Our phones have become so integrated into our lives, especially regarding navigation capabilities. It's a marvel how anybody got around without a smartphone prior to 2008 (when GPS was introduced into smartphones). When you're in your car, your phone's capabilities and features become especially helpful and, in some cases, can even be life-saving. But your smartphone renders useless if the battery is dead or you drop it between the seat and your center console (don't you hate that?!). That's where the best car accessories for smartphones come in.

The 24-inch iMac M1 is the best Mac for iPhone users seeking an all-in-one computer. Not only does this machine support macOS Sonoma, but it's also compatible with a wide variety of excellent OLED monitors. This allows you to connect up to one external monitor (no more than 6K resolution) to expand your digital workspace and multitask more easily. To help you find the right pick, we've listed the best external monitors for the 24-inch iMac M1 below.

Microsoft announced the Surface Duo and Surface Neo back in October 2019 and while the latter device was canceled ahead of release, the Duo became available in September 2020. We reviewed the dual-screen Android handset and praised its hardware while still acknowledging its limitations, high price tag, and the very specific market niche that it targets. Today, Microsoft has ended support for the Surface Duo.

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 5, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, first of all, hi, hello, welcome, and second of all, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about the remarkable pettiness of Disney CEOs and the crypto world’s most obvious scams, watching a whole lot of US Open tennis and this wild home-renovation show that’s all about VR, drafting fantasy football teams, nodding vigorously at this story about the scourge that is Rotten Tomatoes, trying to figure out how to keep my car off the internet after reading this new Mozilla study, shouting from the rooftops that everyone needs to stop using LastPass and change all their... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge Elon Musk’s X Corp. is suing the state of California over AB 587, a state bill requiring social media platforms to report to the state attorney general, semiannually, how they’re tackling moderation of certain categories of speech. The complaint alleges that the bill violates federal and state free speech laws because it “compels companies like X Corp. to engage in speech against their will,” as they’re forced to settle on definitions for “politically-charged” issues like hate speech or racism.X Corp.’s complaint explains that it’s “difficult to reliably define” hate speech, misinformation, political interference, and other content categories. It adds that defining them is “often fraught with political bias” because there’s no accepted... Continue reading…

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Google Photos isn’t just a place for storing and sorting your photos and videos — both the web interface and the mobile apps come with a slew of image editing tools so you can spruce up and enhance your pictures before sharing them with the wider world.Google regularly updates these editing tools, and a significant upgrade just arrived on the web. There are new features here (some of which were previously available only on the Android app), including preset color profiles and more granular control over existing features such as brightness and contrast adjustment. All you need to do to try them out is open your browser and navigate to Google Photos. Open an image, click the edit button in the top-right corner (it looks like a series of... Continue reading…

Out of the box, Windows 11 and 10 give you a way to record and share your games, as well as chat with your Xbox friends, manage system resources, and do all kinds of things thanks to plug-ins. All of this is available through the Xbox Game Bar, but what if you don't care about any of these features and they're just using up resources on your laptop? Thankfully, you can disable the Xbox Game Bar so it doesn't bother you. Here's how.

One area where the Lenovo Yoga 7i 2023 excels is in its battery life. I've tested and reviewed this great Lenovo laptop and put it through my daily grind of writing and browsing YouTube. With a surprisingly efficient 13th-generation Intel Core i7-1355U under the hood, it gets a battery life of up to eight hours and 30 minutes. When the juice runs dry, though, you'll need a charger. Lenovo includes the standard 65W charger in the box, but if you're on the go and need a spare charger, or just prefer one that can power up multiple devices, there are plenty to choose from. We collected eight of our favorites below.

So far, 2023 has been a great year for handheld gaming consoles, and it feels like everyone and their mother has an eye on one of these devices. It's not really a surprise, though, considering how various brands have put out their version of handheld gaming consoles. Although it wasn't the first handheld on the market, Valve's Steam Deck started the whole portable gaming revolution by putting people's Steam library in the palm of their hands. But it's no longer the only player on the field, seeing tough competition from the likes of Asus ROG Ally and, now, the Lenovo Legion Go.

Lenovo makes some of the best laptops out there, with a variety of options available for all kinds of use. If you’re looking for a productivity laptop with powerful hardware for creative work, it has a few options there, too. Lenovo’s 2023 lineup consists of two options that stick out — the Lenovo Slim Pro 9i (2023) and Legion Slim 7i (2023). Both these laptops come with somewhat similar specifications, but depending on your needs, one may be better for you than the other.

HP's Dragonfly series consistently shows up on our best laptops guide, and there's a reason for that. It's tough to find anything wrong with them, and that extends to the latest addition, the Dragonfly G4. It's super-light, has a 3:2 OLED display option, and the keyboard is best in its class. The webcam is pretty great, too, which is nice to have if you work from home, and HP even added some neat new features, like the ability to automatically switch between cameras while you're using them.

When it comes to Windows-based creator laptops, Asus and Lenovo develop some of the best laptops that can handle intensive workloads. Two of these laptops are the Lenovo Slim Pro 9i (2023) and the Asus Zenbook Pro 14 OLED. Both are sleek, portable laptops that feature Windows 11, dedicated GPUs, and powerful CPUs.