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11:56 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge ApplesupplierFoxconn warns that component shortages will last until 2022
Photo by Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The ongoing global shortage for electronic components continues, and Foxconn — which handles manufact...
11:53 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Snapchats Spectacles might become true AR glasses this time and theres a drone
The first generation Snap Spectacles. Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is planning to continue its push into hardware devices with a new pair of augmented-reality gla...
11:01 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Gocycles folding G4 e-bikes promise more power and less noise
Gocycle e-bikes are small but still great for long commutes. | Image: Gocycle Gocycle, the maker of some of the most eye-catching and adaptable electric bikes on the pl...
10:42 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge YouTube has removed Steven Crowder from its Partner Program indefinitely
Image: Steven Crowder’s YouTube channel Two weeks ago, after YouTube revealed its definition of hate speech was so narrow that it couldn’t remove a wildly racist ti...
09:59 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge YouTube is experimenting with hiding dislikes to protect creators well-being
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube has announced it’s experimenting with hiding dislikes to discourage “dislike mobs” from deliberately downvoting vi...
09:35 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge The FTC is letting Qualcomm off the hook with a tortured statement
Four years after accusing Qualcomm of abusing monopoly power to charge phone makers additional licensing fees for its modems — and seven months after seemingly losing that ba...
09:00 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Volkswagen of America lied about rebranding to Voltswagen
Image: Volkswagen of America Volkswagen of America lied about rebranding to “Voltswagen” in an effort to draw attention to the lone electric vehicle it’s currentl...
08:42 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge YouTube denies employee request to remove rap song with anti-Chinese lyrics
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is facing employee calls to remove a rap song that allegedly encourages violence against Asians, according to a report f...
08:06 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Apple blocked some searches with the word Asian, and now its getting fixed
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s built-in web content filter for iOS and macOS has apparently been blocking any searches containing the word “Asian�...
07:55 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge The best wired or wireless gaming headsets to buy
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A few options for each platform Continue reading… ...
07:31 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Apple Maps will show COVID-19 travel guidances so you know what to expect at the airport
To help make travel during the pandemic a little less stressful, Apple Maps will now display travel guidance information provided by the Airports Council International (ACI) so...
07:04 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Chromebook bug could reveal location history from Guest mode
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A little-known behavior in Chrome OS could reveal a user’s movements through Wi-Fi logs. Leveraging Chrome OS’s Guest mo...
06:58 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Anti-Asian hate is spilling over to LinkedIn
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Ingrid Fung hadn’t anticipated that her post on LinkedIn would cause a stir. She’d written about escalating anti-Asian viol...
06:31 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Amazon is reportedly working on custom networking chips
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is reportedly working on custom silicon chips for its hardware network switches, according to The Information. The chips,...
06:30 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Verizon says it will shut down its 3G network for real this time on December 31st, 2022
Verizon stopped activating phones on its 3G network several years ago. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After years of delays, Verizon says it will finally shu...
06:00 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Arms first new architecture in a decade is designed for security and AI
SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images Chip designer Arm has announced Armv9, its first new chip architecture in a decade following Armv8 way back in 2011. According to Arm, Armv...
06:00 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Privacy and ads in Chrome are about to become FLoCing complicated
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is forging ahead with its third-party cookie replacement technology Continue reading… ...
05:49 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge CD Projekt Red is changing how it makes games after disastrous Cyberpunk 2077 launch
Image: CD Projekt Red Polish game studio CD Projekt Red announced a sweeping restructuring plan on Tuesday, just months after the disastrous launch of its much-hyped ti...
05:00 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Amnesia: Rebirth has a new Adventure Mode with no monsters, new puzzles, and more lights
Frictional Games If you like puzzles and eerie deserts, but not darkness and horrifying ghouls, Swedish studio Frictional has a new version of its game Amnesia: Rebirth...
04:35 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Fortnite on the Nintendo Switch will look and run better after its latest update
Fortnite for the Nintendo Switch is getting a patch that will boost performance in portable and docked modes. Epic Games says the game will run with a more consistent frame rat...
04:35 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge How to score a COVID-19 vaccine appointment
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge One of the most frustrating tasks for many of us these days is finding how and where to get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccin...
04:29 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Real-world evidence shows that the COVID-19 vaccines work
Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images Three months after the United States’ COVID-19 vaccination campaign began, researchers are starting to collect data showing that...
04:15 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Game of Thrones is heading to Broadway with a new prequel play
Game of Thrones has often been called out for its near-Shakespearean levels of intrigue and theatrical drama. So it’s not exactly a surprise that the next move for the franch...
04:06 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge The loneliest polar bear has company in a warming world
Nora the polar bear. | Image: Beth Nakamura /The Oregonian In early November 2015, a polar bear cub named Nora was abandoned by her mother at the Columbus Zoo and Aquar...
04:00 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Googles new experimental app is a powerful AI document scanner for Android
Image: Google Google is releasing a new experimental app today called Stack that borrows the technology underlying its powerful DocAI enterprise tool for document anal...
04:00 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Googles Area 120 incubator releases a powerful AI document scanner for Android
Image: Google Google’s Area 120, an internal incubator program for experimental projects, is releasing a new app today called Stack that borrows the technology underl...
03:47 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge How to type special characters on a Windows PC
Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge Here’s the situation: you’re typing a report for work, and you suddenly have to write the phrase “Jones née Berkowitz.” Or you...
03:45 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge League of Legends: Wild Rift makes one of the worlds biggest games more accessible
League of Legends is one of the most popular games in the world, and it has been for the better part of a decade. But it’s also incredibly intimidating: a 5 vs. 5 competitive...
03:35 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Snag a refurbished, waterproof Kindle Oasis for $100 at Woot (update: sold out)
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The refurbished Kindle Oasis has sold out at Woot after about an hour of this post being live. Unfortunately, refurbished ve...
03:29 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Adobes new $14.99 iPad subscription bundles Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, and more
Image: Adobe Adobe has launched a new bundle for iPad creators. The Design Mobile Bundle is available for $14.99 a month or $149.99 a year, and it includes access to iO...
03:17 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Broadcasting George Floyds death violates Twitch rules, even during a murder trial
Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday, Twitch removed graphic video of Minneapolis resident George Floyd’s death, shown during the trial of his alleg...
02:01 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Volkswagenis reallyrebranding as Voltswagen in the US
Volkswagen is changing the name of its American brand to Voltswagen, in a not-so-subtle nod to the German automaker’s multibillion-dollar effort to become the biggest electri...
01:49 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Google celebrates the unblocking of the Suez Canal with a small boat parade in search
Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa via Getty Images The big boat is no longer stuck. After days of rapt attention from the internet, a non-metaphorical rising tide has indeed lifted al...
01:43 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Nvidias Resizable BAR frame rate boosts now available on all 30-series GPUs
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Nvidia is launching Resizable BAR support today, a feature of PCI Express that can boost frame rates in certain games by up to 10 percen...
01:38 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Fortnites dinosaur eggs have hatched, and now raptors roam the island
Screenshot via Fortnite News. The newest season of Fortnite, dubbed “Primal,” did two main things: it introduced animals to the island and added a prehistoric theme...
01:32 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Intels 11th Gen Core i9 processor boosts Microsoft Flight Simulator by 20 percent
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Intel delivers a speed boost and PCIe 4.0 Continue reading… ...
01:30 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Volvo and Aurora team up on fully autonomous trucks for North America
Volvo is partnering with self-driving startup Aurora on a new lineup of fully autonomous semi trucks, the companies announced. The trucks will be deployed in North America on h...
01:28 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge SpaceXs latest Starship landing attempt ends in destruction
One of the last visuals from SpaceX’s SN11 before it exploded. | SpaceX Another Starship prototype exploded Tuesday morning during an attempt to nail a tricky landing...
01:10 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Apple WWDC 2021 announced as online-only event
Apple just announced that its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place on June 7th through June 11th this year, and that like last year it will be an online-only ...
01:08 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Flying taxi startup Lilium goes public via SPAC, unveils its new electric aircraft
Germany’s Lilium will be the latest electric aviation startup to go public via a reverse merger with a special acquisition company, or SPAC. Lilium will merge with Qell Acqui...
01:05 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Poshmarks Tracy Sun on why community is the future of retail
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge The resale app’s co-founder on stitching e-commerce with social media Continue reading… ...
12:00 pm - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Hyundais Ioniq 5 electric crossover will be Motionals robotaxi
Lyft and Motional have selected the Hyundai Ioniq 5 for their forthcoming autonomous ride-hailing service. Motional, which is a joint venture between Aptiv and Hyundai, said th...
11:44 am - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Bang & Olufsens luxurious gaming headset costs as much as an Xbox Series X
Bang & Olufsen Bang & Olufsen has announced Beoplay Portal, its first wireless gaming headset. The product maintains the company’s signature sophisticated loo...
11:30 am - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Virgin Galactic unveils new SpaceShip III
VSS Imagine | Virgin Galactic Richard Branson’s space tourism firm Virgin Galactic is unveiling a new space plane dubbed VSS Imagine on Tuesday, the first SpaceShip I...
10:00 am - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Polaris and Optimus Ride are co-developing fully autonomous low-speed shuttles
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Autonomous shuttle startup Optimus Ride and power sports vehicle manufacturer Polaris are teaming up to co-develop a new lineup of v...
10:00 am - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge PayPal will let US users pay with Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin starting today
Image: PayPal We already knew that PayPal was planning to support cryptocurrencies as a form of payment. And now, the online payment app announced US customers can do j...
10:00 am - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge The LF-Z concept shows just how far Lexus has to go in EVs
Images: Lexus Lexus’ next generation looks a lot like what we have now Continue reading… ...
10:00 am - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Google is making some big upgrades to directions in Google Maps
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is announcing a bunch of new features planned for Google Maps, including a new tool to help with indoor navigation and su...
08:00 am - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Kias EV6 is a small electric car with big dreams
Images: Kia The first of a new wave of Kia (and Hyundai) electrics Continue reading… ...
01:19 am - Tue, March 30, 2021
The Verge Canoos deal with Hyundai appears dead
Image: Canoo The deal between Canoo and Hyundai to build electric vehicles appears to be dead, as the California EV startup is moving away from trying to sell its elect...
11:38 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Apples independent repair program is expanding to nearly every country where Apple products are sold
iphone 5 teardown (ifixit) Getting an Apple product repaired often involves going directly to the (expensive) source — an Apple Store — or a big third-party firm. I...
11:21 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Nike sues over Lil Nas Xs unauthorized Satan Shoes
MSCHF Nike has sued internet collective MSCHF for selling “unauthorized Satan Shoes” in collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X. The shoe company says MSCHF infringed o...
11:11 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge The Louvres collections are online so I curated some good paintings for you
Photo by MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images The Louvre Museum announced Friday that its entire collections are now available to view online at collections.louvre.fr. Th...
09:37 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge A modder made a way to mine bitcoin on a Game Boy (very, very slowly)
Image: StackSmashing If your desire to mine bitcoin has been thwarted by a lack of GPU stock and flimsy BIOS locks, YouTuber StackSmashing may be able to help. They’v...
08:56 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Asus is riding a new wave of compact RTX 3060 cards with this bulky GPU
Image: Asus Unlike most GPUs in the RTX 3000 series, Nvidia’s RTX 3060 graphics cards can be relatively compact. The dual-fan EVGA RTX 3060 XC we reviewed measured ju...
08:33 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Dont park your Hyundai Kona EV inside because it could catch fire
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a recall for 2019–2020 Hyundai Kona and 2020 Hyundai Ioniq el...
08:27 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Activision shrinks Call of Duty file sizes so you can download other games
Image: Activision Activision is finally doing something about the tremendous file sizes of recent Call of Duty games. The company is announcing that both Modern Warfare...
08:01 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge T-Mobile is betting big on Googles Android services: RCS, YouTube TV, Pixel, and more
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google and T-Mobile are announcing a huge partnership today, with the carrier agreeing to showcase a suite of Google’s ser...
08:01 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge T-Mobile is already shutting down its live TV service, partners with YouTube TV
Only five months after announcing its TVision streaming service, T-Mobile today shared news that TVision’s three bundles of live channels will all shut down at the end of Apr...
08:01 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge T-Mobile is already shutting down its live TV service, partners with YouTube TV and Philo
Only five months after announcing its TVision streaming service, T-Mobile today shared news that TVision’s three bundles of live channels will all shut down at the end of Apr...
07:14 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultras camera bump is no moon; its a space station
It’s a lot. | Image: Xiaomi We were warned. But as is so often the case, our feeble minds couldn’t fully grasp it until it was staring us in the face. We saw the Xi...
06:08 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Ratchet & Clank is currently free, and its getting aPS5update, too
Insomniac Games’ 2016 remake of Ratchet and Clank is one of the most popular first-party exclusives released during the PS4’s life span. And today, the developer announced ...
06:01 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Cyberpunk 2077s latest patch fixes hundreds of bugs
CD Projekt Red released an update for Cyberpunk 2077 with hundreds of bug fixes. Patch 1.2, a 34GB or more download depending on platform, is live on PC and consoles, with a St...
05:53 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Sony is closing its PlayStation Store for PS3 in July and Vita in August
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony is officially closing its PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 3 on July 2nd, with the store shuttering for Vita devices on Augu...
04:15 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Here are the best iPad deals right now
Photo by Brennan King / The Verge Deals on Apple’s iPad are more common than you might think. Whether you’re after the affordable iPad, the high-end iPad Pro, or so...
04:12 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Ford stops sales of its home charging station
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Ford has stopped selling its Level 2 home chargers for the Mustang Mach-E after discovering some weren’t working, the company tells...
03:52 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Power sports company BRP will make electric watercraft, go-karts, and motorcycles
Canadian power sports firm BRP announced that it would spend $300 million to electrify its entire lineup of vehicles by 2026. The company, which manufacturers watercraft, snowm...
03:51 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge I shed a single happy tear for the big boat
The boat is unstuck. If you’ve been following the news, you know exactly the boat and exactly how stuck it was: the Evergreen Marine Corporation’s Ever Given cargo ship has...
03:50 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Thinking about picking up a new Apple Watch? It’s never a bad idea to wait until there’s a good deal, and thankfully, those happen...
03:43 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge The best deals on true wireless earbuds right now
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge When it comes to truly wireless earbuds, there are a ton of brands and products to choose from. Whether you enjoy the unconventional ...
03:39 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Biden administration looks to organize vaccine passport development
New York’s IBM-developed Excelsior Pass. The Biden administration is working on plans for how to manage credentials that would let people prove they’ve been vaccina...
03:28 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge PAX East is canceled, but organizers are cautiously optimistic about other in-person events
Image: Penny Arcade The PAX East 2021 gaming convention, previously scheduled for June 3rd through 6th, has been canceled, Penny Arcade and event coordination company R...
03:28 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Heres where you can buy a Nintendo Switch
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Nintendo Switch, like everything else that can lighten the mood during this incredibly tough time, is in short supply. A...
03:20 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now
The Echo Show 5 (left), Echo Show 8 (middle), and the Echo Show (right) | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge When it comes to the Echo smart speakers, Amazon has a slew o...
03:18 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
Apple’s AirPods Pro wireless earbuds | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple AirPods are among the most popular headphones on the market. They’re compact, easy to ...
02:30 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Xiaomis new flagship has a giant camera bump with its own OLED screen
Xiaomi has announced its latest flagship, the Mi 11 Ultra. It’s based on the excellent new Mi 11, but has a more advanced camera system — including a second screen housed i...
02:02 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge These TikToks are a playful look into the harsh realities of game development
Leslee Sullivant approaches the camera curiously. Her hair is pulled back into a ponytail, and she’s dressed in an olive green button-up against a bar background. “Are you ...
01:49 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Amazons Echo Show 10 that moves is $40 off for the first time
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge If you’ve been waiting for a deal on Amazon’s new Echo Show 10 smart display that can spin around to always be facing you, today’...
01:40 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Amazon is becoming the face of American inequality
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Bezos has become a useful foil for Democrats Continue reading… ...
12:24 pm - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge OpenAIs text-generating system GPT-3 is now spewing out 4.5 billion words a day
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge One of the biggest trends in machine learning right now is text generation. AI systems learn by absorbing billions of words scra...
10:50 am - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge A Jony Ive and Marc Newson-designed Leica prototype is headed to auction
The prototype Leica camera. | Image: Leitz Photographica Auction A rare prototype of a Leica camera crafted by former Apple luminary Jony Ive and famed designer Marc Ne...
10:01 am - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch: a new robot designed to move boxes in warehouses
Stretch is Boston Dynamics’ latest foray into logistics. | Image: Boston Dynamics Boston Dynamics is best known for its robot dog Spot, a machine designed to work in...
08:40 am - Mon, March 29, 2021
The Verge Samsungs Tab A7 Lite leaks with budget looks
The Tab A7 Lite. | Image: Evan Blass / Voice Images of Samsung’s unannounced Tab A7 Lite tablet have leaked, courtesy of Evan Blass on Voice. The images show a decide...
10:42 pm - Sun, March 28, 2021
The Verge Today I learned BMW charges extra for a dont blind other people software update
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When you typically think of luxury car features, do you envision rich leather seating and extravagant trim? Advanced cruise ...
06:38 pm - Sun, March 28, 2021
The Verge This Microsoft Flight Simulator mod features the cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal
Photo by Gokturk-1 Observation Satellite/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The massive cargo ship Ever Given has been stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal, captivati...
05:00 pm - Sun, March 28, 2021
The Verge New Trailers: Stowaway, Made for Love, The Suicide Squad, and more
Netflix I had to take a break from streaming Hannibal because I’m about halfway through season 3 and I don’t want it to end (also it’s just too intense for a bing...
03:41 pm - Sun, March 28, 2021
The Verge Why the Amazon union vote is bigger than Amazon
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge For the last seven weeks, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have been voting by mail on whether to unionize. ...
03:00 pm - Sun, March 28, 2021
The Verge A top Twitch streamer has been live for nearly two weeks straight
Ludwig on stream during his weeks-long subathon. | Image: Ludwig On Friday, the Twitch streamer Ludwig slept in. He got up around 11AM PT and lay in bed, chatting with ...
03:00 pm - Sun, March 28, 2021
The Verge Cozy Grove is like Animal Crossing, if it was haunted
One of the things that makes Animal Crossing so special is it’s soothing. There aren’t a lot of other games like it; it’s laid-back and comforting in a way that most game...
01:00 pm - Sun, March 28, 2021
The Verge Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 review: a ThinkPad with a twist
A business laptop with an extreme screen Continue reading… ...
12:51 pm - Sun, March 28, 2021
The Verge Comic-Con will hold an in-person event in San Diego over Thanksgiving weekend
Comic-Con won’t be hosting its regular in-person annual gathering this summer, as the organization behind the cosplay and fan gathering cancel the event for the second year i...
08:07 pm - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge Amazon faces lawsuit over missed lunch breaks
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A lawsuit that claims one of Amazon’s fulfillment centers in California failed to provide required meal breaks for employees h...
04:54 pm - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge Jeep plans to install EV charging stations at US off-road trailheads over the next year
Stellantis Jeep will install EV charging stations at off-road trailheads across the US as part of a partnership with Electrify America, the company announced. Chargers ...
02:47 pm - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge Hulus Android TV app finally gets bumped from 720p to 1080p, at least on some devices
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Hulu’s Android TV apps can finally stream in 1080p on new Nvidia Shield TV set-top-boxes and Sony Bravia TVs, as spotted by us...
02:00 pm - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge Vaccines are changing how we interpret COVID-19 numbers
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images It’s never been possible to know for sure how many people in the United States are sick with COVID-19 at a particular time. Instead,...
01:53 pm - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge Netflix planning to launch 40 anime shows in 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix announced at Tokyo’s AnimeJapan 2021 Expo Saturday that it will launch 40 new anime titles in 2021, Bloomberg reported...
01:08 pm - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge Facebook temporarily freezes Venezuela presidents page for spreading coronavirus misinformation
Photo by Carolina Cabral/Getty Images Facebook froze the page of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro for violating its policy against spreading COVID-19 misinformation,...
01:03 pm - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge Get in on this weeks best tech deals
Image: Vizio Would you believe that it’s Friday already? That means it’s time for this week’s roundup of tech deals that are better than the rest. We comb through...
01:00 pm - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge Bose Frames Tempo review: the specs to beat
Bose’s sporty shades offer good sound, a steady fit, and total awareness Continue reading… ...
01:07 am - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge I do not Feel Good Inc about the Gorillaz NFTs
Me, after the ice caps melt. | Image: Gorrilaz Virtual band Gorillaz’s debut album is turning 20 years old today (a fact I’m going to try to immediately forget), an...
12:54 am - Sat, March 27, 2021
The Verge HBO gives George R.R. Martin an eight-figure deal to keep A Song of Ice and Fire on ice
Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb George R.R. Martin, the author of the A Song of Ice and Fire book series that was turned into HBO’s smash hit Game of Thrones...
11:25 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Wait, GameStop sells GPUs now?
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge GameStop has sold PC gaming hardware for a while now, including entire gaming laptops, monitors, headphones, mice and speakers, but ...
09:48 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Amazon gets FDA authorization for an at-home COVID-19 test kit
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon received Food and Drug Administration authorization for a COVID-19 test made by its subsidiary STS Lab Holdco, and it pla...
09:45 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge OnePlus 9 Pro review: a refined, niche flagship
Fast charging and elegant software offset a so-so camera Continue reading… ...
09:45 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge OnePlus 9 review: semi Pro
The OnePlus 9 gives up a few of the 9 Pro’s features but costs $240 less Continue reading… ...
09:43 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro can now use Verizons 5G network
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro are now certified for use on Verizon’s network, which means Verizon customers will be able to use the phone...
09:41 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Facebook, Uber, and Microsoft plan to start bringing employees back to offices
Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images Facebook is planning to start its return to in-person work in May, after over a year of working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
09:20 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Among Us next update adds a poop hat
Image: Innersloth Among Us’ next big update will add a poop hat to the game. Technically, it’s a “chocolate ice cream” hat. But come on, just look at this pictu...
09:08 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Amazon keeps trying to troll US Congress members in perplexing new PR strategy
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is intensifying its bizarre online public relations strategy of picking increasingly petty fights with sitting US Congres...
09:03 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge HBO Max begins rolling out audio descriptions
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Select titles on HBO Max now have audio descriptions, which are separate audio tracks that describe what’s visually happening ...
07:21 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Balan Wonderworld gets day one patch to fix potential flashing bug posing an epilepsy risk
Image: Square Enix Balan Wonderworld, a new game from two of the original creators of Sonic the Hedgehog, is out today. But before you jump into the game, make sure you...
06:59 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Volkswagen offers new details about its adorable ID Buzz electric microbus
Volkswagen clarified some new details about the release of the ID Buzz, the electric microbus that we first saw in concept form way back in 2017. In an interview with Car and ...
06:58 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Second voting machine company sues Fox News over disinformation
Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images Dominion Voting Systems has become the second voting tech company to sue Fox News for airing conspiracy theories about its products...
06:53 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge PSA: I am once again asking you to update your iPhone for security reasons
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Putting off iOS updates for a week or two is generally fine, but it’s probably a good idea to download the latest one, iOS 14....
06:49 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge OneWeb and SpaceX are racing to beam internet to the Arctic
A view from the International Space Station of an aurora blanketing the northern night sky. | Image: NASA Rival satellite internet companies OneWeb and SpaceX are vying...
06:23 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Volkswagen wraps multiyear investigation into Dieselgate
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Volkswagen Group has wrapped a multiyear internal investigation into Dieselgate, and it says it will try to pry compensation...
06:03 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Nerf is hiring a chief TikTok officer, and my inner teen is drooling
As a ‘90s kid, I used to dream of winning the Nickelodeon Super Toy Run — five minutes to fill a Toys R Us shopping cart with anything I liked. I had my route all planned o...
05:08 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge H&M and other Western brands gone from Apple Maps and other apps in China
Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP via Getty Images Locations for H&M clothing stores in China were not showing up on Apple Maps searches in China on Friday, The Wall St...
04:50 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge The Suicide Squads first trailer steals all the color from the Snyder Cut
Image: Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for The Suicide Squad, the sequel to 2016’s Suicide Squad (no The). Unlike the extremely grimdark Zack...
04:50 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge SonysPlayStation5 is available at Best Buy again
The DualSense controller comes with every PS5 console. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Best Buy has another round of restocks for Sony’s next-generation console, ...
04:50 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge SonysPlayStation5 is available at Best Buy again [UPDATE: Sold Out]
The DualSense controller comes with every PS5 console. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 26th, 2021 2:52PM ET: Best Buy has sold all of its PS5 stock for...
04:26 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Heres where you can buy an Xbox Series X / Series S
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 26th, 2021 12:26PM ET: Walmart still has both Xbox Series X and Series S available via an Xbox All Access Plan. If you ar...
04:21 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Microsofts Xbox Series X / S is available at Best Buy
Microsoft’s Xbox Series X console | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge If you are looking to buy Microsoft’s most powerful console to date, the Xbox Series X, you can ...
03:33 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Peacock pulls racist WWE segments from streaming service
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It’s been just over a week since WWE Network moved into Peacock’s streaming service, but some wrestling fans are already unh...
03:26 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge BMW and PG&E think electric vehicles could stabilize California grid
BMW and PG&E are partnering to find out if electric vehicles can support California’s struggling grid.  | Image: BMW As blackouts become more common during C...
02:52 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge How Nvidias DLSS could make the new Nintendo Switch better
You’ve probably seen the acronym “DLSS” appearing in more gaming and tech stories recently. You might know that it’s an Nvidia graphics thing, and that it might be comi...
02:30 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge It Takes Two is Josef Fares latest attempt to show the power of co-op gaming
Josef Fares has strong opinions. The director of Hazelight Studio — whose latest co-op game, It Takes Two, is out today — rocketed into the spotlight at The Game Awards in ...
02:09 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Monster Hunter Rise on the Nintendo Switch is small but mighty
Monster Hunter makes a triumphant portable return Continue reading… ...
02:03 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Vergecast: OnePlus 9 review and this years first big tech congressional hearing
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where we discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and ...
01:51 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge The Fire HD 10 tablet with 64GB of storage is down to its lowest price yet at Amazon
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’ve been waiting for a discount on Amazon’s Fire HD 10, now is a good time to buy. Amazon is selling the tablet, w...
12:59 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Why Microsoft wants Discord
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Community, community, community Continue reading… ...
12:16 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge NZXTs first AMD motherboard is sleek and packed with USB ports
The motherboard is available in either white (pictured) or black. | Image: NZXT NZXT’s first AMD motherboard is the N7 B550. Like the Intel versions that preceded it,...
12:00 pm - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge How to type special characters on a Windows PC
Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge Here’s the situation: you’re typing a report for work, and you suddenly have to write the phrase “Jones née Berkowitz.” Or you...
11:04 am - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Apple reportedly mulls rugged smartwatch coming as soon as this year
The Apple Series 6, released last year. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple is internally discussing releasing a rugged version of its Apple Watch designed for us...
10:55 am - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge SpaceX rocket debris creates a fantastic light show in the Pacific Northwest sky
Footage of the debris from Cornelius, Oregon. | Image: Erik Rasmussen / @Rasmusse007 Stargazers in Oregon and Washington were treated to an unexpected show last night:...
09:42 am - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Razer is actually making its concept RGB face mask
Razer says it’s planning to ship its concept reusable N95 face mask. Unveiled back in January, Project Hazel includes active disc-type ventilators, Chroma RGB lighting, and v...
09:09 am - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge YouTube demonetizes David Dobriks channels over sexual assault allegations
Photo by Rich Fury/KCA2021/Getty Images for Nickelodeon YouTube has temporarily demonetized multiple David Dobrik channels after allegations of sexual assault were made...
03:00 am - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Sonys next batch of free PS4 andPS5games is now available
Sony’s “Play at Home” initiative continues with a huge stack of excellent games, including Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Subnautica, that are free to own for a limited tim...
12:34 am - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge The black-and-white Snyder Cut is definitely black-and-white and definitely still 4:3
Well, that didn’t take long. Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Justice is Gray, the black and white version of the film that hews closer to the director’s ideal vision for hi...
12:20 am - Fri, March 26, 2021
The Verge Halo Infinites developers smashed a piano to record sounds for the game
Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries smashed a piano into pieces to record sound effects, the studio revealed in a new blog detailing many aspects of the game’s audio produ...
11:22 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Area-codeless local calls will largely go away in October but for a good reason
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In many places, you can call up a neighbor or local pizza parlor just by dialing seven numbers, as long as you have the same...
10:33 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Samsungs new partnership offers another glimpse of a drone delivery future in only one Irish town
Image: Samsung In Oranmore, a small town in County Galway, Ireland, you can now get a taste of a possible, instantly-gratifying drone delivery future. In a newly announ...
10:21 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Yes or no: Are these tech hearings doing anything?
In the middle of Congress’ first hearing of the year with the chief executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter on Thursday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted out a poll. It wa...
10:14 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Tesla has to tell Elon Musk to delete a 2018 tweet, labor board rules
Tesla must tell CEO Elon Musk to delete an anti-union tweet from 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided Thursday. The order came as part of Tesla’s appeal of...
10:03 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Etsy is surrounding Asian listings with erotic photos
Etsy shoppers browsing the site for Asian artwork this afternoon may have been greeted with something else: recommendations for topless photos of Asian women. The issue was fir...
09:02 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge The original Ninja Gaiden Black and II code has apparently been lost, so youre getting Sigma
A still captured from Ninja Gaiden Black running on the Xbox One X. People who missed out on the first 3D-action Ninja Gaiden games released in the aughts (and that oth...
09:01 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Rec Room rides uptick in users during the pandemic to become a VR unicorn
Rec Room Gaming platform Rec Room is now a unicorn, valued at $1.25 billion during a recent funding round of $100 million. It appears to be one of the first, if not the...
08:37 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Teslas new touchscreen drive selector doesnt violate the rules, NHTSA says
Tesla’s decision to remove the gear-selector stalk from the steering wheel and automate shifting between park, reverse, neutral, and drive (PRND) does not violate any federal...
08:18 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge PUBG Mobile has been downloaded more than 1 billion times
PUGB Mobile has passed yet another milestone with 1 billion total downloads worldwide, Tencent announced. Although that number excludes Mainland China, it still marks a signifi...
08:12 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Competitively priced Motorola G100 and G50 offer 90Hz screens and 5,000mAh batteries
The 6.7-inch Motorola G100 (left) and the 6.5-inch G50 offer big batteries and 5G connectivity. | Image: Motorola Motorola has unveiled the G100 and G50, two midrange p...
08:08 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Jack Dorsey is just trolling Congress with Twitter polls now
Congressional “Big Tech” hearings often follow a three-step formula. Step one: lawmakers demand that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Alphabet CEO...
07:48 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Twitters unofficial mayor Chrissy Teigen quits platform after years of harassment
Photo: NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Chrissy Teigen, a prolific tweeter the company once called the mayor of Twitter, quit the social media platform Wednesday ...
07:22 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge The New York Times just sold an NFT for more than half a million dollars
The New York Times has entered the NFT game, selling the chance to own “the first article in the almost 170-year history of The Times to be distributed as an NFT” — and i...
07:03 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Jack wants the entire world to know hes got a bitcoin clock
If you’re watching Thursday’s House hearing on misinformation, where Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are testifying, you...
06:12 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge You can now subscribe to a Porsche Taycan for as little as $2,500 a month
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Porsche is adding its all-electric Taycan sports car to its subscription service. For as little as $2,500 a month, you can burn rubbe...
05:38 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Take a trip back to 1997 with an incredibly rare, never-opened Nintendo 64 Disk Drive dev kit
Image: Shane Luis YouTuber Shane Luis has tweeted some amazing photos of a new-in-box game development kit for the Nintendo 64’s Disk Drive (64DD), a very rare periph...
05:32 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Amazon denies stories of workers peeing in bottles, receives a flood of evidence in return
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is trying a new tactic in its endless PR battle against stories of its exhausting and exploitative working conditions: ou...
05:21 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge How to track the big stuck boat
Image: Suez Canal Authority There’s a giant cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal. I’m sure you’ve heard, but in case you haven’t, welcome to the first major spect...
05:13 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Google is testing Memory, an upgrade for Assistant to save and find everything
Images: 9to5Google Google is reportedly working on a new feature for Assistant called Memory, a combination of a to-do list, a notes app, a Pocket-like reading list, an...
05:02 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Ghost of Tsushima is getting a movie adaptation from the director of John Wick
Image: Sony Sony and Sucker Punch’s PlayStation 4 hit Ghost of Tsushima is being adapted into a movie with John Wick director Chad Stahelski at the helm, Deadline fir...
03:55 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Your million-dollar NFT can break tomorrow if youre not careful
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Without maintenance, an NFT’s art could disappear Continue reading… ...
03:42 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Xiaomi teases camera with liquid lens on upcoming Mi Mix
Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi’s upcoming Mi Mix handset will include a camera with a liquid lens, the company teased in a pair of Weibo posts today. As its name implies, the l...
02:33 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Twitters unofficial mayor Chrissy Teigen quits platform after years of harassment
Photo: NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Chrissy Teigen, a prolific tweeter the company once called the mayor of Twitter, quit the social media platform Wednesday ...
02:30 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Vivo X60 flagship series announced with Zeiss-branded camera system
Vivo has announced its latest international flagship phones, the X60 series. The highest-end model is the X60 Pro Plus, which is coming first to India, while the X60 and X60 Pr...
02:10 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Final Fantasy VIII is now on iOS and Android
The oft-forgotten Final Fantasy VIII has made its way to smartphones, just a few decades after it originally debuted. Today, Square Enix launched the classic roleplaying game o...
02:05 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Walmart will have the Xbox Series X / S available at 3PM ET today
Microsoft’s Xbox Series S and Series X consoles. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you have been keeping up with the news, you probably know that the Xbox Serie...
02:00 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Motorola phones will now include endangered languages from the Amazon
Motorola is adding Nheengatu and Kaingang to its language menus in Android. | Image: Motorola Motorola has added support for two new indigenous languages spoken in the ...
02:00 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Qualcomms Snapdragon 780G chipset promises more flagship features for less
Qualcomm has announced its latest 7-series processor, the Snapdragon 780G, which trickles down features from the company’s flagship Snapdragon 888 chipset, while still offeri...
02:00 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Motorola phones will now include endangered languages from Latin America
Motorola is adding Nheengatu and Kaingang to its language menus in Android. | Image: Motorola Motorola has added support for two new indigenous languages spoken in Lati...
01:43 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Save $150 on the original price of Sonys 1000XM4 headphones at eBay
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge I usually prefer to highlight the best deals you can get on new tech, but sometimes a refurbished deal is good enough to make the grade...
12:35 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Adjusted AstraZeneca data shows COVID-19 vaccine 76 percent effective
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge AstraZeneca released updated data on its COVID-19 vaccine, saying a more recent analysis shows the vaccine is 76 percent effecti...
12:33 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Five-year-old Fairphone 2 getting updated to almost three-year-old Android 9
The Farphone 2 was originally released five years ago. | Photo by James Vincent / The Verge Sustainable smartphone manufacturer Fairphone has gotten Google’s certific...
12:15 pm - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Marvel couldnt wait any longer to kick off its next phase of movies and shows
Disney is debuting Black Widow as a Disney Plus Premier Access title alongside its theatrical release this summer, sacrificing one of its biggest potential summer blockbusters ...
11:31 am - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Heres where you can buy a PS5
Update March 25th, 2021 7:31AM ET: Target has the PS5 model, which includes a disc drive available for purchase at $499.99. It is important to note that Target only has the con...
11:30 am - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Google Stadia might get touchscreen controls on Android soon
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google appears to be testing touchscreen controls for Stadia on Android. 9to5Google has analyzed the latest Stadia release o...
11:27 am - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge SonysPlayStation5 is available at Target
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you have been keeping up with PS5 news, you will know that it is nearly impossible to find this console right now because of the sh...
11:27 am - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge SonysPlayStation5 is available at Target [UPDATE: Sold Out]
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 25th, 2021 9:38AM ET: Target has sold out of both PS5 models. If you have been keeping up with PS5 news, you will know t...
11:00 am - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge The UKs new 50 note celebrates Alan Turing with lots of geeky Easter eggs
Image: Bank of England The Bank of England has revealed the design for the UK’s new £50 note featuring computer scientist and codebreaker Alan Turing. Turing was sel...
08:00 am - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge Bang & Olufsens new HX headphones offer 35 hours of battery life for $499
The Beoplay HX headphones. | Image: Bang and Olufsen Bang & Olufsen’s latest pair of headphones are the Beoplay HX. They’re over-ear, noise canceling, and offer...
01:07 am - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge The Justice Department is worried about an anime monopoly after the Sony deal
Sony’s plan to combine Crunchyroll and Funimation into a streaming service to lead its anime empire seemed as simple as tossing AT&T a billion dollars. But now the plan i...
12:42 am - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge This website that generates Beeple-esque NFTs is also an NFT and my brain is eating itself
Image: BeepleGenerator Beeple has been one of the biggest names in NFTs, likely because some of his artwork has sold for truckloads of money. So it was really only a ma...
12:00 am - Thu, March 25, 2021
The Verge The mess at Medium
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge 14 current and former employees explain what went wrong Continue reading… ...
11:52 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Panics Playdate handheld will be ready for streamers when it launches sometime this year
Image: @playdate We’re still waiting on a release date for the Playdate, a tiny handheld with a crank made by Untitled Goose Game publisher Panic, but Panic just show...
11:46 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Arizona Senate skips vote on controversial bill that would regulate Apple and Google app stores
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Arizona State Senate was scheduled to vote an unprecedented and controversial bill on Wednesday that would have imposed far-reachi...
10:56 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Ahead of IPO, Coinbase users speak out about locked accounts and lost money
Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images As it prepares to go public, Coinbase is still struggling to provide support to customers who have issues with funds being av...
10:50 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge New black hole image shows off vortex of magnetic chaos
An image of the M87 supermassive black hole, captured by scientists of the Event Horizon Telescope and released on Wednesday. | EHT Collaboration A new, detailed shot o...
09:36 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Apple picked a truly embarrassing time to wrongly reject a simple app update
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has a rocky relationship with some iOS developers because of its seemingly arbitrary decisions over what gets published an...
09:07 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Twitter may make tweeting more stressful with new emoji reactions
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Have you ever been scrolling through Twitter and thought, “This website could really use some Facebook-style emoji reactions�...
09:00 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Dysons new V15 Detect vacuum uses lasers to guilt you into doing a better job of cleaning
Dyson has a new flagship vacuum cleaner, the $699 V15 Detect, which adds a laser dust detection system that’s designed to illuminate the dust on your floors so you can better...
08:58 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge MrBeast launches $2 million fund to invest in up-and-coming creators
MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson. | Photo: Night Media MrBeast said last year that he wanted a way to invest in up-and-coming creators, help them blow up, and get a c...
08:50 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Major subreddits are going dark to protest Reddit allegedly hiring a controversial UK politician
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Hundreds of Reddit communities have locked down to protest Reddit’s handling of a controversy involving former UK politician A...
08:46 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Disney Plus is officially rebooting National Treasure as a streaming TV show
Disney is officially bringing back its long-dormant National Treasure franchise with a new TV series for Disney Plus. Deadline reports that the series has been given a ten-epis...
08:38 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Its not your imagination that vaccination website really is crawling along
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images On paper, using a website to schedule your vaccine appointment seems like an easy way to gain access to much needed COVID-19 immunizat...
07:20 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge The lower-cost OnePlus 9R is official, and it sounds surprisingly strong
The OnePlus 9R will be sold in black or blue color options. | Photo: OnePlus Yesterday’s OnePlus event covered the high-end 9 and 9 Pro, but outside of that spotlight...
07:19 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Amazon adds annoying streaming service buttons to its Fire TV remote
Image: Amazon Amazon is coming out with a third generation of its Alexa Voice Remote, and it includes some unwelcome new buttons that will take you to the Amazon Prime,...
06:41 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Heres how Teslas new touchscreen drive selector works
Image: Tesla When Tesla announced a redesigned Model S sedan and Model X SUV earlier this year, one of the biggest changes to how those cars work was quite literally ha...
06:09 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge MSIs GS66 Stealth review: powerful but pricey
Other laptops with the RTX 3070 perform nearly as well Continue reading… ...
06:08 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Slack quickly removes message invites in its new DM feature over harassment concerns
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Slack became a public messaging platform this morning with the wider rollout of a new cross-organizational direct messaging feat...
05:53 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Microsoft makes Xbox Party Chat free as part of its Xbox Live free-to-play changes
Microsoft is announcing today that Xbox Party Chat will be free for Xbox owners soon. The software maker has started testing a new Xbox dashboard update with testers today that...
05:23 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Windows 10 is getting new File Explorer icons as part of a visual overhaul
Microsoft is giving the File Explorer inside Windows 10 a visual overhaul with new icons. The software giant has started rolling out a test build of Windows 10 that includes ch...
05:07 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Nintendo made a tool to help you show off your Animal Crossing island
Nintendo has a new tool that lets show off your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island with a poster or even a trailer. While you’ve always been able to take screenshots and vi...
05:00 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge LGs brightest OLED TV ever starts at $2,200
Image: LG LG today announced the pricing for its 2021 lineup of 4K OLED TVs. The most buzz-worthy part for home theater enthusiasts is the new G1 series, which includes...
05:00 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Rocket League is coming to Android and iOS with a spinoff called Sideswipe
Image: Psyonix If you have been looking to play Rocket League on the go but don’t own a Nintendo Switch, Psyonix’s massively popular vehicular soccer game is finall...
04:45 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Slacks new DM feature can be used to send abuse and harassment with just an invite
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Update March 24th, 1:43PM ET: In response to this article and others, Slack has issued a statement signaling it plans to rem...
04:00 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Uber partners with ScriptDrop for prescription delivery
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Pharmacies using prescription delivery service ScriptDrop will deliver medications to customers through Uber, the company announced t...
03:50 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Google rubs it in with new Photos collection of all the pints you once enjoyed
Photo by Patrick Pleul / picture alliance via Getty Images You know what I haven’t seen in more than a year? The inside of a pub. Or a bar. Or, indeed, any kind of in...
03:41 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge How to write special characters on Macs
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Here’s the situation: you’re typing a report for work, and you suddenly have to write the phrase “Jones née Berkowitz...
03:20 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Mark Zuckerberg proposes limited 230 reforms ahead of congressional hearing
Photo by Aurora Samperio / NurPhoto via Getty Images Opening statements from Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, and Jack Dorsey have been published ahead of Thursday’s m...
02:46 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge The electric bucket trucks are coming
We’ve seen electric pickup trucks, electric school buses, and even a few electric 18-wheelers. But where are the electric aerial work platform trucks, known colloquially as b...
02:36 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge The Astro City Mini is an awesome blast through Segas arcade past
And it’s coming to the US this week Continue reading… ...
02:32 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Its your last chance to get Disney Plus at its current subscription price
Image: Disney You have just two days left to lock in Disney Plus at its current price. Beginning on March 26th, Disney Plus subscribers based in the United States will ...
02:00 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Acer Predator Triton 300 SE review: more prey than Predator
Unfit to dethrone Asus’ Zephyrus G14 Continue reading… ...
02:00 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge New PokmonSnap adds nighttime photography
In the original Pokémon Snap, players were strictly daytime photographers. The game, released in 1999 for Nintendo 64, was essentially a rail shooter, but in the photography s...
02:00 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge The Realme 8 Pro is a 279 phone with a 108-megapixel camera
Realme says the slogan printed on the rear panel glows in the dark. | Photo: Realme Officially launching in the UK today, the Realme 8 Pro is a budget device that’s o...
01:41 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Dota: Dragons Blood on Netflix fails to show what makes Dota 2 special
Competitive games like Magic: The Gathering and League of Legends are absolutely dripping with lore. While they might not tell a story in the traditional sense, they have surpr...
01:40 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Slack now lets you DM anyone
Slack is starting to roll out a new feature that lets anyone using the service DM each other. Announced back in October, Slack Connect DMs will let Slack users privately messag...
12:25 pm - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Supremes next drop could be its flashiest yet
Image: Supreme Supreme, the streetwear brand notorious for slapping its name on everything from feature phones to a literal brick, is turning its attention to film phot...
10:51 am - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Amazon delivery drivers have to consent to AI surveillance in their vans or lose their jobs
Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Amazon is well-known for its technological Taylorism: using digital sensors to monitor and control the ...
10:00 am - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge Lime adds features to make scooter-sharing less stressful
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Scooter-sharing giant Lime is updating its app to make renting one of the company’s battery-powered two-wheelers a little ...
08:36 am - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin in the US
The bitcoin payment option appears underneath the typical “Order With Card” button. | Screenshot: Tesla.com Tesla now accepts bitcoin as payment for its cars in the...
12:34 am - Wed, March 24, 2021
The Verge The Apple Card doesnt actually discriminate against women, investigators say
Image: Apple Goldman Sachs’ credit card policies were called into question when Basecamp designer David Heinemeier Hansson and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak claimed ...
11:46 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Qualcomm is reportedly developing a Switch-like Android gaming device
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Qualcomm is reportedly working on an Android-powered, handheld gaming console that’s similar to a Nintendo Switch, according t...
10:00 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge NASA reveals flight zone for historic helicopter flight on Mars
NASA has locked in a location on Mars for the first demo flight of its mini helicopter named Ingenuity, engineers announced on Tuesday. The four-pound rotorcraft is gearing up ...
09:30 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Intel invests $20 billion into new factories, will produce chips for other companies
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Intel has a new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, and he’s not wasting any time to make some big changes. At the company’s “Engineering ...
09:15 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Amazon names former exec Adam Selipsky as the new head of AWS
Photo: Getty Images Amazon has named Salesforce executive Adam Selipsky as the replacement for Andy Jassy, the longtime chief of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the compa...
09:14 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Zoom now has an SDK for putting Zoom into other things
Image: Zoom Zoom has released a new SDK (software development kit) to help developers build Zoom into their software. According to the company, you can now build your o...
08:47 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Netflix will make you savor two of its reality shows with a weekly release schedule
Image: Netflix Netflix has announced that it will be experimenting with the release schedules of two reality TV shows, The Circle and Too Hot to Handle (via The Hollywo...
08:06 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge You probably havent used Yahoo in a while, but what if it cost you money?
Image: Verizon Media Group Yahoo is the legacy Web 1.0 brand that just won’t get dragged and dropped into the trash bin of history, and that’s largely thanks to Ver...
06:43 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Black Widow and Cruella are now coming to Disney Plus at the same time as theaters
Disney is moving two of its biggest 2021 releases to streaming: Black Widow and Cruella are now set to debut on Disney Plus as $30 Premiere Access titles alongside their theatr...
06:39 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Half-Life: Alyx is 40 percent off for the first time
Image: Valve Valve is celebrating the anniversary of its launch of Half-Life: Alyx by offering the best price yet on the VR-exclusive game at Steam. Normally $60 (and w...
06:11 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Lina Khan is just the first step toward tougher US tech regulation
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge President Joe Biden picked one of tech’s most ardent critics, Lina Khan, to join the Federal Trade Commission on Monday. For D...
05:52 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge The Black Shark 4 is a high-end gaming phone that doesnt look like one
Black Shark Xiaomi’s Black Shark brand has announced its fourth series of gaming phones, the Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro. They improve on the previous series in most of t...
05:10 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Grogu never stops eating, and now theres a toy to match his appetite
If you’ve watched even just an episode of The Mandalorian, you know this: Grogu is always hungry. The little guy, previously known as Baby Yoda, is constantly snacking, wheth...
05:08 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Apples upcoming mixed reality headset will reportedly weigh less than an iPhone
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset could weigh less than 150 grams, which would make it much lighter than many other h...
05:02 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Warner Bros. will return to theatrical releases in 2022, ending its HBO Max experiment
Warner Bros. will return to releasing its theatrical films exclusively in theaters next year, Deadline reports. The decision ends the studio’s 2021 experiment of releasing ma...
05:00 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge YouTube wont remove a three-hour live-streamed video of the mass shooting in Boulder
Photo by Chet Strange / Getty Images YouTube says the platform will not remove a controversial live-streamed video of a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, despite crit...
05:00 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge 1More ComfoBuds Pro review: comfortably sound
A supremely comfortable fit, decent noise cancellation, and good sound for $100 Continue reading… ...
04:19 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Amazon is opening a new game studio in Montreal led by Rainbow Six Siege developers
Amazon is illustrating its commitment to game development with a new studio opening, despite its struggles to make a hit game in recent years. The company on Tuesday announced ...
04:15 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Video really caught dolphins in a Venice canal this time
 View of Venice from the Giudecca Canal. | Photo by: Mauro Flamini/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Two dolphins were caught on video swimming t...
04:06 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Whats on your desk, Mitchell Clark?
Photo by Mitchell Clark / The Verge A standing desk with a tangle of cables Continue reading… ...
03:29 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Heres how the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro compare to Samsung and Apples flagships
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge OnePlus has released its new batch of phones, the OnePlus 9 and the 9 Pro. As is the tradition with OnePlus, the phones are equipped ...
03:28 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Chinas largest private automaker launches a new electric vehicle brand, Zeekr
Photo credit should read Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Geely, the Chinese parent company of Volvo, announced the launch of a “new electric mobility technol...
03:25 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Advertisers are fleeing David Dobrik over Vlog Squad sexual assault allegations
Photo by Rich Fury/KCA2021/Getty Images for Nickelodeon David Dobrik has lost more than a dozen advertisers and 300,000 YouTube subscribers over the past week after a r...
03:10 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge This Friday is a Monster Hunter Holiday at one Japanese game studio
It’s a big cultural moment in Japan when a new Monster Hunter game releases, especially when it’s made for portable consoles. Monster Hunter: Rise is one of those, releasin...
03:02 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Facebooks F8 developer conference will return on June 2nd in low-key virtual format
The F8 conference in 2021 is dubbed “Refresh.” | Image: Facebook Facebook’s F8 developer conference is returning this year as a one-day virtual event on June 2nd....
03:01 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge OnePlus 9 Pro review: a refined, niche flagship
Fast charging and elegant software offset a so-so camera Continue reading… ...
03:00 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge OnePlus 9 review: semi Pro
The OnePlus 9 gives up a few of the 9 Pro’s features but costs $240 less Continue reading… ...
02:51 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge The $159 OnePlus Watch is OnePlus first smartwatch
Image: OnePlus It’s taken years, but OnePlus is finally getting in the smartwatch game with the newly announced OnePlus Watch, starting at $159. The new watch (as was...
02:31 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Save on Super Mario 3D All-Stars before it becomes harder to find
Photo: Nintendo If you own a Nintendo Switch and enjoy the Super Mario series, time is running out for you to buy Super Mario 3D All-Stars. Beginning March 31st, Ninten...
01:38 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Valve releases Steam Link app for macOS
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Valve is launching a dedicated Steam Link app for macOS this week. The app allows Steam users to stream games from a PC to devic...
01:06 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge The robots are coming for your office
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge A conversation with NYT’s Kevin Roose on how robotic automation will impact our future Continue reading...
12:31 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge US officials publicly question AstraZenecas COVID-19 vaccine data
Photo by Manuel Dorati/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In a highly unusual statement issued early this morning, United States health officials said that the data releas...
12:30 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge The street prices of Nvidia and AMD GPUs are utterly out of control
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge You might have heard there’s a global semiconductor shortage going on, and that PC graphics cards in particular are nearly impossi...
12:30 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge The startup trying to augment audio reality in public spaces
Spatial Studio | Spatial A startup called Spatial is unveiling its first suite of products today, focused on creating audio experiences that are immersive, interactive,...
12:00 pm - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Google expands cloud chip design efforts with veteran Intel hire
Image: Google Google is expanding efforts to design its own chips with the hiring of Uri Frank, an Intel veteran with over two decades of experience in custom CPU desig...
10:00 am - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge How to watch the OnePlus 9 series launch event
Android phones by OnePlus have a considerable set of fans, and if you count yourself among their number, you will probably want to be in on this year’s launch of the company�...
08:16 am - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Google fixes issue causing Android apps to crash with updates to Chrome and WebView
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Some apps were crashing for Android users, but Google has fixed it. The issue was due to a system component called Android Syst...
07:32 am - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge OLED Nintendo Switch reportedly uses new Nvidia chip with DLSS support
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge The next Nintendo Switch will use a new Nvidia system-on-chip with support for DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), according to a re...
02:45 am - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Microsoft in talks with Discord over $10 billion-plus acquisition: report
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is in discussions with Discord to acquire the gaming-focused chat software for more than $10 billion, according to sou...
01:32 am - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Android apps are crashing for some, but Google is working on a fix
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Some Android apps are crashing for some people right now, but Google is working on a fix. The issue is due to a system componen...
01:15 am - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge You can now tell the FCC just how broken the internet is for you
It’s not at all controversial to say that internet service sucks in the United States. As part of its plan to update coverage maps in the US, the Federal Communications Commi...
12:22 am - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Steam can now stream games at 8K resolution and we immediately thought of you
An early 8K TV set. I just realized: I never came back to thank you for buying that $30,000 8K television. I mean, I’m sure the $1,500 coupon helped? But I feel like ...
12:11 am - Tue, March 23, 2021
The Verge Pikmin is the next AR game from the makers of Pokmon Go
Image: Niantic Niantic, developer of the smash hit Pokémon Go, has announced a new partnership with Nintendo. The first new game from the collaboration will be a mobil...
10:34 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Tinder will soon let you gift a Lyft ride to your date
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tinder is partnering with Lyft to offer the ability to gift rides to dates without having to leave the Tinder app. It’s a smal...
10:10 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge NASAs new Mars rover is about to spawn a tiny helicopter
Ingenuity’s debris shield lies beneath Perseverance | NASA/JPL NASA’s Perseverance rover is getting ready to deploy a mini-helicopter named Ingenuity on Mars. The f...
09:39 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Richard Stallman returns to the Free Software Foundation after resigning in 2019
Image: LibrePlanet Open-source software advocate Richard Stallman is rejoining the board of the Free Software Foundation. Stallman founded the FSF in 1985 and acted as ...
09:16 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Microsoft rebrands Xbox Live to Xbox network
Microsoft is rebranding Xbox Live to Xbox network. Instances of the new branding started appearing in the Xbox dashboard recently for beta testers, with clips being uploaded to...
09:13 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Amazon threatened warehouse workers organizing amid COVID-19 pandemic, says US labor board complaint
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found merit to the claim that Amazon threatened and retaliated against workers protest...
09:11 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge This USB-C gadget from hell brings back the worst part of USB-A
Photo: Pim de Groot (@mifune) / Twitter USB-C ports, I am occasionally forced to admit, are somewhat confusing. Different standards, different charging speeds, differen...
08:57 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Lego announces its biggest and most detailed Space Shuttle set yet
Image: Lego In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch, Lego is releasing a new Space Shuttle Discovery set in collaboration with NASA. Di...
08:09 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Samsung is reportedly working on a double-folding phone
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung is reportedly working on a double-folding phone to add to its lineup, according to Nikkei Asia (via 9to5Google). Accordi...
07:55 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Today I learned how to mute PS5 audio with a single button on the DualSense controller
The mute button is right underneath the PlayStation logo, and it does more than just switch off the microphone. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Did you know that yo...
07:50 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Netflix is turning Keanu Reeves BRZRKR comic into a live-action movie and anime
Netflix has its next major action franchise: an adaptation of Keanu Reeves’ new BRZRKR comic book series, which the streaming service is turning into both a live-action film ...
07:21 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Apples 20-year head of developer relations retires ahead of Epic App Store trial
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twenty years ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs poached Ron Okamoto away from Adobe to become vice president of developer relations and l...
07:08 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Biden to nominate tech antitrust pioneer Lina Khan for FTC commissioner
Photo by An Rong Xu for the Washington Post President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Lina Khan, a legal scholar and leading voice in the growing tech an...
06:58 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Jack Dorseys first tweet sold as an NFT for an oddly specific $2,915,835.47
Illustration by Alex Castro After it spent just over two weeks on the market, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has sold his first tweet as an NFT for the weirdly specific figure...
06:53 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Zack Snyders Justice League to receive an additional black-and-white release on HBO Max
Image: Warner Brothers You may have recently experienced Zack Snyder’s original vision for the Justice League in all its slow-motion 4:3 aspect ratio excess, but ther...
06:19 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Fortnites concert series returns with a Rocket League rave
Image: Epic Games Epic Games is reviving its in-game Fortnite concert series with a virtual performance by electronic artist Kaskade over the course of the March 26th w...
05:54 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Jeeps Magneto electric Wrangler concept is a big tease
Image: Stellantis Jeep has unveiled a new electric vehicle with an X-Men-inspired name: the Wrangler Magneto. However, don’t get your hopes up for this being the elec...
05:31 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge HBO Max somehow beats Netflix and Disney Plus to custom profile photos
Image: WarnerMedia I can’t imagine there are many people out there clamoring for the ability to create a custom profile image on their favorite video streaming servic...
04:53 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro: everything we know about the new phones coming on March 23rd
Image: OnePlus The one place for OnePlus Continue reading… ...
04:48 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Fitbit adds Tile tracking feature to its Inspire 2 wearable
Tile A new partnership between Fitbit and Tile will now let users of Fitbit’s Inspire 2 locate their devices with Tile’s Bluetooth tracking, the companies announced...
04:46 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge John Cleese has an NFT bridge to sell you for $69.3 million
John Cleese’s illustration of the Brooklyn Bridge, being sold as an NFT. | Image: John Cleese “The world has gone terminally insane,” Monty Python’s John Cleese...
04:42 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Razer Blade 15 Base review: losing its edge
Some new specs aside, this laptop has changed very little since 2018 Continue reading… ...
04:01 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Our favorite things: gear, gadgets, and other stuff
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge We ask The Verge staff what they like to work with, play with, and cook with Continue reading… ...
04:00 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge YouTube is testing automatic product detection in videos
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is always running experiments. One of its latest: testing an automated list of products detected in videos uploaded to t...
04:00 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Creating WandaVisions visual effects, from old-school sitcom gags to Visions CG face
Image: Disney WandaVision was an important moment for Disney. It was the company’s first attempt to expand its Marvel Cinematic Universe to its streaming service, Dis...
03:54 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Angry MacBook owners get class action status for butterfly keyboard suit
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge A judge has certified a class action suit against Apple for its fragile butterfly keyboard design. The suit covers anyone who purchase...
03:44 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Time made a hypey crypto cover and is selling it as an NFT
Time is auctioning three magazine covers as NFTs. | Image: Time Time is the latest brand to jump on the NFT craze, with auctions for three magazine covers — including...
03:00 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Pocos new phones have new-ish Snapdragon processors
Xiaomi-owned Poco has returned with two new phones that have some notable processor choices at low prices. Both the X3 Pro and the F3 use new Qualcomm chips that are essentiall...
03:00 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Razer sets new goals to cut down its climate pollution
Razer says it will design products to create less climate pollution. | Image: Razer Razer announced today that it plans to become carbon neutral by 2030, meaning it pla...
03:00 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Resident Evil Village is coming to Stadia, and Google will give you free hardware if you buy this version
We already knew that Resident Evil Village will release on a slew of platforms, including the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S. And today, Google announced that the game will also arr...
02:00 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge DoorDash will let you order at-home COVID-19 testing kits delivered to your door
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DoorDash has partnered with two US-based digital health companies, Vault Health and Everlywell, to help distribute at-home COVID...
01:58 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Get an unlocked Google Pixel 4 or 4 XL starting at $250 on eBay
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge A well-rated eBay seller is offering the Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL phones at very reasonable prices for a limited time. The Pixel 4 in w...
01:34 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Whats on your desk?
Our desks can tell their own stories — and ours Continue reading… ...
01:17 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Apples HomePod mini reportedly has a secret temperature and humidity sensor
The HomePod mini, released last year. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple’s HomePod mini smart speaker has an as-yet-undisclosed temperature and humidity sensor ...
01:09 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Microsoft to start reopening headquarters on March 29th, with hybrid workplace focus
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is planning to start reopening its Redmond and Seattle, Washington-based headquarters later this month. The software g...
12:49 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 79 percent effective in US study
Photo by Etienne Torbey / AFP via Getty Images A fourth COVID-19 vaccine has shown that it can protect people against the worst effects of the disease in a large United...
12:00 pm - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge HPs new Envy x360 15 with AMD Ryzen chips starts at $749.99
Here’s the Envy x360 15 (AMD). | HP HP has announced two new budget workstations for content creators: an Envy x360 15 and an Envy 17. The 15-inch convertible, start...
11:46 am - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge YouTuber David Dobrik parts ways with disposable camera app amidst controversy
Image: Dispo David Dobrik has parted ways with Dispo, the disposable camera app co-founded by the YouTuber in 2019, after allegations of sexual assault were made agains...
10:55 am - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Watch this amazing footage of a drone flying right through an erupting volcano in Iceland
Last Friday, the Fagradalsfjall volcano near Iceland’s capital of Reykjavik began erupting for the first time in 800 years after the island nation was hit by thousands of sma...
10:00 am - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Burberry designed character skins for Chinas biggest video game
Honor of Kings is among the biggest games in the world — and soon, it’ll be among the most fashionable as well. Today, Tencent-owned developer TiMi Studios announced a coll...
09:25 am - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge Images of Samsungs rumored Galaxy Pro and Pro 360 laptops leak early
The Galaxy Book Pro 360. | Image: Evan Blass / Voice Images of two of Samsung’s rumored upcoming laptops — the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 — have leak...
06:19 am - Mon, March 22, 2021
The Verge The OnePlus 9 will use Oppos ColorOS in China
OnePlus is switching to ColorOS, the variant of Android used by Oppo smartphones, for its new OnePlus 9 series in China. The move was announced on OnePlus’ forums by Gary C, ...
08:22 pm - Sun, March 21, 2021
The Verge Time is running out to bid on an NFT version of Jack Dorseys first tweet if you really must
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you want to buy Jack Dorsey’s first tweet, you’d better get your bid in. The billionaire co-founder and CEO of Twitter pu...
07:23 pm - Sun, March 21, 2021
The Verge Apple ordered to pay $308.5 million after jury finds it infringed on digital rights management patent
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has been ordered to pay $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications after a federal jury in Texas found the compan...
05:00 pm - Sun, March 21, 2021
The Verge New trailers: In the Heights, the WeWork documentary, Concrete Cowboy and more
Anthony Ramos stars in In the Heights | Warner Bros. So I have utterly failed at trying not to watch Hannibal right before bed; it definitely makes for weird dreams but...
03:00 pm - Sun, March 21, 2021
The Verge I love the earnest Google reviews of vaccination sites
Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images The first person I knew personally who got their COVID-19 vaccine was my grandma, and the news that a shot was officially i...
02:40 pm - Sun, March 21, 2021
The Verge Elon Musk says Tesla would be shut down if its cars were used for spying in China
Elon Musk said Saturday if Tesla vehicles were used to spy in China, the company would be shut down, Reuters reported. Musk made the remark while speaking via video link to the...
02:00 pm - Sun, March 21, 2021
The Verge Utah is about to pass a law making iPhones filter porn but only if other states pass one, too
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge In the next week, Utah’s governor will decide whether to make all phones and tablets in the state filter pornography... sort of. The...
01:22 pm - Sun, March 21, 2021
The Verge Tenet coming to HBO Max which director Nolan called the worst streaming service on May 1st
Christopher Nolan’s time-shifting thriller Tenet will debut on HBO Max May 1st, just a few months after the director called it the “worst streaming service.” Tenet was s...
01:00 pm - Sun, March 21, 2021
The Verge V-Moda M-200 ANC review: $500 headphones cant be this unpolished
V-Moda’s first noise-canceling headphones are built well and have balanced sound, but they fall short on features Continue reading… ...
01:01 am - Sun, March 21, 2021
The Verge Intels version of a MacBook Pro looks even better than a real one
Image: Intel Intel launched a new ad campaign starring Justin Long, Apple’s “I’m a Mac” actor, but for this campaign, Long is singing the praises of PC laptops ...
09:49 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge This tiny car beat Teslas Model 3 as the best-selling EV in the world for January and February
Jengtingchen The Hong Guang Mini EV edged out Tesla’s Model 3 as the top-selling electric vehicle in the world in January and February, not a small feat for the relat...
08:14 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Brazil regulator fines Apple $2 million for not including chargers with iPhone 12
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The consumer protection agency in Brazil’s São Paulo state has fined Apple $2 million for failing to include chargers within iPhone...
06:48 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Coinbase pays $6.5 million to settle trading investigation with CFTC
Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said in a news release Friday that cryptocu...
05:12 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Apple discontinuing two configurations of its 21.5 inch iMac
The 21.5 and 27 inch iMacs | Image: Apple Apple recently discontinued the iMac Pro, and two configurations of the 21.5-inch iMac are now joining the Pro in retirement. ...
05:00 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Victor Santos new comic Paranoia Killer is a dark thriller with an unassuming cartoon look
Comics have never been bigger: with Marvel TV shows, DC movies, and indie adaptations growing by the day, comic books have never been more prominent in pop culture. This ongoin...
04:24 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Twitter will set up a legal entity in Turkey to comply with controversial social media law
Illustration by Alex Castro Twitter is planning to establish a legal entity in Turkey to continue operating there under the country’s controversial internet law that ...
03:00 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Welcome to the age of vaccine diplomacy
Workers unload the first shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine provided by COVAX in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on March 11, 2021. | Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images...
02:42 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge TikTok banning some accounts in Myanmar in attempt to stop the spread of violent videos
An anti military coup protester stands in the middle of teargas smoke during a demonstration in Myanmar | Photo by Aung Kyaw Htet/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ...
02:00 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge NFT mania is here, and so are the scammers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Artists are seeing their work showing up in NFTs they did not mint themselves Continue reading… ...
01:54 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Rivian planning to install 10,000 EV chargers across the US and Canada by 2023
Photos: Rivian Amazon-backed electric vehicle startup Rivian will install more than 10,000 fast chargers across the US and Canada by 2023, the company announced. The Ri...
01:10 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Acer reportedly hit with $50 million ransomware demand
Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images A hacking group is demanding $50 million from Acer, Bleeping Computer reported, in what appears to be one of the b...
12:30 pm - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Microsoft may have fixed what wasnt broke with Windows 10 BSOD printer patch
If you’re the kind of person who’d be amused to learn that a humble printer can blue screen your entire Windows 10 PC, here’s a dose of schadenfreude to welcome you into ...
06:52 am - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Apple and Epics top execs plan to testify live and in person this May in the Fortnite app store trial
It’s hard to believe it’s only been seven months since Apple booted Fortnite off the App Store and Epic Games sprung its antitrust trap, but you won’t have to wait much l...
12:58 am - Sat, March 20, 2021
The Verge Twitter confirms its testing an undo tweet feature but it could be limited to Professional Tweeters
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The evidence is mounting that Twitter will be adding an “undo tweet” feature, but that those who want it will have to pay: a...
11:14 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge What day is it? Twitters got you covered
Image: @justacaseofthe2 What day is it? Wednesday? Can someone please tell me? I don’t have a paper calendar, so there’s no way to know. And I can’t trust Dieter....
10:09 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Intels version of a MacBook Pro looks even better than a real one
Image: Intel Intel launched a new ad campaign starring Justin Long, Apple’s “I’m a Mac” actor, but for this campaign, Long is singing the praises of PC laptops ...
09:58 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Lenovo studied the blade so poorly it forgot to include one in its Demon Slayer-themed gaming chair
Image: Lenovo Lenovo isn’t a major player in the gaming chair scene, but its Demon Slayer-themed creation shows that it could easily dice up the competition if it cho...
09:52 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Breadwinner is the new smart sourdough starter tracker of my dreams
Sourdough bread is a tricky thing to get right. But Breadwinner, a new smart gadget in development from hardware designers (and bread lovers) Fred Benenson and Sarah Pavis, is ...
09:26 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Gucci designed virtual sneakers for hypebeasts in Roblox and VRChat
Gucci is diving into virtual luxury footwear with a new exclusively digital pair of sneakers called The Gucci Virtual 25 that can be “worn” in augmented reality (AR) or use...
09:09 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Twitter wants to know if you think world leaders should get special treatment
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is planning to review its policies regarding world leaders, and it’s seeking input on what those policies should look ...
09:00 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Cult classic Shin Megami Tensei remaster will arrive this May
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster, an enhanced version of the apocalyptic PlayStation 2 roleplaying game, will launch on May 25th, developer Atlus announced today. Th...
08:11 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Google made an ASMR video about switching to a Pixel, and its stressing me out
You can switch from your old phone to a new Google Pixel, or you can close your eyes, breathe, and then mindfully switch to a new Google Pixel. Sorry, I’m trying to force mys...
07:52 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Barnes & Nobles new Nook 10 HD Tablet is built by Lenovo, starts at $129.99
Barnes & Noble has announced its latest Nook-branded tablet: the promised Lenovo collaboration called the Nook 10” HD Tablet. It adds an improved all-metal design, smalle...
07:05 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger have recovered from a major outage
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook has resolved a major outage affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and other Facebook services on Frida...
07:02 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge OnePlus is spoiling its 9 and 9 Pro keynote with early reveals, and heres the TL;DR
Image: OnePlus OnePlus will be formally announcing the 9 and 9 Pro phones, a smartwatch, and a blazing-fast wireless charger on March 23rd — but why wait? OnePlus def...
06:49 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Astell & Kerns new USB-C DAC promises hi-fi audio for phones without headphone jacks
Astell & Kern — the company best known for its high-end portable digital audio players — is making a USB-C DAC (digital-to-analog converter) that’s designed to help g...
06:10 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Fontemon is a playable Minnesota-themed Pokmon parody somehow crammed into a font
Image: Michael Mulet Fontemon is technically a font, but it’s also, somewhat miraculously, a playable miniature Pokémon parody, spotted by software engineer Daniel F...
05:51 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Cyberpunk 2077s 1.2 patch promises to tone down omniscient teleporting cops and pinball driving
Image: CD Projekt Red CD Projekt Red (CDPR) has detailed the improvements it plans to bring to Cyberpunk 2077 in its upcoming 1.2 patch. The announcement, written as an...
05:46 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are down for many
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are down for many right now. More than 123,000 users have reported issues with I...
05:17 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Xbox Series X is available at Best Buy
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft’s Xbox Series X consoles launched a few months ago, but if you have been keeping up with the news, you know that these con...
05:17 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Xbox Series X is available at Best Buy [UPDATE: Sold Out]
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 19th, 2021 2:23PM ET: Best Buy has sold out of Xbox Series X consoles for today. Microsoft’s Xbox Series X consoles lau...
05:02 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Gotham Knights is delayed until 2022
Image: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Gotham Knights, the upcoming title by Warner Bros. Games Montreal, has been delayed into 2022, the company announced today...
05:01 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge ChilledCow puts channel name out to pasture with a rebrand to Lofi Girl
The hugely popular lo-fi music YouTube channel ChilledCow isn’t just known for its chill, cozy beats; the iconic animations of the girl sitting and working at her desk are in...
04:55 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Vaio Z (2021) review: carbon tax
A lightweight laptop with a sky-high price Continue reading… ...
04:45 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Acer TravelMate P6 review: a suitable business partner
A consumer laptop in business clothing Continue reading… ...
04:40 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Heres where you can buy a PS5
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 19th, 2021 12:40PM ET: Best Buy has the PS5 model, which includes a disc drive available for purchase at $499.99. Due to ...
04:37 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge SonysPlayStation5 is available at Best Buy [UPDATE: Sold Out]
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 19th, 2021 1:06 PM ET: Best Buy is not out of stock of the PS5. If you have been keeping up with PS5 news, you will know ...
04:26 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge China cracks down on use of Tesla vehicles, citing privacy concerns
Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images China is prohibiting its military and government personnel from using Tesla vehicles, citing a potential security risk posed by the el...
03:21 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Vergecast: The Snyder Cut, Samsung Unpacked 2021, and this week in EVs
Zack Snyder’s Justice League on 12.9” iPad Pro | Dan Seifert Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast The Vergecast, where we discuss the week in tech...
03:10 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge The EPAs website makes climate change a priority again
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 17: Michael Regan is sworn in as EPA Administrator. After a four-year hiatus during the Donald Trump administration, the climate change webpage i...
02:34 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge OtterBoxs Mobile Gaming Clip is clever but clumsy
At $30, it’s still hard to recommend Continue reading… ...
02:30 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Living the Dream SMP
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge | DreamSMP Recreation by Adya Inside the massive fandom making Dream SMP YouTube’s biggest hit Continue reading&hel...
02:01 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Super Nintendo World is sensory overload
Nintendo’s theme park is finally open Continue reading… ...
01:47 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Samsungs high-end Galaxy Buds Pro are $30 off at Woot
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Woot is offering the first sizable discount on Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds Pro wireless earbuds that were introduced a few months ago...
01:39 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge The OnePlus Watch gets an early reveal ahead of March 23rd announcement
Image: Unbox Therapy / Twitter OnePlus’ long-awaited first smartwatch has made its first appearance ahead of the company’s upcoming March 23rd launch event, which i...
01:30 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge MatPat looks at YouTubes biggest changes over the last decade and what lies ahead
An interview with one of gaming’s longest-standing personalities Continue reading… ...
01:24 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Gamescom plans hybrid event for summer, focusing on superfans (but ignoring superspreaders)
Photo by Franziska Krug/Getty Images for game - Verband der deutschen Games-Branche Video game fair Gamescom is planning to hold a “hybrid event” combining in-perso...
12:58 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge How tofind out if youre getting the third stimulus payment
It’s always nice to anticipate an influx of cash, especially if things have been a bit tight lately. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which was signed into law on March ...
12:00 pm - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a brief respite in a post-Thanos world
For the vast majority of Bucky Barnes’ 106 years on Earth, his life has consisted of running from fight to fight without a second to sit down and simply exist. Now, Bucky Bar...
11:17 am - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Anti-capitalist Verkada hacker charged by US government with attacks on dozens of companies
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A Swiss computer hacker named Till Kottmann has been charged by the US government with multiple accounts of wire fraud, conspira...
10:37 am - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge NFL significantly expands streaming deals as Amazon nabs Thursday Night exclusive
Super Bowl LV was the most-streamed NFL game ever. | Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The NFL has signed long-term television and digital media rig...
12:38 am - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Inexplicably, YouTube says extremely racist Steven Crowder video isnt hate speech
Image: Steven Crowder’s YouTube channel YouTube removed an extremely racist video from conservative commentator Steven Crowder this week, citing violations of the pla...
12:05 am - Fri, March 19, 2021
The Verge Cricut completely unravels subscription plans that would limit its crafting machines
Image: Cricut Cricut has announced in a new blog post that its automated cutting and printing craft machine will no longer require a subscription for unlimited uploads ...
10:54 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Facebook is working on a version of Instagram for kids under 13
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri confirms that a version of the popular photo sharing app for children under 13 is in the works, B...
10:26 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge OnePlus CEO announces there will be a third, less-expensive phone called the OnePlus 9R
Image: OnePlus A third phone in the upcoming OnePlus 9 series has been confirmed by the company’s CEO, in an interview with News18 (via Android Police). The announcem...
09:49 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Among Us new Airship map launches on March 31st
Image: Innersloth Among Us’ new Airship map will be available on March 31st as part of a free update coming to the hit social deduction game. Developer InnerSloth say...
09:47 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Congress tries to get the FTC in fighting shape
Photo by Ting Shen-Pool / Getty Images On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee lawmakers held a hearing with some of the most prominent players in antitrust enforcement ...
09:30 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge A streamer is staying live for as long as people keep subscribing
Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren has been live since March 14th, and today marked the fourth continuous day of his broadcast. The reason? Every time someone subscribes to his chan...
09:24 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge How tofind out if youre getting the third stimulus payment
It’s always nice to anticipate an influx of cash, especially if things have been a bit tight lately. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which was signed into law on March ...
09:09 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Intel teaser hints long-awaited Xe HPG gaming GPUs may be revealed on March 26th
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Intel’s upcoming Xe HPG “DG2” discrete gaming GPUs might be close to a reveal. The company has teased a “Xe HPG Scavenge...
09:05 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge NASAs future Moon rocket completes critical hot-fire test
NASA test-fired the core stage of its massive Space Launch System rocket in Mississippi on Thursday. The team appeared to clinch its second attempt at a hot-fire run after cutt...
08:52 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Sonys big PlayStation game giveaway is the perfect way to hide a precarious position
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge You may be wondering why Sony is giving away good games for free. Here’s a thought: Sony knows you basically can’t buy a PS5 — a...
08:26 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Sony is now part-owner of Evo, the most prestigious fighting game tournament
Image: Evo Sony and RTS, a new venture from Endeavor’s esports business, have acquired the prestigious Evo fighting game tournament through “a joint venture esports...
08:04 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge The federal government is investigating yet another Tesla Autopilot crash
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating another Tesla crash in which Autopilot was allegedly in use....
07:47 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Peloton CEO says accident involving treadmill resulted in childs death
Photo by Ethan Miller / Getty Images A child was killed in an accident involving the Peloton’s Tread Plus treadmill, Peloton CEO John Foley said in a note posted to t...
07:44 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Barnes & Noble will reveal a Lenovo-made Nook tablet next week
Image: Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble’s line of Nook e-readers isn’t dead yet. The company has confirmed to The Verge that despite running out of stock, it s...
07:33 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge The NYT Cooking Facebook group was half-baked, so the Times is throwing it out
Illustration by Alex Castro / Th The New York Times Cooking Facebook group will soon no longer bear the name of the publication: the Times has given up on controlling i...
07:06 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Fortnites experimental story is an attempt to create the entertainment experience of the future
Epic’s chief creative officer, Donald Mustard, explains the game’s bold narrative ambitions Continue reading… ...
06:48 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Heres where you can buy a PS5
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 18th, 2021 2:50PM ET: Walmart is restocking both the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition today at 3PM ET, while supplies last. T...
06:35 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge How to use your Echo with two Amazon accounts
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge If you’ve got an Alexa device in your home, like an Echo smart speaker, anyone in your home can use it. But there are certain disadva...
06:22 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Twitter is testing letting you watch YouTube videos right from a tweet
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is testing a way to let you watch YouTube videos right from your timeline. Typically, when someone includes a YouTube li...
06:19 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Heres where you can buy an Xbox Series X / Series S
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 18th, 2021 2:19PM ET: Walmart plans to restock both the Xbox Series X and Series S today at 2:30PM ET, while supplies las...
05:33 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge A new Life is Strange is coming in September, and the original is being remastered
Image: Square Enix During today’s Square Enix Presents live stream, the company announced the next main entry in the Life is Strange series, called True Colors, will ...
05:27 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge You can watch all of The Office for free on Peacock for one week
Image: NBC NBCUniversal is making all of The Office available for free on Peacock for one week, starting today, March 18th, in celebration of the show’s 16th annivers...
04:54 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Facebook shows off how youll use its neural wristbands with AR glasses
Facebook has offered a glimpse inside its plans for a new augmented reality interface, based on technology from CTRL-Labs, the startup it acquired in 2019. In a video, it shows...
04:16 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge BidensCOVID-19vaccinewebsite builds on a swine flu tool
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The federal COVID-19 vaccine-finding website President Joe Biden promised last week will be an expansion of VaccineFinder, a web...
04:13 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Walmart will have PS5 and Xbox Series X restocks available today
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you want another shot at trying to buy either an Xbox Series X or a PlayStation 5, you’re in luck. A Walmart spokesperson told Th...
04:07 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge 5 widescreen videos to watch instead of the 4:3 Snyder Cut of Justice League
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League is finally available to stream on HBO Max, and while the rabid fans who helped make it happen m...
03:12 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Biden to tap former Senator Bill Nelson as NASA chief
Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call President Biden has tapped former Democratic Senator Bill Nelson for NASA administrator, according to three people familiar with the ...
03:11 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Facebook is expanding support for 2FA security keys on mobile devices
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook is expanding its support of physical security keys for two-factor authentication (2FA) on mobile devices, the company s...
03:00 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Teslas co-founder is teaming up with Specialized to solve the problem of e-bike batteries
Image: Specialized The growing popularity of electric bikes has raised a lot of exciting possibilities about the future of transportation, but it also presents a number...
03:00 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Amazons Fire TV is adding local news in many more cities
Image: Amazon Back in December, Amazon launched an ad-sponsored news app on its Fire TV platform. At that time, the app offered local news coverage in 12 cities, inclu...
02:19 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Amazons Echo Show 8 smart display is over 40 percent off at several retailers
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon’s Echo Show 8 is on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target for $75 right now. While this is not its lowest price ever (the previ...
01:59 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge You will watch the Snyder Cut in 4:3 aspect ratio because HBO Max respects cinema
Lest anyone worry that HBO Max would tarnish Zach Snyder’s auteur work Justice League, for which the company spent $70 million on reshoots and new digital effects in order to...
01:43 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge How to file and pay your 2020 taxes online
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic took everyone, including the IRS, by surprise. Because of the issues people were dealing with last spring, the filing deadline for federal tax pa...
01:30 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Fear and self-loathing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
It’s hard to believe that such a pure, wholesome game could become an object of dread Continue reading… ...
01:00 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Nvidia is doubling the price of its GeForce Now cloud gaming service for new users
Image: Nvidia Nvidia on Thursday announced a new subscription tier for its GeForce Now cloud gaming service called Priority that will replace its existing paid Founders...
01:00 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Heres everything we know about the new OnePlus phones
Image: OnePlus OnePlus has an upcoming event on March 23rd, where it’ll be formally announcing the OnePlus 9, and OnePlus 9 Pro. As with any smartphone event these da...
01:00 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Alienwares latest gaming laptops can now be configured with Cherry MX switches
The M15 R3 is pictured here, though the switches can only be configured on the latest R4. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Alienware and Cherry have worked toget...
01:00 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge YouTube Shorts arrives in the US to take on TikTok, but the beta is still half-baked
YouTube Shorts in beta. | Image: YouTube YouTube Shorts, the company’s short-form answer to TikTok, is launching in beta in the United States starting today. The shor...
01:00 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Spotify says over 13,000 artists catalogs earned at least $50K in royalties last year
Spotify Musicians aren’t thrilled with Spotify — they say the streaming platform undervalues their work and they deserve to be paid more per stream. So today, Spoti...
12:45 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Heres where to buy AMDs Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge AMD’s new Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU will be available to purchase today starting at 6AM PT / 9AM ET, with a retail price of $479.99. Like ...
12:39 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge WallStreetBets donates more than $350,000 to gorilla charity to prove apes together strong
Photo by John Moore/Getty Images “Apes together strong” is one of the mottoes of Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets community. Now, members of the financial subreddit are ...
12:00 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge The OnePlus 9 Pro supports seriously fast 50W wireless charging
With a new wireless charger, the OnePlus 9 Pro can charge in either portrait or landscape orientation. | Image: OnePlus It’s not often that the actual spec is better ...
12:00 pm - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge The Verges Nicole Wetsman on the tools she uses for covering health news
Photo by Nicole Wetsman / The Verge We wouldn’t have tech without science, and The Verge wouldn’t be what it is without its team of science reporters. In this time ...
10:45 am - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Conspiracy theorists and white supremacists want to incite fear by targeting cell towers
A cell is upgraded to handle 5G signals in Orem, Utah. | Photo by GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images Cellphone towers are being increasingly targeted by conspiracy theor...
09:33 am - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Facebook is removing any posts celebrating the Atlanta attack or the suspected shooter
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook says it will remove any posts that celebrate the recent shooting in Atlanta or support the suspected shooter. Eight peo...
02:25 am - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Ryder says EV startup Chanje owes millions for undelivered vans
Truck rental company Ryder says it’s owed nearly $4 million from EV startup Chanje after it failed to deliver 100 of the 125 vans promised back in 2017, according to a previo...
01:11 am - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Chrome can now instantly caption audio and video on the web
Google is expanding its real-time caption feature, Live Captions, from Pixel phones to anyone using a Chrome browser, as first spotted by XDA Developers. Live Captions uses mac...
01:11 am - Thu, March 18, 2021
The Verge Chrome now instantly captions audio and video on the web
Google is expanding its real-time caption feature, Live Captions, from Pixel phones to anyone using a Chrome browser, as first spotted by XDA Developers. Live Captions uses mac...
11:56 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Microsoft PowerPoint can now help you practice presentations almost anywhere no humans required
The Presenter Coach report, telling me how I did. Microsoft’s Presenter Coach, which helps you practice presentations, has been available on the web version of PowerP...
10:52 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge New iPad Pros reportedly launching as soon as April, and the 12.9-inch model may have a Mini LED screen
Photo by Brennan King / The Verge Apple is reportedly planning a number of updates to its iPad line, including new iPad Pros launching as soon as April, a new iPad mini...
10:46 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Streaming HBO Max will now count toward data limits for AT&T customers
One perk of being an AT&T wireless subscriber was being able to stream HBO Max without that counting toward a customer’s data cap. That’s no longer the case. Californi...
10:27 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Canons new camera kits make it easier to turn your DLSR and mirrorless into webcams
If you’ve got a recent Canon DSLR or mirrorless camera and are interested in getting more use out of it, Canon announced today that it would soon begin selling webcam accesso...
09:29 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Motorolas Ready For brings a DeX-style desktop to the Edge Plus
Motorola is expanding its Edge Plus flagship phone with a new, desktop computer interface called Ready For. Similar to Samsung’s DeX, Ready For allows users to plug their sma...
08:50 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Lordstown Motors probed by SEC for allegedly misleading investors
Image: Lordstown Motors The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked Lordstown Motors for more information about allegations that the EV startup misled investors ab...
08:33 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge YouTube TV finally adds Nick Jr. (and the rest of ViacomCBSs channels)
Image: YouTube TV YouTube TV added popular missing channels like MTV and Nickelodeon in 2020 after striking a deal with ViacomCBS, but now the streaming service is fina...
08:21 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Disco Elysium is coming to the PS5, along with a bunch of other indie games
Sony has been announcing new games coming to PlayStation 5 all day as part of a spotlight on indie titles. Included in that list is Disco Elysium - The Final Cut, a “definiti...
08:08 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge YouTube can now warn creators about copyright issues before videos are posted
In an effort to make the process of uploading a video and receiving ad revenue easier, YouTube is rolling out a new tool called “Checks” that tells a creator ahead of time ...
08:07 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Greek letters will never be used again to name hurricanes
An El Salvadorian rescue team member navigates through a flooded street. Hurricane Iota hit the Nicaraguan coast on November 16th as a Category 4 storm. It was the second Categ...
07:38 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Fortnites season 6 opening cinematic was co-directed by the Russo brothers
The start of Fortnite’s latest season began with a three-minute-long cinematic that set up season 6’s story, along with the game’s first narrative-driven single-player ex...
07:23 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Why Facebook is getting in the newsletter game
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today let’s talk about platforms’ growing interest in building newsletter tools — and whether Facebook, against all conven...
06:38 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Sony is giving away Horizon Zero Dawn and a bundle of great indie games for free
As part of its “Play at Home” initiative, Sony has announced the next 10 games it is giving away completely for free to PlayStation owners, including Horizon Zero Dawn and ...
06:32 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge TikTok will no longer let people opt out of personalized ads
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok will soon make personalized ads mandatory, meaning you’ll start getting ads in the app based on the kind of content you...
06:31 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Lucids upcoming electric car will be the first to feature Dolby Atmos
Lucid Motors is gearing up for the release of its first electric vehicle, the Lucid Air sedan, and at SXSW, the company revealed a unique detail of the upcoming automobile: it�...
06:08 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Disneyland will reopen on April 30th, for California residents only
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge One year after Disney shut its doors indefinitely, laying off tens of thousands of staff, Disneyland will reopen on April 30th, the ...
06:04 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge The Verges favorite fitness devices and apps
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Keeping fit is hard for a lot of people, especially if you’re still avoiding health clubs (or were never a fan to begin wi...
05:42 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Heres where you can buy a Nintendo Switch
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Nintendo Switch, like everything else that can lighten the mood during this incredibly tough time, is in short supply. A...
05:33 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Auto HDR feature to PC games
Microsoft is planning to automatically add HDR support to more than 1,000 PC games. The software maker is now testing a new Auto HDR feature on Windows 10, which works just lik...
05:33 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Auto HDR feature to Windows
Microsoft is planning to automatically add HDR support to more than 1,000 PC games. The software maker is now testing a new Auto HDR feature on Windows 10, which works just lik...
05:31 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano review: light it up
Portability and performance, for a price Continue reading… ...
05:21 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge T-Mobile customers will get access to a better version of Pandora, free of charge
The T-Mobile Tuesdays promotion is included on most of the company’s postpaid plans. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile has announced a new perk for i...
05:14 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Facebook introduces a corporate human rights policy it will strive to respect
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook is addressing the criticism it’s faced for its role in human rights abuses by putting its values on paper in a new �...
05:12 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge NFTs are in the toilet: Charmin is selling toilet paper-themed crypto art
Image: Charmin/Made By Radio Yes, the brands are truly at it again: Charmin is selling its own, toilet paper-themed NFTs, which, of course, it’s branding as NFTP (non...
05:11 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
Apple’s AirPods Pro wireless earbuds | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple AirPods are among the most popular headphones on the market. They’re compact, easy to ...
04:52 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Thinking about picking up a new Apple Watch? It’s never a bad idea to wait until there’s a good deal, and thankfully, those happen...
04:50 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge TikTok will no longer let people opt out of personalized ads
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok will soon make personalized ads mandatory, meaning you’ll start getting ads in the app based on the kind of content you...
04:04 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge EA Play will be available to Xbox Game Pass PC subscribers on March 18th
Image: Microsoft EA Play, EA’s games subscription service, will be available as a perk for Xbox Game Pass subscribers on PC beginning Thursday, March 18th, at 5PM ET,...
03:58 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge BMW unveils the exterior of the i4, its first electric sedan
Images: BMW BMW has pulled the wraps off of the exterior of its first electric sedan, the i4, after years of teasing a true follow-up to the i3 EV. The i4 is slated to ...
03:54 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Birth control apps show the contradictions in FDA device oversight
Image: Clue The FDA says two types of digital birth control are the same, but one company disagrees Continue reading… ...
03:23 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Chuck Schumer wants to replace every gas car in America with an electric vehicle
Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge | Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images The Senate majority leader is reviving his plan to give people discounts fo...
03:13 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Labor board reportedly sides with Amazon workers who protested COVID-19 safety policies
Photo by Michele Doying / The Verge Amazon and US labor regulators are reportedly negotiating a settlement for workers who protested Amazon’s COVID-19 safety standard...
03:00 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Facebook says itll start punishing group members who break its rules
Facebook Facebook is trying to clean up its Groups experience and limit the reach of potentially problematic users and communities. The company announced multiple chang...
03:00 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Mortal Kombats producer says the movies violence is like Bambi compared to the games
Image: Warner Bros. Entertainment The recent trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation of Mortal Kombat makes the film look extremely violent. In one scene, Mortal Komb...
02:54 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Samsungs midrange phones now feature fast refresh rate screens, stabilized cameras
The Galaxy A52 and A72 feature quad rear-camera arrays, though the A72 includes a telephoto rather than depth-sensing camera. | Image: Samsung At its second Unpacked ev...
02:33 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now
The Echo Show 5 (left), Echo Show 8 (middle), and the Echo Show (right) | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge When it comes to the Echo smart speakers, Amazon has a slew o...
02:11 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge The OnePlus 8 thats 5G-ready on Verizon and other carriers is nearly half off
Image: Verizon B&H Photo is offering the best price we’ve seen on the OnePlus 8 in the onyx black colorway. Originally $800, it’s just $450 for the unlocked Ver...
02:00 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Samsungs midrange phones now feature fast refresh rate screens, stabilized cameras
The Galaxy A52 and A72 feature quad rear-camera arrays, though the A72 includes a telephoto rather than depth-sensing camera. | Image: Samsung At its second Unpacked ev...
02:00 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge My favorite artist of 2020 was Animal Crossings singing dog
I never play Animal Crossing: New Horizons on mute. I love hearing the grass crunching under my character’s shoes, the cutesy language that all of the villagers speak, and, o...
01:15 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Unagi is expanding its electric scooter subscription service to more cities
Image: Unagi Unagi, maker of stylish electric scooters, is bringing its nascent subscription service to more cities. After testing out its $40-a-month service in small ...
01:03 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Intel puts Apples Im a Mac guy into new ads praising PCs
Intel has hired Apple’s former “I’m a Mac” actor Justin Long to create new ads praising PCs. Long starts each commercial with “Hello I’m a... Justin,” with the ty...
01:01 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge How a metal with a memory will shape our future on Mars
A rover on the Moon has metal wheels that can flex around rocky obstacles, then reshape back to their original form. On Earth, surgeons install tiny mesh tubes that can dilate ...
01:00 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Zack Snyders Justice League remains overshadowed by its social media campaign
On March 18th, a four-hour version of director Zack Snyder’s original vision for Justice League will hit HBO Max. Early reviews are mostly littered with praise for the movie...
01:00 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT review: Nvidia wins this round
Unless AMD actually sells them for $479, of course Continue reading… ...
12:34 pm - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Ubers new minimum wage policy in the UK doesnt meet the law, say case claimants
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Yaseen Aslam and James Farrar, the two lead claimants in the successful tribunal that fought Uber for employee rights in the UK,...
08:25 am - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Samsung says it might skip the Galaxy Note this year
Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge Samsung has warned that it might not be able to ship a Galaxy Note phone in 2021 after all, citing difficulties in launching two flagsh...
01:39 am - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge The PS5 is getting DVR support in Japan this year
Sony has announced that the PlayStation 5 will get DVR functionality in Japan by way of a new app that’ll work with its Nasne tuners. The app will be called Torne (pronounced...
12:44 am - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Apple just gave Russia a spot on the iPhone to advertise its favorite apps to its citizens
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Starting April 1st, users setting up a new iPhone in Russia will see a screen that allows them to automatically install apps tha...
12:36 am - Wed, March 17, 2021
The Verge Cricut promises unlimited lifetime uploads for existing crafting machines after user backlash
Image: Cricut Cricut is changing its recently announced plan to require a subscription to get the full use of its crafting machines for precisely cutting paper and othe...
11:55 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Elon Musk wont sell his NFT song after all
Actually, doesn’t feel quite right selling this. Will pass.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 16, 2021 Continue reading… ...
09:53 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Uber will classify drivers as workers in the UK following court loss
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber will classify around 70,000 drivers in the UK as workers and give them some benefits after losing an appeal at the Supreme ...
09:53 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Uber drivers in the UK will now get minimum wage and paid vacation after a big court win
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber will classify around 70,000 drivers in the UK as workers and give them some benefits after losing an appeal at the Supreme ...
09:43 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Huawei has a plan to get a bigger cut of 5G, even with its phone sales limited
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Huawei has a plan to compete in 5G without being able to sell its 5G phones everywhere. Today, the technology company announced ...
09:16 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Apple Maps now shows COVID-19 vaccination locations
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple announced today that Apple Maps has been updated with vaccine locations from VaccineFinder, a site run by Boston Children�...
09:05 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Microsoft reiterates VR for console is not a focus for us following localization bug
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has once again reiterated that VR support for Xbox was not a focus for the company, following reports earlier today th...
08:59 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Activision Blizzard lays off about 50 employees, citing COVID-19s effects on its esports leagues
Photo: Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard on Tuesday said it was laying off about 50 people across various divisions dealing predominantly with live events and esp...
08:29 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Riot Games investigation says theres no evidence CEO harassed female employee
Photo by David Lee / Riot Games / Riot Games Inc. via Getty Images Riot Games is closing an investigation into whether CEO Nicolo Laurent harassed or discriminated agai...
07:51 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Teen mastermind behind the great Twitter hack sentenced to three years in prison
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Teenage Twitter hacker Graham Ivan Clark has pleaded guilty to last summer’s unprecedented bitcoin scam attack that invol...
07:38 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Wikimedia will launch a paid service for big tech companies
Photo by Altan Gocher / DeFodi Images via Getty Images The Wikimedia Foundation is creating a new paid service for companies that draw on Wikipedia data. The foundation...
06:11 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Mars might be hiding most of its old water underground, scientists say
A deposit of sediments, called a delta, captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover on March 5th at the Jezero Crater. | Image: NASA / JPL Vast amounts of ancient Martian w...
05:58 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Retail giants look to greener cargo ships to meet climate goals
Tugboats guide a container ship of Maersk Line at the Yangshan Deepwater Port, operated by Shanghai International Port. | Photo by Ji Haixin / VCG via Getty Images Pres...
05:48 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Octopath Traveler is coming to Xbox Game Pass, and Undertale has just arrived
Image: Xbox Xbox is announcing the next round of games coming to Game Pass, and it’s a pretty stacked deck with games like Undertale and Octopath Traveler, both of wh...
05:12 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Foxconn says it might build EVs at empty Wisconsin site, or in Mexico
Photo by Curtis Waltz The chairman of Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn says the electronics giant is considering making electric vehicles at its mostly empty worksite in ...
04:34 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Jade Raymond announces new Sony game studio just months after leaving Stadia
Longtime industry veteran Jade Raymond is heading up a new studio that will create original games for PlayStation. Raymond announced the news today via the PlayStation Blog. �...
04:34 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Jade Raymond announces new Sony game studio just weeks after leaving Stadia
Longtime industry veteran Jade Raymond is heading up a new studio that will create original games for PlayStation. Raymond announced the news today via the PlayStation Blog. �...
04:26 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Animal Crossing: New Horizons next update will let you design a custom umbrella
Image: Nintendo Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ already robust design tools are getting some improvements with a free update hitting March 18th. One new addition is a ...
04:24 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge The Demon Slayer movie is finally coming to the US after breaking records in Japan
Image: Ufotable The excellent and massively popular anime Demon Slayer has had as successful of a run at the box office as you can get in Japan — the movie adaptation...
04:05 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Rep. Jamaal Bowman introduces new bill to lower broadband costs
Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images For years, the broadband debate has centered around connecting people living in rural and unserved areas ac...
04:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Tinder is giving away free mail-in COVID-19 tests
Tinder Tinder is giving 500 users a pair of free mail-in COVID-19 test kits — one for them and one for a Tinder match. The company says it’s a way to help people fe...
03:50 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Google antitrust suit takes aim at Chromes Privacy Sandbox
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge State antitrust watchdogs are targeting Google’s plans to phase out third-party tracking cookies, building on a major lawsuit ...
03:23 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge PSA: LastPass free offering is changing today
Image: LastPass LastPass, the popular password manager, announced changes last month to the free version of its software designed to make its Premium paid version much ...
03:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Google will reduce Play Store cut to 15 percent for a developers first $1M in annual revenue
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is reducing its long-standing 30 percent cut, which it takes from each Play Store digital purchase for all Android develo...
03:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Intels 11th Gen desktop chips are here with faster speeds but fewer cores
Intel’s next-generation desktop chips are finally here: after a brief preview at CES, the company is fully unveiling its 11th Gen Core desktop chips (better known by their co...
02:45 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Fortnites experimental storytelling continues with a brief, thrilling single-player event
I woke up at 3AM this morning so I could help a glowing butterfly save all of reality. At least I think that’s what happened during the most recent mind-bending Fortnite even...
02:42 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Get a one-year Paramount Plus subscription for half off
Image: ViacomCBS Earlier this month, streaming service CBS All Access was rebranded as Paramount Plus, combining the franchises and assets from both Viacom and CBS. It ...
02:16 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Facebook will court independent writers to its Substack competitor with paid deals
Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge Facebook wants to be a part of the newsletter business, and it’s willing to pay for it. Axios reports today that the company...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge GoPro relaunches its smartphone app as Quik, adds private feed
GoPro is releasing a new version of its main smartphone app that will now be called “Quik.” The new app will remain the main interface for connecting to and controlling GoP...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge The best open-ear headphones for bike riding
Hear traffic and also podcasts Continue reading… ...
01:02 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar on the challenges of governing online companies Continue reading… ...
01:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge How a bruising Microsoft lawsuit fueled the fight for fair pay
Photo courtesy of Katie Moussouris | Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge After a bruising lawsuit with Microsoft, Katie Moussouris is fighting for fair p...
01:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Googles new Nest Hub tells you how well you slept last night
Google’s new Nest Hub looks very similar to the prior model, but adds advanced sleep tracking features. | Photo: Google Google has announced a new version of its Nest...
01:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Dropbox will have a free password manager in April if youve got 50 or fewer passwords
Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Dropbox is adding a new feature on top of its usual offerings of storage and file sharing for free Basic accounts. ...
01:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Corsairs K65 RGB Mini gaming keyboard is for people who think less is more
Corsair Corsair is the latest company to introduce a 60-percent wired mechanical keyboard of its own, lopping off the arrow keys and other functions for a more compact ...
01:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge AMD Ryzen Pro 5000 series mobile chips put eight cores in light business laptops
AMD AMD has announced its new Ryzen Pro 5000 series mobile processors, its competitor to Intel’s vPro platform. The company claims the chips, based on the same Zen 3 ...
12:30 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Archivists are trying to chronicle Animal Crossing: New Horizons unforgettable first year
The challenge of documenting a virtual world Continue reading… ...
12:15 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Instagram will no longer let adults message teens who dont follow them
Adults are now unable to message teenage users that don’t follow them. | Image: Instagram Instagram is introducing new policies limiting interactions between teenage...
12:00 pm - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge The Kensington StudioDock turns your iPad into a tiny iMac
“What’s a computer?” Continue reading… ...
10:40 am - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Nvidia confirms it accidentally unlocked RTX 3060 Ethereum mining
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Nvidia made a big deal about reducing the hash rate of Ethereum mining on its new RTX 3060 graphics card last month. A special system wa...
10:28 am - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge California bans dark patterns that trick users into giving away their personal data
Dark Patterns put obstacles between the user and what they want to achieve. If you’ve ever struggled through a maze of online customer service to cancel a subscripti...
08:28 am - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Fortnite season 6 adds animals, crafting, Lara Croft, and Neymar
A new season of Fortnite is upon us, and the latest digs even deeper into the battle royale’s reality-spanning narrative. Today, Epic Games officially launched season 6 of th...
07:01 am - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge Logitechs new gaming-focused earbuds play nicely with USB-C devices
Logitech Logitech’s latest earbuds, a $50 model called the G333, are unremarkable in terms of design, with a flat cable that houses an inline remote and mic, swappabl...
12:35 am - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge A new Windows 10 update fixes the issue where some printers would crash computers
Image by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is fixing the issue where trying to use certain printers would freak out your Windows 10 computer and cause it to blue screen...
12:00 am - Tue, March 16, 2021
The Verge GitHub employee fired for saying Nazi in Slack declines to take his job back
A Jewish GitHub employee who was fired for warning co-workers in Slack to stay safe from Nazis during the January 6th attack on the US Capitol has declined to take his job back...
11:52 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge The NFT News
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge NFTs are seemingly everywhere — and now they're all right here Continue reading… ...
11:30 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Get the Nintendo Switch Lite with a $20 gift card for a limited time
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Not everyone takes advantage of the “switch” aspect of the Nintendo Switch, and for them, the smaller, easier-to-carry S...
11:00 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Bird will double its size in Europe with massive $150 million spend
Photo by Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images Bird says it will spend $150 million on a major expansion in Europe. The Santa Monica-based scooter sharing company announced t...
10:25 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge India will reportedly introduce bill to make owning cryptocurrency illegal
Photo by Michele Doying / The Verge India is reportedly moving forward with a sweeping ban on cryptocurrencies. According to Reuters, the country’s legislature will i...
10:05 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Facebook strikes News Corp deal to license news from Australian media outlets
Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge Facebook last month shut off the ability for Australian users and media organizations to share news links in the country, and ...
09:52 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Cricut is limiting the use of its crafting machines with a monthly subscription
Image: Cricut Cricut machines offer a customizable, automated way to speed up the precise cutting required in crafting projects, but the capabilities of these devices a...
09:32 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Companies can silently reroute your texts to hackers, sometimes for just $16
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge There’s a newly discovered attack on SMS messaging that’s almost invisible to victims, and seemingly sanctioned by the telec...
08:43 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Maybe dont sell your friends art as an NFT
I get it — despite all the warnings about climate change, you or someone you know has big Scrooge McDuck-sized dollar signs in their eyes after realizing a pinch of blockchai...
08:42 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Microsoft Teams is down
Microsoft Teams is currently down worldwide. Microsoft says it’s attempting to bring the service back online after “a recent change to an authentication system” took some...
08:42 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Microsoft Teams is still recovering after an outage Monday afternoon
Microsoft Teams is still recovering after an outage Monday afternoon. Microsoft says it’s attempting to bring the service back online after “a recent change to an authentic...
08:31 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge MSI Summit B15 review: average business
Functional but could be better Continue reading… ...
08:30 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge BMWs new curved iDrive display is a major step toward autonomous driving
BMW is pulling the curtain back on its next iteration of iDrive, the software and infotainment platform that has served as the centerpiece of the automaker’s in-car experienc...
08:23 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Elon Musk produced a techno track about NFTs hes selling as an NFT
Image: Elon Musk Elon Musk is getting in on the NFT gold rush by selling a new electronic music track he’s apparently produced as an NFT. Yes, you’ve heard that rig...
08:09 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge A fan-made fix for GTA Onlines slow load times is actually being added to the game
A Grand Theft Auto Online fan that goes by the moniker t0st posted an investigation into the game’s infamously slow load times on PC, with a solution that improved things by ...
08:03 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Twitter will soon let you use a security key as your only 2FA method
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is planning a future update that will allow accounts enabled with two-factor authentication to use security keys as the ...
07:47 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Fortnite Fleet Force bundle includes Peely-themed Joy-Cons for your Nintendo Switch
Fortnite fans can snag two new Joy-Con controllers when the Fleet Force Bundle arrives June 4th. The set, a blue and yellow Peely-themed Joy-Con also comes with 500 V-Bucks and...
05:54 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Hackers stole NFTs from Nifty Gateway users
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Over the weekend, some users of NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway said hackers stole digital artwork worth thousands of dollars from...
05:28 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge HBOs QAnon documentary is a megaphone for extremists and its unbelievably boring
HBO QAnon has become a nearly inescapable part of politics. The conspiracy is organized around an anonymous figure called Q, who was supposedly operating inside the Tru...
05:13 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Microsofts Xbox Wireless Headset is a mic-drop moment
The best budget-friendly headset for Xbox cuts very few corners Continue reading… ...
04:50 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge The trailer for Netflixs The Irregulars paints a supernatural picture of Sherlock Holmes London
Netflix After dropping an ominous teaser for it in February, Netflix has now released a full trailer for its upcoming series The Irregulars. It’s part of the streamin...
04:50 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Some Bethesda games now on Xbox Game Pass get frame rate boosts on Xbox Series X / S
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass platform received a huge boost with the addition of 20 new Bethesda Softworks titles across Xbox co...
04:23 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Zoom Escaper lets you sabotage your own meetings with audio problems, crying babies, and more
Zoom Escaper offers a range of sound effects to help with self-sabotage. | Image: Zoom Escaper Had enough Zoom meetings? Can’t bear another soul-numbing day of sitti...
04:16 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Some new GM trucks will pollute more thanks to microchip shortage
General Motors has decided to make some 2021 full-size pickups without a certain fuel management module because of the ongoing microchip shortage. As a result, those trucks wil...
04:15 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Twitch and Facebook Gaming exploded during the pandemic and theyre even bigger a year later
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today, StreamElements and its partner, analytics company Rainmaker.gg, have put out the February issue of their “State of the ...
04:06 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge People arent missing their second COVID-19 vaccine dose, CDC data says
Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images Nearly everyone who got their first dose of a two-shot COVID-19 vaccine got their second dose within the recom...
04:05 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Cruise acquires Voyage in another autonomous vehicle merger
Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, will acquire self-driving startup Voyage in another major autonomous vehicle merger. The announcement came less than a we...
03:15 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Here are the biggest announcements from Volkswagens battery event
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Volkswagen Group unveiled a massive push to drive down the cost of producing batteries for its electric vehicles in the hope...
03:15 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge How to watch GDCs digital showcase
illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The 2021 Game Developers Conference will be entirely digital this year. Organizers scrapped a previous plan that would have inco...
02:22 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Nvidias new beta driver unlocks RTX 3060 Ethereum cryptocurrency mining
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nvidia implemented a special system to reduce the hash rate of Ethereum mining on its new RTX 3060 graphics card last month. It ...
02:19 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Amazon expands gamification program that encourages warehouse employees to work harder
Photo by Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images Amazon is expanding an existing program that gamifies warehouse work to encourage its fulfillment center employees to impro...
02:00 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Microsofts Xbox Wireless headset is a mic-drop moment
The best budget-friendly headset for Xbox cuts very few corners Continue reading… ...
01:51 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge The climate controversy swirling around NFTs
Mining rigs mine Ethereum and Zilliqa cryptocurrencies at the Evobits crypto farm in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on January 22nd, 2021.  There’s a case for more su...
01:27 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Sonys high-end WH-1000XM4 headphones are back down to their lowest price
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you have high standards for sound quality, comfort, and features, Sony’s WH-1000XM4 noise-canceling headphones are probably alread...
01:00 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Tinder will soon let you run a background check on a potential date
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tinder and other Match Group-owned apps are going to let their users run background checks on possible dates. The company announ...
12:00 pm - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Animal Crossing: New Horizons first year: a timeline
It’s been quite a year Continue reading… ...
11:06 am - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Elon Musk crowns himself Technoking ofTesla
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Elon Musk has a new title at Tesla: “Technoking.” The electric automaker announced the head-scratching sobriquet in a filing with...
06:57 am - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Taiwanese horror game Devotion now back on sale after Steam and GOG controversies
Red Candle Games, the Taiwanese studio whose first-person horror game Devotion has been unavailable to buy following controversy over a reference to Chinese premier Xi Jinping,...
04:15 am - Mon, March 15, 2021
The Verge Kia shows off first full images of new EV6 electric car
Kia has given a first real look at its new EV6 electric car, following some shadowy teaser images that were released last week. Full details of the EV6 won’t be announced unt...
10:29 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge New Trailers: Infinity Train Book 4, The Serpent, Vanquish and more
HBO Max So I typically save my binge-watching for after dinner, and usually put something on to unwind before bed. Based on this routine, you can probably surmise that ...
09:29 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge Facebook research reportedly finds small number of users responsible for spreading vaccine doubt
Photo: Michele Doying / The Verge Facebook research into “vaccine-hesitant” beliefs has found that a small group of users is driving many of the discussions that ma...
07:14 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge Marvel is going back to press for new print runs of WandaVision-related comics
After the success of its Disney Plus series WandaVision, Marvel has gone back to press for new print runs of several WandaVision-related titles, Entertainment Weekly reported. ...
06:34 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge Clubhouse announces accelerator program for creators on its platform
Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images During Clubhouse’s weekly town hall on Sunday, CEO Paul Davison announced the voice-c...
04:58 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for a record ninth time bringing 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit
Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the latest batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit Sunday, and retu...
04:30 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge Honda plans to sell two electric SUVs in the US in the 2024 model year
Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Honda has announced it will sell two electric SUVs in the US in the 2024 model year, and plans to introduce hybrid gas-el...
04:00 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge How to watch the 2021 Grammys online
Photo by Kurt Krieger/Corbis via Getty Images The 63rd Grammy Awards ceremony will be held Sunday March 14th, as awards show season continues apace despite the coronavi...
02:43 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge Pi Day is here and Googles calculator will test how well you know the mathematical constant
It’s Pi Day, the nerdiest of holidays because it’s all about a mathematical constant that represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter (yes, sometimes...
02:00 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge Epic Games teases Fortnite appearance by Brazilian soccer star Neymar
Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images Epic Games and Brazilian soccer player Neymar are teasing a likely appearance by the star athlete in Fortnite on March 16th, ...
01:32 pm - Sun, March 14, 2021
The Verge Oman blocks Clubhouse for not having a permit, but activists suggest it may be censorship
Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images The middle eastern country of Oman has blocked the Clubhouse voice chat app saying it lacked the proper permit to operat...
10:20 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Free streaming platform Tubi reportedly getting into original programming
Free streaming platform Tubi has plans to branch out into original programming, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans. The streamer will likely ...
08:40 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Judge rules Google has to face lawsuit that claims it tracks users even in Incognito mode
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A judge in California ruled Friday that Google has to face a class action lawsuit that claims the search giant secretly collects...
06:25 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Go watch this drone video that will really make you miss movie theaters
Last week everyone was fixated on the “Right Up Our Alley” drone video that made us all nostalgic for bowling alleys. On Friday night, a VP at drone company DJI tweeted thi...
05:21 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Tesla reportedly had 450 cases of coronavirus at its California plant after reopening last May
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After it reopened in defiance of health department orders last May, Tesla’s plant in Fremont, California saw 450 cases of COVI...
04:30 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Judge blocks US restrictions against Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi
Customers try out Xiaomi Mi 10S smartphones at a Xiaomi in Rizhao, Shandong Province of China. | Photo by Liang Ya/VCG via Getty Images A federal judge has blocked the ...
02:59 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Some research has gotten a huge boost during the pandemic
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Billions of dollars have been spent fighting the pandemic, with a huge proportion of that money going towards vaccine developmen...
02:45 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Google will now let third party developers create custom Tiles for Wear OS
Wear OS Tiles give users a quick-glance option | Google Google says in a new blog post that it will now allow third-party developers to create custom Tiles for Wear OS....
02:30 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Nvidia brings its latency-reducing tech Reflex to Overwatch
An update to Overwatch’s Public Test Region (PTR) is bringing Nvida’s latency-reduction tech, called Reflex, to the popular esports title (via Engadget). The tech aims to h...
02:16 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Amazon ordered to temporarily close facility near Toronto due to increase in COVID-19 cases
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A public health authority has ordered Amazon to close one of its fulfillment centers in Canada for two weeks because of an uptic...
01:27 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Avatar passes Avengers: Endgame to retake box office crown after China re-release
Image: 20th Century Fox Avatar has once again retaken its crown as the most lucrative movie of all time, with James Cameron’s 2009 film reaching a new all-time box of...
01:11 pm - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Sonys PlayStation 5 is restocked at Best Buy [UPDATE: Sold Out]
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you missed Target’s PS5 restocks Thursday, you may be in luck. Best Buy has the PS5 Digital Edition and PS5 models up for purchas...
02:04 am - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge A hacker who exposed Verkadas surveillance camera snafu has been raided
Tillie Kottmann, a 21-year-old hacker, has been raided by Swiss authorities and their devices seized, Bloomberg reports — days after helping to reveal how Silicon Valley secu...
01:25 am - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Apple discontinues HomePod, but HomePod Mini will live on
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Apple is discontinuing the original, full-size HomePod and will now focus its speaker efforts on the HomePod mini, the company told T...
01:25 am - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Apple discontinues the HomePod, but the HomePod mini will live on
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Apple is discontinuing the original, full-size HomePod and will now focus its speaker efforts on the HomePod mini, the company told T...
01:04 am - Sat, March 13, 2021
The Verge Slack will soon respect your chosen skin tone color when you smash that emoji reaction
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Many of us here at The Verge are big fans of emoji reactions in Slack, and today we noticed that our newsroom’s Slack now gro...
10:17 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Why game developers cant get a handle on doors
Sometimes the simplest objects are the most difficult to design Continue reading… ...
09:52 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Some Bethesda games now on Xbox Game Pass are getting frame rate boosts on Xbox Series X/S
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass platform just got a huge boost with the addition of 20 new Bethesda Softworks titles starting today...
09:18 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Bitwarden adds secure text and file transfer to its arsenal
Many current password managers allow you to share your passwords with family members or other individuals or groups. (You do use a password manager, don’t you?) Managers such...
08:55 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Heres where you can buy a PS5
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 12th, 2021 3:55PM ET: Best Buy currently has both the PS5 Digital Edition and PS5 consoles in stock and available for pur...
08:46 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Amazon Prime Video will soon let you shuffle all the shows youve been meaning to binge
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is updating its Prime Video app to include a new feature: the ability to play episodes of a show on shuffle (via Android ...
08:42 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Sonys PlayStation 5 is restocked at Best Buy
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you missed Target’s PS5 restocks Thursday, you may be in luck. Best Buy has the PS5 Digital Edition and PS5 models up for purchas...
07:32 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Microsofts Edge browser will match Chromes upcoming four-week release cycle
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is going to adjust its release cycles for Microsoft Edge to match the every-four-weeks release cadence for Chrome that...
07:06 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Pockets sort by time to read feature seems designed for the return of commutes
Image: Pocket Pocket, an app for saving articles to read later, is rolling out a sorting option to Android users over the next few weeks that could solve my paralysis w...
06:29 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge A secretive metaverse creator bought the $69 million Beeple NFT
Image: Beeple MetaKovan, the pseudonymous founder of MetaPurse, is the buyer behind the $69 million winning bid for a Beeple NFT at Christie’s yesterday. It was the t...
06:06 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Microsoft and newspapers join forces to fight Google
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Over the last decade, hundreds of newspapers have disappeared largely due to Big Tech’s disruption of the ad market. Republicans an...
05:46 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge GM-backed startup Lordstown Motors accused of faking preorders
Image: Lordstown Motors General Motors-backed EV startup Lordstown Motors has been accused of fabricating some of the 100,000 preorders for its forthcoming Endurance el...
05:32 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Let this robot Twitter composer serenade you with randomly generated music
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge I have been listening to robot-made music all week. No, not Daft Punk, but randomly generated music posted every hour by a Twitt...
05:19 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge MSI Summit B15 review: average business
Functional but could be better Continue reading… ...
05:04 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Disneys MagicMobile pass is a contactless alternative to the MagicBand
Who needs a plastic wristband when you can use your iPhone to do the same thing? | Image: Disney In 2013, Walt Disney World resort offered the MagicBands — a plastic ...
05:00 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Facebooks next big AI project is training its machines on users public videos
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Teaching AI systems to understand what’s happening in videos as completely as a human can is one of the hardest challenges —...
04:36 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Tim Berners-Lee says internet access should be a basic right
Photo by Paul Clarke / Wikimedia Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, writes in a new post on the internet’s 32nd anniversary that governments must wo...
04:30 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Almost all of LGs Android 11 updates arent coming until the end of 2021
Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge LG’s German website has revealed its Android 11 update roadmap — at least for Europe — and the news isn’t too encouraging....
04:23 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Vergecast: NFT mania, the Sonos Roam, and the next Android phones
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast The Vergecast, our chat show discussing the week in tech news featuring o...
04:16 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Google slams Microsoft for trying to break the way the open web works
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google and Microsoft engineers might collaborate on the Chromium browser code, but that hasn’t stopped corporate politics betw...
04:15 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge The engineers building ridiculous dart blasters that Nerf wont touch
Luke Goodman, owner and founder of Out of Darts, is pictured in their Vancouver, WA factory and warehouse on February 25th, 2021. Inside the DIY Nerf arms race ...
03:38 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge HBO Max will debut its cheaper, ad-supported tier in June
WarnerMedia is set to launch an ad-supported tier for its HBO Max streaming service this June, and executives are hoping that having a cheaper option will help boost subscriber...
03:30 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge How modders rebuilt Resident Evil 4s graphics from scratch
A screenshot from the Resident Evil 4 HD Project. Albert Marin has taken some very specific vacations. In Wales, he visited Raglan Castle to snap pictures of its stone ...
03:04 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Samsungs Galaxy Note 20 phones are up to $500 off today at Woot
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 Ultra | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Woot has discounted Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 line today, with up to $500 in savings available dep...
03:00 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Stream it yourself
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Here’s what it’s like to craft live on stream Continue reading… ...
02:31 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Sen. Marco Rubio endorses Amazon warehouse union drive in surprise op-ed
Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images Writing in USA Today on Friday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) made a surprise endorsement of a fledgling union at an Amazon wareho...
02:00 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge When games are hard on their hands, some players turn their voices into controllers
Illustration by Laurent Hrybrk Voice control provides unique opportunities for accessibility — and some complicated setup Continue reading… ...
01:58 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Trumps Moon program survived a transfer of power, so whats next?
President Biden has been silent on his plans for NASA but excited about the agency’s recent successes — here, he virtually congratulates the team that landed NASA’s Perse...
01:00 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge The best wireless earbuds to buy right now
Whether you’re looking for an everyday pair or something for fitness, these are the best picks Continue reading… ...
12:05 pm - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge These LED dice could electrify your next DnD campaign
The dice are equipped with RGB lights and can communicate via Bluetooth. | Image: Systemic Games / Kickstarter Sometimes it’s nice to get away from technology for a b...
10:13 am - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Google says Chrome 89 keeps your Mac cooler,and saves significant memory on Windows
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has detailed the efficiency improvements it made with Chrome 89, the latest version of its browser released earlier this ...
07:30 am - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Almost a fifth of Facebook employees are now working on VR and AR: report
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook has nearly 10,000 employees in its division working on augmented reality and virtual reality devices, according to ...
01:39 am - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Los Angeles movie-goers will soon be able to visit a theater for the first time in a year
Los Angeles theaters will be allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity next week, according to the LA Department of Public Health (via Variety). The restrictions are being lifte...
01:23 am - Fri, March 12, 2021
The Verge Biden: all American adults will be eligible to get a vaccine no later than May 1st
President Joe Biden just announced that he will direct states to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations by May 1st. He also said that the federal government will la...
11:44 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Facebooks culture fit is the focus of a discrimination complaint, report says
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A Black woman who interviewed at Facebook last year says she was told the company was “looking for a culture fit” before bei...
11:26 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Microsoft says the latest Xbox Series X update fixes controller disconnect issues
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft released a new Xbox update earlier this week that brings toggles for Auto HDR and FPS Boost and improvements to better support...
11:10 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge The latest Windows 10 update could cause your printer to crash your PC
Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge The latest Windows update has been causing problems for some printer owners, according to a report from Windows Latest (via Gizmodo). U...
10:51 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge T-Mobiles long-promised 5G home broadband will launch later this month
T-Mobile hopes to expand the service to 7 to 8 million customers in the next five years | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge At an analyst event on Thursday, T-Mob...
10:50 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Go listen to Spotifys podcast about itself that ignores the existence of iTunes
Photo by Michele Doying / The Verge Spotify is making a podcast about its own history, and the first two episodes are well worth a listen for the details on the jump fr...
10:35 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Pakistan is again banning TikTok, this time for peddling vulgarity
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Pakistan has banned TikTok yet again, citing objectionable content on the shortform video app. This is the second time the ByteD...
10:10 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Gogos 5G network launch has stalled due to the chip shortage
Gogo in-flight internet STOCK Gogo will be delaying the rollout of its 5G network, pushing it back from 2021 to 2022. According to LightReading, the global chip shortag...
09:55 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge A Game Boy Advance might be the best way to watch Tenet, actually
Bob Wulff Tenet, the latest film by director Christopher Nolan, arrived on Blu-ray in December 2020, but now it has been released in another physical format: Game Boy A...
09:49 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge T-Mobile plans to turn up 5G speed this year, cover 90 percent of Americans with fast 5G by 2024
T-Mobile is keen to stay ahead of the 5G competition | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge During its virtual analyst event today, T-Mobile outlined some bold plans...
09:36 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Go read this: the fight over YouTube creator Tim Pools news site and a cat
Image: SCNR YouTube drama remains some of the most interesting drama, and a new report from The Daily Beast on infighting at political YouTube creator Tim Pool’s news...
08:47 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Apple sues 11-year veteran MacBook designer for allegedly stealing trade secrets for a journalist
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple is suing Simon Lancaster, a former product design architect at the company, accusing him of selling trade secrets and deta...
08:47 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing with new test
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix has more than 200 million subscribers around the world, and now the company is looking at ways to curb password sharing ...
08:03 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Xbox boss says Microsofts Bethesda deal was all about exclusive games for Game Pass
Microsoft completed its $7.5 billion Bethesda acquisition earlier this week and initially hinted that “some new titles in the future” would be exclusive to Xbox and PC play...
07:17 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Uber and Lyft will share information about drivers deactivated for serious offenses
Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Uber and Lyft announced a “first-of-its-kind” effort to share information about drivers who were deactivated for committing...
07:08 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge One year later
To brighter days ahead Continue reading… ...
06:54 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Spotify lets passengers fight over your road trip playlist, disturbing natural order of universe
Polestar / Beadyeye It’s a fundamental rule of the road: driver picks the music. And yet, in a brazen challenge to the immutable laws of the universe, Spotify has ch...
06:42 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge NFTs, explained
Image: Cryptokitties.co There’s nothing like an explosion of blockchain news to leave you thinking, “Um… what’s going on here?” That’s the feeling I’ve ex...
06:28 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Four years later, we are all BBC Dad
Four years ago yesterday, a meme was born: professor Robert Kelly, who will be forever known as “BBC Dad,” had the gall to get interrupted by his kids during a live video i...
06:21 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge 20 Bethesda games will be available on Xbox Game Pass tomorrow
Microsoft finalized its Bethesda acquisition earlier this week, and now the company is revealing which existing games will appear on Xbox Game Pass. In total 20 Bethesda titles...
06:14 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge The Hyundai Staria is the coolest-looking minivan in years
Images: Hyundai Minivans are pretty much dead in the US, but Hyundai’s new Staria looks so slick that it makes me believe there could be a revival some day soon. Rev...
05:04 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Bumbles new Night In feature is an attempt to break the ice on virtual dates
Image: Bumble Dating app Bumble has announced Night In, a new feature that lets you play games on a virtual date. The feature is available to users in the US and Canada...
05:00 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Google Maps will soon let you draw on a map to fix it
Image: Google If you’ve ever been frustrated by a road simply not existing on Google Maps, the company’s now making it easier than ever to add it. Google will be up...
05:00 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge GM aims to make its electric vehicles go farther and cost less with new battery partnership
Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors General Motors announced a new joint venture with SolidEnergy Systems, a spinoff of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology th...
04:57 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Go read this story on how Facebooks focus on growth stopped its AI team from fighting misinformation
Illustration by Alex Castro / Th Facebook has always been a company focused on growth above all else. More users and more engagement equals more revenue. The cost of th...
04:46 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Soon youll be able to buy a one-foot-tall figurine of ChilledCows lo-fi chill beats anime girl
Youtooz Jesus. Okay. Look, I like capitalism as much as the next schmuck who blogs for a living, but what is going on right now with regard to the efficient allocation ...
04:35 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Taser maker Axon teams up with Skydio to sell drones directly to cops
Image: Skydio Axon — the law enforcement company that makes Tasers, police body cameras, and other police and military technologies — has announced a new partnershi...
04:13 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Ankers Liberty Air 2 Pro pair good noise cancellation with a low price
And they have a surprisingly great app Continue reading… ...
04:09 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge These new 3D-printed homes in Austin are going for $450K
One of the new 3D-printed homes in the East 17th Street Residences in Austin, Texas. | Image: ICON When it showed off its 3D-printed homes at the South by Southwest fes...
04:00 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Grassroots online efforts are forming a new queer network of care
A decades-old caretaking tradition puts down digital roots Continue reading… ...
03:37 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Lip-syncing app Wombo shows the messy, meme-laden potential of deepfakes
It’s Wombo time. | Image: Wombo You’ve probably already seen a Wombo video floating around your social media. Maybe it was Ryu from Street Fighter singing the “W...
03:36 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Apples MagSafe Duo charger is down to its lowest price yet at Best Buy
Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge At $129, Apple’s MagSafe Duo charger is an expensive accessory. But if you are looking to buy this charger at a more reasonable price...
03:32 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge How Facebook could escape the FTCs antitrust lawsuit
I. In December, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to sue Facebook for illegally maintaining a monopoly in social networking. The lawsuit, which was accompanied by a separa...
03:23 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Go read this BuzzFeed News oral history of March 11th, 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Everyone had a different moment when the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic snapped into place. It may have been the day they heard...
03:09 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million
Beeple’s collage, Everydays: The First 5000 Days, sold at Christie’s. | Image: Beeple Until October, the most Mike Winkelmann — the digital artist known as Beeple...
03:00 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge The art of upcycling old sneakers into high-fashion corsets
Designer Cierra Boyd’s FRISKMEGOOD clothing line reworks upcycled sneakers into futuristic fashion. | Photos: FRISKMEGOOD Modern fashion is fraught with wasted produc...
02:52 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge How to create a signature for PDF documents on a PC
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Even before the COVID-19 pandemic closed most offices, more and more official papers were being turned into PDF documents. (PDF stands f...
02:11 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Microsofts Xbox Series X / S consoles are in stock again at Target [UPDATE: Sold Out]
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Series S consoles are some of the most sought-after consoles to buy right now. Those looking for another...
02:00 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Facebook is testing a way for creators to make money through Stories: sticker ads
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook introduced Stories to its platform four years ago, mostly as a way to encourage people to post content that wasn’t hi...
02:00 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Building the ultimate retro computer
The MiSTer FPGA project recreates classic hardware Continue reading… ...
01:37 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge SonysPlayStation5 Digital Edition is in stock at Target
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you missed the restock for the $500 PS5 with a disc drive earlier this morning, Target has now restocked the PS5 Digital Edition, w...
01:00 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Dashlane is giving its one-click password changer a big upgrade
Image: Dashlane Password manager Dashlane is introducing a rebuilt version of its its one-click password changer in beta, the company announced today. With the click of...
12:37 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Amazon quietly opens its eleventh Fresh store, reportedly plans 28 more
Amazon’s Fresh stores feature its high-tech Dash shopping carts. | Image: Amazon Last Thursday, Amazon opened its 11th Amazon Fresh grocery store, Bloomberg reports. ...
12:15 pm - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Oppo announces Find X3 Pro flagship with microscope camera
After a drawn-out series of leaks and teases, Oppo has announced its 2021 flagship in full. The Find X3 Pro is a sleek, powerful phone with an unusual design and some unique fe...
11:23 am - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Chrome for Android can now preview a page before opening a link
“Preview page” now appears an an option when you long-press a link. | Screenshot by Jon Porter / The Verge Chrome’s Android app now lets you preview a webpage bef...
11:05 am - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Microsofts Xbox TV era ends in May with the removal of OneGuide TV listings
The original Xbox One with Kinect. Microsoft is removing its TV listings feature on the Xbox One in May. Originally introduced as part of its broad ambitions to take ov...
10:53 am - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Tens of thousands of Verkada cameras were easily accessible to employees as well as hackers
Employees of cloud-based surveillance firm Verkada had widespread access to feeds from customers’ cameras, according to new reports from Bloomberg and The Washington Post. V...
09:52 am - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Relax with the calming sound of NASAs Perseverance firing lasers on Mars
Perseverance touched down on Mars last month. | Photo: NASA/JPL NASA has released an audio recording of its Perseverance rover firing lasers on the martian surface. The...
09:16 am - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Valorant pro Sinatraa suspended following sexual assault allegations
Photo by Robert Paul / Blizzard Entertainment Jay “Sinatraa” Won, one of the biggest names in competitive Valorant, has been suspended from the game and by his team...
01:35 am - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Verizon decrees only premium customers can escape its slowest 5G speeds
Verizon wants to funnel more customers into its more expensive unlimited plans. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’re on a basic Verizon plan, you’re ...
01:16 am - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge Canoo reveals a bubbly electric pickup truck
Images: Canoo No, that’s not a Duplo toy — what you see above (and in the renders below) is the design for a pickup truck from California electric vehicle startup C...
12:48 am - Thu, March 11, 2021
The Verge GameStops stock was on the rise again, until it wasnt
GameStop stock (GME) soared in value on Wednesday, peaking at $348.50 per share. Then, in an event that’s definitely not cause for concern, minutes later it lost fully half i...
11:02 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge The best gaming laptops in 2021: seven laptops to get your game on
Our top picks from Asus, MSI, Razer, and more. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales/ The Verge The best gaming laptops at every size and price Continue reading&...
10:54 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Leaked OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9 renders leave little to the imagination
Images of OnePlus’ upcoming 9-series phones show prominent branding from camera partner Hasselblad. | Image: WinFuture We have a very clear picture of what the upcomi...
10:20 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Artifacts from the first COVID-19 vaccination in the US are headed to the Smithsonian
Sanda Lindsay receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. | Photo by Mark Lennihan - Pool/Getty Images The glass vial used in the first US COVID-19 vaccination has been acquired by t...
10:15 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge AMC revenue drops nearly 90 percent in fourth quarter, but CEO remains optimistic
Scott Olson/Getty Images AMC Theaters reported another jarring but predictable loss in its fourth quarter earnings, but the company’s CEO is optimistic that the theat...
10:08 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Apple reportedly denies Parlers App Store appeal, citing derogatory terms and Nazi symbols
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has reportedly denied social media company Parler’s bid to reenter the iOS App Store, saying its platform hasn’t addre...
09:55 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Nyan Cats creator is running an event to sell memes like Bad Luck Brian and Keyboard Cat as NFTs
Image: Kyle Craven After selling Nyan Cat as an NFT, its creator, Chris Torres, has found himself working on an even bigger event: a week-long series of auctions where ...
09:15 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge YouTubes search bar was spacing out in many web browsers today
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge So this was a weird one: depending on the browser you’re using, your space bar may not have worked in the YouTube.com search b...
09:01 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Disneys new hockey deal will see over 1,000 NHL games stream on ESPN Plus
Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images Disney and the NHL have just signed a massive new TV rights deal for the next seven years that will see ESPN and ESPN Plus become k...
09:00 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV now
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge This afternoon, I was updating the streaming apps on my 2020 LG CX OLED TV, something I do from time to time, but today was different. ...
08:51 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Gnosia is like a single-player Among Us for the Switch
Deduction games like Among Us are exciting in part because of the human element — finding those signs that someone is lying, or doing your best to conceal your true identity ...
08:38 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge A YouTuber has already posted a full Galaxy A52 5G unboxing
New A-series phones, including the A52 5G seen here, are expected to debut on March 17th. | Image: Moboaesthetics The Galaxy A52 5G will likely be announced next week a...
08:25 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Valorant pro Sinatraa suspended following sexual assault allegations
Photo by Robert Paul / Blizzard Entertainment Jay “Sinatraa” Won, one of the biggest names in competitive Valorant, has been suspended from the game and by his team...
08:02 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Twitter plans to let anyone start hosting Twitter Spaces in April
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you opened your phone this morning to see a Twitter app update, you might have been excited — and then confused — to see ...
07:05 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Facebook moves to dismiss the US governments antitrust case
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In two motions filed Wednesday, Facebook called on the courts to dismiss a pair of sweeping competition cases brought on by the ...
07:04 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Apex Legends is out on the Switch, but its missing a key feature: cross-progression
Apex Legends is the latest major cross-platform Switch port. After years of availability on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC, EA has finally brought the battle royale shooter to Ninte...
06:58 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Dont invest in SPACs just because of celebrity endorsements, SEC says
Image: Recode Today, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has found the growing trend of celebrity-endorsed special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) dan...
06:44 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Microsoft Store will now show you what languages Xbox games support
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is updating its store for Xbox and Xbox Game Pass to include language support, the company announced today. The Langua...
06:39 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Amazon withholds its ebooks from libraries because it prefers you pay it instead
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is withholding ebook and audiobook versions of works it publishes through its in-house publishing arms from US libraries,...
06:00 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Facebook adds a path to partnership for its Level Up creators
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook Gaming has announced a path to partnership for streamers in its Level Up creators program, which is the site’s equiva...
05:58 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Kia releases teaser images of its next electric car, the EV6
Images: Kia Kia has given its next electric vehicle a name and is getting ready to pull the cover off the new car sometime within the next few weeks. Dubbed “EV6,” ...
05:57 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Miami Heat suspends Meyers Leonard for using slur during Twitch stream
Photo by Scott Taetsch / Getty Images The Miami Heat has suspended Meyers Leonard indefinitely after he used an anti-Semitic slur during a Twitch stream on Monday. “T...
05:39 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Xbox and PS5 game updates are bringing great choice to console gaming
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Xbox Series X / S and PS5 consoles haven’t even reached the six-month mark yet, but game modes that favor performance or visual ...
05:34 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Twitter tries to fix problematic image crops by not cropping pictures anymore
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Twitter has devised a potential solution to its problematic image cropping issue: no more cropping. The company said on Wedn...
05:19 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Toyota teases an electric car reveal on March 17th
Toyota announced earlier this year that it’s gearing up for the release of its first mass-market EVs for the US, but now it also appears ready to show off one for Europe as s...
05:06 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge COVID-19took disease tests out of the lab and may keep them there
Photo by Paul Chinn / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images It could help us be ready for the next pandemic Continue reading… ...
04:01 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge HTC announces Vive Pro lip tracking module and new VR body trackers
Image: HTC HTC has announced a new set of trackers for its Vive virtual reality headsets, including one that captures facial expressions and mouth movements. The $129.9...
04:00 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Text Adventures: how Twine remade gaming
In the video game Howling Dogs, released in 2012, players wake up in a prison with few options: a shower, a nutrient dispenser, a garbage chute, and a recreation room with a ...
03:58 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge How to create a signature for PDF documents on a Mac
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic closed most offices, more and more official papers were being turned into PDF documents. (PDF stands for Portable Document Format; it is a sta...
03:44 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge TMNT: Shredders Revenge looks to channel classic arcade Ninja Turtles
Classic arcade-style Ninja Turtle action is making a return. Today, publisher Dotemu announced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, which it says was “inspired...
03:35 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge You can save up to $21 on select Nintendo Switch games for Mario Day
Today is “MAR10 Day,” and although it is not Mario’s “birthday” (which is September 13th), this day usually has some of the best deals on games published by Nintendo....
03:34 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Epic expands app store fight even further with new legal claim against Google in Australia
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Epic Games on Wednesday expanded its worldwide legal fight against the dominant mobile app store operators with a new legal clai...
03:00 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Hasselblads 907X 50C is absolutely slow and absolutely stunning
A digital medium format vacation, if you will Continue reading… ...
03:00 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge A former pro is helping figure skating look more authentic than ever
On Ice Perspectives On TV, ice skating often looks like a sport stuck in time. Cameras aren’t hanging from wires above the action or placed close to the ice for a dyn...
03:00 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Waymo is disclosing more autonomous vehicle data for research purposes
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Waymo is publicizing more data from its autonomous vehicles, which it says is for the benefit of the research community. Building on t...
02:43 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Photoshop now runs natively on Apples M1 Macs
Image: Adobe Lightroom was the first Adobe creative app to make the leap to Apple Silicon, and now the much-anticipated release of Photoshop is here. According to the c...
02:00 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge The plus-size knitters who are solving an inclusivity problem
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Fifteen years since first learning to knit, Petrina Hicks has only ever made sweaters for other people. There was one cardi...
01:00 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge TikTok will warn users before posting inappropriate or unkind comments
The pop-up gives users the option of editing their comment, or posting it anyway. | Image: TIkTok TikTok is rolling out a pop-up today that’s designed to warn users b...
12:37 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge EU aims to double chip manufacturing amid growing fears about digital sovereignty
Semiconductor production, as shown above in GlobalFoundries’ European factory, is an extremely capital-intensive business. The European Union wants to double its chip...
12:00 pm - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Apple reportedly overestimated iPhone 12 mini demand, by a lot
The iPhone 12 mini. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple is cutting production of the iPhone 12 mini in the first half of this year, Nikkei Asia reports. Planned p...
11:15 am - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Sonos partners with Audi to bring its audio tech to cars
A Sonos-branded speaker inside Audi’s new TV, the Q4 E-Tron. | Image: Audi Sonos has partnered with Audi to equip the automaker’s Q4 E-Tron with sound, a first for ...
11:15 am - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate review: overkill
It’s a mystifying phone with a steep price tag Continue reading… ...
11:15 am - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Asus new ROG Phone 5 Ultimate has 18GB of RAM and a rear-facing OLED screen
Asus is going big with its latest gaming phones. The ROG Phone 5 lineup will start shipping this month across the globe, costing 799 euros (around $950) for the base configurat...
11:00 am - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Instagram will relaunch its Lite app in 170 countries with support for Reels
Instagram Instagram launched its smaller Lite app in 2018 only to pull it from the Play Store in spring of last year. Now, the app’s getting a relaunch with new featu...
10:48 am - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Microsofts long-awaited new webcam reportedly arriving at Surface spring event
The USB-C webcam on Microsoft’s Surface Hub 2. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft is reportedly planning to release a new webcam this spring. The software ...
09:47 am - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Amazons secret home robot Vesta reportedly in late-prototype stage of development
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon appears to have reached the “late-prototype stage” in the creation of its secretive home robot codenamed Vesta, claim...
04:52 am - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Nikon announces Z9 flagship mirrorless camera in development
Nikon has announced development of the Z9, its highest-end mirrorless camera to date and the first in the Z-mount line that the company describes as a flagship. Actual details ...
01:27 am - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Of course John Legere bought an $888,888.88 NFT from Steve Aoki
Of course John Legere, the former CEO of T-Mobile, has jumped into NFTs by spending $888,888.88 on one made by Steve Aoki, according to Rolling Stone. It’s nice to know he’...
12:00 am - Wed, March 10, 2021
The Verge Samsung will host another Unpacked event on March 17th
Samsung has just announced an Unpacked event coming up on March 17th, 2021, its second for the year so far. The invitation calls the event “Galaxy Awesome Unpacked.” Betwee...
10:42 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Security startup Verkada hack exposes 150,000 security cameras in Tesla factories, jails, and more
Image: Verkada Verkada, a Silicon Valley security startup that provides cloud-based security camera services, has suffered a major security breach. Hackers gained acces...
09:48 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Twitter is working on a big overhaul of TweetDeck
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is actively working on a “big overhaul” of its TweetDeck platform, which lets you arrange lists and feeds into easy-...
09:24 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Democrats are gearing up to fight for net neutrality
A new bill to bring back net neutrality is on its way, supported by one of the open internet’s most fervent advocates. At an advocacy event last month, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) ...
09:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Sonos Roam officially announced for $169, preorders start now
Image: Sonos There wasn’t much left that we didn’t already know, but today, Sonos has officially announced its latest speaker, the Sonos Roam. Just as The Verge rep...
08:48 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge HTC may be teasing the release of a VR lip tracker for Vive headsets
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge HTC may be teasing new modules and attachments for its Vive virtual reality headsets, including a lip tracker, UploadVR repo...
08:28 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge PSA: T-Mobile will start sharing customer info with advertisers unless you opt out
T-Mobile will soon start sharing certain customer data with marketers to provide more relevant ads. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile will soon put a n...
08:22 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Microsoft is ending support for the old non-Chromium Edge
Support for Microsoft’s Edge browser is ending today — not the new Chromium-based one, but the original Edge that was built as a replacement for Internet Explorer 11. Micro...
08:16 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Asus ROG Zephyrus G15 review: AMD and Nvidia at their best
It’s simply the best Continue reading… ...
08:02 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Xbox Series X / S is available at Microsoft Store
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Xbox Series X and Series S are some of the hottest and most challenging gadgets to buy right now. Fortunately, Microsoft Store ha...
08:02 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge The Xbox Series X / S are available at Microsoft Store [UPDATE: Series X out of stock]
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Xbox Series X and Series S are some of the hottest and most challenging gadgets to buy right now. Fortunately, the Microsoft Store...
07:39 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Jeff Bezos Earth Fund has a new leader
Andrew Steer speaks at the opening ceremony for New York City’s Climate Week in 2010. Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund has a new leader and a newly announced deadline. Andrew...
06:30 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Go watch this stunning FPV drone short film inside a bustling bowling alley
It’s been a while since most of us have been able to go to a bowling alley, but “Right Up Our Alley” is a new drone video that might just be the next best thing, thanks t...
06:28 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Disney Plus surpasses 100 million subscribers
Disney Plus has officially surpassed 100 million subscribers, less than a year and a half after the streaming service launched. Executives announced the milestone during Disne...
06:04 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Yakuzas lead writer on how Like a Dragon reinvents the series
A long, spoiler-filled chat Continue reading… ...
06:02 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Google links Android phones to Chromebooks with new Phone Hub feature
New Phone Hub feature in Chrome OS. | Image: Google Google is marking 10 years of Chromebooks by unveiling new features for Chrome OS today. The biggest addition is a n...
05:06 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Jack Dorseys first tweet may fetch $2.5 million, and hell donate the NFTy proceeds to charity
Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey now plans to convert the proceeds from the NFT auction of his first tweet to bitcoin and donat...
04:56 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Twitch may be adding a brand safety score for streamers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Cybersecurity researcher Daylam Tayari has found evidence in Twitch’s internal API that the site plans to implement something ...
04:43 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Twitter sues Texas attorney general to stop content moderation probe
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for opening an investigation into its moderation practices, arguing that the ...
04:30 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge League of Legends: Wild Rift open beta kicks off this month
League of Legends: Wild Rift, a spinoff of the PC game, is heading into open beta in North America on March 29th, developer Riot announced today. The beta will be available for...
04:27 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Fortnites new season will kick off with an explosive event
Image: Epic A new season of Fortnite is almost here, which can only mean one thing: a big in-game event. Today, Epic detailed what players can expect when season 6 of F...
04:27 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Russia partners with China for lunar space station
Photo by Liu Debin/VCG via Getty Images Russia and China have signed an agreement to build and work on an “International Scientific Lunar Station” orbiting the Moon...
04:20 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge How to create a PDF file
Now that so many people are working remotely, it’s become more accepted than ever for official documents to be sent digitally — and most are sent as PDFs. In case you’re...
04:10 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Self-flying drones are helping speed deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana
Zipline’s drones fly autonomously to their destination, dropping packages off via parachute. | Image: Zipline The threat of COVID-19 has prompted many countries to d...
04:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Nintendos new Mario-themed Switch is back in stock at several retailers
Image: Nintendo “MAR10 Day” is tomorrow, but several retailers have already begun the festivities by making more stock available for the limited-edition Nintendo Sw...
04:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge When Wendy Snchez went missing, her brother built a campaign to find her
Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge With #TeBuscamosWendy, Wendy’s brother kept attention on her disappearance Continue reading… ...
03:50 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Amazon expands its palm recognition payment tech to more of its stores
Amazon One works by identifying the unique features of your palm. | Image: Amazon Amazon One, the technology that lets customers pay in shops by scanning their palm, is...
03:30 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Vudu is finally coming to Amazons Fire TV devices
Image: Vudu Vudu, the digital video service that was owned by Walmart before Fandango bought it last year, is finally making its way to the Amazon Fire TV platform. The...
03:13 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Twitter says itll eventually let people natively record their Spaces
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter’s social audio feature Spaces continues to expand its test group, but currently if you miss a live session, you miss t...
03:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Making fanfiction beautiful enough for a bookshelf
A bookbinding creation by omgreylo. | Photo by omgreylo Book binders are making fanfiction physical, so it can sit alongside the authorized tales Continue re...
03:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Samsungs new 980 NVMe SSD costs less to make, so it costs less to buy
Samsung Samsung has announced its newest SSD, a follow-up to the 970 Evo called the 980. The drive is a NVMe M.2 PCIe 3.0 drive, and it’s an affordable one, too. It c...
03:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Mobvois new TicWatch Pro S seems like a smartwatch out of time
Image: Mobvoi Following the TicWatch Pro 3, Mobvoi has announced the TicWatch Pro S, a smartwatch that carries over some of the hallmark TicWatch features like a “Dua...
02:33 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Microsoft completes Bethesda acquisition, promises some Xbox and PC exclusives
Microsoft has finalized its $7.5 billion deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Doom and Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks. The finalization comes just a day afte...
02:02 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Twitter is reinventing itself
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Kayvon Beykpour, head of consumer product, on the company’s new product plan Continue reading… ...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge The Fitbit Ace 3 is its latest fitness tracker for kids
Fitbit Fitbit has introduced the third iteration of its Ace activity and sleep tracker for kids. The Fitbit Ace 3, designed for kids ages six and up, adds new animated ...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Insta360s Go 2 is a $299 action camera with a surprisingly powerful case
The Insta360 Go 2 looks like an oversized Tic Tac with an eyeball. At 26.5 grams and the size of my thumb, Insta360’s latest action camera, the Go 2, looks like an ov...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge The DIY e-bike scene is obsessed with speed and clout
Photo by Javi Hernandez It’s more than just a hobby, with some enthusiasts hoping to strike it rich Continue reading… ...
01:54 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Sonys PlayStation 5 is available at Target
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge After less than a year on the market, Sony’s latest gaming console, the PlayStation 5, has become one of the most sought-after devic...
01:52 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Audi shows off the Q4 E-Trons new augmented reality display
Images: Audi Audi has revealed the interior of its next EV, the Q4 E-Tron, which serves up mostly modern SUV vibes and features a few new technologies making their way ...
01:40 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Google Translate still isnt good enough for medical instructions
Illustration by Ana Kova Google Translate still isn’t reliable enough to use for medical instructions for people who don’t speak English, according to a new study p...
12:00 pm - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Meet Dr. B, the startup promising a better way to distribute leftover vaccines
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge More than half a million people have signed up to a newly launched service called Dr. B in an attempt to snag a COVID-19 vaccine...
11:13 am - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge The first and only Cortana speaker removes Microsofts digital assistant
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Microsoft once envisioned a future full of Cortana-powered fridges, toasters, and thermostats, but it never worked out. Harman Kardon�...
11:00 am - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Carl Peis Nothing teases design of true wireless earbuds
The Concept 1 is designed to illustrate the design elements that’ll drive Nothing’s products. | Image: Nothing Nothing, the new tech company from OnePlus co-founder...
01:00 am - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Dells new G15 is a speckled gaming laptop coming to China first
Dell has launched its new G15 gaming laptop, which will be available first in China before coming to other regions around the world. The laptop’s industrial design is all-new...
12:37 am - Tue, March 9, 2021
The Verge Tom and Jerry accidentally became the Snyder Cut for a hot minute
Image: Warner Bros. The Snyder Cut is set to release on March 18th, but some viewers already got a truly inexplicable sneak peek today — quite a few people trying to ...
11:15 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge The Switch-style Aya Neo handheld gaming PC is now on Indiegogo, starting at $789
The Aya Neo — a Nintendo Switch-style handheld gaming PC that promises to offer a full-fledged PC gaming experience in the palm of your hands — is now available to back on...
10:58 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Verizon is once again giving you a reason to turn 5G off
Despite years of promotion, Verizon’s 5G network still lags behind 4G. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Verizon 4G appears to be getting even better than its...
10:05 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge How to block ad tracking on your iPhone
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In 2019, an article in The Washington Post by Geoffrey Fowler described the author’s shock when he discovered just how man...
09:06 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Spice up your daily pandemic walk with these apps
Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Keep the routine fresh Continue reading… ...
09:01 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 will reportedly include both AMD and Intel configurations
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge For a while, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 3 was one of the best laptops you could buy. Microsoft is now planning its successor, the Surf...
08:50 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into cars, boats, and aircraft
A train of Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit passes over Uruguay. SpaceX is asking the FCC for approval to beam Starlink internet into moving vehicles. | Photo by Mariana ...
08:50 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into trucks, boats, and aircraft
A train of Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit passes over Uruguay. SpaceX is asking the FCC for approval to beam Starlink internet into moving vehicles. | Photo by Mariana ...
08:45 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge The brands are at it again Taco Bell is hopping on the NFT train
This piece is called Transformative Tacos On Sunday evening, Taco Bell was serving up more than just tacos — it was also delivering NFTs: the fast-food chain tweeted ...
08:40 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Microsoft was warned months ago now, the Hafnium hack has grown to gigantic proportions
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Friday, cybersecurity journalists Brian Krebs and Andy Greenberg reported that as many as 30,000 organizations had been compr...
08:28 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Oprahs Meghan and Harry interview exemplifies Paramount Plus streaming challenges
Two of the biggest entertainment events of the weekend could have been Paramount Plus exclusives: Oprah’s highly anticipated interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, an...
08:00 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Waymosimulated real-world crashes to proveits self-drivingcars can prevent deaths
Photo by Andrej Sokolow / picture alliance via Getty Images In a bid to prove that its robot drivers are safer than humans, Waymo simulated dozens of real-world fatal c...
07:06 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge The OnePlus 9 will ship with a charger in the box
The OnePlus 9 will be formally announced March 23rd. | Image: OnePlus Along with a confirmed release date, we got our first official look at the OnePlus 9 today and ano...
06:42 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Six Days in Fallujah publisher now says the game is inseparable from politics
Image: Victura Nearly a month after distancing itself from political statements, the publisher of the controversial military shooter Six Days in Fallujah has backtracke...
06:41 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Mark Zuckerberg says realistic avatars are Facebooks next big VR bet
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook’s future virtual reality headsets should capture users’ facial expressions for more realistic digital avatars, ...
06:00 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge WWE Network on Peacock: your questions answered
Image: Peacock Peacock is sharing more details today about how it will integrate WWE’s enormous selection of content later this month when WWE Network becomes part of...
05:57 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Hummers electric SUV will be revealed on April 3rd
Image: GM General Motors will reveal an SUV version of its all-electric Hummer EV on April 3rd, the company announced. The automaker unveiled the pickup truck version, ...
05:24 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Dish will acquire Republic Wireless to boost adoption of its 5G network
Photo by Nathan Ingraham / The Verge Satellite television provider Dish Network has announced its plan to acquire cell carrier Republic Wireless, Dish said on Monday. T...
04:18 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge People who are vaccinated can socialize together without masks, CDC says
Photo by Michael Siluk / Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather indoors with other vacci...
04:00 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge The pirate assembling a better sports streaming service
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge HeheStreams offers customers live broadcasts of every NBA game on television, so long as they follow these three easy steps. Fi...
04:00 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge The DIY issue
When you can’t find exactly what you want — whether that’s the perfect e-bike, the right size knitting pattern, or a much-needed support network — the DIY movement has ...
03:49 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge How to score a COVID-19 vaccine appointment
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge One of the most frustrating tasks for many of us these days is finding how and where to get an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccin...
03:09 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Sonys WH-CH710N noise-canceling headphones are half off
Image: Sony Not all of Sony’s noise-canceling over-ear headphones are costly. You can get a good deal today on the WH-CH710N in either gray or black at Best Buy. At A...
03:00 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Logitechs Circle View Doorbell is the closest thing we have to an Apple-made doorbell
For better and worse Continue reading… ...
03:00 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Rescuing discarded fabric for designer bow ties
Nisha Blackwell is CEO of Knotzland, a Pittsburgh-based company that makes bow ties from upcycled textile waste. Giving wasted material a new life Continue r...
02:00 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Google TV is adding kids profiles this month in the US
Image: Google Google today announced that it’s adding a popular customer request to its Google TV software: separate profiles for kids. Kid profiles will let you choo...
02:00 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge How scientists scrambled to stop Donald Trumps EPA from wiping out climate data
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Their work isn’t done yet Continue reading… ...
01:49 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge OpenAIs state-of-the-art machine vision AI is fooled by handwritten notes
Need to trick OpenAI’s latest vision system? Simply add a handwritten label to your target. | Image: OpenAI Researchers from machine learning lab OpenAI have discover...
01:00 pm - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Apple and nonprofit Common Sense Media team up to provide kid podcast recs
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple is making it easier for parents to find podcasts to listen to with their kids. The company is teaming up with nonprofit Co...
10:39 am - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge WhatsApp reportedly working on password protected encrypted chat backups
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WhatsApp is reportedly working to increase the security of its cloud backups with a new password protection feature that’ll en...
10:39 am - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge WhatsApp reportedly working on password-protected encrypted chat backups
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WhatsApp is reportedly working to increase the security of its cloud backups with a new password protection feature that’ll en...
09:17 am - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge EU approves Microsofts $7.5 billion Bethesda acquisition
The European Commission has approved Microsoft’s $7.5 billion deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Doom and Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft’s d...
06:00 am - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge OnePlus next phones will come out on March 23rd
OnePlus confirms it will launch its 9-series devices later this month. | Image: OnePlus OnePlus has announced an official launch date for its next phones: the OnePlus 9...
05:00 am - Mon, March 8, 2021
The Verge Oppo overtakes Huawei to lead Chinese smartphone market for first time
Oppo has become the best-selling smartphone brand in China for the first time ever, according to figures from Counterpoint Research. Counterpoint’s report says that Oppo mana...
10:59 pm - Sun, March 7, 2021
The Verge New trailers: Without Remorse, Thunder Force, and a new teaser for The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images I had the end of WandaVision spoiled before I watched it because I basically work on the internet and couldn’t quite avoid it,...
08:30 pm - Sun, March 7, 2021
The Verge Google HR reportedly advised mental health leave in response to complaints of racist or sexist behavior
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Several current and former Google employees say the company’s human resources department would often suggest mental health cou...
05:48 pm - Sun, March 7, 2021
The Verge Apple mixed-reality headset likely coming sometime in 2022, analyst predicts
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts in a new research note that Apple will release a “helmet-type” mixed reality headset nex...
05:10 pm - Sun, March 7, 2021
The Verge Elon Musk says Tesla is expanding its Full Self Driving beta to more drivers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla is expanding its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) beta, CEO Elon Musk said, doubling its size with a new software update, and...
04:00 pm - Sun, March 7, 2021
The Verge Tom Kings Vision comics are the perfect follow-up to WandaVision
Comics have never been bigger: with Marvel TV shows, DC movies, and indie adaptations growing by the day, comic books have never been more prominent in pop culture. This weekly...
03:56 pm - Sun, March 7, 2021
The Verge Russian intelligence reportedly used fake news sites to spread misinformation about coronavirus vaccines
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Four online publications linked to Russian intelligence agencies have been spreading false or misleading information about coron...
02:57 pm - Sun, March 7, 2021
The Verge The most powerful Wear OS watches are held back by Wear OS
Android users still can’t get anything as good as the Apple Watch Continue reading… ...
02:16 pm - Sun, March 7, 2021
The Verge Microsoft starts testing Edge Chromium browser on Xbox
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft has started publicly testing its new Edge Chromium-powered browser on Xbox consoles. Xbox testers in the Alpha Skip-Ah...
02:00 pm - Sun, March 7, 2021
The Verge What we actually want from an upgraded Nintendo Switch
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Rumors about a long-desired upgrade to the Nintendo Switch have been swirling for some time, and this week, Bloomberg reported that t...
10:19 pm - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge California gives OK for Disneyland and other theme parks to reopen April 1st, with restrictions
Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Disneyland, Universal Studios other theme parks, and sports stadiums in California can reopen beginning April 1st, the Californi...
07:25 pm - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge Sonos Roam will include Auto Trueplay and new Sound Swap feature
On Tuesday, Sonos will introduce its latest product called the Sonos Roam, which The Verge extensively detailed a couple of days ago. Now I’m able to share a bit more about n...
04:44 pm - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge Facebook reportedly under probe for systemic racial bias in hiring and promotions
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is looking into allegations of racial bias and hiring practices at Facebook, ...
04:00 pm - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge COVID-19 vaccine supplies are on the rise in the US
Photo by Jon Cherry / Getty Images The US government is feeling optimistic about vaccines. By the end of May, it should have enough to vaccinate every adult in the coun...
03:00 pm - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge Razer Blade 15 Base review: losing its edge
Some new specs aside, this laptop has changed very little since 2018 Continue reading… ...
02:29 pm - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge Apple Store lists iMac Pro base model as available while supplies last, hinting its being discontinued
The iMac Pro was first introduced in 2017 | Photo James Bareham / The Verge In a sign that the iMac Pro is on the way out, the only model currently available for purcha...
02:29 pm - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge Apple to stop selling iMac Pro base model, which is listed as available while supplies last
The iMac Pro was first introduced in 2017 | Photo James Bareham / The Verge In a sign that the iMac Pro is on the way out, the only model currently available for purcha...
02:00 pm - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge Gaming ruled this weeks best deals
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This was another week of gaming dominating our deals coverage. That’s mostly because my colleague Taylor Lyles has been di...
02:22 am - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge Move over, SolarWinds: 30,000 orgs email hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flaws
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Four exploits found in Microsoft’s Exchange Server software have reportedly led to over 30,000 US governmental and commercial ...
01:07 am - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge NFTs, explained
Image: Cryptokitties.co There’s nothing like an explosion of blockchain news to leave you thinking, “Um… what’s going on here?” That’s the feeling I’ve ex...
12:38 am - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge Please do not give billionaire Jack Dorsey money for his tweet
Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images Jack Dorsey, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Twitter, a man who stans bitcoin right on his Twitter bio, is attempting to sell...
12:20 am - Sat, March 6, 2021
The Verge NASAs Perseverance rover scoots around on Mars for the first time
A trail of wheel tracks left by NASA’s Perseverance rover after making its first drive on the Martian surface | NASA/JPL Perseverance, the car-sized rover NASA landed...
11:54 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge The SEC is dragging AT&T to court for illegally duping analysts into lowering expectations
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing AT&T for providing nonpublic information to 20 different analyst fi...
10:49 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge How to run a battery life report on your Windows laptop
Screenshot: The Verge When my editor told me about Window’s built-in battery report, my first thought was: “How have I never heard of this before? Also, that sounds...
10:31 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Heres a first look at Mark Cubans podcasting platform Fireside
Last month, The Verge broke news of Mark Cuban and Falon Fatemi’s new app Fireside, which promises to deliver a “next-gen podcast platform,” and today, we can provide a b...
09:51 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Ford recalls some of the first Mustang Mach-E SUVs due to loose bolts
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Ford is recalling dozens of the first Mustang Mach-E deliveries after it discovered loose bolts during the quality checks that are ho...
08:43 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge YouTube has terminated five Myanmar military-run channels as political unrest continues
Photo by Aung Kyaw Htet / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images YouTube terminated five Myanmar military channels from its platform on Friday, Reuters reports. The...
08:24 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge A Silicon Valley school is using virtual escape rooms to evaluate prospective students
The logo on the escape room’s opening screen. | Image: Paruzal Applying to an elite middle school sounds like a stressful experience, and I’m sure COVID-19 doesn’...
07:44 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Lo-fi remixes of video game music is my new favorite genre
Image: Rifti Beats I don’t usually work with any music — it often distracts me — but recently, when I’ve needed a little music on in the background, I’ve beco...
07:38 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Hades almost starred its worst character
Concept art for Hades’ hero Zagreus, courtesy of Supergiant Games. In Hades, the legendary Greek hero who killed the Minotaur, Theseus, is a pain in the ass. He’s a...
06:03 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Paramount Plus is a powerful nostalgia machine, but it doesnt feel necessary yet
Paramount Plus is maybe one of the best streaming services for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who are looking to get nostalgic about the television of their youth. Outside o...
05:51 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Whats on your desk, Jay Peters?
How he adjusts the workspace to his needs Continue reading… ...
05:38 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge John McAfee charged with securities fraud for pump and dump cryptocurrency scheme
Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images John McAfee has been charged with securities fraud over a “pump and dump” cryptocurrency scheme. Feder...
05:04 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge The best free password manager
Our top pick is free to use across a range of operating systems on mobile and desktop. | Image: Bitwarden Using a password manager is one of the best steps you can take...
05:04 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Single-shotCOVID-19vaccineis popular at vaccination sites
Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images The messaging that all three authorized vaccines are good options appears to be sinking in around the country. When the fi...
05:02 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Heres where and when you can buy the PS5
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 5th, 2021 12:02PM ET: Best Buy has limited stock available for the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition. You can find more informa...
04:59 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge The PlayStation 5 is restocked at Best Buy [Update: Sold Out]
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 5th, 2021 1:00PM ET: Best Buy has sold out of both the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition models. If you are still looking for a...
04:42 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Tesla launches a social platform and is closing its forums
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Tesla has launched a new social platform of sorts on its website geared at letting owners and fans of the brand “[t]ake actions on ...
04:37 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Heres where and when you can buy the Xbox Series S and Series X consoles
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 5th, 2021 11:37AM ET: Best Buy has restocks available for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles. You can find addi...
04:32 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge With Disneys Raya and the Last Dragon, I feel seen
Raya, voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, seeks the help of the legendary dragon Sisu, voiced by Awkwafina. | Image: Disney Raya and the Last Dragon is so much more than just ...
03:54 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Heres why its important to audit your Amazon Alexa skills (and how to do it)
What are you up to, glowing orb? | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon has always tried to push its Alexa-enabled smart speakers as a platform, boasting about the ...
03:49 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Tim Wu, the father of net neutrality, is joining the Biden administration
Photo: New America / Flickr Tim Wu — the Columbia law professor who coined the term “net neutrality” — is joining the Biden administration, where he’ll be wor...
03:24 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Vergecast: Microsofts new mixed reality platform and Square, Inc. buys Tidal
Microsoft Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast The Vergecast, our chat show to discuss this week in tech news featuring our reporters and editors. Thi...
03:13 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Get a refurbished Oculus Quest with a one-year warranty for under $200 today
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Oculus released its first-generation Quest VR headset in 2019, and it quickly became a sought-after head-mounted display, if...
03:00 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Tom Cruise deepfake creator says public shouldnt be worried about one-click fakes
Want to see a magic trick? Tom Cruise impersonator Miles Fisher (left) and the deepfake Tom Cruise created by Chris Ume (right). | Image: Chris Ume When a series of sp...
02:30 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Unannounced Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti GPU appears on Asus website
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge Nvidia might be preparing to launch a new RTX 3050 Ti GPU, according to a leak from laptop maker Asus. VideoCardz reports that Asus has ...
12:45 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge TikTok is making it easier for creators to answer their fans questions
Presenters can spotlight questions during a live stream. | Image: TikTok TikTok has officially launched a new Q&A feature that’s designed to help creators answer ...
12:00 pm - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Getaround wants to help you start your own car-sharing business
Getaround, the peer-to-peer car-sharing service, is launching a new program to help support people who want to rent out more than just a couple of cars. The program is called P...
11:29 am - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Satechis latest USB-C hub supports 4K at 60Hz, and 100W pass-through
HDMI, VGA, USB-A, and USB-C ports are all included. | Image: Satechi Satechi has released a new USB-C hub for your laptop to add all the ports that it arguably should h...
10:37 am - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Google is speeding up Chromes release cycle to every four weeks
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google says it will speed up how it releases Chrome updates. Starting with Chrome 94 in Q3, 2021, Google will release milestones...
09:19 am - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Heres what Twitters rumored undo send feature could look like
Alongside the typical “Your Tweet was sent” dialogue, there’s a new Undo button. | Screenshot: Twitter / Jane Manchun Wong A potential animation for Twitter’s l...
06:39 am - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Tencent-branded RedMagic gaming phone launched with 165Hz screen
RedMagic, the gaming brand of ZTE subdivision Nubia, has launched a new smartphone in collaboration with Chinese tech and gaming giant Tencent. The RedMagic 6 and 6 Pro are hig...
03:00 am - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Razers new Anzu smart glasses break from the pack with truly wireless audio
Image: Razer Razer is tonight formally announcing its Anzu “smart” glasses, which follow Bose, Amazon, and other companies by integrating audio speakers directly in...
12:58 am - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge Apples new Find My feature could let you know if youre the one being tracked
Image: Apple Apple’s Find My app might get a new safety feature to help prevent someone from using the kinds of devices tracked in the app to stalk you instead. “It...
12:11 am - Fri, March 5, 2021
The Verge T-Mobile saw Verizon telling people to turn off 5G andthought why stop there
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile has been busy hawking its 5G network, recently spending many additional billions to expand it, which makes it kinda awk...
11:03 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge The best laptop you can buy in 2021
Image: William Joel/The Verge The best laptops for you, from ultraportables to high-powered editing machines Continue reading… ...
10:51 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Elgatos green screen mouse pad actually seems like a good idea for streamers
Image: Elgato Elgato is one of the most notable brands in the consumer tech market when it comes to products aimed toward content creators and streamers. And today, the...
10:41 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge The Realme GT 5G is a very cheap Snapdragon 888-based phone on sale now in China
The GT 5G boasts flagship specs for much, much less. Realme has announced the GT 5G, built with Qualcomm’s top-tier Snapdragon 888 chipset. It comes with plenty of ot...
10:33 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Porsches Taycan Cross Turismo is a wagon-y follow-up to its first EV
Images: Porsche Porsche has finally unveiled the wagon-y sibling of the Taycan EV. Originally teased in concept form in 2018 and due out this summer, the Taycan Cross T...
10:09 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Confessions of a 32-Year-Old Drama Queen
No one is keeping up with Trisha Paytas, YouTube’s most frighteningly entertaining star. Continue reading… ...
09:57 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Diablo II: Resurrected will let you import your 20-year-old savegames
Blizzard wasn’t kidding when it told Polygon that the new remastered Diablo II would be faithful to the original. You’ll even be able to pick up where you left off with you...
09:55 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Valve has ended development on Artifact
Valve is ending development on Artifact, following over a year’s worth of work on rebooting the troubled virtual trading card game (TCG) based in the Dota 2 universe. It orig...
09:41 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Jeeps 2022 Wagoneer will have Amazon Fire TV built in
Amazon’s Fire TV entertainment platform is going to hit the road in Jeep’s 2022 Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer SUVs, which will be the first to feature built-in Fire TV suppor...
09:41 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Hey now lets users create blogs and newsletters right from their emails
Alternative email provider Hey is expanding its offering with a new blog and email newsletter service, called Hey World, which is being offered as a free addition to all person...
09:18 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Apple clarifies that iOS 14.5 wont let you permanently choose a new default music service
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge iOS 14.5 is in beta right now, and the first beta appeared to have a long-awaited feature: it seemed you would be able to se...
09:03 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Senators ask FTC to fight stalkers exploiting people search sites
Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) want the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to protect people who have exper...
09:02 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge YouTube will lift Trumps suspension when the risk of violence has decreased
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says the site will lift former President Donald Trump’s suspension when the risk of him inciting vi...
08:48 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Porsche unveils a pair of ridiculously expensive electric bikes
Porsche is the latest automaker to try its hand at making and selling electric bikes, and the result looks very interesting and very expensive. The Volkswagen-owned company ann...
08:45 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge I tried the Nuggs, and they tasted like memes
Behold the Nuggs. | Image: Simulate Every version of the chicken simulation Continue reading… ...
08:43 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge New funding models can help riskier games and might change studios in the process
Evva Karr was frustrated. During talks with creators, they’d begun to notice a theme: the conversation always seemed to turn to funding. Developers wanted to know how HyperDo...
07:53 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Heres where and when you can buy the PS5
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 4th, 2021 2:53PM ET: Walmart will have PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition in stock today at 3PM ET. You can find more informatio...
07:52 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Turntable.fm is back from the dead and now there are two
It’s rare that apps come back from the dead, but it seems like that may be what’s happening with Turntable.fm, a site that let you create their own radio-stations and DJ se...
07:27 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge The days of knowing how big a movie is are seemingly over in a streaming-first era
Last week, Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry debuted on Apple TV Plus. The documentary became the “biggest hit title for young adult audiences that Apple has had s...
07:24 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Heres where and when you can buy the Xbox Series S and Series X consoles
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 4th, 2021 2:24PM ET: Walmart has stock available for both the Xbox Series X and Series S. You can find additional informa...
07:18 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge The deal with it glasses are being sold as an NFT
Image: Ryder Ripps Another iconic meme is going up for auction as an NFT: the text and sunglasses used to popularize “deal with it” GIFs. The auction is being held ...
07:14 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge I tried the Nuggs, and they tasted like memes
Behold the Nuggs. | Image: Simulate Every version of the chicken simulation Continue reading… ...
05:43 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge T-Mobiles home office internet is a separate cellular-based Wi-Fi network for enterprise customers
T-Mobile’s enterprise home internet will be available later this month. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile announced some new services for enterprise ...
05:27 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Alphabets moonshot lab is working on a device to give people superhuman hearing
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Alphabet has attempted to take on some wild projects over the years, like a crop-sniffing plant buggy and fish-tracking cameras....
05:12 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Walmart will have PS5 and Xbox Series X restocks available today
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Both the Sony PS5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X / S gaming consoles will be back in stock at Walmart later today. A Walmart spokesperson...
05:07 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge OpenHaystack is a new open-source tool that lets you create DIY AirTags on Apples Find My network
Image: OpenHaystack Apple has promised to open up its Find My app to third-party accessory makers. But ahead of that, there’s a new tool that will let anybody make th...
05:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Microsoft Edge gets a speedy startup feature and vertical tabs
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is rolling out some new improvements to its Edge browser this month. While the software maker announced vertical tabs ...
04:43 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Super Smash Bros. Ultimates newest DLC fighters, Pyra and Mythra, will be available today
Image: Nintendo Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s newest DLC characters, Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, will be available in the game on Thursday, Nintendo a...
04:38 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Exclusive: this is the Sonos Roam, coming in April for $169
You’re looking at the first images of the next speaker from Sonos. Set to be priced at $169, the new device — it’s called the Sonos Roam — is much smaller than the Sono...
04:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Texas cold snap froze cleanup efforts at some Superfund sites
A sign is posted in front of the Brio Superfund site on September 4, 2017 in Friendswood, Texas. Thirteen Superfund sites in Texas flooded following Hurricane Harvey. | Photo b...
04:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Qualcomms new Snapdragon Sound certification promises a big wave of hi-fi wireless headphones
Image: Qualcomm Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon Sound, which is what the company describes as “a chain of audio innovations and software” that work together to ...
03:54 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge GM is close to building a second EV battery factory in the US, report says
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge General Motors is considering building a second battery factory in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reports, in order ...
03:48 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge How Pacific Rims sci-fi world was transformed into a Netflix anime
Image: Netflix. Yuki Moriyama still remembers the first time he saw Pacific Rim. He was a bit of a latecomer, and he ended up catching it in theaters with some friends ...
03:20 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Microsofts first-gen Surface Headphones are down to their lowest price yet
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Microsoft’s first-generation Surface Headphones released in 2018, and despite being three years old, these headphones are still a g...
03:15 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge How YouTube failed the 2020 election test
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today let’s talk about a comprehensive new report on election integrity, and the particularly low marks it gave to one platfor...
03:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Born in a Pandemic
Photo by Alice Proujansky Alice Proujansky photographed her first birth when she was seven years old. “My parents gave me this little point-and-shoot camera that I ...
03:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Marshalls Mode II earbuds are stuck between rock and a hard price
The Marshall signature style and good sound don’t quite justify the cost Continue reading… ...
02:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Eve is rolling out Thread support to more of its smart home lineup
The new Eve Weather outdoor weather monitor | Image: Eve Eve Systems, a maker of smart home products that work with Apple’s HomeKit platform, is announcing an expande...
02:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Amazons Halo fitness tracker is getting Alexa integration
The Amazon Halo and its companion app | Image: Amazon Amazon has announced a new feature for its Halo fitness-tracking gadget: Alexa integration. With this new feature,...
02:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Elgatos new Light Strip can make your setup look more chill
Who has an entertainment center this big? Wait — no, don’t tell me. | Elgato Elgato, the Corsair-owned company known for its gaming and creator-focused streaming te...
01:21 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Jack Dorseys Square, Inc. is buying a majority stake in Jay-Zs streaming service Tidal
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Square, Inc., the financial services company founded by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is acquiring a majority stake in Tidal, the...
01:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Xiaomis $260 Redmi Note 10 Pro has a 120Hz screen and a 108-megapixel camera
Xiaomi has announced its Redmi Note 10 line, the latest in its phone series that’s titanically popular in India and beyond. As is tradition for the Redmi Note phones, the 10 ...
01:00 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Senators call on FCC to quadruple base high-speed internet speeds
The federal government’s definition of high-speed broadband has remained stagnant over the last six years, sitting at 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up since 2015. But faced with pand...
12:05 pm - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Amazons new Alexa app for Xbox brings visual assistant features to your TV
Amazon’s new Alexa app on Xbox. Amazon is launching a new Alexa app for Xbox consoles this week. While you’ve been able to control Alexa from an Xbox for a couple o...
11:55 am - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Skydio drones reportedly owned by more than 20 US police agencies
Skydio’s X2 drone, which is aimed at enterprise and military customers. | Image: Skydio More than 20 police agencies around the US own drones from US manufacturer Sky...
11:44 am - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Microsofts Windows 10 UI overhaul continues with new system icons
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Microsoft is starting to modernize some of the basic parts of Windows 10 by improving the system icons that are available in th...
11:17 am - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Far-right news and misinformation received the most engagement on Facebook during 2020 US election
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In the weeks before and after the 2020 US election, Facebook content from far-right sources of news and misinformation received ...
09:59 am - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge HomeKit makes Ikeas cheap buttons and motion sensors much more powerful
Ikea’s Trådfri Shortcut Button and Motion Sensor. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Once you figure out the setup, at least Continue reading… ...
09:40 am - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Amazons cashierless tech expands to London with first international store
Customers scan the Amazon app at the store’s entrance. | Image: Amazon Amazon has opened its first cashierless store outside of the US with a new Amazon Fresh locatio...
08:00 am - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge WhatsApps desktop app now has video and voice calls
WhatsApp’s desktop app for Mac and PC is getting voice and video calling today, the company announced, offering end-to-end encrypted calls to other WhatsApp users on both com...
08:00 am - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge Xiaomi Mi 11 review: undercutting Samsung
A great deal if you can get it Continue reading… ...
02:12 am - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge The next Moto 360 may have a Snapdragon 4100
Image: CE Brands A planned Motorola-branded Wear OS smartwatch with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear 4100 processor may have leaked (via 9to5Google). If the photos are ...
02:06 am - Thu, March 4, 2021
The Verge New Nintendo Switch with 7-inch OLED screen coming this year, says report
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Nintendo is planning to release an upgraded model of the Switch this year with an OLED screen, according to a new report in Bloomberg...
11:30 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge SpaceXlands Starship prototype for the first time and then it blows up
SN10 standing upright after landing | SpaceX SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype successfully landed on Wednesday for the first time after carrying out a high-altitude...
10:55 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Peak Design congratulates Amazon for copying its signature sling bag so well
Image: Peak Design Peak Design, a maker of fine bags and accessories, has a problem: Amazon appears to have copied its popular bag, the $99.95 Everyday Sling, with its ...
10:13 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Samsung tells Texas it wants to create 1,800 jobs with a $17 billion factory in Austin
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung has submitted paperwork to Texas officials, requesting a billion dollars in tax incentives to make Austin the future hom...
09:29 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Losing YouTube on the old Apple TV underscores how far ahead competitors are
Image: Apple The YouTube app on older Apple TV models has officially been discontinued as of today. If you have a third-generation device (the 2012-era model that preda...
09:10 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Apple now lets you automatically transfer your iCloud Photo Library to Google Photos
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has added a service that lets you automatically transfer photos, videos, and albums from your iCloud Photo Library to Goog...
09:04 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Great apes receive COVID-19 vaccine at San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo. | Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images Several great apes at the San Diego Zoo received two doses each of a COVID-19 vaccine in February, National G...
09:01 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Sinking City developer uses DMCA request to get its own game removed from Steam
Image: Frogwares Valve has removed The Sinking City from its digital storefront Steam after the company received a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) request from ...
08:31 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Motorola Moto G Stylus (2021) review: the write stuff
Your best bet for a budget phone with a stylus Continue reading… ...
08:18 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge San Diego Comic-Con, E3, and Anime Expo cancel geek gatherings for the second year in a row
San Diego Comic-Con has announced this year’s show will not go on, at least not in person, and the 2021 Anime Expo has now officially canceled its physical event as well. Tha...
07:15 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Arizona advances bill forcing Apple and Google to allow Fortnite-style alternative payment options
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge The Arizona House of Representatives just passed landmark app store legislation in a 31-29 vote on Wednesday that could have far-reac...
07:14 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Ford delays thousands of Mustang Mach-E SUV deliveries
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Ford has finally shed some light on the scale of the delays it’s experiencing in rolling out its first mass-market electric car, th...
06:29 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge NewCOVID-19reporting tool is another patch for the USs ricketyhealthdata system
Antigen tests run at a university in Wisconsin | Photo by David Joles/Star Tribune via Getty Images But the CDC system doesn’t fix the foundational issue ...
06:26 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Microsofts latest Garage app is for recording group transcriptions
Image by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s newest Garage app, the company’s brand for more experimental apps, is Group Transcribe, which lets groups of people cap...
06:09 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Sony announces six PlayStation VR games, including Doom 3 for VR
Sony has announced a new slate of PlayStation VR games for later this year. It includes a virtual reality adaptation of Doom 3, as well as titles from a few successful VR studi...
06:08 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge NFTs, explained
Image: Cryptokitties.co There’s nothing like an explosion of blockchain news to leave you thinking, “Um… what’s going on here?” That’s the feeling I’ve ex...
05:53 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge With Starbase and a new Starlink factory, Musk deepens foray into Texas
SpaceX’s Boca Chica Starship plant is growing rapidly. Pieces of SpaceX’s ambitious plans to expand its sizable foothold in Texas were on full display this week in ...
05:49 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Vaio Z (2021) review: carbon tax
A lightweight laptop with a sky-high price Continue reading… ...
05:01 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Netflix has created a TikTok clone that lets people scroll through funny clips
Netflix is launching a new mobile feature that gives subscribers the opportunity to get their fill of laughs in for the night without having to watch a whole TV show or movie. ...
05:00 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Project Gucciberg offers classic audiobooks read by an AI deepfake of Gucci Mane
Project Gucciberg: AI’ced up. Ever wanted to have Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina or Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis read to you by trap god Gucci Mane, creator of such h...
04:18 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Steam sensation Valheim sold 5 million copies in one month
Image: Iron Gate Studio Breakout early access sensation Valheim, the Nordic-themed survival title taking the gaming world by storm, has sold more than 5 million copies ...
04:17 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge AMD announces $479 Radeon RX 6700 XT, says it will have significantly more GPUs available
AMD has heard you loud and clear: you can’t buy its excellent RX 6800 and 6800 XT graphics cards at anything close to their retail prices. Today, the company’s announcing a...
04:05 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge AMD is bringing Smart Access Memorys frame rate boosts to Ryzen 3000 processors
The bar has just been lowered (in a good way!) for Resizable BAR, the PCI-Express graphics feature that lets CPUs directly access a GPU’s onboard memory to improve gaming fra...
03:43 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge FedEx will spend $2 billion to become carbon neutral by 2040
FedEx will spend $2 billion in “initial investments” to become carbon neutral by 2040, the company announced today. The move comes as many of the world’s biggest automake...
03:36 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Xbox Game Pass aims for sports fans with NBA 2K21, Madden NFL 21, NHL 21, and more
Microsoft is adding four sports games to Xbox Game Pass in March and April. Madden NFL 21 arrives today as part of EA Play for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, and Football...
03:34 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge AT&T promised a TV revolution instead, we got a giant mess
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Last week, AT&T announced it would be spinning off its TV business — including DirecTV, AT&T TV, and U-verse — in a ...
03:27 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Heres where and when you can buy the PS5
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update March 3rd, 2021 10:27AM ET: Amazon currently has PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition in stock. You can find more information on the ret...
03:24 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Amazon has both PS5 consoles in stock again
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony’s latest gaming console, the PS5, is one of many gaming gadgets that are hard to find in stock right now due to mostly online-o...
03:04 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Western Digitals fast 1TB portable SSD costs less than usual today
Image: Western Digital If you need compact external storage that can connect to game consoles, PCs, phones, and other devices, there are some options you can get a deal...
02:32 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge How to watch AMDs event introducing the next Radeon RX 6000 GPU
AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge AMD is holding a hardware event today, March 3rd, where the company plans to announce the next...
02:30 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Why Congress cant stop talking about Section 230
There’s finally momentum in Congress to make serious changes to Section 230 — and not everyone’s happy about it. Last year’s antitrust hearings have given way to a full...
02:00 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Artificial intelligence research continues to grow as China overtakes US in AI journal citations
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The artificial intelligence boom isn’t slowing yet, with new figures showing a 34.5 percent increase in the publication of AI ...
02:00 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Google promises it wont just keep tracking you after replacing cookies
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is slowly phasing out third-party tracking cookies, and today, it’s making it clear that it won’t just replace them w...
01:00 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Lifxs bacteria-killing smart bulb works, but heres the small print
The LIFX Clean is a smart bulb that can kill bacteria. | Image: LIFX These things take time Continue reading… ...
12:19 pm - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge Parler has dropped its hosting lawsuit against Amazon
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Parler has withdrawn its antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, ending its two-month effort to legally compel the company to reinstat...
01:18 am - Wed, March 3, 2021
The Verge You can now beam Steam games from your PC to practically anyone, anywhere, for free
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Valve is significantly expanding your ability to share games at home and with your friends for free using Steam. One change is t...
10:18 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Japanese billionaire is looking for eight people to join him for a Moon voyage on SpaceX rocket
Yusaku Maezawa announcing his plan to fly on SpaceX’s Starship rocket in September 2018. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa invited the public on Tuesday to apply fo...
09:49 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge A jury says Intel owes $2.18 billion for infringing a zombie chip companys patents
Intel may owe quite a bit of cash to a semiconductor company that hasn’t existed for 20 years. A Texas jury has asked Intel to pay $2.18 billion for infringing two patents ow...
08:52 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Hulu reenables picture-in-picture mode for iOS 14
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Hulu has fully reenabled picture-in-picture support (PiP) on iOS, MacRumors reports, which means half-watching network TV is onc...
07:57 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge NASAs latest Mars rover has the same processor as an iMac from 1998
NASA’s brand-new Perseverance rover is the most advanced machine that’s ever landed on Mars. But when it comes to rovers, “state of the art” is a subjective term. Perse...
07:31 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Twitter users on Android can now join the platforms Clubhouse-like Spaces
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has opened its audio chat room, Spaces, to Android users, the company tweeted Tuesday. Twitter introduced a limited ver...
06:34 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G will get monthly security updates
The upcoming Galaxy A52 5G is shaping up to be a competitive midranger indeed. | Photo by Evan Blass Samsung’s upcoming midrange device, the Galaxy A52 5G, appears to...
06:13 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge You can buy Razers tiny Tomahawk gaming PC starting today
Image: Razer Razer’s small form factor Tomahawk gaming desktop is finally available for sale — mostly. The PC’s main appeal, apart from its size, is that you only...
06:08 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Epic Games is buying Fall Guys creator Mediatonic
Image: Devolver Digital Fortnite creator Epic Games is acquiring video game studio Mediatonic, the maker of smash hit Fall Guys, for an undisclosed sum, the companies a...
05:58 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Tenet is coming to theaters in New York City, at last
Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, the time-traveling epic that hasn’t quite been a hit at the box office, will come to movie theaters in New York City on Friday, Deadline reported...
05:48 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Microsoft and Niantic demo a HoloLens version of Pokmon Go
A prototype version of Pokémon Go on HoloLens. | Image: Niantic Microsoft is launching its new Microsoft Mesh mixed reality platform today, and part of the announcemen...
05:45 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Countries are polluting like its 2019 again
Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, China, February 7, 2021. | Photo credit should read Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Globally, people produced more planet-hea...
05:26 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Nintendo just released the first Wii U update since 2018
Nintendo has released a software update for its languishing Wii U console, its first in nearly two and a half years. The console has made the big jump from version 5.5.3 to... ...
05:23 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Long COVID patients say they feel better after getting vaccinated
Someone gets their COVID-19 vaccine at a site in Los Angeles specifically for teachers. The shots might help people with chronic symptoms Continue rea...
05:18 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Nio pulled off an incredible turnaround in 2020
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Chinese EV startup Nio entered 2020 on the brink but emerged stronger than ever, thanks in large part to a government bailout. That g...
05:12 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge The best deals on true wireless earbuds right now
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge When it comes to truly wireless earbuds, there are a ton of brands and products to choose from. Whether you enjoy the unconventional ...
05:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Final Fantasys creator is back with a classic RPG made of incredible handcrafted dioramas
Hironobu Sakaguchi talks about his upcoming Apple Arcade game Fantasian Continue reading… ...
05:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Crunchyroll is rolling out an entirely new design for Premium subscribers
Crunchyroll has entirely redesigned the streaming experience on web browsers for Premium subscribers, and the platform’s new design is rolling out in beta today for some cus...
04:30 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Microsoft Mesh feels like the virtual future of Microsoft Teams meetings
Microsoft Mesh enables shared virtual experiences. | Image: Microsoft Last week, Microsoft’s Alex Kipman, the inventor of Kinect and HoloLens, appeared in my living r...
03:45 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge SoundCloud will pay indie artists based on their actual listeners
SoundCloud SoundCloud’s trying something new for a major music streaming service: paying indie artists a share of their actual listeners’ subscription fees. The com...
03:36 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Los Angeles creator community is starting to move out
Logan and Jake Paul moved to Los Angeles in 2014, at the height of Vine’s heyday, and not long after found themselves crammed into an apartment at 1600 Vine Road with other y...
03:17 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Heres every game coming tothe PlayStation5 andXboxSeries Xin 2021
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge For the early adopters of next-gen hardware Continue reading… ...
03:13 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Samsung starts shipping its most ambitious TV lineup in years
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Samsung has begun shipments of its 2021 TV lineup, which is is led by new “Neo QLED” 8K and 4K TVs that use Mini LED technology to ...
03:12 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Microsofts new Outlook calendar board view looks a lot like Trello
Microsoft’s new Outlook calendar board view. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is making its first significant change to the Outlook calendar view in years. A new Outlook ...
03:03 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Apples most affordable iPad is down to $299 at select retailers
At $329, Apple’s eighth-generation iPad is the most affordable tablet offered by the tech giant. But if you want to save some additional cash, you can buy the base model, whi...
03:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Aliens: Fireteam is a co-op shooter about surviving a Xenomorph attack
The next Alien video game will be cooperative. Today, developer Cold Iron Studios revealed Aliens: Fireteam, a multiplayer third-person shooter about surviving an onslaught of ...
03:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Plus review: built for business
Removable SSDs, built-in LTE, and a familiar design Continue reading… ...
02:21 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge How to import your passwords to Chrome and the Google Password Manager
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’re moving from LastPass (or another password manager you’re dissatisfied with), you may be tempted to simply go with ...
02:02 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge The 25-year-old billionaire building the future of self-driving cars
Photo Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Luminar’s Austin Russell on the technology that will drive the future Continue reading… ...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Volvos second electric vehicle will be the slimmed down C40 Recharge
The Volvo XC40 Recharge is barely out of the gate and the Swedish automaker is already unveiling its next electric vehicle. The C40 Recharge is only Volvo’s second pure batte...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Glitch workers sign techs first collective bargaining agreement
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Glitch workers have signed a collective bargaining agreement with the company — a historic milestone for the tech industry. T...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Microsofts new Intelligent Speakers deliver its promised meeting room of the future
Microsoft’s new Intelligent Speakers. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft demonstrated prototype hardware a few years ago that promised meeting rooms of the future with auto...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Microsoft Teams is getting end-to-end encryption support
Microsoft is finally adding end-to-end encryption support to Microsoft Teams later this year. A preview of end-to-end encryption in Teams will be available in the first half of...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge DJI FPV review: fast and furious
DJI’s first first-person drone is a lot of fun Continue reading… ...
02:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Microsoft Teams will soon let you pretend to be a news reporter during meetings
Microsoft Teams is getting a new presenter mode. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft Teams is trying to make video calls a little less boring during the pandemic era of remote...
01:39 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge PlayStation Store wont let you buy or rent movies and TV shows after August 31st
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you prefer buying all your movies and TV shows on the PlayStation Store, you won’t be able to do that for much longer. In a...
01:00 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Crucials X6 lineup of durable USB-C SSDs now has a whopping 4TB model
Crucial Crucial’s range of midrange, portable USB-C SSDs in the X6 lineup has a couple of new configurations starting today: one for big spenders who need a lot of st...
12:58 pm - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Ratchet and Clank is now free on PS4 andPS5
March kicks off Sony’s “Play at Home Initiative,” and the first game available for PS4 and PS5 owners is Ratchet and Clank. PlayStation owners on both consoles can redeem...
11:46 am - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Revamped Google TV app could soon work as a remote control, code suggests
The Google TV app was rebranded last year. | Image: Google The Android Google TV app could soon be getting a built-in remote control for Android TVs, XDA Developers rep...
10:30 am - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Limes old e-bike batteries are now powering these Bluetooth speakers
The speakers are powered by old e-bike batteries and have a case made from recycled plastic. | Image: Gomi Accessory manufacturer Gomi is launching a limited edition Bl...
09:53 am - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Volvo says it will only sell electric cars by 2030
Volvo unveiled its first fully electric car, the XC40, in 2019. | Image: Volvo Swedish automaker Volvo says it will only sell electric cars by 2030, phasing out all di...
06:00 am - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Google is boosting AR performance on Android phones with dual cameras
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google is updating its augmented reality SDK so that phones with dual cameras can capture better depth information. As noted by Androi...
01:12 am - Tue, March 2, 2021
The Verge Rudy Giuliani just lost his YouTube privileges for two weeks
Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images YouTube has suspended Rudy Giuliani’s YouTube channel for the second time this year for making false claims of fraud in the 2020 US ...
11:21 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Rokus advertising ambitions just got even bigger with new Nielsen deal
Roku, one of the most popular streaming platforms in US homes, is acquiring Nielsen’s video advertisement business as it tries to become a central hub for TV advertising. Sp...
11:06 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Grimes sold $6 million worth of digital art as NFTs
Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Grimes is the latest artist to get in on the NFT gold rush, selling around $6 million worth of digital artworks...
10:54 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Clue gets FDA clearance for digital birth control
Clue, best known for its period tracking app, announced that it received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for a digital birth control function, which it says can...
10:45 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Vizio files to go public, has sold over 80 million TVs
Image: Vizio Vizio today filed its S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as the TV and soundbar maker heads toward an initial public offering. “We envisi...
10:14 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Volvos first EV is stuck on cargo ships waiting for a software update
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Volvo XC40 Recharge electric SUVs are currently being held at US ports because the company is waiting to ship a crucial software upd...
10:14 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Volvos first EV is stuck at cargo ports waiting for a software update
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Volvo XC40 Recharge electric SUVs are currently being held at US ports because the company is waiting to ship a crucial software upd...
10:02 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Twitter will label COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and enforce a strike system
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter announced Monday that it will start labeling tweets that share misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines. The label...
09:44 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge PSA: this is your last chance to grab these Mario games for your Switch
It’s March, which means Nintendo will soon pull a handful of games released specifically for anniversary celebrations. Switch owners have until the end of this month, March 3...
09:09 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge A folding iPhone could be coming in 2023
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Rumors about a folding iPhone are nothing new, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (who has a very strong track record) is weighing in with infor...
09:07 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Amazon shaves app icon mustache that raised eyebrows
The old (left) and updated (right) versions of Amazon’s new app icon. Amazon has quietly rolled out a slight update to its new app icon that it debuted back in Januar...
09:05 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge San Diego Comic-Con, E3, and Anime Expo cancel geek gatherings for the second year in a row
San Diego Comic-Con has just announced this year’s show will not go on, at least not in person. For the second time in 50 years — the first was last year — Comic-Con has ...
07:44 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Apple not switching to USB-C iPhones in the near future, according to Ming-Chi Kuo
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The dream of a USB-C iPhone may be dead, according to the latest research note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The company ...
07:39 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Klobuchar calls on Congress to get serious on tech reform
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) plotted out a multi-pronged approach to taking on the power of dominant tech firms like Facebook and Google in a speech for a Verge Live event Monday....
07:36 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Apple has reopened all of its US retail stores for the first time in nearly a year
Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images Every Apple Store location in the US has reopened as of today, roughly two weeks prior to the anniversary of the first store c...
07:22 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Gatorades new Gx Sweat Patch tests your sweat for smarter hydration
Image: Gatorade Gatorade is today releasing a new fitness wearable that tests your sweat to let you know how and when to best rehydrate after working out. The Gx Sweat ...
07:14 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Minneapolis will no longer use influencers to cover first George Floyd murder trial
Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images The Minneapolis City Council has walked back a plan approved last week that would have paid influencers to share city-approved messages...
06:44 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Workhorse meeting with USPS about lost mail truck bid
The Oshkosh-designed mail truck. The new fleet will only be 10 percent electric, though the vehicles can supposedly be converted. | Image: USPS Commercial EV startup Wo...
06:19 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Thinking about picking up a new Apple Watch? It’s never a bad idea to wait until there’s a good deal, and thankfully, those happen...
06:17 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Xbox Series X and S restocks available at the Microsoft Store [UPDATE: Xbox Series X sold out]
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Update March 1st, 2021 1:49PM ET: The Xbox Series X is sold out at the Microsoft Store for now. But the Xbox Series S and Series S bundl...
06:01 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Medium union effort stalls, falling one vote short of majority
The Medium Workers Union is pausing organizing efforts after it failed to win a simple majority of support in an online vote last Friday. “This election did not have the outc...
06:00 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Pixel update adds sharing features for Recorder, plus better underwater photos
Pixel owners can now access backups and share their recordings on the web. | Image: Google Google’s latest feature drop for Pixel phones makes it easier to share audi...
05:59 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Future hurricane seasons might start two weeks early
Satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Arthur on May 18th, 2020. | Image: NOAA Next year’s Atlantic hurricane season could begin on May 15th if officials decide this yea...
05:40 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge iPhone 13 might finally bring a smaller notch and faster screens, Ming-Chi Kuo reports
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple’s 2021 iPhones might finally have a smaller notch and, for some models, faster refresh rate displays, according to a new note ...
05:03 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge How Johnson & Johnsons COVID-19 vaccine could narrow equity gaps
A community vaccination site in New York City. | Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images All three COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States will help save l...
04:42 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Discovery Plus is the perfect background noise streaming service
The word discovery implies there’s something new to find, but I’ve spent the past few weeks steadily making my way through a show that’s been on the air for more than 20 ...
04:17 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Google Workspace picks up new features designed for remote work
Second screen in Google Meet. | Image: Google Google is adding a smattering of new features to Google Workspace today, including new tools for categorizing your focus t...
04:09 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Rocket Lab unveils bigger rocket and plans to go public via SPAC
Peter Beck’s Rocket Lab is going public. | Photo by Phil Walter / Getty Images Small launch firm Rocket Lab announced plans on Monday to go public through a merger wi...
04:00 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Riot is bringing in-person League of Legends and Valorant tournaments to Iceland
Image: Riot Games Riot Games plans to host two big esports tournaments in Reykjavik, Iceland, the studio announced on Monday. The first will be League of Legends’ Mi...
04:00 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Instagrams new Live Rooms feature lets up to four people go live at once
Instagram Instagram wants more people to go live at once, so today, it’s launching Live Rooms. The feature, which will be available globally, allows four people to vi...
03:30 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Volkswagen ID 4 review: electric chill
Sometimes you just want an electric car with decent range, low-key technology, and not much else Continue reading… ...
03:27 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Gab blames reported hack of 40 million posts on demon hackers
Right-wing social media website Gab has reportedly been hacked, and CEO Andrew Torba said on Twitter that “demon hackers” were to blame, using a transphobic slur to describ...
03:15 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Walmart drops $35 order minimum for its two-hour delivery service
Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images Walmart is dropping its $35 minimum order requirement to qualify for its Express two-hour delivery service, the retail...
03:02 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge President Biden denounces anti-union propaganda ahead of Amazon union vote
Photo by Adam Schultz for White House / Flickr On Sunday night, President Joe Biden released a message of support for unionizing Amazon workers in Alabama, while sternl...
02:52 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge The LTE-enabled Apple Watch Series 5 has hit its lowest price yet
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Apple Watch Series 5 is seeing some big discounts at Best Buy. You can get a good deal on a standard GPS-enabled model, but I thin...
02:49 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now
The Echo Show 5 (left), Echo Show 8 (middle), and the Echo Show (right) | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge When it comes to the Echo smart speakers, Amazon has a slew o...
02:44 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Here are the best Kindle deals right now
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When it comes to finding a device to use to read your ebooks, you have a few options to choose from. You can always buy a ta...
02:28 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Here are the best iPad deals right now
Photo by Brennan King / The Verge Deals on Apple’s iPad are more common than you might think. Whether you’re after the affordable iPad, the high-end iPad Pro, or so...
02:00 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 review: premium in the right ways
Samsung’s flagship Chromebook is less expensive and better than before Continue reading… ...
02:00 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Milla Jovovich wanted Monster Hunter viewers to feel like they were playing the game for the first time
Photos: Coco Van Oppens Photo In Monster Hunter, Milla Jovovich plays an outsider. Her character, a US Army ranger named Artemis, is mysteriously transported from our w...
01:29 pm - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge OnePlus teases moonshot announcement for March 8th
The teaser image for the March 8th event. | Image: OnePlus OnePlus CEO Pete Lau is teasing a “moonshot” announcement on March 8th, when the company expected to reve...
11:15 am - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge US drone firm Skydio valued at $1 billion as government freezes out Chinese competition
Skydio’s X2 drone is aimed at enterprise and military customers. | Image: Skydio Skydio has become the first US dronemaker with a valuation of more than $1 billion, ...
11:00 am - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge My PS5 is now matte black thanks to Dbrands Darkplates
A stealthy look for the elusive console Continue reading… ...
10:46 am - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Today I learned the iPhones excellent document scanner can be controlled from a Mac
Scan documents directly into Mail, Finder, and other Mac apps. | Image: Apple The iPhone’s Notes app has a powerful document scanning feature built right into it, and...
10:00 am - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Polaris teases an all-electric Ranger, first in its collaboration with Zero Motorcycles
The first electric power sports vehicle to emerge from the new collaboration between Polaris and Zero Motorcycles will be a battery-powered Ranger utility side-by-side. The com...
05:01 am - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge Lime says it will spend $50 million on a huge e-bike expansion
Lime is getting back to its roots. The scooter company formerly known as LimeBike says it will invest $50 million to grow its shared electric bicycle network, including adding ...
04:15 am - Mon, March 1, 2021
The Verge 2021 Golden Globes: Netflix dominates the night, Nomadland takes top honor
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Hollywood Foreign Press Association In a year of ongoing movie delays and stalled television productions, it’s no surprise that this year...
11:08 pm - Sun, February 28, 2021
The Verge Cybersecurity firm says social media bots hyped GameStop during trading frenzy
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge A cybersecurity firm found that bots were promoting GameStop stock on social media before and after the stock’s frenzied rise last...
10:11 pm - Sun, February 28, 2021
The Verge Minneapolis hiring social media influencers for former police officers trials
George Floyd died in police custody in May 2020 | Getty Minneapolis is hiring social media influencers to share “city-generated and approved messages” during the tr...
08:28 pm - Sun, February 28, 2021
The Verge New AI Deep Nostalgia brings old photos, including very old ones, to life
MyHeritage An AI-powered service called Deep Nostalgia that animates still photos has become the main character on Twitter this fine Sunday, as people try to create the...
06:00 pm - Sun, February 28, 2021
The Verge How to watch the 2021 Golden Globes online
Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images Awards season in Hollywood begins Sunday, February 28th, with the 78th Golden Globe Awards, hosted by the Hollywood Foreign ...
05:23 pm - Sun, February 28, 2021
The Verge Verizon support says you should turn off 5G to save your phones battery
Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Despite its relentless promotion of 5G phones and the fact that it spent more than $45 bi...
02:28 pm - Sun, February 28, 2021
The Verge Samsungs shiny red Galaxy Chromebook 2 is now available at Best Buy
Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Samsung’s latest Chrome OS laptop, the Galaxy Chromebook 2, is now available for purchase at Best Buy...
02:05 pm - Sun, February 28, 2021
The Verge Disinformation experts arent happy about the trailer for HBOs QAnon series
Supporters of former President Donald Trump flew a US flag with a QAnon symbol outside the Capitol on January 6th. | Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images The teaser video ...