Wi-Fi may be secondary on a PC, but there are times when it comes in handy. If you're building a PC today, having wireless connectivity and using it rarely is still better than not having it at all. When you're buying a motherboard, you have a choice between a board with built-in Wi-Fi and one without. Most people pick the former for convenience, but it's often the wrong choice.

World Labs co-founder and CEO Fei-Fei Li. | Bloomberg via Getty Images AMD announced today that it's acquiring World Labs, an AI research lab co-founded by the prominent researcher Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs launched in 2024 and was valued at $1 billion in a matter of months. The startup launched its first commercial product, a world generation model called Marble that lets users make interactive 3D worlds from a prompt, in 2025.The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. Li will become EVP and chief scientist at AMD, reporting to AMD CEO Lisa Su, while the World Labs team will "continue to focus on advancing AI model research." AMD also notes t …Read the full story at The Verge.

When your media library grows from a small collection to a massive multi-terabyte library, Plex might start to look like a chaotic digital dumping ground with unorganized rows, default generic movie posters, and what feels like zero dynamic creation.

Karakeep is one of the apps I use every day, and I’ve wanted to add a few things to it for years. I wanted to keep sources, notes, and highlights together around a story, ask questions about what I’ve saved, and compare articles that answer the same question differently. Having all that inside the app where I already save everything makes so much sense.

Handheld gaming hasn't been the cheapest hobby recently. The Steam Deck's cheaper LCD model went out of production, and the OLED versions got a nasty price hike, which reportedly wiped out 82% of its sales.

This year has been the year of vibe-coding tools - or rather vibe-designing, vibe-prototyping, prompt-to-prototype, whatever you want to call it. It's probably safe to say that Replit and Lovable have been leading the pack, though I actually only started giving them a real shot after Claude Design happened, which was my true first impression of a vibe-design tool.

The flagship Bose headphones will now be able to connect to Auracast broadcasts for better accessibility. | Image: The Verge A new firmware update for the $449 Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones Gen 2 adds support for Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast as beta features. The flagship Ultra headphones are the first from Bose to support the audio sharing technology, which the company plans to bring to more devices soon.Only a few major manufacturers include Auracast, and only on select headphones or earbuds - including Sony, JBL headphones, Samsung Galaxy Buds, and Sennheiser, which also released an Auracast transmitter this year. Some smaller companies, like EarFun, have added support. But Bose is one of the most recognizable names in headphones, so the fact that it' …Read the full story at The Verge.

I probably don't have to tell you that most AI chatbots have a habit of telling you what you want to hear, and for many users, that's exactly why Claude stands out. It seems to be one of the few that actually disagrees with you when you're wrong and doesn't validate every single thing you tell it. This seems like a pretty low bar, but after years of ChatGPT telling people how every idea they have is brilliant and everything they think is valid, this is actually a big deal.

President Donald Trump announces plans to weaken fuel efficiency and emissions rules for cars and trucks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on December 3rd, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images The US Department of Transportation finalized its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it "among the largest deregulatory actions under the second Trump Administration."It's a nail in the coffin for Biden-era standards that would have required fleet average fuel economy to reach 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031. President Donald Trump's plan requires 34.9 miles per gallon, not much higher than the 30.1-mile-per-gallon target previously set for model year 2024.Consumer advocacy, health, and environmental groups are incensedThe Trump administration claims its plan would shave $1,300 off the average cost of a n …Read the full story at The Verge.

OpenAI popularized the modern generative AI chatbot, but as its 2026 DevDay event approaches, it's fallen behind in one of the industry's hottest categories: continuously running, consumer-facing AI agents. On Tuesday, it will likely try to capture the lead in that race. Rumors abound that OpenAI will release its own AI agent, dubbed Aeon - its answer to Meta's Muse, SpaceX's Grok Bot, OpenClaw, and many more. Aeon could have a shot at success, but to beat the competition, it would need to pull together the best features of several different agent platforms. The ideal system would be as useful as the open-source OpenClaw, as cheap and easy …Read the full story at The Verge.

Finding a good alternative to Microsoft's Office suite can be a challenge, especially if you don't want to spend money. That's especially true if you're looking for something that runs in your browser. LibreOffice may be considered a great alternative to Microsoft Office, but it's only available for free as a desktop application, with the web version requiring a payment.

Most laptops ship with a pretty basic webcam and have been doing so for decades. Some try to include privacy features like a physical shutter, but very few focus on the camera quality. It’s practically impossible to squeeze a very powerful camera into the super-thin top bezel. Most of us have become accustomed to the inferior webcam quality and even switched to an external one. Work demands a good webcam, and when laptop brands don’t ship one, a USB webcam can help.