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Belkin’s BoostCharge Pro — the white whale of travel chargers — is down to $79.99 as part of Amazon’s ongoing Big Spring Sale. | Image: Belkin Happy Saturday, dear readers! In case you haven’t heard, Amazon’s spring sales event is in full effect through March 25th, letting you save on wireless earbuds, Bluetooth trackers, smartwatches, and all manner of tech. Truth be told, the deals are a bit better than we had anticipated, especially when it comes to Qi2 cha

Yesterday, Square Enix released a trailer for The Rising Tide, the next paid DLC for Final Fantasy XVI, and gave the expansion a release date: April 18th. The update to the PS5 game will be available as a single purchase add-on or in the $24.99 Final Fantasy XVI PlayStation Store Expansion Pass. And besides adding the eikon Leviathan to the game, other content introduces a game mode as well as new weapons and abilities.
For no good reason, I haven’t played a new Final Fantasy game in year

Image: Netflix Arthur C. Clarke famously said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” and that’s never been more true than with the 3 Body Problem VR headset. It’s so far ahead of everything else on the market that it doesn’t seem possible. There’s really no doubt: this is the best way to experience virtual reality. Sadly, there’s far too little software to take advantage of all of that advanced tech; at launch, there

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge While a lot of our files are stored in the cloud, there are still many ones and zeros that get stored locally. But as the capacity of the drives used by our desktops and laptops has increased, finding files has gotten that much harder. How many photos and videos do you have stacked up in your computer? How many documents and downloads?
Personally, I tend to neglect file management because there’s so much storage space available. But when I do need a

The Verge The Financial Times has a new generative AI chatbot called Ask FT that can answer questions its subscribers ask. Similar to generalized AI bots (like ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini), users can expect a curated natural language answer to whatever they want to know — but with answers derived from the outlet’s decades of published information rather than sources that are harder to explain or are subject to ongoing legal action. So don’t expect it to give you an answer for t

Suno will happily sing you a tune. | Image: The Verge / Shutterstock I heard a new song last weekend called “Soul Of The Machine.” It’s a simple, old-timey number in E minor with a standard blues chord progression (musicians in the know would call it a 1-4-5 progression). In it, a voice sings about being a trapped soul with a heart that once beat but is now cold and weak.“Soul Of The Machine” is not a real song at all. Or is it? It’s getting harder to say. Wha

Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Emad Mostaque is stepping down from his role as CEO of Stability AI, the startup that helped bring Stable Diffusion to life. In a press release late on Friday night, Stability AI says Mostaque is leaving the company “to pursue decentralized AI.” Mostaque will also step down from his position on the board of directors at Stability AI.
The board has appointed two interim co-CEOs to lead Stability AI — COO Shan Shan Wong and CTO Ch

TL;DR: The 2024 Windows PowerShell Certification Bundle is on sale for £15.77, saving you 74% on list price.If you work in tech and hate how much time you waste doing overly tedious administrative tasks, you need to learn PowerShell. To the uninitiated, PowerShell is a cross-platform tool that aims to help tech pros automate a range of time-consuming tasks, find, filter, and export information, and ultimately, do their job better. It’s a favourite among administrators, but anyon

TL;DR: Stream Wales vs. Poland in the Euro 2024 play-off final for free on S4C Online. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Wales are just one game away from securing their spot in Euro 2024. That seems straightforward enough, but Poland and Robert Lewandowski stand in their way. It's going to be a big challenge for Robert Page's side, but if we've learnt anything from Wales in recent campaigns, anything is possible.If you want to watch Wales vs. Poland

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The Texas Longhorns and Tennessee Vols men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a tournament game at Spectrum Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday, March 23. The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT

TL;DR: Stream Scotland vs. Northern Ireland for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Euro 2024 is looming large on the horizon, with some teams still battling it out for qualification and others, like Scotland, looking to build momentum before the games that really matter. That preparation begins with an international friendly against Northern Ireland.If you want to watch Scotland vs. Northern Ireland for free from anywhere in the wo

TL;DR: Stream Saracens vs. Harlequins for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The Six Nations is always entertaining, but the timing of the competition can leave club rugby fans frustrated. Those dedicated fans have had to remain patient whilst their best players are unavailable for selection, but that's in the past now. Everyone is back in the mix, and the title race is really heating up.If you want to watch Saracens vs. Harlequins for fr

TL;DR: Watch Royal Challengers Bangalore vs. Punjab Kings in the IPL for free on JioCinema. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The IPL is the place to see the biggest names in cricket, and it doesn't come much bigger than Virat Kohli. The superstar should feature for the Royal Challengers Bangalore as they play host to the Punjab Kings. It's going to be a thrilling contest between two strong sides.If you're interested in watching Royal Challengers Bang

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The Duquesne Dukes and Illinois Fighting Illini men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a postseason tournament game at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday, March 23. The game is scheduled to start at 8:40 p.m. ET/7:40 p.m. CT. The No. 11-

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The Creighton and Oregon Ducks men’s basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a postseason tournament game at PPG Arena in Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 23. The game is scheduled to start at 8:40 p.m. CT/6:40 p.m. PT. No. 3 seed Creighton comes into the matchup 24

TL;DR: Stream Manchester City Women vs. Manchester United Women for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.One of the many great things about the Women's Super League is how frequently the biggest sides meet. It feels like there is a massive matchup almost every weekend, and it doesn't come much bigger than Manchester City vs. Manchester United.If you want to watch Manchester City Women vs. Manchester United Women for free from anywher

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for March 23's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.Where did Wordle come from?Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for March 23's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, ke

The Asus ROG NUC. | Image: Asus When Asus rescued Intel’s NUC brand of compact computers from the dumpster, I held out hope that the company might also revive Intel’s ambitious miniature gaming PCs. It did, but prepare for a little sticker shock — these systems may cost as much or more than a comparable gaming laptop.
The company’s website currently lists two models of the ROG NUC, with what Asus tells us are tentative prices of $1,629 and $2,199. The entry-level model sp

Just seven years ago, Americans emptied their homes for a chance to witness a total solar eclipse, an astronomical event hailed as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.Back then, you might have heard this was the first to cut across the United States from coast to coast in a century — and it was. But lately, you might have heard there's another total solar eclipse coming. Slicing through North America on April 8, 2024, the total solar eclipse will be on display over a swath of North America, a