The gaming handheld space has been getting pretty hot ever since the release of Valve's Steam Deck. We've seen some excellent competitors in the space like ones from Ayaneo and also the Asus ROG Ally. Although the Steam Deck still offers better value with its low price and great performance, the ROG Ally has its place as a more premium offering that comes in with a better display, a more powerful processor, and of course, a higher price tag.

Image: Hulu More Futurama is headed to Hulu. The streamer has ordered two additional seasons of the quirky sci-fi series, each consisting of 10 episodes.That’s on top of the 20 Futurama episodes Hulu ordered last year, half of which debuted as part of the reboot’s 11th season in July. The streamer says it will drop the remaining 10 episodes with a season 12 that’s expected to arrive in 2024.Here we go again. #Futurama has been renewed for two more seasons. pic.twitter.com/Mhtuv5nJB9— Futurama on Hulu (@futurama_hulu) November 2, 2023Hulu doesn’t say when seasons 13 and 14 will premiere on the platform, but at least now we know that we can expect a total of 30 new Futurama episodes to hit Hulu in the near future. Hulu first picked up F... Continue reading…

Whether you’re trying to build a new gaming PC or just getting a brand-new CPU so your PC can run Microsoft Flight Simulator at more than a cinematic 24 FPS, you’ll have to deal with CPU sockets and compatibility. It's commonly known that every CPU socket is compatible with only two to four generations of processors, and this applies to both Intel and AMD chips. Before purchasing a new CPU, you have to make sure that your current motherboard supports it. If the socket on it doesn’t support the CPU you're going for, you’ll have to add a new gaming motherboard to the buying cart as well. In this guide, we’ll take a look at how you can identify the CPU socket on your motherboard, so you don’t end up with 2 incompatible PC parts.

Photo by Jerod Harris / Getty Images for Vox Media During today’s presentation about HBO’s slate of upcoming projects, CEO / chair Casey Bloys could have tried denying recent reports that he and fellow executive Kathleen McCaffrey concocted a scheme to target and harass critics who wrote negative things about some of the network’s recently released series in the early days of the pandemic. Instead, though, Bloys owned up to the allegations of his trying to build a “secret army” of Twitter trolls, apologized, and insisted that he isn’t the kind of person who would do that sort of thing now.On Wednesday, Rolling Stone published a rather wild report detailing how, for almost a year between June 2020 and April 2021, “Bloys and McCaffrey discussed using what they called a ‘secret army’ to... Continue reading…

Dell is launching a series of new monitors today. Falling under the company's UltraSharp brand, there are two big highlights, the UltraSharp 27 Thunderbolt, and UltraSharp 27, which have features designed to help protect your eyes and get the best color accuracy and brightness. Also launching, are smaller 24-inch versions, and new video conferencing monitors, too.

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple reported a record September earnings quarter on Thursday, with iPhone revenue up year over year — even with just a week or so of iPhone 15 sales factored into the numbers. But all of the company’s other hardware divisions were down, and as CNBC noted, overall sales were down for the fourth consecutive quarter. The company brought in $89.5 billion in revenue overall for the quarter.CEO Tim Cook told CNBC that the iPhone 15 lineup is showing stronger early momentum than the 14 series. “If you look at iPhone 15 for that period of time and compare it to iPhone 14 for the same time in the year-ago quarter, iPhone 15 did better than iPhone 14,” he said, adding that the Pro and Pro Max devices were both currently supply-constrained.The... Continue reading…

Apple's latest M3 chipsets were announced at the company's "Scary Fast" launch event on the evening of Oct. 30, alongside new MacBooks and a new iMac. The M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max all arrived at the same time for the first time and are very likely to be fabricated on TSMC's N3B 3nm process, a first for the computing market. With the M2 for example, Apple announced the base-level M SoC first followed by the Pro and the Max at another, later event, though that's not the case here.

Testing the HTC Vive Focus 3 during a European Space Agency parabolic flight. | Image: Novespace HTC is going to space. The company announced today that on a planned November 7th NASA resupply launch, a tweaked, microgravity-friendly version of its Vive Focus 3 VR headset will be sent to the International Space Station. Once it’s there, Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen will test the Focus 3’s viability for helping alleviate the mental stress that NASA says comes from the “lack of privacy, high and variable workloads, and separation from loved ones” inherent to work in space.HTC partnered with a virtual reality therapy company called XRHealth to work on a “virtual assistance mental balance initiative” by aeronautics R&D company Nord-Space ApS to try to meet astronauts’ unique needs. HTC believes its tweaked headset Vive Focus 3... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is closing its two Amazon Style clothing stores by next week, according to Bloomberg, marking the company’s latest big change to its retail strategy. The company announced in March 2022 that it would be shutting down most of its physical stores, including all 68 of its Books, 4-Star, and Pop Up locations. And this past March, it said it would be closing eight of its Go convenience stores.The Style clothing stores didn’t even make it two years. Amazon opened its first Style location in Los Angeles, California, in May 2022, promising that the store would offer customers “a personalized and convenient shopping experience while creating local jobs.” A second location in Columbus, Ohio, opened in October 2022. “After careful... Continue reading…

Our top picks for the best drawing tablets, with or without a built-in display. | Image: The Verge Whether you’re new to digital art or a seasoned professional designer, these are our top picks for the best drawing tablets on the market. Continue reading…

Image: EA Yesterday was the worst day of the month for many people — rent day. And if you really love to torture yourself, I have great news for you.In the upcoming Sims 4 For Rent Expansion Pack, players can have their Sims relive all the joys and annoyances of renting life. Players can build multiunit housing in a tropical, vaguely Southeast Asian-inspired town called Tomarang, and units can be anything from basement apartments to duplexes. Aspiring landlords, take note: the game expansion allows you to try your hand at managing rentals by becoming a property owner. Landlord Sims can make money from their savvy investments and can live on-site or have their home on a separate lot away from tenants.Also, housing insecurity is a thing in The... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge When HBO Max transformed into Max back in May, Warner Bros. Discovery said that existing subscribers on the ad-free plan would be able to hang onto certain perks (like 4K streaming) for at least the next six months without needing to spend more money. Well, we’re about to hit that six-month mark, and right on cue, the party’s over. That’s all, folks. Max is emailing affected customers, letting them know that while their monthly price of $15.99 will remain the same moving forward, they’ll be losing a couple of perks on or after December 5th. Specifically, 4K (and HDR) streaming will be removed for legacy customers; they’ll now be limited to HD quality, just like anyone signing up for Max’s ad-free tier today would be. If they want to... Continue reading…