Keeping Windows up to date will ensure that you’ve got the least buggy version of the OS. When it comes to Windows 11, Microsoft has opted for the one update per year strategy, although it continues to make available regular patches and fixes throughout the year to address known issues. New feature sets, such as the Moment 3 release, are also being seeded through the Windows Update framework. This article will serve as the central repository of knowledge base (KB) articles and download links for all updates related to Windows 11.

A good graphics card can still be used for mining cryptocurrency, though its effectiveness has diminished since Ethereum switched mechanisms. Still, should you be on the hunt for a cheap GPU to help earn you some passive income or simply wish to learn what the best graphics cards would make, this guide is for you! While the options are limited, there are a few out there you can buy.

Buying a new laptop can be a stressful and expensive experience. The best laptops around can cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars, and even the best cheap laptops can approach $1,000 if you're configuring them beyond the basic model. Navigating sales and limited-time offers takes time, and not everyone has the patience to parse pricing and features to ensure that they're getting the best deal possible. There are always laptops on sale — even beyond popular sale events like Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Prime Day — which is why we've carefully curated this list of the best laptop deals to help you quickly find the perfect device.

Gaming monitors are absolutely fantastic, offering impressive refresh rates and response times, along with great colors and levels of contrast. If you've ever thought about buying a new monitor, you'll know that some of the best gaming monitors can be quite expensive. With that said, we've done some digging and have found a great deal on true performer.

The concern that 5G signals could cause massive flight delays appears to finally be over now that Delta has upgraded its airplanes to avoid interference.Reuters reported the airline has finished updating the radio altimeters in its currently in-service fleet. Other aircraft out for planned maintenance will also be outfitted with the new altimeters. Delta told the Associated Press the update “means no Delta aircraft will be subject to additional weather-driven constraints.”The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had said certain 5G signals could impact the altimeters pilots use to measure how far they are from the ground during low visibility situations. Although altimeters and 5G cell towers don’t really share the same spectrum, the... Continue reading…

The success of the Nintendo Switch seems to have gotten a lot of companies to realize how much people want to bring their favorite games on the go. Starting with the Steam Deck, the handheld PC market has really bloomed into something else, and Lenovo seems to be next.

Nest’s wired indoor camera. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Google is increasing the price of its Nest Aware and Nest Aware Plus subscriptions, which are required to get more than a few hours of footage history from Nest security cameras.Nest Aware prices have increased to $8 a month or $80 per year, up from $6/month or $60/year, as first reported by 9to5Google. This is the first price hike for the video recording plan since 2020. Users still get 30 days of event video history, which records when the camera detects something.Nest Aware Plus, the higher tier subscription, now costs $15/month or $150/year, up from $12/month or $120/year. Users still get the same 60 days of event history and 10 days of 24/7 video history. 9to5Google said the price hike is effective beginning September 1st for new... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta could let users pay for Facebook and Instagram to avoid ads in their feeds, at least in Europe.The New York Times reports that Meta is considering a paid subscription to its social media products, an attempt by Meta to quell concerns by the EU around data privacy and ads. No information is available on price or a release date, and it’s not confirmed whether the product will actually be released.Meta did not respond to a request for comment.The company has been fighting with the EU and other European regulators around alleged privacy violations from its ad-tracking services and data transfers. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Meta $1.3 billion for transferring data of European users to the US, a violation of GDPR. The US... Continue reading…

The more you browse the web on any of the best web browsers (regardless of operating system or device), the more you might come across the occasional pop-up. These can get in the way of whatever website you were originally on, and we understand how frustrating that can be.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Gizmodo owner G/O Media shut down and laid off editors of its Spanish-language site Gizmodo en Español and is now using AI to translate articles.Matías S. Zavia, a writer at Gizmodo en Español, posted that the publication was shut down on August 29th and that it would now publish automatically translated articles. Gizmodo en Español previously had a small staff who wrote original stories and created Spanish-language adaptations of pieces from the English-language Gizmodo.Hola, amigos. El martes cerraron @GizmodoES para convertirlo en una autopublicación de traducciones (una IA me quitó el trabajo, literalmente). Pronto empezaré a buscar un nuevo trabajo. Si conocéis una oferta acorde con mi experiencia de 13 años, agradeceré mucho la... Continue reading…

Urbanista’s Malibu. After releasing two solar-powered pairs of headphones, you would have thought that it’d be simple for Urbanista to apply the same technology to a Bluetooth speaker. But with the Malibu, which is being shown off at IFA in Berlin ahead of its release later this month, Urbanista says it had a whole new set of challenges to overcome.That’s because the company’s approach to its solar powered products hasn’t just been to put some solar-absorbing material on an existing device and call it a day. Instead, Urbanista product director Marten Sahlen and the company’s brand and marketing director Tuomas Lonka tell me the company spends a lot of time making the products more power efficient in the first place, so they can get the maximum benefit from... Continue reading…

The HP Envy x360 (2022) is one of our favorite laptops under $1,000, partly because of its new, vibrant 13.3-inch 16:10 aspect ratio screen. Just like other great laptops on the market, there's no doubt that your HP Envy x360 (2022) might run out of juice quickly, depending on how you use it. We got very good battery life in our tests, close to about 8 hours, but everyone uses their 2-in-1 differently. Thankfully, there are many ways to recharge it when the battery runs dry.