GUEST: We’ve been talking about the need for more transparency in mobile advertising for quite some time, so what’s the holdup? Turns out the answer is simple: We haven’t been ready. The perceived delay in transparency is actually in line with the industry’s natural progression. … | Continue reading
Been a long time coming, but Fujifilm’s finally ready to offer up the sequel to its Instax Share Smartphone Printer SP-1. Two and half years after debuting the peripheral at CES, the company returns this week with the fittingly named Instax Share SP-2, which promises so key impro … | Continue reading
A former senior chief in the UK’s Met Police and now a Lib Dem peer in the House of Lords has warned over major risks to the privacy of web users’ personal data from a provision in the Investigatory Powers bill that would require ISPs to retain information on the websites and ser … | Continue reading
Google is reportedly preparing to start designing and manufacturing its own smartphone, according to a new report. While some giddily clap at the idea of an Android smartphone straight from the mothership, it’s actually not a great idea. Nexus Starting (and possibly ending) with … | Continue reading
You know what's easier than landing a 14-story Falcon 9 rocket booster on a drone ship in the ocean? Landing a tiny remote-controlled version of the rocket on a slab of foam in your pool. At least that's my takeaway from the most recent videos uploaded by hobbyist YouTuber ajw611 … | Continue reading
Last year Google first demoed its impressive virtual reality field trip program, Expeditions, and started rolling them out to a select set of schools. Now the company is opening up the VR experience to everyone. In case you’re not familiar. Expeditions are VR ‘trips’ designed aro … | Continue reading
On the heels of Amazon’s entry into the learning materials market, Google this morning also unveiled a series of product announcements aimed at expanding use of Google products and technologies in the classroom setting. At the ISTE conference today, the company introduced a numbe … | Continue reading
Online clothes shopping can be a gamble – you never really know if items will fit until you try them on. Meanwhile, shopping at local retailers can be time-consuming. A startup called Boon + Gable aims to solve both those problems with a service that offers a personal stylist who … | Continue reading
Nintendo is reportedly considering bringing cartridges back instead of game discs for the upcoming NX console. The move could dramatically improve performance if Nintendo can control costs. | Continue reading
550 million people use Facebook Events each month, with 60% of connections to events happening serendipitously in the News Feed. But Facebook is giving hardcore extroverts seeking more parties a new Featured Events list full of hand-picked gatherings.Starting today, iOS users in … | Continue reading
Baz Luhrmann's upcoming Netflix series The Get Down is set in the South Bronx in 1977, and that's mostly what its latest teaser focuses on. It's just 30 seconds long, packed with images of Cadillacs, graffiti, the subway, and summer smog — oh, and a new song from Nas. The only li … | Continue reading
Hi, I’m Lucia, and I’m the the newest TechCrunch summer writing intern.I’m going to write from Chicago – please notice the standard Windy City hairstyle in the above pic – where I’m also a graduate student of Journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Re … | Continue reading
Vlambeer's essential action roguelike Nuclear Throne just received online co-op in the form of an unofficial mod - albeit one embraced by the game's developer.Entitled Nuclear Throne Together, the mod allows two players to remotely journey through the procedurally-generated waste … | Continue reading
Sam Paper spent hours creating a PowerPoint presentation on office snack consumption, and now, he was feeling defeated. Though his spreadsheets were complete and his math was double-checked, he realized the whole thing was a little bland. Sure, his C-level overseers always enjoy … | Continue reading
Here at The Verge, a small contingent of us have been more than a little preoccupied with the most important question in cinema in 2016: will Nicholas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon be the best or worst film of the year? When it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this y … | Continue reading
Coinsecure, one of the leading Bitcoin and Blockchain company in India today announced that it is partnering with BitPay. As a part of this partnership, the San Francisco-based company will offer bitcoin payment processing services to the Indian merchants. By using Coinsecure’s p … | Continue reading
Street Fighter V is getting a bunch of new (and needed) content. Capcom revealed today that Balrog joins Street Fighter V’s roster when the Story Mode update launches on July 1. The fighting game originally came out on PlayStation 4 and PC on February 16. When Street Fighter V la … | Continue reading
The original Doom was one of gaming's great milestones. It wasn't the first of its genre - or even the first by developer id Software who previously made Wolfenstein - but it was arguably the best. So popular was Doom that nonchalant musings about it in trade magazines became the … | Continue reading
The data itself won't tell you anything... that's why it's called web analytics analysis. Here's what you need to know about the analytics analysis process. | Continue reading
3D printing startup Arevo announced today that it closed a $7 million investment led by Khosla Ventures. Arevo says it offers “advanced materials, intelligent software and additive manufacturing technology to make ultra-strong composite parts.” “Our 3D printing technology and sof … | Continue reading
Learning to code usually involves sitting in front of a computer, memorizing commands, and carefully checking for syntax errors. But what if instead, coding was colorful, fun, and let you interact with the real world?That's what Google is trying to do with a new initiative called … | Continue reading
3 must-have tips on how RankBrain impacts SEO, and how to switch tactics to get ahead of the curve. | Continue reading
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and WNBA President Lisa Borders marched in New York City's pride parade Sunday. | Continue reading
For the last three years, one month, and seven days, Edward Snowden has been living in exile from the United States. On May 20th, 2013, he boarded a flight from Hawaii to Hong Kong after setting in motion the most powerful public act of whistleblowing in US history. In the months … | Continue reading
Color Mosaic of Olympus Mons on Mars | Continue reading
Google today is announcing a few new features for education users. Now teachers will be able to use the Google Forms service to give quizzes to students and have Google automatically grade them and even show educational content to students when they get questions wrong. And a new … | Continue reading
Amidst such an expansive and dynamic environment such as the App Store, it’s extremely easy to look for comparisons between different games as a means to gauge interest and also articulate your opinions on an app with a brevity that a thousand word review could never achieve. It … | Continue reading
It’s been over a year and a half since Microsoft first announced the open source .NET Core project, which aims to bring the core parts of Microsoft’s .NET framework (and it’s cousing, the web-focused ASP.NET Core) to Linux, OS X and other operating systems that the company didn’t … | Continue reading
It’s no secret that Google’s Chromebooks have seen the most success in the classroom, and have quickly become the de facto education computer in the US thanks to their low cost and easy management. Today, Google is announcing new tools and expanded capabilities of its existing to … | Continue reading
Right now you can get the Gear VR for just $79. A number of Gear VR compatible Samsung Galaxy phones are also on sale. | Continue reading
Fewer companies know how to build world spanning distributed services than there are countries w... | Continue reading
British Prime Minister David Cameron addressed Parliament on Monday, just days after the UK voted to leave the European Union and said that the government would begin implementing the decision to leave the bloc. Photo: Associated Press | Continue reading
New Android phones are constantly coming to market, and it can be tough deciding when you should upgrade. We want to know - how often do you upgrade your phone? | Continue reading
Fujifilm hat einen neuen Drucker vorgestellt. Der Instax SP-2 ist ein mobiler Fotodrucker und soll Haptik und echtes Fotogefühl für die Generation Instagram liefern. Die Sofortbilder kommen in einer Auflösung von 800 x 600 Bildpunkten... | Continue reading
Services like YouTube Gaming and Twitch are great for watching videos and live streams from your favorite gamers, but a new app called Leet, launching now, has a slightly different take. Instead of focusing on live-streamed gameplay and real-time chat, Leet lets gamers share shor … | Continue reading
We have only a rough idea of how Google’s Daydream virtual reality platform will shape up. But if you own a Nexus 6P, the developer preview of Android N holds a nice Easter egg: a simple VR painting program. Google is treating the 6P (which isn’t officially compatible with the pl … | Continue reading
Last night on Game of Thrones we said goodbye to a lot of people, most of whom no one cared about. Today we gather in a Google Doc to wail into the abyss over the one goodbye that nothing could prepare us for. Usually a remembrance like this is not worth anyone's breath, as Weste … | Continue reading
NASA is going to light a massive fire in the Utah desert tomorrow morning. The space agency plans to test out one of the solid rocket boosters that will be used on the Space Launch System (SLS), the giant expandable rocket that NASA is building to take humans into deep space. For … | Continue reading
Hello everyone. Normally, I would be welcoming you all to another extensive recap of all news Hearthstone [Free], but unfortunately this last week was extremely busy for me since I was preparing for my return to the US after two years away. As a result, I couldn't put together on … | Continue reading
Kim Kardashian West let her biggest fans go her daughter North’s third birthday party this month. Those who follow her on Snapchat and Instagram were treated to pictures and video of kids and adult guests dressed up like mermaids for the undersea-themed event. Outlets like Instyl … | Continue reading
Tesla owners are a resourceful bunch — and while they wait for the Model 3 to start shipping, they've got some time on their hands. Today, that resourcefulness has led to an autonomous charging system spotted by Electrek that will automatically guide the Model S's charging cable … | Continue reading
Austin, U.S.-based AllClear ID, a provider of identity theft repair and credit monitoring services, has quietly acquired Norway’s Encap Security. The Oslo-based company offers device-based multi-factor authentication and e-signature solutions, predominantly to the financial servi … | Continue reading
Google want to help teach kids how to code, so now it’s launching a hardware platform for kids (and curious) adults to learn the principles of code. It’s called Project Bloks. There are three components to the experience. The Brain Board houses a processing unit based off of Rasp … | Continue reading
A food delivery startup called Farm Hill is expanding its business from the suburbs of Silicon Valley to San Francisco this week, bucking the trend of so many “on-demand” businesses that focus on dense, urban markets first. Interestingly, Farm Hill benefitted from the demise of o … | Continue reading
I love a good conspiracy theory. That's not to say I ever believe them - mostly I just enjoy snorting into my coffee while marvelling at the mental gymnastics that excitable, like-minded communities or fandoms are capable of. The best ones are a perfect blend of the ridiculous, a … | Continue reading
A new patent application has surfaced showing how Samsung's upcoming triple-camera iris scanner in the Galaxy Note 7 might work. | Continue reading
GUEST: Israel, as Eric Schmidt said last week in a fireside chat at Google Tel Aviv, is producing an unprecedented level of innovation, which makes it one of the hottest places on earth to find new and exciting technology. Enough has been said about the Israeli tech ecosystem ove … | Continue reading
For better and worse, Change.org is a window into the public consciousness. Though rarely a tool for widespread change, the petition service provides limitless soapboxes for citizens to call for political action and awareness. It can be a cause for good, though its popularity is … | Continue reading