Black Friday is the perfect time to buy new tech accessories or upgrade your older ones. If you’re looking for a storage upgrade, there are a lot of SSD deals to pick from. But if you’re specifically looking for external storage, the Samsung T9 2TB portable SSD is $90 off. This brings it down from the retail price of $240 to $150 — an absolute steal considering the cost per Gigabyte is now $0.075.

Very few things are as annoying as accidentally triggering the Xbox Game Bar when you are in the middle of a game, and having your entire screen taken over by a tasteless overlay. That's precisely why I disable the Game Bar as a part of my Windows setup ritual on new laptops and desktops. The Xbox Game Bar is supposed to be a one-stop shop for gamers on Windows with all the right tools in one place, but it's far from that, in my opinion.

Image: Microsoft Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed on laptops from Dell, Lenovo, and even Microsoft. Security researchers at Blackwing Intelligence have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the top three fingerprint sensors that are embedded into laptops and used widely by businesses to secure laptops with Windows Hello fingerprint authentication.Microsoft’s Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) asked Blackwing Intelligence to evaluate the security of fingerprint sensors, and the researchers provided their findings in a presentation at Microsoft’s BlueHat conference in October. The team identified popular fingerprint sensors from Goodix, Synaptics, and ELAN as targets for their research, with a... Continue reading…

Whether you’re getting into streaming video games, makeup tutorials, or just want to look better on your weekly work call, a full-size webcam, like the Razer Kiyo Pro, will easily beat the camera built into your laptop. Thanks to Black Friday deals, you can pick up the Razer Kiyo Pro for 70% off of its original price. The Kiyo Pro is a 1080p webcam that connects using USB and supports frame rates up to 60 to match your stream. If you've been upgrading your PC for streaming with some Black Friday PC deals, a webcam is the final piece of the puzzle to make sure your streams look great.

Valve's Steam Deck is an overall impressive handheld gaming device that oftentimes beats out the best Steam Deck alternatives that have cropped up as well as even the best gaming laptops in terms of its portability. However, recently the Steam Deck OLED has been introduced, so you might be wondering if you should go for the original Deck or opt for the newer OLED model.

Black Friday is the perfect time to buy some essential tech gadgets — a new phone, earbuds, and maybe even a tablet. Luckily, OnePlus is running some fantastic deals on all of these things. A few highlights include the OnePlus Nords Buds 2 at $30 (50% off), and the OnePlus 11 5G 256GB at $630 ($170 off). Let's take a quick look at both and see what more OnePlus has to offer during Black Friday.

MicroSD cards may not be as prevalent as they used to be among the best smartphones, but they continue to serve as a reliable storage solution for things like digital cameras, drones, and handheld consoles like the Steam Deck and its alternatives. They even serve as drives for the operating system and software on single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi, so it's safe to say that they're still very relevant.

Photo Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales and Cath Virginia / The Verge We’ve pulled together a king’s ransom of fun and unique gift ideas for all the dads in your life so you can spoil them no matter your budget. Continue reading…

The hardware acceleration a GPU provides is essential to PCs nowadays, and if you’re anything like me, you want everything on your PC to run smoothly as butter, whether it’s basic stuff like browsing and file management, or heavy-hitting applications like video games and photo and video editors. All of your components play a role in achieving this; all you need to do is have a wallet thick enough to sustain the blows of purchasing these latest and greatest components.

Microsoft is ready to supercharge Teams with a plethora of new features, which were announced at the Ignite event this year. But there is one vital change coming soon to Teams that Microsoft didn't talk about at the event for some reason: e-commerce capability to provide users with an in-app device store experience.

Rumors about Nvidia’s latest line of Super graphics cards have been swirling for months. Despite launch date details being unconfirmed, many speculate that there will be at least three new GPUs as a part of the lineup. These include — but are not limited to — the RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Super. This has left some wondering how existing GPUs, such as the GeForce RTX 4070, will fare when they debut. Now, there seems to be some emerging clarity.

Drivers can go bad and cause major issues for your PC. But when the ones in question are GPU drivers, the problems can be quite jarring, like your computer having a low-resolution display or random screen flickering. To solve these issues, you’ll need to uninstall your old, faulty drivers and install fresh, new, and updated ones. It's also good practice to uninstall old GPU drivers before installing your brand new GPU, regardless of whether your new GPU is by Nvidia, AMD, or Intel. In this guide, we’ll focus specifically how to uninstall your AMD drivers with a few methods.