The power supply unit (PSU) is responsible for taking alternating current (AC) from your home or office circuit and converting it to direct current (DC), which can then be passed to the motherboard, CPU, GPU, and other components. It's a vital part of any system as a stable electricity supply is paramount to reliable operating and getting the most out of your parts. We're updating this shortlist of recommended power supplies that will work well with your next PC build.

Compared to some of the other great Surface PCs you can buy, the Surface Laptop Studio 2 sure is special. As one of the newest Surface products, it is one of the most powerful Surface devices yet, featuring 13th-generation Intel Core i7 CPUs, and up to RTX 40-series graphics paired with 64GB RAM. That brings us to say, that such a special PC needs some special protection.

Photo by Emma Roth / The Verge Despite doubts that the Raspberry Pi 5 would launch this year, the latest version of the microcomputer has arrived with some notable upgrades at a $60 starting price. Not only is it supposed to perform better than its predecessor, but it’s also the first Raspberry Pi to come with in-house silicon.Powering the brain of the Raspberry Pi 5 is a 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor that runs at 2.4GHz, allowing for a two to three times performance boost when compared to the four-year-old Raspberry Pi 4. The device also comes with an 800MHz VideoCore VII graphics chip that the Raspberry Pi Foundation says offers a “substantial uplift” in graphics performance.I got to try out the device for myself. While I didn’t have time to do much... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge California Northern District Judge Jeffrey White partially denied (PDF) Apple’s request to dismiss a proposed federal class action lawsuit over Apple Pay, reports Reuters. Three credit unions argued Apple violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by charging too much in processing fees and being too exclusionary by not letting other digital wallets access its NFC-scanning hardware.The judge agreed with the credit unions’ argument that because QR code payment apps (like Venmo) lack Apple Pay’s convenience and functionality, and it's too expensive to switch to Android, iOS tap-to-pay is a market unto itself. And Apple is the only player in a certain market that would have other competition if not for that little NFC reader detail that makes it... Continue reading…

Vivaldi has announced that it's bringing its web browser to iOS, after being available on desktop and Android for a while now. Vivaldi on iOS carries all the major features Vivaldi is known for, and it makes it easier to access your browsing data on any device you have.

Telegram is, in my opinion, the best instant messaging app on the market right now, and has been for years. Many of the features other apps have added in recent years appeared first on Telegram, and the app continues to deliver new capabilities and a smooth and easy-to-use UI that just works nearly perfectly for messaging.

Adobe says it no longer has plans for a free-to-use version of the online photo editing software. | Image: Adobe After almost two years in beta, Adobe’s Photoshop on the web service — a simplified online version of the company’s desktop photo editing app — is now generally available starting Wednesday, September 27th. According to information Adobe shared with The Verge, Photoshop on the web is launching with the popular Generative Fill and Generative Expand tools that were recently released for the desktop version of Photoshop. Powered by Adobe’s Firefly generative AI model, these features are available for commercial use and allow users to quickly add to, remove from, or expand an image using text-based descriptions in over 100 languages, all while matching the original image’s lighting conditions and perspective. Image: Adobe... Continue reading…

OpenAI announced lots of changes coming to ChatGPT in the last few days, promising the chatbot to be more useful than ever with new voice and image capabilities. Besides bringing new features, the Microsoft-based AI company has brought back what was once available in ChatGPT: internet browsing with Bing.

At Qualcomm's Snapdragon Technology Summit 2022 in Maui, the company announced Oryon. However, it didn't say too much else, such as what we can expect from the new CPU cores, precisely what they are, and so on. The company quite literally announced a name for its new CPU cores, and that's it.

If you're in the market for a simple and affordable Windows tablet, chances are, you've stumbled across Microsoft's Surface Go lineup. The Surface Go 3 was updated in 2021 to include newer specs and offer a low price point, and it was a surprisingly decent budget device. However, it hasn't aged that well over the years, and the base model might really struggle running Windows in 2023. Luckily, Microsoft has unveiled a new Surface Go 4, and it addresses a lot of the problems found with the Surface Go 3. But since Microsoft has chosen to make the Surface Go 4 an enterprise device designed for business and education uses, you might have trouble finding one. We've compared the two newest Surface Go devices below to help you find out which one is the best tablet — and which one you can actually buy.

Image: Kia The 2024 Kia EV9 will start at $54,900 for the Light RWD trim before destination fees or adding options like a bigger battery or two extra motors for AWD. When announced earlier this year, the EV9 caught everyone’s attention since there are few (and costly) seven-seater fully-electric vehicles on the market, and the automaker’s entry looked like it was primed to disrupt.The EV9 will come standard with 19-inch wheels, dual 12.3-inch screens up front, a 5-inch screen for HVAC controls, CarPlay and Android Auto, a wireless phone charger, advanced driver assistance features like automatic braking and cross traffic check, and support for ultra-wideband smartphone key access (though that requires a subscription). It can charge its battery... Continue reading…

Ive (pictured) has been brainstorming ideas for the device with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. | Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media Apple’s former chief design officer, Jony Ive, is reportedly in discussions with OpenAI to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence,” aided by over $1 billion in funding from Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son. According to a new report by the Financial Times, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is looking to use Ive’s design firm LoveFrom to develop OpenAI’s first consumer device, with the duo having discussed what such a product would look like during brainstorming sessions at Ive’s San Francisco studio. News of the venture was first reported by The Information on Tuesday.According to three people familiar with the plan, Ive and Altman are aiming to create a device that provides a “more natural and intuitive user experience” to interact with artificial... Continue reading…