Windows 11 has been having an awful time with updates recently. In January, it felt like a week hadn't gone by without something going wrong. While February seemed a little quiet, it seems the trend of strange Windows 11 bugs has continued into March. Microsoft has confirmed that some Samsung devices are getting a "C: is not accessible - Access denied" error after installing the latest Windows 11 updates.

If you ever want to get rid of a hard drive you've used, the first step has always been to wipe it clean. However, a quick format or "delete all" doesn't quite do the job. The go-to solution, for years, was DBAN. Wiping an external HDD before selling it last week, however, made me realize that things are no longer the same.

Setting up a new computer always feels like a fresh start, but the honeymoon phase ends the moment I realize the "out-of-the-box" experience is missing some essential shortcuts. As a writer, my day is all about flow. Any time I have to pause for a clunky system process or a repetitive manual task, it breaks my creative rhythm and adds unnecessary friction to my day.

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 119, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, hope your agents are well, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Pixar's future and flight MH370 and sports gambling and YouTube Face, finally digging into Dungeon Crawler Carl after you recommended it so many times, hoping Rooster keeps being as good as its premiere, buying a MacBook Neo I definitely didn't need, redesigning my Obsidian setup to James Bedford's specifications, testing the Fairbuds XL headphones, and putting away all my winter …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you're looking to go all out, you really can't go wrong with this Asus ROG Swift 32-inch QD-OLED monitor. Not only are you getting fantastic image quality, but there are also plenty of performance numbers too. Naturally, you're going to be paying quite a bit for this impressive monitor, with the usual retail price coming in at $1,299.

If you work on a computer all day, you'll eventually come to realize that a dual-screen setup (at least) is pretty much a requirement. I personally tried to resist the urge to upgrade for years before I finally caved, and it's hard to imagine living without it now. I even went ahead and eventually ended up buying a "super ultrawide" 32:9 monitor that's basically two screens in one.

Whenever I need to put an accent over a letter, I go through all the different ways of typing it that I know. I try holding down Alt+Gr and pressing the letter, I try mashing every Unicode combination I know by hand, and if none of that works, I end up Googling it.

The Live Nation-Ticketmaster trial is back on. Dozens of states are expected to move forward with their claims against the company's alleged concert industry monopoly beginning on Monday, following a brief hearing on Friday.The Justice Department and a handful of states have accepted settlements with the company, but the majority of the 40 state and district attorney general plaintiffs - as of now - are continuing their fight in court. The states that are pressing forward withdrew their motion for a mistrial, filed after the DOJ announced its settlement in court Monday, and showed up with new outside counsel to lead their trial team in the …Read the full story at The Verge.

Building a ‘Private Brain’ is the ultimate power move for anyone tired of monthly subscriptions and privacy trade-offs. By using tools like LM Studio, you can transform your local hardware into a high-performance AI hub that rivals the industry giants.

Artificial intelligence has entered its gold rush period, and major large language models (LLMs) are developing at a breakneck pace. LLMs largely follow the same developmental playbook. The more data they collect, the more prompts and uploaded documents are indexed, the more the model improves.

Apple has spent the best part of a decade telling us the iPad would replace the computer, with its "What's a Computer?" advertising. As much as I hate to admit it, they were right all along, although not in the way that either of us envisioned it. It took a sea change in Apple's approach to the market to get to this point, and it's exciting to me.

Some European retailers have stopped selling certain headphones after an EU-funded study found that they contained hormone-disrupting chemicals. The study included leading brands such as Apple, Beats, Samsung, Bose, JBL, and Sennheiser. Online stores Bol.com, Coolblue, and Mediamarkt didn't respond to inquiries from The Verge about which headphones they pulled, but local news outlets report that they're among the retailers that have decided to yank some of the worst-scoring models off the market. The study authors analyzed 81 different types of headphones, and found that all of them contained at least traces of harmful chemicals includi …Read the full story at The Verge.