After some brief chat about hoverboards, of all things, we quickly hop into talking about the weird news surrounding Pokemon Go being a no-show this year at GDC, along with other Nintendo-y stuff. From there we talk a bit about the insane launch of Clash Royale [Free], how awesom … | Continue reading
Today at 6:35pm EST, SpaceX successfully launched the SES-9 communications satellite into Geostationary orbit (GEO).Launching the SES-9 payload was the primary goal of today’s mission, but many had their eyes back on the ground for what would have been the first successful landin … | Continue reading
Hey guys, we don't publish too many of these Patreon posts as I try to not be obnoxious about fundraising, but the very important fact remains: To survive, we very much need your support. The business of running a web site is tricky, and as we pointed out in our original cry for … | Continue reading
No other mobile game has done this so quickly in the age of Clash of Clans, Game of War: Fire Age, and Candy Crush Saga. A brand new game, Supercell’s Clash Royale fortress battle title, has become No. 1 in the U.S., not only on the top downloads chart but also on the top-grossin … | Continue reading
The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading
Google has begun experimenting with an entirely new format for search results, which could eventually let any brand, celebrity, or organization have a dedicated Twitter-like feed built right into the company's search engine. Google first started employing it last month by letting … | Continue reading
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has issued new comments criticizing the Bitcoin Core development team, reiterating his support for Bitcoin Classic. | Continue reading
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket into space this afternoon, but — as expected — failed to land the vehicle on a drone ship at sea afterward. CEO Elon Musk said the rocket "landed hard" on the drone ship. The mission requirements made a successful landing unlikely. … | Continue reading
Sad news, Verizoners. You know that One A9 that HTC promised would arrive on Verizon this year? Yeah, well… This is kind of awkward. | Continue reading
Earlier this week Mortal Kombat X launched its Kombat Pack 2 DLC for PS4 and Xbox One, adding Leatherface, Triborg, Bo' Rai Cho and the Xenomorph from Alien to NetherRealm's fighting game. Now, you can play these characters for free this weekend.As reported by Kotaku, accessing t … | Continue reading
In an attempt to launch a satellite into space, commercial spaceflight program SpaceX made another round-trip of its unmanned Falcon 9 rocket. If towing an expensive amount of high-quality telecommunications equipment weren’t enough, the rocket had to complete a particularly diff … | Continue reading
And after three months have gone by, only 5 percent of users are still using a given app. | Continue reading
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Friday on a satellite-delivery mission that was to involve an attempt to make a return landing at sea. | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Sean Penn has once again called his El Chapo interview a failure, but not in the way you might think.During an appearance at the closing keynote of the RSA security conference Friday, Penn said that the media has largely misinterpreted both his original intentions … | Continue reading
Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, the sequel to Renegade Kid's delightful retro platformer Mutant Mudds, is slated for a 17th March release in Europe and North America.As reported by Nintendolife, the game's Wii U and 3DS versions will support Cross-Buy. So purchase it for £8.99 / €9 … | Continue reading
Tinder is testing out a new feature that lets you become a matchmaker for your friends, sharing profiles you come across with a temporary link.If you’re a Tinder user, the dating app announced you might see a new icon that allows you to share a profile that you find when looking … | Continue reading
Today Meerkat, the app that generated much of the attention last year around live streaming video from a mobile device, is going public with the news that it’s officially changing course and building a new product toward that end. It was a long time coming. Meerkat definitely had … | Continue reading
The debates in Congress will be ugly, uninformed, and emotional. Lawmakers won’t know which side to pick and will flip flop between what lobbyists ask and the public’s fear du jour. Read More | Continue reading
One of the first things people do when they put on a virtual reality headset is try to look down at their hands. One company has the technology to ensure that you’ll actually see them. Leap Motion has released a new video to show the capabilities of its Orion hand-tracking techno … | Continue reading
Meerkat — the darling of South by Southwest 2015 that helped kickstart the livestreaming app craze — is pivoting away from live broadcasts.News of the pivot was first reported by Re/code, who obtained emails sent to investors and discussed the changes with Meerkat's CEO Ben Rubin … | Continue reading
What’s it like being the Founder of 2 wildly successful startups, advisor to Linkedin and Automattic and a prolific angel investor with Buffer and Mattermark? Hiten Shah shares a glimpse in our latest interview. We discussed the pros and cons of VC funding compared to bootstrappi … | Continue reading
The OxygenOS that powers the OnePlus 2 is getting a new update that offers a handful of pretty convenient improvements. | Continue reading
Samsung may shut down its Milk Music streaming service and replace it with — wait for it — Tidal. According to a report from Variety, Samsung has laid off a good deal of the Milk Music team, and completely ignored it when showing off services integrated in its new TVs at CES. Thi … | Continue reading
For as far back as last June when Apple released the private beta of iOS 9 during WWDC, Game Center has been plagued with issues. For some reason the service just simply stops working out of the blue. I didn't personally become affected with the Game Center bug until sometime las … | Continue reading
There was quite a bit of nervousness among HTC fans earlier this year regarding the company’s 2016 flagship. While handsets from other manufacturers, who traditionally debut the top of their lines at Mobile World Congress, had already begun to leak — such as the Samsung Galaxy S7 … | Continue reading
Motorola is good at making smartwatches, but how is the company at making a wearable for fitness-minded users? We find that out in our Moto 360 Sport review! | Continue reading
Shadow Moses Project, the Metal Gear Solid fan remake being developed in Unreal Engine 4, has been unceremoniously shut down."We have to cancel the Shadow Moses Project for reasons beyond our control," the developer said on the project's Facebook page. "We would like to thank eve … | Continue reading
Google may be bringing a social layer to search, but it’s not interactive like Twitter or Facebook (or even Google+). Dubbed ‘Google Posts,’ the “experiment” is meant to allow politicians a place on the Web, whether they have one or not. It’s also real-time, and seems to be rathe … | Continue reading
California's new 220-mph bullet train won't begin accepting passengers until at least 2025, three years later than the initial schedule, according to a new business plan released by the agency overseeing the long-gestating project. But there's a silver lining: the high-speed rail … | Continue reading
Welcome back to The Verge’s weekly musical roundup. I’m Jamieson, I’m still your host, and this feels like one of the most all-over-the-place collections of music we’ve had here in a while. Azealia Banks and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis make for a peculiar duo; Kristin Kontrol, M83, a … | Continue reading
Outdoor clothing retailer The North Face will launch a mobile app next month that lets users engage with Watson, the world’s smartest computer, to help find the right item for them. It’s the first mobile app experience to put Watson, the powerful artificial intelligence computer … | Continue reading
It's a good year for gorgeous, brutally challenging puzzle games. In January we had The Witness, and this June we're getting Obduction — a new game from Cyan, the studio behind Riven and Myst. Cyan calls Obduction the spiritual successor to Myst, and it's easy to see why that is … | Continue reading
Two weeks ago, Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin sent an email to his company’s 48 investors laying bare an observation that he’d made peace with months earlier: Meerkat, the livestreaming app that played the role of darling one year ago at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, was fail … | Continue reading
A buried knife was found at O. J. Simpson's estate during construction work, though no one is sure exactly when, TMZ reports. Though the construction worker gave it to a nearby police officer, that cop chose to keep the knife at his own house — and did so for years. It didn't com … | Continue reading
For those who enjoy playing Football Manager Touch 2016 [$19.99 (HD)], the Winter Transfer Window update is always a fun moment in the game's life-cycle. If you aren't aware of how football transfer seasons work, football teams are only allowed to sign players during the summer t … | Continue reading
It was only a matter of time: Meerkat has given up on livestreaming, according to an interview by Recode with CEO Ben Rubin. The app that started the personal livestreaming revolution ultimately found that competing against the likes Facebook and Twitter’s Periscope – both of whi … | Continue reading
Since the 1940s the human species have sent creatures of all shapes and sizes into space aboard some of the most highly engineered crafts ever produced by mankind. Let's take a look at the many space travelers over the years. Read more...More about Space, Animals, Astronaut, Spac … | Continue reading
Add this one to the bucket list….A startup called Cape Productions will capture you skiing with a drone. Stationed at Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, the team provides aerial footage of you racing down the slopes, providing different angles than your GoPro. Because of its impeccable … | Continue reading
Good news, HTC One M8 owners! If you’re on Verizon, then Android 6.0 Marshmallow is getting pushed out to your device Monday, March 7. | Continue reading
Date: 04/03/2016Through innovation procurement the public sector can drive innovation from the demand side. This enables the public sector to modernize public services faster while creating opportunities for companies in Europe to bring research results to the market and gain lea … | Continue reading
Former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff spoke at the RSA conference this week, where he claimed forcing Apple to decrypt a device for the FBI is equivalent to biological warfare. | Continue reading
The Sand Hill Road venture firm Andreessen Horowitz is in the thick of fundraising and talking with investors about a fresh $1.5 billion fund, according to several sources who note the fund could always close at a higher number. It was almost exactly two years ago that the firm c … | Continue reading
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Bitcoin was first introduced in the year 2009. Since then the digital currency’s network has been growing non-stop. Over the past few years, bitcoin network has grown over multiple times but not much changes have happened on the technical side since its inception. The bitcoin blo … | Continue reading
Developers using Google Cast were left with a lot of blind spots when it came to user behavior. Now, the company is introducing a new visualization tool in the Google Cast Developer Console. It’s fairly robust, too. Google is tracking several points of interest — how many devices … | Continue reading
Microsoft is today rolling out a new Windows 10 update to its "fast ring" testers that's largely focused on Cortana, the operating system's built-in personal assistant. First, Cortana is expanding its list of supported languages to include Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil), a … | Continue reading
Amazon is making it difficult to pre-order the $90 Echo Dot. But there’s still a way and it’s really easy to nab your place in line for the new mini Echo. Better hurry, though. Amazon could close this loophole at any moment. To pre-order the Echo Dot: Open the Amazon iOS shopping … | Continue reading