Image: Microsoft Microsoft and Sony have both spent thousands of dollars this week in marketing campaigns at The Sphere in Las Vegas. The $2.3 billion attraction has been lighting up social media for weeks now, after U2 played the first-ever show at The Sphere last month. On Thursday night Microsoft lit up The Sphere with its new Xbox marketing campaign, and just a day later Sony chose The Sphere to showcase Spider-Man 2.Both companies may have paid as much as $450,000 to get their campaigns displayed on The Sphere, after pricing for creative spots at the attraction leaked earlier this month. Microsoft worked with BCN Visuals to create its Xbox Sphere takeover on Thursday night, with a fully anamorphic 3D billboard on display that was similar to the... Continue reading…

Going into the ninth week of the 2023/24 Premier League season, and it's still anyone's game at the top of the table. This match between third-place Man City and sixth-place Brighton & Hove Albion could go a long way to changing that, as only four points separate Brighton and top place Tottenham Hotspur.

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch will now let its creators simultaneously stream across any live streaming service, the company announced on Friday as part of a big batch of news from TwitchCon. Previously, streamers could simulcast on mobile platforms like TikTok and Instagram, but as of Friday, Twitch is significantly broadening where streamers can simultaneously go live. (Well, assuming the streamers don’t have a Twitch exclusivity agreement in place.)As of late, some Twitch streamers have been exploring options on other platforms. Big names like xQc, Amouranth, and Nickmercs have signed major deals with Twitch competitor Kick this year; xQc’s and Nickmercs’ deals are non-exclusive, and given that Amouranth has a video on her Twitch account from a couple... Continue reading…

The 2013 Moto X, Nexus 4, and iPhone 13 Mini. I pine for the days this size was normal. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Ever Googled for “Best Small Phones”? I’ll save you the click: the guides you’ll find feature phones that are old, underpowered, or simply not small to begin with. I’ve long been a small phone guy. I loved my 2013 Moto X, with its 4.7-inch screen, and I’ve used a 5.4-inch iPhone Mini for years. But when Apple discontinued the Mini last month, I decided it was time to jump ship. I saved my money for the Pixel 8, figuring I’d eventually learn to live with a “new normal” of 6.2-inch handsets.But for gadget enthusiasts like me, Google had other plans: it’s arbitrarily pushing buyers to the ginormous Pixel 8 Pro instead, bragging about how its larger handset can handle niftier features even though both phones have the same cameras and chips.... Continue reading…

Just like flagship Android phones, Apple's latest iPhones support fast charging. As a result, when you rely on compatible accessories, you get to charge your iPhone quickly. Whether you have an iPhone 15 Pro Max or an older model, the process and requirements are pretty much the same. Below you will find everything you need to know about charging your iPhone quickly.

When DLSS launched in 2019, it was a surprise hit. Although Nvidia switched from GTX to RTX to highlight how important ray tracing was going to be for its GeForce GPUs, it's actually DLSS that has become the surprise killer feature we didn't know we wanted. Of course, whenever Nvidia makes something excellent, AMD has to do the same thing, and in 2021, the company finally launched FSR, a competitor to DLSS. Here's everything you need to know about FSR, what it is, and if it's any good.

Diablo IV, the spookiest of dungeon crawlers, will be steeply discounted through Halloween. | Blizzard It’s hard to believe, but Halloween is now just a little over a week away. Luckily, if you haven’t had a chance to celebrate spooky season, a bunch of horror games are on sale this weekend. Now through October 31st, for example, Nintendo is taking up to 85 percent off digital Bethesda titles like the remastered Quake 2 (now $3.99) and Doom Eternal (now $15.99). Amazon Prime subscribers, meanwhile, can snag a free copy of Doom 3 — an Xbox 360-era classic — for PC until November 18th.Yet perhaps the best Halloween sale comes courtesy of Microsoft, which is taking up to 75 percent off hundreds of digital horror games through October 31st as a part of its Shocktober sale. The ongoing promo extends to newer Xbox titles like Blasphemous 2... Continue reading…

Apple fans the world over have been using MacBooks for close to two decades now. When it comes to performance and reliability, the MacBook Air and Pro lineups are built to impress and can handle all different types of workflows. But before the modern age of Apple laptops, there existed a slightly more prehistoric class of laptop known as the Apple PowerBook. Released on Oct. 21, 1991, sales of the first three PowerBook machines would rake in some of the company’s best earnings ever.

You can correct everything from closed eyes in a photo to a blurry shot or a photo-bomber in the background with the Live Photo feature, available on all the best iPhones. It's a great way to save an otherwise throwaway pic and ensure you don't miss a crucial moment because you hit the shutter a second too late. It's easy to take Live Photos on iPhone.

Courtesy of the Toronto International Film Festival Director Ali Kalthami’s debut feature film, Mandoob, takes a fascinating look into the world of Saudi Arabia’s rideshare and delivery drivers. Continue reading…

Intel's new 14th-generation Core processors are finally available for purchase, and while these processors are largely a refresh of Intel's 13th-generation "Raptor Lake" series of processors, the Core i7-14700k is the only processor in the lineup that gets any additional cores added. The Core i7-14700K is the most interesting of the 14th-gen processors with four additional E-cores than the last generation, but how does it perform against the last-generation Core i7-13700K? If you are looking to build a capable gaming machine with Team Blue, it's worth taking a look at these two processors and going with whichever is the better value for you. Let's put the Intel Core i7-14700K and the Intel Core i7-13700K head-to-head, and see which comes out on top.

The HP Dragonfly G4 is one of the hottest business laptops of the year now that it has officially launched. This fourth-generation version has ditched the "Elite" branding but is still the successor to the HP Elite Dragonfly G3, one of our top picks when it comes to the best business laptops you can buy today. The Dragonfly G4 hasn't changed a much physically, going forward with the redesigned look that the G3 model received just last year. HP has instead focused on boosting performance with Intel's latest 13th-gen Raptor Lake processors, on boosting conferencing with new camera technologies, and on boosting battery life with intelligent power-saving additions. Let's take a look at exactly how the new HP Dragonfly G4 and the Elite Dragonfly G3 compare to help you decide whether it's worth the upgrade.