Jawbone’s chief creative officer, Yves Behar, has a bone to pick with Xiaomi over their Mi Square Box Bluetooth speaker. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it hoped to have its new mobile, high-tech fare payment system for the New York City subway installed by 2020. But e-ticketing may be coming to the nation’s largest rapid transit system sooner than we thought. That … | Continue reading
Now that The Angry Birds Movie is the second-highest grossing video game movie of all time, it makes perfect sense that a sequel is on the way. The Wall Street Journal reports that Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish company behind the popular mobile series, is developing a follow-u … | Continue reading
Facebook's ban on private gun sales has faced steady criticism since it was first instituted in January, as reports of sales on the site continued. Last month, Democratic Massachusetts senator Edward Markey wrote to Facebook and Instagram with questions about how the ban was bein … | Continue reading
Earlier this week, Redditor bcassalino uploaded a gif of two pokémon, Dragonite and Charizard, performing a surprisingly elaborate dance routine. Titled "No time to explain, let’s dance," the post... | Continue reading
Convergence is the ultimate goal of most technological developments, but there are some areas of life that don’t benefit from it. A good example: valuable items that you might keep about your person. Don’t converge those. As a seasoned traveler, I know to keep my passport in one … | Continue reading
Often adults, particularly the nerdiest amongst us, possess an unflagging love for an entertainment franchise that defined their childhood. Star Wars. The Lord of the Rings. Jem and the Holograms. My heart, for example, belongs to ToeJam and Earl, an all but forgotten roguelike f … | Continue reading
Bachelor in Paradise is a television show in which the discarded men and women from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette come to a place called "Paradise" (technically a resort in Mexico) for a second (or sometimes third, and occasionally fourth) shot at love. Each week, they pair o … | Continue reading
Kerbal Space Program is a tough game to describe, but the best possible description I can give it is "NASA: The Game." It’s a spaceflight sim, where the goal is to design ships and launch the adorable Kerbals into space, helping them explore their solar system without reaching an … | Continue reading
Airlander 10, the butt-shaped airship that just flew for the first time last week, crashed earlier this morning on its second test flight, damaging the cockpit.Nicknamed "The Flying Bum," the helium-filled aircraft took off from its central-England airfield last week to begin its … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever used the Leap Motion hand tracker, you’ll know that it’s a magical experience punctuated by moments so frustrating it makes you want to throw things — except that you can’t pick them up, which is why you’re frustrated in the first place. Leap Motion is well aware o … | Continue reading
You probably already know that Facebook shows you ads based on what it thinks you like and dislike, but you might not be aware that it also labels your political preferences — even if you don't state them yourself. Earlier this month, the social network made this information easi … | Continue reading
French artist Kévin Gemin analyzes the mysterious ways in which birds move — less "ah, the majesty of nature," more "that is a peculiar way for a creature to contort itself." Naturally, his talent is perfect for distilling a good bird GIF into a tiny, soul-inflating animation.The … | Continue reading
The Verge is hosting the official Mr. Robot Digital After Show in partnership with USA Network, and we hope you'll join us tonight directly after the show, and each week, as we discuss the exploits of sophisticated hackers and corporate overlords. Tonight we're pleased to bring b … | Continue reading
As a general rule, anyone who posts pictures of money and talks about investment opportunities is probably trouble. Those are the hallmarks of the "money flipper" scam, a criminal scheme that’s been troubling Instagram for years. The accounts boast of a mysterious investment syst … | Continue reading
The National Park System is turning 100, and The Verge is celebrating with Wilderness Week: a look at the natural world, its freaky critters, and its future.This year is already on pace to be the warmest on record, setting off another season of heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires … | Continue reading
It’s Wilderness Week at The Verge as we celebrate the centennial anniversary of the US National Park Service. It’s a good time to reflect upon your own relationship with nature, the mother of all inventions.Being outdoors has always been an escape for me, a respite from the aggre … | Continue reading
France and Germany this week called on the European Union to adopt a law that would require app companies to make encrypted messages available to law enforcement, as part of Europe's ongoing efforts to thwart terrorist attacks.French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and his Ge … | Continue reading
The PowerEgg is up and flying. Those aren't words I expected to write this morning, but sometimes life surprises you. The Egg in question is actually a drone made by Chinese company PowerVision. Renders of the craft were first shown off earlier this year, but now the company has … | Continue reading
Microsoft has released a big update for its Word Flow keyboard on the iPhone this week. The biggest addition is a new search interface that lets you find GIFs, emoji, images, contacts, and anything from Bing search results without leaving the keyboard. Microsoft's GIF search feat … | Continue reading
Public servants in Singapore will be barred from using the internet at work, under a new policy aimed at protecting the city-state from cyber attacks and espionage. As Reuters reports, computers in some Singaporean ministries are already disconnected, or "air-gapped," from the we … | Continue reading
Hackers believed by US officials to be working for Russian intelligence agencies have targeted American news outlets including The New York Times. The news was first reported by CNN on Tuesday afternoon, with the Times later confirming that there had been an attack on its Russian … | Continue reading
For a time, the Nintendo 64's Goldeneye 007 was the greatest game in the world, but Rare's shooter hasn't aged gracefully, the two decades since its launch making its controls feel clunky and its graphics look sludgy. Nevertheless, people who played Goldeneye 007 back in the late … | Continue reading
Jawbone has failed in a legal bid to block rival Fitbit from operating in the United States, after a US International Trade Commission judge ruled that Fitbit had not stolen trade secrets from the manufacturer. Jawbone had alleged that its rival had stolen classified information … | Continue reading
Why does the US pay more for prescription drugs than any other country? Monopolies and a government that can't negotiate, scientists said in a paper that may provide ammunition for lawmakers aiming to lower drug costs.Researchers from Harvard Medical School dug through medical an … | Continue reading
Tesla today introduced a new version of its Model S sedan. It’s called the P100D, and it can go from 0-60 MPH in 2.5 seconds. Tesla says that makes this the third-fastest production car ever, behind the Ferrari LaFerrari ($1.4 million) and the Porsche 918 Spyder ($845,000).Both t … | Continue reading
Parrot showed us its fixed-wing Disco drone at CES this year, and now the company is saying it plans to release it next month. All a user has to do to fly the Disco is toss it in the air. It’s equipped with an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, barometer, Pitot, GPS, and a 1 … | Continue reading
Every year, as Labor Day draws near, you start to hear it. That plaintive refrain, echoing over the hills and plains of movie blogland. Worst. Summer. Ever. Whether for reasons of critical acclaim, box-office performance, or a combination of both, there's always a reason to feel … | Continue reading
Everyone has an opinion about pumpkin spice lattes, but here's the only thing about them that is objectively true: I should not have to wait until September to buy one.the world's most controversial drink is pretty much fine, and i just kinda want one so chill PSLs ("P"umpkin "S" … | Continue reading
I’m tired of Sony making me look bad. I spent 3,000 words two years ago talking up the Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact and their excellent hardware design and camera sensors. Today, Sony lets both me and its loyal customers down by not including either phone in its Android Nougat upgrad … | Continue reading
I was briefly surprised to learn the latest controversy involves Hillary Clinton, U2 lead singer Bono, and the International Space Station. Then I remembered that the 2016 US presidential election has been a circus for a full year, and this fit with its ongoing theme: nonsense.He … | Continue reading
There’s nothing like walking into a souvenir shop, running your hands along the personalized keychains, and feeling the rush of finding a tiny piece of plastic with your name on it. Am I right, Toms and Sarahs of the world? Up top!Okay, I wouldn’t know. In so many displays, Dale … | Continue reading
Sony is bringing official DualShock 4 support to Windows PCs and OS X. Today, alongside the announcement of PlayStation Now's upcoming release on Windows, the company revealed a new $24.99 USB adapter that will enable "every feature" of the PlayStation 4 gamepad. It will begin sh … | Continue reading
With a number of new upgrades announced today, Tesla's Model S is now the third-fastest car in the world, going from 0 to 60 MPH in just 2.5 seconds. That's only just slower than the Ferrari LaFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder — both million-dollar hypercars. The Model X goes fa … | Continue reading
Google is about to deal a small blow to some of the most annoying ads on mobile: pop-ups and interstitials. It’s not a stretch to argue that readers don’t like these ads. So Google is making a call that websites that use pop-ups and interstitials are worse search results and may … | Continue reading
Optoma released its HD26 projector two years ago. Reviewers liked it at the time, especially considering its low price tag of $599. The HD26 did have some issues, though, like showing rainbow artifacts. But generally, it could produce a decent image under the right conditions and … | Continue reading
Prisma, the photo manipulation app that uses neural networks to regenerate users' images in the styles of famous artists and paintings, marks a big upgrade today. The iOS Prisma app is being updated to allow offline processing of images for the first time, taking away much of the … | Continue reading
Get ready to play Uncharted on your computer: Sony has revealed that PlayStation Now game streaming is coming to PCs. The company says that PS Now will be available “overseas in parts of Europe soon and will come to North America shortly thereafter.” Sony recommends the following … | Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, I booted up a game I hadn’t touched in years: the 2004 RPG Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines. For all the time I’d spent away from it, I was surprised how well I remember its distinctive dark fantasy version of Los Angeles. After being unceremoniously dr … | Continue reading
Surviving lethal conditions has become a reliable backbone for modern games. Sometimes it’s the unknown alien landscapes of No Man’s Sky, other times it’s the harsh post-apocalyptic world of DayZ. You craft, you hunt, and you take shelter in a genre that often feels like a video … | Continue reading
A Russian graphic designer named Mike Levchenko is doing his part to mend the icy relationship between his country and the West — or at least Western capitalism — by reimagining a half-dozen global brands as if they were from the Soviet Union.Levchenko took the logos of McDonald’ … | Continue reading
Facebook is testing a change to its main mobile apps that would have videos automatically start with the sound turned on, according to Mashable. The test, which appears to be active in Australia and may be ongoing in other countries, has Facebook video playing with sound so long … | Continue reading
Dyson has sold fans, heaters, and air purifiers individually for some time, but now it has combined these three functions into a single device. The Dyson Pure Hot+Cool Link is much like the Pure Cool Link that was released earlier this year: it features Dyson's blade-free design, … | Continue reading
How do lizards cross the road? Their DNA suggests they don't Continue reading… | Continue reading
I’m not really sure what’s happening in Island 359, and that’s all right.On a basic level, Island 359 is a virtual reality game about dinosaurs. It’s the first title from CloudGate Studio, founded by the creators of VR survival horror hit The Brookhaven Experiment. Although the C … | Continue reading
Instapaper, a pioneering app for saving articles to read later, has been acquired — again. The app, which was created by developer Marco Arment and sold to Betaworks in 2013, has found a new home at Pinterest. The goal is "to accelerate discovering and saving articles on Pinteres … | Continue reading
Election years are a tense time for NASA. A new president can completely alter NASA’s long-term goals by resetting the space agency’s agenda. Whoever is elected will be faced with a choice: change the focus or scope of NASA’s goals, or keep things going on the same track. And giv … | Continue reading
Pokémon Go is unquestionably this season's hit game. But whether it has any staying power is a very open question, and early signs suggest it's already trailing off.Bloomberg has published some charts by Axiom Capital Management that show daily users and engagement dropping. One … | Continue reading