We haven't seen the last of Amazon Prime Day in 2023. The online retail giant is going to provide a second run of discounts in October before the year is out. We saw promotions in July slashing the price of various solid-state drives (SSD), and one can hope we'll see a repeat come Oct. 10 and 11. We're always on the hunt for the best SSD deals and will be promoting the ones we come across during these Prime Big Deal Days, along with deals on laptops and other PC accessories and peripherals.

HDR is a pretty important feature in media today, improving the visual experience of movies and games by offering a wider dynamic range that can preserve details in the shadows and the highlights in an image. Windows has supported HDR for a while, but more recently, Microsoft released an HDR calibration app to make it easier to get the optimal experience for your display.

The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 is a business Lenovo laptop, so you'll be using it on the go a lot. From the office to home, or from one office to another office, you'll want to ensure that your great ThinkPad won't get damaged in transit. Additionally, if you didn't buy the Lenovo Accidental Damage Protection Plan, physical protection is especially important considering the laptop only has a limited warranty that doesn't cover issues created on your own like a cracked screen or broken keyboard unless you want to pay extra for accidental damage protection.

The brand-new Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 is here, and we’re sure it will be as successful as the earlier two generations; these machines are perfect for buyers looking for an affordable laptop with a premium finish. While its dimensions remain the same as the Laptop Go 2, the Surface Laptop Go 3 comes with a few bumped-up specs (8GB RAM, the 12th Gen Intel Core i5 chip, and improved battery life) and a new price tag to match. As long as your job doesn't require you to execute resource-hungry computing tasks, this laptop will more than meet your requirements.

It's that time of the month again, when Microsoft recaps all the features it added to Teams during the past four weeks. The company continually adds new capabilities to its popular online communication and collaboration platform in an effort to retain existing customers and attract new ones. Today, it has published a round-up of all the enhancements it made to Teams during the month of September 2023.

The Surface Laptop Studio 2 is one of Microsoft's most powerful Surface devices yet. It sports 13th-generation Intel CPUs and RTX 40-series graphics under the hood. But one thing that also makes this great Surface device even greater than before is the connectivity. Like the connectivity on some of the best laptops you can buy, Microsoft has added a USB-A port, as well as a microSD card slot. That's typically enough for most people to avoid using a dongle, but if you want to connect to additional displays, you'll still want to consider a docking station. We collected eight of our favorites right here for you.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Su Zhu, the co-founder of the collapsed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), was arrested in Singapore on Friday. Zhu was taken into custody while attempting to leave the country from Singapore’s Changi Airport, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Teneo, the liquidation firm in charge of liquidating 3AC’s assets, says it received a committal order against Zhu after he failed to comply with a court order that compelled him to cooperate with the liquidation process. That committal order directs Singaporean police to arrest Zhu and hold him in prison for four months. Teneo says it obtained a “similar” committal order for 3AC’s other co-founder, Kyle Davies.During his time in prison, Teneo says the liquidators will engage with Zhu... Continue reading…

Clipchamp is the new video editor that started being bundled with Windows 11 with the update to Windows 11 version 22H2. It's a web-based video editor and a company that Microsoft acquired in 2021, and it brings significantly improved video editing capabilities to Windows 11. It supports features like multi-track audio and video, plus it can export videos in up to 4K resolution (with the paid plan), and it even offers some stock assets. If you're not sure how to get started with Clipchamp, we're here to help.

A general view of a flooded street in Williamsburg, New York, United States on September 29th, 2023. | Photo by Fatih Aktas / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images New York City came to a grinding halt Friday as floods shut down roads and subways and inundated schools in one of the biggest storm-related emergencies since the remnants of Hurricane Ida hit in 2021.It isn’t a problem that’s unique to New York. Flood risk is rising across the US with worsening weather disasters and growing strain on outdated infrastructure. “The water has nowhere to go”What should a flood-proof city look like? The Verge asked Samuel Brody, Director of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas and a professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science at Texas A&M University at Galveston.This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.Are cities uniquely vulnerable to flooding?... Continue reading…

Lenovo's best ThinkPads are devices that go through military-grade testing. Compared to some of the other best business laptops, this helps make them quite durable and ensures that a new device like the ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 won't get damaged if you happen to drop it. One thing, though, that'll get you some extra protection is a case for that ThinkPad.

When you look at the best laptops you can buy today, you'll see a few different form factors to choose from. You can buy a typical clamshell laptop if you just want the basics, or go with a tablet and a detachable keyboard if portability is your number one priority. But then there's the best form factor a PC can have — personally speaking, at least — the convertible. Convertible PCs give you the versatility of a tablet while also having the convenience of a keyboard permanently available, plus they can usually afford to be more powerful than a typical tablet.

Windows 11 (and 10) lets you organize your windows using a feature called virtual desktops, so you can separate apps into different environments. If you're not sure how to use them, we're here to help.