One of the newest laptops on the market is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2. It is a great laptop for creators, as it provides a ton of fantastic features and upgrades from the previous version. It is making its case as one of the best laptops in 2023, thanks to the overhaul that it got. If you're trying to decide which laptop you should get, especially if you are frequently editing video or photos, the Dell XPS 15 is another strong option. This also was upgraded from last year's version and the additions make it well worth the consideration. So which one is right for you? Let's take a look and compare them.

After you buy a new Chromebook or even a new laptop, one of the first steps to customizing it and making it your own is changing the wallpaper. Whether you're a student with a Chromebook, a parent, a teacher, or someone in business, changing the wallpaper will give your new device a little more personality, just like downloading your favorite Android apps and keeping bookmarks in Chrome.

The Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro have just been announced and if you’re planning to get either of them, you’ll also want to consider getting some nifty accessories. Google has announced some new official cases for the both smartphones but if you’re looking for more variety, there are plenty of good cases for the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 in the market. Other than protection, you’ll want to get yourself a good pair of earphones, and we have just the list for you.

Image: Amazon Amp Amp, the live radio app launched by Amazon just last year, will soon be no more. Bloomberg reports that Steve Boom, the vice president of Amazon Music, sent a memo announcing the shutdown.The Amp app still appears to be available for download and is still airing live radio shows as of the time of publication. The Verge has reached out to both Amp and Amazon Music for more details on when the service will officially sunset. “This decision was not made quickly or easily,” Boom wrote, according to Bloomberg. “It only became clear after months of careful consideration determining the investments Amazon wants to make for the future.”Amazon’s experiment in live audio only lasted about a year and a half — the app was first launched in March... Continue reading…

Google's all-new Pixel 8 Pro smartphone has finally been formally unveiled, but how does it stack up against Apple's premium iPhone 15 Pro Max? Considering we're talking about some of the best phones around, you might want to hold off looking for the best Pixel 8 Pro case before giving the iPhone some thought. Luckily, we've done the research for you.

Image: Amazon Amazon will launch two Project Kuiper test satellites into space on Friday, October 6th. The pair of satellites — dubbed KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 — will shoot into space aboard the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket as part of Amazon’s internet satellite initiative.The launch will take from the Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with the two-hour launch window opening at 2PM ET. According to the Project Kuiper team, the Atlas V rocket will deploy the two satellites at an altitude of 311 miles, where they’ll enter low-earth orbit.From there, the Project Kuiper team will perform various tests to establish first contact with the satellites, as well as deploy solar arrays to generate... Continue reading…

Samsung just announced a new smartphone, the Galaxy S23 FE, that is designed to bring many of the things we love about the S23 lineup at a more affordable price. A lot of improvements have been made to the Galaxy S23 FE, which is Samsung's first FE smartphone in two years. One of the biggest additions to the great budget phone is fast charging capabilities that can charge your phone up to 50% in just a half hour. However, in order to take advantage of that perk, you'll need to make sure to use a power adapter and cable that meet Samsung's wattage requirements.

Image: Google Here’s a roundup of all the announcements from Google’s Pixel 8 launch event. Continue reading…

Would you believe this was probably the safest image we could have used here? | Image: Meta / @Pioldes Some early user tests for Meta’s new AI-generated sticker tool have resulted in some dubious (and rather hilarious) creations. After gaining access to the new AI-generated sticker tool on Facebook Messenger, X user @Pioldes was able to create a host of inappropriate sticker images — including child soldiers, gun-wielding Nintendo characters, Mickey Mouse taking a crap, and nude illustrations of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.Other examples show that Meta’s AI-sticker tool will also happily slap a pair of breasts onto…well, just about anything, judging by the busty images of Sonic the Hedgehog and Karl Marx. There’s even a sticker that depicts a woman breastfeeding Pikachu.found out that facebook messenger has ai generated... Continue reading…

Photo by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty Images Google is rolling out a Gmail app for Wear OS that will allow smartwatch wearers to view their inbox and open messages. The announcement comes a few months after the app’s initial announcement at Google I/O in May.The app (first spotted on the Google Play Store by 9to5Google) allows users to check their email from the comfort of their Pixel Watch. Per 9to5, you can refresh your inbox, scroll full emails, and switch between multiple accounts from the watch interface. New email notifications can also be displayed on the watch’s face. Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge The Pixel Watch 2 was also launched today. This is a big step up in functionality for those who use Wear OS. Previously, Wear OS watches could... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge X, formerly Twitter, is no longer showing headlines on articles shared on the platform. Instead, X is only showing the article’s lead image and the domain it will link you to. The change is present on the iOS app for myself and another Verge staffer. You can see the differences between the X iOS app and X on the web in this comparison image I stitched together: Screenshots by Jay Peters / The Verge Screenshots comparing X link previews on iOS (left) and on mobile Safari (right). I also made a post on X to demonstrate what’s going on. Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge This change, while very annoying, doesn’t come as a total surprise. Fortune reported in August that this change was in... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge While the AI industry has focused on making its algorithms less biased based on the lightness or darkness of people’s skin tones, new research from Sony is calling for red and yellow skin hues to also be taken into account. In a paper published last month, authors William Thong and Alice Xiang from Sony AI, as well as Przemyslaw Joniak from the University of Tokyo, put forward a more “multidimensional” measurement of skin color in the hope that it might lead to more diverse and representative AI systems.Researchers have been drawing attention to skin color biases in AI systems for years, including in an important 2018 study from Joy Buolamwini and Timnit Gebru that found AI was more prone to inaccuracies when used on darker-skinned... Continue reading…