Sean Hollister

This 3.5-hour GamersNexus video makes me wonder. We knew tariffs, RAM prices , and oil prices were scaring buyers away , but it's something different to watch a Cooler Master guy, standing in a warehouse full of unsold PC cases, dish for 30 minutes straight — or see how Thermal Grizzly's thermal paste sales have cratered.

When people learn I work for The Verge , they inevitably ask: “Do you get to keep the gadgets?” Now that I film Today I'm Toying With , a video series where I share the joy of tech, I get that question more than ever.

Did you know The Verge doesn’t keep the products companies send?

“Samsung Display has successfully developed the first QD-OLED monitors to combine 4K resolution with a 360Hz refresh rate,” it claims, adding the 31.5-inch panel can also do 1080p at 680Hz and hit 600 nits brightness while maintaining true blacks (DisplayHDR True Black 600). That’s up from 240Hz and 500 nits previously. [Image: “The company plans to begin full-scale mass production in the second half of this year.” https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/60dp9In89X_20260527181945.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

For a few glorious years, a $399 portable gadget could run almost anything you'd want to play. In 2022, the Steam Deck finally made PC gaming portable and affordable. I played through the vast majority of Elden Ring on a Steam Deck, agape that such a rich world could comfortably fit between my two hands.

They started at $1,000. Then $700 . Then $600 budget machines . Now, Qualcomm says the price of its Arm-based Windows laptops will hit $300 this year.

This is Acer’s Aspire Go 15 AG15-Q31P, a budget laptop built on Qualcomm’s just-announced Snapdragon C platform. Acer didn’t share its price or release date by the time I wrote these words, but Qualcomm says the platform unlocks roughly $300 laptops — despite RAMageddon. Corners cut, surely. The specs we know are here. [Image: Looks OK from here, right? (Two USB-C and HDMI on the other side.) https://platform.theverge/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/Acer-Aspire-Go-15-Qualcomm-AG15-Q31P-04.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

And Acer’s first handheld will use it.

14 pts There's a brand-new Intel chip underneath this render. | Image: Acer Intel is barely in the handheld gaming PC space - but that might be about to change. After the embarrassment that was the first MSI Claw and the excellent MSI Claw 8 AI Plus that followed it, Intel announced it would create custom handheld…

Not to be outdone by Razer's waifu capsule , MSI says it has a whole desktop “that doesn't just run games — it responds, adapts, and engages.” Sigh! The company isn't telling us how much it'll cost, or if it's a real product, but hints you can change out the LuckyClaw avatar for other third-party ones.