPhones support all sorts of different applications. Some of these apps are designed to keep close friends or family members connected at all times. Life360 and Find My are two options that users can rely on to track each other's locations at all times. Sometimes, however, we may not want the other party to see where we are on the map for whatever reason. Regardless of the reason, you can fake your iPhone's location on Life360 or Find My by following the steps below.

As an avid reader, I have always been a fan of Kindle e-readers and the convenience they offer. So when Amazon released a new Kindle Paperwhite back in 2021, I was immediately intrigued, although I resisted the temptation to upgrade since my 10th-generation Paperwhite could easily serve for a few more years.

Photos by Tim Sutton, Mayfield Media, courtesy of Rebelle Rally Sustainably charging electric vehicles and providing power to over 250 people for eight days in the middle of the desert is no easy task. Renewable Innovations has the answer. Continue reading…