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ChromeOS sure isn't what it used to be. The Google operating system was born into a world where Windows and macOS reigned supreme, back in 2011, and it's come a long way. It's become so complete over the past few years that the best Chromebooks and best Chromeboxes can compete with even the best Windows 11 laptops and other premium hardware. It's been nearly 12 years since the first ChromeOS hardware launched, and many features have been introduced to shape ChromeOS to be a solid alternative to Windows and macOS.

Laura Normand / The Verge Donald Trump’s election interference trial in Georgia will appear live on TV and the court’s YouTube channel. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee made the ruling on Thursday, which also says members of the press can use cellphones and computers inside the courtroom as long as they’re not recording, local news outlet WSB-TV reports.“We have been livestreaming all of our major proceedings on a Fulton County-provided YouTube channel,” Judge McAfee said during the hearing, according to WSB-TV. “And our plan was to do that with this case as well. So there’s going to be a YouTube feed the entire time.”However, there’s still a chance that Trump’s trial won’t occur from the Fulton County courtroom. Some of Trump’s co-defendants, including former W... Continue reading…

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images After her Eras tour shattered ticket sales records last year, now Taylor Swift is coming for the box office. The upcoming Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert film set a single-day sales record for AMC in just three hours after the ticket presale went live, raking in a total of $26 million in sales in one day, the theater chain announced.That beats the previous single-day sales record held by Spider-Man: No Way Home at $16.9 million. Aside from AMC, Fandango says that the three-hour film now sits on the site’s list of the biggest first-day ticket sellers throughout its 23-year history, alongside box office giants like Avengers: Endgame and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.NEWS: Are you ready for it? Taylor Swift's #TheErasTourMovie is... Continue reading…

AMD is expected to release its Ryzen 8000-series 'Strix Point' APUs next year, featuring a combination of Zen 5 CPU cores and RDNA 3.5 integrated graphics. Earlier leaks already revealed several key details about them, including the CPU core count, and now another massive leak has seemingly revealed the full GPU core count of what is likely a Strix Point engineering sample.

The Deebot X20 Omni — the latest robot vacuum mop from Ecovacs — was on display at IFA 2023 this week. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge The robot vacuum cleaner is undergoing a renaissance this year as all the major manufacturers figure out new and more outlandish ways to make the tiresome chore of cleaning your floors fully automated.At the IFA 2023 tech trade show in Berlin this week, robot vacuums were literally roaming the halls as companies showed off their latest innovations. We saw robot mops that integrate into your plumbing, big advances in navigation, smaller sizes for multi-function docking stations, and a robot mop that can do the splits to clean your baseboards better.Here’s a rundown of the latest innovations in robotic floor cleaning we spotted at IFA this week. The X2 Omni is Ecovacs new flagship robot vacuum. It’s hip to be square ... Continue reading…

The SwitchBot S10, the company’s first robot vacuum for the US market, brings with it some unique features. | Image: SwitchBot Smart home robotics company SwitchBot — of robot finger fame — has come up with another ingenious solution for automating boring chores in your home. This one is a sizable leap toward a Rosie the Robot vision of a fully autonomous robot house cleaner, though without the personality. The SwitchBot S10 is a new robot vacuum and mop that autonomously drains and refills its dirty and clean water tanks using a battery-powered water station that hooks directly into your plumbing. Combined with an auto-empty charging dock that dries the mop, the S10 is the most fully automated floor cleaner I’ve seen. You won’t need to refill its mopping tank, deal with emptying dirty water post-clean, or mess with its mops. The only dirty work you need to do... Continue reading…

Although Samsung's flagship foldable hasn't received any significant upgrades this time around, the company's compact foldable, the Galaxy Z Flip 5, brings a highly-requested improvement: a massive cover screen. It also packs Qualcomm's latest flagship chipset, an updated design with a new hinge, and more storage on the base model. The 3.4-inch cover screen alone makes it one of the best phones for those who want a compact yet functional device, as it allows users to do much more without opening the main foldable display.

Image: Bethesda Game Studios 2023 has been packed with some of the biggest games in recent memory, and I’m totally fine with that. For the past little while, it feels like the gaming industry has been more interested in time-sucking live service behemoths, games that never end, rather than satisfying single-player titles. But this year, I’m instead feasting on a delicious platter of great games I can play on my own with a bunch of great courses I haven’t even touched yet.I’ve poured more than 20 hours into Starfield, Bethesda’s next big RPG, and I can already tell that I might put in at least double that. I’ve finished the main campaign but barely experienced any of the game’s many other stories or vast number of planets.Before Starfield, I was nearly 20 hours... Continue reading…

Android 14 is almost ready for prime time! For lucky owners of the Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet, or any Pixel phone as old as the Pixel 4a 5G, you'll be among the first users to see what Android 14 has to offer, as these devices can participate in Google's beta initiative.

One of the most anticipated games of the year, Starfield, is finally on the cusp of being launched and while we still have a few more days to go for general access, those that preordered the Premium or better version of the game have gained early access to the title which started on August 31. As you might expect, there's been a lot of feedback over the past 24 hours, with lots of good, some bad, and a dash of controversial.

Best Buy's having its Labor Day weekend sale, knocking hundreds and even thousands off some of its most popular products. In addition, My Best Buy members are getting exclusive access to special discounts on top of the current promotional pricing.