SpaceX has finally landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea, after launching the vehicle into space this afternoon. It's the first time the company has been able to pull off an ocean landing, after four previous attempts ended in failure. Today's success is a crucial mil … | Continue reading
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station this afternoon, marking the first time the company has sent cargo to the station after its last resupply mission failed in June. Continue reading… | Continue reading
There’s a new bot in town (Tokyo, specifically), and while it might not be as cute as Nao, as creepy as Spot and BigDog, or as anthropomorphic as Atlas, it might be more practical than all of them. It walks on two legs, but not like a man, or even a bear. This one, designed by Al … | Continue reading
A newly discovered Apple patent could mean the end to physical keyboards on MacBooks. Dubbed ‘Zero Travel,’ the patent aims to turn your existing keyboard into a flat surface — like typing on a screen. The patent identifies using haptic feedback as a means to let you know you’ve … | Continue reading
Twitter has acquired Peer, an employee and manager feedback tool launched by former Salesforce COO George Hu, the startup quietly announced yesterday. Peer sought to reinvent performance reviews and create an environment where employees could monitor their performance continuousl … | Continue reading
The Samsung Galaxy J1 is a solid entry-level device that does away with flash and flair in favor of nuts-and-bolts reliability on a budget. | Continue reading
Quantum Break launched for PCs this week, delivering all the lousy performance you'd expect from an absolutely top-notch terrible console port. Poor Nvidia optimizations, driver crashes, frame rate stutters, and odd frame rates abound in this brilliant example of how not to port … | Continue reading
Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter may have been replaced by Kiefer Sutherland, but the classic Metal Gear Solid actor is sure getting a lot of mileage out of the role as he just reprised his most well known character in a Ford commercial.That's right, the car manufacturer coll … | Continue reading
As more and more online content ends up hosted on Facebook, it becomes more important for Facebook to provide ways for publishers and creators to make money. That’s why some changes announced today to the social network’s branded content and ads policies could be a big deal.Under … | Continue reading
Seeking mobile success is a familiar “tale” for companies that traditionally publish console games. Japanese game publisher Bandai Namco, known for games like Pac-Man, announced today that the free-to-play Tales of Link has launched for iOS and Android. This a mobile entry in the … | Continue reading
Volumes in the bitcoin markets declined amid price stability that some traders indicate is scaring away business. | Continue reading
A watermelon and several hundred rubber bands just helped prove why Facebook is betting so heavily on live video.More than 800,00 people tuned in to a Facebook Live Friday to watch as two BuzzFeed staffers attempted to explode a watermelon with rubber bands. SEE ALSO: This is how … | Continue reading
Ford has launched the lease-sharing program it announced earlier this year, starting with three dealerships in Austin, Texas. It's called Ford Credit Link and it's sort of similar friends and family plan from a cellular carrier, but for sharing a car.Having your own car is nice. … | Continue reading
For 30 minutes this afternoon, the world stood still to watch two BuzzFeed employees wrap rubber bands around a watermelon. It was the most ridiculous use of Facebook's new Live video feature imaginable, and yet it was some of the most compelling live content the world has ever s … | Continue reading
I’ve already hurt myself in virtual reality, and now I’m hurting animals. Please don’t call PETA. I sat on my cat because I was trying to sit down in virtual reality. While wearing my HTC Vive headset, I noticed that a simulated recliner lined up pretty well with the real-world r … | Continue reading
SpaceX is lofting nearly 7,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station — the first time that Elon Musk's rockets will resupply the ISS since the company's failed cargo mission last June. Continue reading… | Continue reading
There are two Slitherine games that I've been waiting to play on iOS, but it had been a while since we'd heard any news on a possible release date. Those games were Heroes of Normandie, the digital port of the slightly over-the-top tabletop board game, and Gettysburg: The Tide Tu … | Continue reading
"We may be on the cusp of a safety innovation revolution," said Mark Rosekind, who runs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), kicking off the federal government's first public hearing on self-driving cars. Over 200 people attended the hearing Friday at the U … | Continue reading
The first step to boosting engagement is increasing your qualified traffic. Here are our favorite free tools for keeping your site's SEO up to date. | Continue reading
BMW just launched a new car-sharing service called ReachNow that will enable Seattle residents to access 400 cars that they can pick up and drop off pretty much wherever they like, as long as that’s not on the outskirts of town. Eventually, the idea is to expand into cities natio … | Continue reading
Yesterday I just tried to debug an ES6 Node.js application using Visual Studio Code and noticed that I couldn't remote debug. So I just asked on Twitter and got some replies from Erich Gamma and Andre Weinand today: @alexzeitler_ @code pls see the remote debugging section here ht … | Continue reading
How do we create serendipity in analytics when serendipity, by definition, is a happy event created by chance? | Continue reading
See data from successful blogs on Quora, discover how to start a Quora blog for your business, and more. This is the ultimate guide to blogging on Quora... | Continue reading
Louis Tomlinson used to be the least-famous member of One Direction.Since the band’s inception in 2011, Zayn Malik was the beautiful one, with the best voice; Niall Horan was the funny one with the charming accent and the bottle-blonde hair; Liam Payne was "Daddy Direction," a ru … | Continue reading
A test unit of the HTC VIve may be coming to a Gamestop or Microsoft store near you as early as this month. | Continue reading
The solo act of flying a drone is oddly better in a group setting. DJI, a leading consumer drone manufacturer, is introducing a new app for iOS and Android to help you find some people to fly with. Dubbed DJI+ Discover, the app does just about everything DJI’s piloting app doesn’ … | Continue reading
Phil Libin has made his first investment since joining General Catalyst in a bot company called Begin that’s co-founded by GDGT co-founder Ryan Block, who left AOL Alpha in September last year to pursue the new venture.This is Libin’s first investment in bots, but it certainly wo … | Continue reading
One device will have a full keyboard, the other will have a full touchscreen. No release date targets or pricing was given in the source interview. | Continue reading
Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is the closest thing that BMW has to an arch-nemesis — so it's not a huge surprise to see that Daimler's Car2Go car sharing service has lobbed some remarks today at ReachNow, a similar service from BMW that just launched in Seattle. … | Continue reading
Uber driver Michael Spelletz is launching a new ride sharing service with a twist: all the drivers and passengers will be women. Chariot for Women will be active in the Boston area on April 19. But does the world need another ride sharing service? Especially one so specific? It t … | Continue reading
Ryan Murphy's The People vs. O.J. Simpson may have just come to a close, but ESPN's almost eight-hour documentary, O.J.: Made in America, is still looming on the horizon. The first trailer for the documentary is out now, via The Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading… | Continue reading
This one’s for you, procrastinators. We are giving you one extra week to get tickets to Disrupt NY at the early-bird price point of $1,995 per ticket, a full $1,000 off the full retail price of $2,995. You now have until next Friday, April 15, to get in on this incredible discoun … | Continue reading
Publishers make an increasing percentage of their revenues through so-called "branded content" — articles and videos that look and feel like standard editorial products, but paid for by advertisers. At the same time, publishers' audiences are increasingly migrating from their web … | Continue reading
This summer, the Japanese government is set to begin testing a system that would allow foreign tourists to verify their identities and purchase goods and services using nothing more than a fingerprint. Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Japan sought to prevent … | Continue reading
The Libertarian Party of Texas will log the results of its ballot initiatives on three separate blockchains implemented by Blockchain Technology Corp. | Continue reading
When I wrote a few days ago about the World of Tanks Blitz [Free] 2.8 Update, I described how I was glad Wargaming.net had decided to make higher Tier tanks more affordable to play by decreasing repair costs and increasing profitability. And up to that point, all was well. But th … | Continue reading
Civilization 4 lead designer Soren Johnson's upcoming economic real-time strategy game Offworld Trading Company is leaving Steam Early Access on 28th April.Offworld Trading Company is the debut effort of Johnson's new studio Mohawk Games. It's been on Steam Early Access since Feb … | Continue reading
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Yesterday, Republican strategist and #NeverTrump affiliate Patrick Ruffini noticed something strange. Four hundred sixty-five separate Twitter accounts had tweeted a message complaining about Ted Cruz's robocall program. "If you’ve opted out of Ted Cruz robocalls and are still re … | Continue reading
Yesterday we heard that Facebook has a sharing problem, and now we know part of what Facebook is doing to address it. During a Facebook Live video broadcast discussing the product's launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg briefly pulled out his iPhone for a demo, showing off an internal buil … | Continue reading
WordPress.com is adding HTTPS support for all its blogs. If you have a custom domain or have a blog under the wordpress.com domain name (like bestcrabrestaurantsinportland.wordpress.com), you’re good to go.While many social services like Facebook and Twitter have supported HTTPS … | Continue reading
Apple and the FBI both started to veer toward the same stance in the San Bernardino iPhone case: we need better policy. It’s on its way, but if passed, it’s certainly not the policy Apple had hoped for. The latest version of the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016 requires c … | Continue reading
Welcome back to The Verge’s weekly musical roundup. I’m Jamieson, I’m still your host, and I spent this week cowering in fear of a surprise drop from the 6 God. When "Pop Style" and "One Dance" tumbled onto Apple Music this week, it felt like Drake was sending a not-so-subtle rem … | Continue reading
Don't Starve Together will emerge out of Steam Early Access on 21st April.That's just the start, however, as Klei still has big plans for Don't Starve Together additions. For one, it's working on a free content pack called "Through the Ages" that's designed specifically for multi … | Continue reading
Drones, by definition, are unmanned aerial vehicles. But what happens when a drone is big and powerful enough to carry a person, can it still be considered a drone? For these purposes, we'll call it a drone hybrid: part helicopter, part super-sized drone. And the video of this th … | Continue reading
This week, Tesla revealed its newest model; the HTC Vive VR headset dropped; the internet saw the largest leak of private documents ever; and Facebook’s chatbot plans were revealed. Here are the top tech stories from this week. Read More | Continue reading
I’ve spent most of my life in and around schools. First as a student, then as a teacher and lately as an innovator building tools and launching programs. As Nelson Mandela said, “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Despite its importance, … | Continue reading
Phil Libin announced today that he has made his first investment as a partner at the investment firm General Catalyst. The former Evernote chief executive said that he has funded a bot startup called Begin created by Ryan Block, the cofounder of product/gadget database and discus … | Continue reading