The best solid-state drives (SSDs) have evolved a lot over the years, and you can now reliably find great storage with more capacity, faster transfer speeds, and lower prices. SSDs are available in a bunch of different shapes and sizes, and they use different technology to communicate with your PC. This can make buying the right drive a bit of a challenge. Whether you're shopping for PCIe 4.0, PCIe 3.0, M.2, SATA, or something portable that you can carry around with you, we've put together this collection of the best SSD storage you can buy today.

Over a Labor Day weekend in 1995, 28-year-old Pierre Omidyar began writing code for a website that would initially be called AuctionWeb. It was meant to offer an "honest and open marketplace" that would connect buyers to sellers directly. AuctionWeb went live on Sept. 3, 1995, with the first item purchased being Omidyar's broken laser point for $14.83. Omidyar reached out to the buyer asking if he had accidentally purchased the defective item. He learned that the transaction was intentional because the buyer wanted the spare parts to build his own.

Lenovo had a ton of new products to show off at this year's IFA show in Berlin. If not for the Legion Go stealing the entire show for me, the Lenovo Legion Glasses would have been my pick for my favorite product at the show. They're a pair of AR glasses that plug into anything with a USB-C port, and the glasses will display whatever content is being output superimposed in the center of your vision.

Whether you're a novice runner or a title-winning triathlete, chances are you rely on more than just a good pair of shoes to keep you safe, in control, and on pace during your runs. In the current market, there are an overwhelming number of running accessories to parse through; from GPS trackers to earbuds, armbands to running belts, the list goes on and on. We've rounded up some of our favorite products to help you make it through your next mile.

Notifications can be a hugely important feature on our laptops, just like they are on our smartphones. They let us know when something needs our attention, or remind us if we need to get something done. However, as we install more and more apps, things get a bit noisy, and you may want to turn some notifications off. If you want to regain some peace, here's how to customize notification settings in Windows 11.

Nowadays, there are a lot of fantastic laptops out there, and choosing one can be difficult. Having more choices is usually better, and it means that even if you're looking for a specific type of laptop, you have a lot of options. For example, we've already rounded up the best laptops for creators if you're interested in things like photo editing.

The 2020s ushered in a new era for the Dell XPS family, with the XPS 13 2-in-1 being the shining star of Dell's laptop lineup. It got a major revamp last year, too, with the 2022 Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 clearly taking style tips from Microsoft's Surface tablets. This addition marked a departure from its predecessors by shedding its convertible form for a sleek Windows tablet design reminiscent of the Surface Pro series.

HP has a three-pronged approach to mobile PC gaming, delivering laptops with varying prices and features through the Victus, Omen, and Omen Transcend brands. HP refreshed all three of its gaming brands for 2023, and we've now had a chance to test and review all of them. The Omen Transcend 16 (2023) — the latest to receive our attention — is the pinnacle of what HP offers in terms of high-end gaming laptops. To name a few standout selling points, it has a taller display with a 16:10 aspect ratio (not to mention a gorgeous mini-LED option), the chassis is made entirely of magnesium aluminum, and it's thinner and lighter than its siblings.

The CMOS battery on the motherboard is responsible for preserving the date, time, and BIOS settings when your PC is powered off. Just like any other battery, it has a fixed lifespan and will get depleted even if you don’t use your system very often.

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Senior YouTube staffers are reportedly worried that its TikTok competitor, Shorts, may eat away at its long-form content, which has for almost two decades been its primary bread and butter, according to The Financial Times. As FT points out, YouTube’s ad revenue, though recently improved, had been on a downward year-over-year slide for three straight quarters.YouTube is still figuring out how to reap more ad money from Shorts. Its long-form content lets it show more ads per video, but as short-form content gradually takes over, content creators themselves are uploading fewer long videos, FT writes, citing YouTube staff fretting about internal figures. But whether YouTube’s senior staffers like it or not, YouTube has to support Shorts... Continue reading…

I have an RTX 3060 Ti in my desktop today, and I've had it for nearly three years, which is the longest amount of time I've ever stuck with a GPU. After getting my very first GPU (the R9 380 4GB) in 2015, I upgraded it about every two years: to an RX 480 in 2016, an RX Vega 56 in 2018, a GTX 1080 Ti in 2020, and an RTX 3060 Ti in 2021. With the completion of the RTX 40 and RX 7000 series, I have quite a few options for new cards, too.

The Dell XPS 13 Plus is a contender for one of best laptops around. It's got one of the most futuristic designs we've seen in a long time, so it looks incredibly clean and minimalistic. For example, there's no trackpad on this laptop, at least not a visible one, and a design that cool deserves to be protected, especially when the laptop is likely to be quite expensive. To help with that, we've rounded up some of the best cases you can buy for the Dell XPS 13 Plus to keep it safe.