"Can it run Crysis?" has been a PC hardware punchline since 2007, so I wanted to ask it in the silliest way I could think of. Instead of benchmarking Nvidia's RTX Spark with Crysis, I tried to install the entire game inside the GPU's memory. My test unit is a Lenovo Yoga 9n Gen 11 with 64GB of memory, and most of the buzz around this chip is about local AI, even if AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ is what most people actually need for local AI.

Apple has just released iOS 27.2, bringing Apple Pencil support to the iPhone Duo. The software update also includes an "Edge Light" feature for the iPhone Duo that's intended to illuminate your face during video calls.Apple previously said the iPhone Duo would add support for the Apple Pencil "later this year." The company's first foldable comes with revamped iOS 27 controls designed to work across the device's 7.6-inch inner display and 5.4-inch outer screen. Many major apps, like Netflix, Prime Video, and Microsoft Outlook, already support the Duo's extra screen real estate, but some still need some work.The iOS 27.2 update also allow …Read the full story at The Verge.

It's an age-old problem, and one that's a little too common for comfort — someone you know spends $500, $1000, or even $2000 on a brand-new TV and a console, but the TV refuses to deliver the features listed on the product page.

Nothing’s Ear 3A come in a variety of fun colors, including a yellow shade. | Photo: John Higgins / The Verge If you want a decent pair of noise-canceling earbuds without spending a fortune, Nothing’s Ear 3A are worth considering. The wireless earbuds offer a lot of features for the price, and they’re an even better value now that all four colors are on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy for $79 ($20 off), matching their all-time low price.Nothing Ear 3A earbudsWhere to Buy: $99 $79 at Amazon $99 $79 at Walmart $99 $79 at Best BuyThe Ear 3A deliver great performance for the price, with extensive EQ options that let you fine-tune the sound to your liking. My colleague John Higgins found the default sound a little too bass-heavy, but appreciated how easy it was to adjust — which is great, since that level of customization is unusual for earbuds at this price. While they won’t completely drown out chatter of your local coffee shop, the ANC does a good job of quieting low drones, including air conditioners and airplane cabin noise. We did encounter some bugs in testing, however, including abrupt changes in noise cancellation levels when using adaptive ANC, as well as occasional issues with voice calls in noisy environments.Still, they’re relatively minor drawbacks given what you get for the price. The Ear 3A also come in some fun colors — including a striking pink shade — and each pair includes extra-small ear tips for a more comfortable fit. They even offer a shortcut to access ChatGPT and include 32MB of built-in storage, letting you record up to two hours of a phone call and transfer the recording through the companion app.Read our Nothing Ear 3A review. window.HYPE_DESK_CONFIG = { productImageUrl: "https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/apple_watch_series_10.png", productImageAlt: "Apple Watch Series 10", productTitle: "Apple Watch Series 10", shortDescription: "Save on a refurbished Apple Watch Series 10", longDescription: "Get an Apple Watch Series 10 with a 46mm aluminum case and GPS connectivity for a fraction of its listed new price. Shop refurbished options at Back Market with a one-year warranty.", purchaseUrl: "https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=18275&awinaffid=299513&platform=dl&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.backmarket.com%2Fen-us%2Fp%2Fapple-watch-series-10%3Futm_source%3Dchatgpt.com", purchaseLinkText: "Shop At Back Market" };

Anthropic has finally filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC, a document designed to give investors a look under the hood of its business, from how much its executives are making and plans for spending its IPO billions to the risks that could derail its ambitions.At more than 300 pages, there's a lot to unpack, and some of the disclosures have not previously been reported. Here are some of the biggest things that jumped out to us from our first pass:It pays to be an AmodeiSibling co-founders Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei are the two most highly-paid executives at Anthropic, according to the filing. Last year, CEO Dario's compensation …Read the full story at The Verge.

The RealReal, a secondhand luxury fashion consignment retailer, said it's updating its bot defense system, effectively making it harder for AI agents to shop on its site.The change comes days after The Verge reported that an AI agent could be used to take advantage of The RealReal's item reserve system. On the retailer's website, an item goes "on hold" and is unavailable for other customers to buy for 20 minutes once it's placed in a user's shopping cart. Using Meta's Muse, The Verge was able to instruct the AI agent to continuously re-add The RealReal listings in a shopping cart as soon as the 20-minute hold had expired, effectively block …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you’re planning to grab a cheap mini-PC, NAS, or even an x86 single-board computer, chances are you’ll come across models bearing the Intel N100 sooner or later. On paper, this 3-year-old embedded processor has become a bit outdated in this day and age, with the N150 being its direct upgrade and the N350 and N355 providing superior computational capabilities in almost every possible way.

Following reports of iPhone Duos with cracked and broken inside screens, often showing a bright line running from the center to the right side, Apple says in a statement to Bloomberg and 9to5Mac that it's aware of "an issue impacting the inner display" on a "small number of iPhone Duo units." If your iPhone Duo is affected, Apple says to contact AppleCare for a replacement.Here is the full statement, which Apple's Alex Kirschner shared with The Verge:The response to iPhone Duo from early users has been incredibly positive, and we are seeing exciting things from developers who are rapidly updating their apps to take advantage of its uniq …Read the full story at The Verge.

Twenty dollars a month for Claude Pro doesn't really feel like that much when you consider how much you're getting out of it, and it's also a price point you simply get used to. Pro gets you Anthropic's bigger models plus a stack of app features, which is great if you're leaning on Opus all day. But a lot of everyday AI use is smaller, and getting a concept explained here and there doesn't need a flagship model, and probably not a $20 bill either.

A basic ESP32 board or an S3 remained my go-to choice for smart home build projects since most just needed a Wi-Fi connection. For anything that needed to join its own mesh instead of sitting on Wi-Fi, I’d pair that board with a separate Zigbee coordinator and a Thread border router I run. The idea was to make smart devices join their own mesh network, rather than dump them on Wi-Fi networks.

From the bright minds that brought you FTX Arena and NBA Top Shot NFT maketplace (where sales last month dropped to $762,781, which is a 99.66 percent decrease compared to the February 2021 peak of $226,350,843), the NBA announced Monday that it has new "preferred" prediction market deals for Kalshi and Polymarket, as well as a memorandum of understanding with the US CFTC about how to manage the relationships. It also announced an expansion of its DraftKings deal to include prediction markets, and says that more expansions will be announced with others soon.The NBA is already facing scandals after Jontay Porter pleaded guilty to conspiracy …Read the full story at The Verge.

The bezels aren’t that noticeable with other watchfaces, but some things don’t change. Last week, I sank into my living room couch and watched a bedraggled, nihilistic Matthew McConaughey take a drag of a cigarette in season 1 of True Detective. "You know, someone once told me time is a flat circle. Everything we've done, or will do, we're gonna do over and over and over again." I assume most people aren't thinking about fitness trackers or gadgets while watching that scene. But in that moment, I couldn't help but think about the Fitbit Edge on my wrist.The $179.99 Edge is a modernized version of the 2014-to-2020 era of fitness bands - your Charges, your Altas, your Inspires. If you've ever owned one, you already know the va …Read the full story at The Verge.