Intel’s new 14th Gen CPUs get a boost to gaming performance with APO feature Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeIntel’s latest 14th Gen chips aren’t a huge improvement over the 13th Gen in gaming performance, but a new Intel Application Optimization (APO) feature might just change that. Intel’s new APO app simply runs in the background, improving performance in games. It offers impressive boosts to frame rates in games that …

DJI’s baby steadicam Osmo Pocket 3 has so many upgrades, I don’t know where to begin The DJI Osmo Pocket 3.Five years ago, DJI paired its super-stable drone cameras with a postage-stamp-size screen to create the Osmo Pocket, a tiny vlogger cam. It was neat, and its successor had a handful of key improvements. But the new Osmo Pocket 3, announced and shipping today, has more than a handful. While the baby steadicam now starts at …

The obsessive tormenter who made professors’ lives miserable Like many instructors, Janani Umamaheswar occasionally checks Rate My Professors to monitor her course reviews. The site offers a loose barometer of how you are doing as a teacher, especially early in a career in academia. Since users post anonymously, including criticisms and rants, the site can also become a fount of anxiety. When negative re…

Wacom’s petite additions to the Cintiq Pro lineup come with a big price tag These tablets are only “small” by Cintiq standards but they still carry the lineup’s loft prices. | Image: WacomWacom has unveiled the Cintiq Pro 17 and Cintiq Pro 22 — two new additions to its popular family of Cintiq display drawing tablets, providing more compact options for creative professionals who prefer to work with a smaller screen. As …

GM and Honda ditch plan to build cheaper electric vehicles Image: GMA little more than a year after announcing an ambitious plan to co-develop a lineup of affordable electric vehicles, General Motors and Honda are scrapping the deal — or at least just that one aspect of the deal. Announced in April 2022, the plan was to build a series of affordable EVs on GM’s flexible EV platform with its Ultium-brand…

Dave the Diver is one of the year’s best games, and it’s still great on Switch Screenshot by Jay Peters / The VergeDave the Diver cast a line and reeled me in when I played through it on Steam Deck earlier this year. It’s lured once again on Nintendo Switch. Sorry, I had to get the fishing puns out of the way. But if you haven’t yet played Dave the Diver, a delightful experience that somehow mixes roguelike spearfishing ex…

TikTok is hosting a music festival featuring Cardi B and Charlie Puth Mainstream and TikTok fame collides. | Image: TikTokTikTok is taking its viral sounds offline and hosting an in-person music festival in December, the company announced today. And of course, the entire thing will be livestreamed via TikTok Live. The event, called TikTok In the Mix, will feature top artists like Cardi B, Anitta, Charlie Puth, an…

Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome Microsoft Edge now pops up a poll after you press the “Download Chrome” button. | Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The VergeHow many licks does it take to get to the center of a Google Chrome download in Microsoft’s Edge web browser? How many times will the company try to steer me away? Let’s check! One: Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge…

Apple is reportedly planning to turn the TV app into the streaming hub it always wanted The Apple TV app’s ambitions have always been huge. | Image: AppleApple appears to be working on a revamp of its TV app that the company hopes will turn it into users’ go-to place for all their shows, movies, and more. A new Bloomberg report says Apple is planning to remove its apps for buying and renting content and bundle that with its streami…

The bendy phone is back, baby Stylish, yet impractical! | Image: LenovoToday at Lenovo Tech World ‘23, many things happened. There was a lot of talk about AI. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and his leather jacket were there. There were some celebrities I was probably supposed to recognize. And Lenovo dusted off its bendable phone concept and let it out into the light for nearly two f…

Qualcomm turns to Wi-Fi to take wireless earbuds and headphones to the next level Image: QualcommAny flagship pair of headphones or earbuds you buy nowadays is going to be very, very good. Noise cancellation has grown more impressive than ever, and Bluetooth codecs like LDAC and AptX Adaptive have led to meaningful upticks in audio quality. But there’s always room for our tech to get better, and particularly in the realm of w…

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 moves AI out of the cloud and onto your phone The what-is-a-photo-pocalypse gets even more complicated. | Image: QualcommQualcomm’s new flagship mobile chipset is an on-device AI fest from top to bottom. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 brings generative AI capabilities right to the chipset, vastly speeding up the processing-intensive activities that are usually outsourced to the cloud. It’s one more…

Apple Pay Later is rolling out to all users in the US Image: AppleIt looks like Apple is rolling out Pay Later to all users in the US. As spotted by MacRumors, the buy now, pay later service is now widely available within Apple Wallet and is featured on Apple’s homepage. First announced in June 2022, Apple Pay Later lets users make a purchase and then pay for it in a series of four installments ove…

The Humane AI Pin apparently runs GPT-4 and flashes a ‘Trust Light’ when it’s recording The AI Pin has a projector, it seems, instead of a screen. | Image: TEDHumane’s first gadget, the AI Pin, is currently slated to launch on November 9th, but we just got our best look at it yet thanks to a somewhat unexpected source. Before it has even been announced, the AI Pin is one of Time Magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2023,” along with eve…

Snap’s business is showing signs of life Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeSnap’s business has been on life support for a while now, with Apple’s ad tracking changes on iOS, competition from TikTok, and a combination of other factors leading to a collapse in its revenue growth. That said, all is not lost: based on the third quarter earnings results that Snap announced on Tuesday,…

Google is ready to fill its AI searches with ads Illustration: The VergeEverybody’s coming for Google, but Google is doing just fine, according to parent company Alphabet’s third quarter earnings on Tuesday. While Google has been dealing with fierce competition on all sides and is investing a lot into infusing AI into as many products as it can, its ads business, the company’s bread and butter…

Xbox and cloud help boost Microsoft’s Q1 2024 earnings Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeMicrosoft just posted the first quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $56.5 billion in revenue and a net income of $22.3 billion during Q1. Revenue is up 13 percent, and net income has increased by 27 percent. Devices revenue has been hit hard again this quarter, even if Wind…

Slack gets rid of its X integration Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeSlack has retired its integration with X (formerly Twitter) because of X’s API changes introduced earlier this year. According to Slack, X’s API changes affected the functionality of the integration, which led to the decision to retire it. “Slack’s integration with X relies on access to its API, and changes…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with a Windows Phone. | Image: GettyMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella is the third chief executive of the software giant to admit the company has made some serious mobile mistakes. Satya Nadella took over from former CEO Steve Ballmer in 2014 and, just over a year later, wrote off $7.6 billion related to Microsoft’s acquisi…

Wyze’s new video doorbell records 24/7 locally, but you can’t escape the cloud Wyze’s new video doorbell is its first with local recording. | Image: WyzeSmart home company Wyze has a new doorbell cam. The Wyze Video Doorbell v2 is a 2K-capable doorbell camera with a head-to-toe view of your porch and local recording via a microSD card. Costing just $39.99 (plus shipping), it’s a wired doorbell (there’s no battery backup) a…