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How to Use Your Raspberry Pi Pico With DC Motors

The Raspberry Pi Pico is an enticingly small, yet powerful board that offers users the chance to create projects both great and small. One type of project is robotics and for this we need motors. So how can we control DC motors with a Raspberry Pi Pico? Can we connect them directly to the GPIO?… Read more

You can watch the Snyder Cut while snacking on a $130 Justice League-themed meal kit

Zack Snyder’s Justice League — known to fans as the mythical “Snyder Cut” — hits HBO Max on March 18th, and Warner Bros. is celebrating the at-home blockbuster relaunch in a unique way: with customized, themed $130 Snyder Cut meal boxes. Described as “a first-of-its-kind, immersive, at-home dining experience” for customers in the US and… Read more

Lime adds electric mopeds to its lineup of scooters and bikes

Lime is adding a new member to its family of shared electric vehicles: mopeds. The mopeds are being offered as part of a pilot program to test whether Lime’s customers prefer vehicles that are faster, heavier, and arguably riskier to ride than your average kick scooter. The mopeds can be rented via Lime’s smartphone app,… Read more

Verizon Fios is experiencing outages on the East Coast

Verizon Fios, the company’s fiber optic network, appears to be experiencing outages in many locations on the US East Coast. There are more than 22,000 user reports of problems with Verizon on Downdetector, and there appear to be hotspots on Downdetector’s outage map for Verizon in Boston, New York City, Washington, DC, and more. A… Read more

Gigabyte Aorus 17G Review: Ampere and a Blazing Screen

Our Verdict The Gigabyte Aorus 17G pushes out solid RTX-30 series performance while offering a mechanical keyboard. For 300 Hz Screen Physical Mechanical Keyboard Against Not much faster than prior-gen laptops Slightly dim screen Slightly low color gamut Ampere has finally landed on laptops, with Gigabyte’s 2021 refresh of the Aorus 17G in particular representing… Read more

Alienware m15 R4 Gaming Laptop Review: RTX 30-Series Performance, Eye-Popping Color

Our Verdict The Alienware m15 R4 packs plenty of RTX 30-series performance in an attractive design with an amazing screen. For Sleek design Strong performance Snappy Keyboard Vibrant optional OLED Screen Against Warm temperatures Relatively short battery life Nvidia’s RTX 30-series “Ampere” graphics cards have been burning up the desktop market since they launched last… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile ‘Cezanne’ SoC Deep Dive: Zen 3 Powers Into Notebooks

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD whipped the covers off of its Ryzen 5000 ‘Cezanne’ mobile chips at CES 2021, but today marks the official launch and AMD has unveiled the deep-dive details of the SoC that brings the Zen 3 architecture to the notebook market for the first time. The new chips will power… Read more

Asus ROG Flow X13 review: a game-ready 2-in-1

The ROG Flow X13 and the XG Mobile deliver reasonable performance for quite a high price. A top-notch convertible with a pricey sidecar If I saw the Asus ROG Flow X13 in the wild, I would never guess it was a gaming laptop. It’s a 13.4-inch 2-in-1 convertible that’s just 2.9 pounds and .62 inches… Read more

Facebook’s News tab comes to UK in first launch outside of the US

Facebook’s News tab will go live in the UK on January 26th in its first launch outside the US. The company says the section will offer a mix of curated and personalized news stories, but for select publishers the bigger news is that it will see Facebook paying them to license their content. Although Facebook… Read more

A year into coronavirus, we’re still counting the dead

A year ago this week, The Verge published our first story about the virus. It was January 21. The first case had arrived in the US. We’d only heard of about 300 cases reported in China and six deaths. We still knew there was a chance it could get bad. “It’s bringing back SARS flashbacks… Read more

PSA: Wonder Woman 1984 will leave HBO Max on January 24th

If you haven’t found time to watch Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max — and you still want to see what all the fuss is about — there are only a couple more days to do so. Wonder Woman 1984 will leave HBO Max on Sunday, January 24th. This was always part of the plan…. Read more

Intel FPGA Technology Day 2021: New Direct RF FPGA Series

In terms of reporting and external perception, a lot in the IT environment is concentrated on processors, GPU accelerators and, if necessary, a few special solutions in the AI area. We often speak of centralized solutions (not in the form of large data centers or supercomputers) in which enormous amounts of data are processed. Another… Read more

Asus TUF Gaming X570-Pro Wi-Fi Review: TUF Enough for a 5950X

Our Verdict The Asus TUF Gaming X570-Pro Wi-Fi is an inexpensive yet capable motherboard. With power delivery capable of handling an overclocked Ryzen 9 5950X, integrated 2.5 GbE and Wi-Fi 6 capabilities, plusand eight SATA ports, the $220 board is a good option to get into the X570 platform. For Capable 12-Phase 50A Power Delivery… Read more

The GLA with electric drive: electric compact SUV Mercedes EQA 250

Mercedes-Benz presents the EQA, an electric compact SUV. In addition to the high demand for such cars, there is another reason for the design: With an already tall structure, it is easier to find space for the battery. Like the EQC 375 (test) originates from the GLC, the EQA shares the platform with the GLA…. Read more

Vrbo is blocking new Washington, DC reservations during inauguration week

Vrbo has changed its stance on people making reservations in the Washington, DC area during the week of the inauguration. The company announced on January 19th, the day before the event, that it will block any new reservations through Friday, January 22nd. Vrbo previously stated it was evaluating new bookings and that it would “take… Read more