Image: Epic Games The Fortnite island is changing once again — but this time, it’ll look very familiar to longtime fans. The game just launched its latest season, which has been dubbed “Fortnite OG.” According to developer Epic Games, the game will be regularly updated throughout the season, and “each major update will bring a different phase of battle royale’s past.”To start, Fortnite OG will be focused on Chapter 1: Season 5. That means the return of Tilted Towers (which was infamously destroyed back in 2019), bringing back classic weapons like the assault rifle, pump shotgun, and hunting rifle and returning vehicles like the shopping cart and the all-terrain kart.The rest of OG will dig into subsequent chapters. On November 9th, there will be a... Continue reading…

There are many reasons why you might want to rebind your keys since it allows you to change how your computer interprets each keystroke. Whether you want to reroute a broken or missing key, set up a cool keyboard layout, or trigger powerful macros on a brand-new custom keyboard, we’ll show you how to rebind keyboard keys on Windows, as well as how to remap shortcuts to a new keyboard combination.

Photo Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales and Cath Virginia / The Verge The best tech gifts for those who spend way too much time sitting at a laptop or desktop PC — whether for work or leisure. Continue reading…

If you're looking for an LGA 1700 motherboard, your options range from the ultra-pricey to the more affordable. While affordable options typically get the job done, they won't offer additional features by way of PCIe 5.0 lanes, extra I/O ports, or even DDR5 in a lot of cases. If you want to go all out on your motherboard, there are a few options to choose from, and one of them is the Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero. It's an expensive motherboard, but one of the best motherboards, and has literally everything you could want.

Nissin’s microwavable Cup Noodles will hit shelves in 2024. | Image: Nissin Foods Last week, Nissin announced that it was updating the design of its iconic Cup Noodles in early 2024. Instead of polystyrene, it’ll be made out of paper. Nissin also notes that thanks to the new packaging, its Cup Noodles will now be microwaveable. As in, you were never supposed to be microwaving Cup Noodles. Cue chaos.As it turns out, many people have not been reading labels when heating up Cup Noodles — a staple of college dorms, kitchen pantries, and many childhood memories. On social media, several people have been shocked to discover the original Cup Noodles were never meant for the microwave. Others are equally baffled that people have been microwaving Cup Noodles despite the the label clearly saying “Do not microwave.”JUST... Continue reading…

We're finally heading into the holiday shopping season and as you might expect, both Best Buy and Amazon have already started offering plenty of discounts on some of its most popular products. While we're still weeks out from Black Friday, Amazon's dropped a fantastic deal that bundles its Fire Stick 4K Max with a Blink Video Doorbell. This bundle would normally retail for $120, but is now priced well below that at 46% off, coming in at just $65 for a limited time for Amazon Prime members.

The MacBook Pro 13 (2022) is far from being the best Mac out there. Not only does it miss out on the most recent M3 chips, but it also has an outdated exterior with dull finish options. Worry not, however, as you can easily conceal your MacBook Pro 13 (2022)'s original design and liven it up by relying on skins.

Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Security researchers have discovered that iPhones updated to iOS 17 are susceptible to a Bluetooth attack using a Flipper Zero device that can crash the phone. Ars Technica reports that security researcher Jeroen van der Ham fell victim to the exploit on a train journey last month, with his phone displaying multiple pop-up windows before rebooting.Van der Ham discovered that the attacker, another passenger on the train, was using a Flipper Zero device with custom firmware to send a combination of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) alerts to nearby iPhone handsets running iOS 17.The Flipper Zero is a very powerful device that we described as the Swiss Army knife of antennas last year. It’s a small orange and white plastic gadget with a 1.4-inch... Continue reading…

Qualcomm recently unveiled its Snapdragon X Elite system-on-a-chip, which is the first Arm processor for Windows that features custom-designed cores, called Oryon cores. Up until now, manufacturers building Arm chips made use of pre-existing cores licensed by Arm. The only brand that made custom cores was Apple, and that's part of the reason its M-series chips have blown away the competition. But with Snapdragon X Elite, Qualcomm is now designing its cores, and early results show that this makes a big impact.

At first glance, the Ayaneo 2 looks like it finally provides the Nintendo Switch experience for desktop gaming. It's a premium handheld device that naturally rivals the Steam Deck, which was the first product to make PC gaming handhelds mainstream. The Ayaneo 2 has a few advantages over the Steam Deck, including better performance and a more compact and refined design. But at a starting price of over $1,000, the Ayaneo 2 will need to be a much better overall package to convince buyers to give it a try. One way it might do this is through gaming compatibility. If you're looking to find out what games you can play on the Ayaneo 2, you're in the right place.

There are a lot of great M.2 SSDs out there, but if you're looking for something that's going to pack a lot of speed and also come in at a great price, look no further than this 2TB Nextorage Japan M.2 SSD that's now priced well below retail, coming in at 60% off for a limited time. You can pick this SSD up at Newegg with a discount that sees its price drop to just $99.99.

You might need to make space on your hard drive or SSD for to keep all your Call of Duty titles installed. | Image: Activision Ahead of the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III on November 10th, Activision has preemptively provided more details about the enormous file size of the game to explain why it’s “larger than last year.”As reported by IGN, players with early access to the game’s single-player campaign found that the total file size for Call of Duty at installation — which also includes the Modern Warfare II campaign, Warzone, and Call of Duty HQ — now comes in at 234.9GB on PlayStation 5. For PC gamers, the file size is a slightly more palatable 172GB with the Modern Warfare II campaign and Warzone installed.According to Activision’s post on X (formerly Twitter), the huge file size is “due to the increased amount of content available Day 1,”... Continue reading…