Powered by iPadOS 17 and the M1 chip, the iPad Air 5 is the best iPad for most users. Not only does its mighty chipset unlock some advanced productivity features, but it also should be receiving software support for year to come. Though, for it to last you long, you should also maintain its hardware. That's why we advise all iPad Air 5 users to shield their tablet's exterior by investing in one of the excellent cases we've listed below.

Courtesy of the Toronto International Film Festival Director Ali Kalthami’s debut feature film, Mandoob, takes a fascinating look into the world of Saudi Arabia’s rideshare and delivery drivers. Continue reading…

The highly anticipated foldable phone from OnePlus, the new OnePlus Open, is finally here, and we've dubbed it the best folding phone in America, with a great aspect ratio, impressive cameras, and a thin design featuring a clever hinge. Although the OnePlus Open is one of the most durable folding phones out there, the form factor is still delicate compared to traditional slab phones. To keep your new phone safe, you can pair the OnePlus open with a great screen protector and one of the best cases. Though options are extremely limited at this stage, you can still order great cases for the OnePlus Open. We'll continue to update this list as more become available.

Intel has officially released 14th-gen processors, and the new CPUs support faster boost frequencies over their predecessors. Intel’s K-lineup of processors for the Raptor Lake Refresh series includes the Core i7-14700K and the Core i5-14600K, which are great options if you require a powerful processor with an integrated GPU for your PC.

Going into the ninth week of the 2023/24 Premier League season, and it's still anyone's game at the top of the table. This match between third-place Man City and sixth-place Brighton & Hove Albion could go a long way to changing that, as only four points separate Brighton and top place Tottenham Hotspur.

Just like flagship Android phones, Apple's latest iPhones support fast charging. As a result, when you rely on compatible accessories, you get to charge your iPhone quickly. Whether you have an iPhone 15 Pro Max or an older model, the process and requirements are pretty much the same. Below you will find everything you need to know about charging your iPhone quickly.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Great news for the dedicated few Apple Home folks who use YouTube Music (I know you’re out there!) — you can now integrate the service with your HomePods and either ask Siri to play songs using YouTube Music or set the service as your default source. 9to5Google spotted a Reddit post from YouTube Music product head Brandon Bilinski announcing the update. You can find instructions for setting up the integration on a support page for the service.The list of third-party music services that you can integrate with HomePods is still pretty lean. Until now, the biggest alternatives to Apple Music that have added that support were probably Deezer and Pandora. You can finally ask Siri to play music with Spotify on HomePods, but the company still... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge A jury found Google guilty of sexual discrimination and awarded female Google Cloud executive Ulku Rowe, who filed the complaint, $1.1 million. Rowe’s lawsuit alleged that the company gave higher pay to less-experienced male cohorts and that it later denied her promotions in retaliation for her complaints, both internal and later in court. Bloomberg Law reports the jury ruled that Google owes Rowe for both punitive damages and pain and suffering. Rowe said before the trial started that her time at Google was “overshadowed by what I believe are unfair compensation and treatment due to my gender.” She alleged that, after the company passed her over for a promotion to vice president that was given to a man who had neither applied nor was... Continue reading…

Apple fans the world over have been using MacBooks for close to two decades now. When it comes to performance and reliability, the MacBook Air and Pro lineups are built to impress and can handle all different types of workflows. But before the modern age of Apple laptops, there existed a slightly more prehistoric class of laptop known as the Apple PowerBook. Released on Oct. 21, 1991, sales of the first three PowerBook machines would rake in some of the company’s best earnings ever.

Image: William Joel / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 11, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome to the Installerverse, which is officially a thing now — we did it, everybody — and you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I’m traveling this week, so I’ve got a slightly abbreviated issue for you. But there’s just way too much good stuff not to share. This week, I’m spending all my free time playing Subpar Pool, testing Twine as my new go-to Android RSS reader, watching Zane Lowe talk music with Blink-182, learning about the incredible work of the masters of film set design, reading Cory Doctorow’s new book, The Internet Con, finally for real canceling some too-expensive streaming... Continue reading…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In 2020, scientists decided just to rework the alphanumeric symbols they used to represent genes rather than try to deal with an Excel feature that was interpreting their names as dates and (un)helpfully reformatting them automatically. Yesterday, a member of the Excel team posted that the company is rolling out an update on Windows and macOS to fix that.Excel’s automatic conversions are intended to make it easier and faster to input certain types of commonly entered data — numbers and dates, for instance. But for scientists using quick shorthand to make things legible, it could ruin published, peer-reviewed data, as a 2016 study found.Microsoft detailed the update in a blog post this week, adding a checkbox labeled “Convert continuous... Continue reading…

Diablo IV, the spookiest of dungeon crawlers, will be steeply discounted through Halloween. | Blizzard It’s hard to believe, but Halloween is now just a little over a week away. Luckily, if you haven’t had a chance to celebrate spooky season, a bunch of horror games are on sale this weekend. Now through October 31st, for example, Nintendo is taking up to 85 percent off digital Bethesda titles like the remastered Quake 2 (now $3.99) and Doom Eternal (now $15.99). Amazon Prime subscribers, meanwhile, can snag a free copy of Doom 3 — an Xbox 360-era classic — for PC until November 18th.Yet perhaps the best Halloween sale comes courtesy of Microsoft, which is taking up to 75 percent off hundreds of digital horror games through October 31st as a part of its Shocktober sale. The ongoing promo extends to newer Xbox titles like Blasphemous 2... Continue reading…