Hello and welcome to one of the most important weeks in the history of Hearthstone [Free]. In case you've been in suspended animation for the last few months, let me quickly bring you up to speed. Tomorrow, April 26th, we are getting the next expansion, Whispers of the Old Gods, … | Continue reading
"Multiplier up." That voice! That perfect Housemarque voice, so calm in the face of chaos, so endlessly assured. In Resogun, she spoke to you through your controller - a wonderful piece of release-window magic that did more to make the PS4 feel exciting and new than almost anythi … | Continue reading
Bubble bath? A dinosaur costume? A new survey reveals some of the oddest expense requests employees make. | Continue reading
John Romero — one of the key minds behind seminal shooters like Doom and Quake — is returning the genre that made him famous. Today Romero announced the first project from his new studio, Night Work Games, and it's a first-person shooter called Blackroom.The game is set in a "hol … | Continue reading
Nächsten Monat will die bis dato noch recht unbekannte Firma Sirin Labs aus Großbritannien und Israel ein Smartphone auf den Markt bringen, das alleine wegen des Preises schon außergewöhnlich ist. Rund 17.800 Dollar soll das M... | Continue reading
Jahreszeiten Verlag, MERIAN: Hamburg (ots) - Der neue, 140 Seiten starke MERIAN über Frankfurt am Main widmet sich einer spannenden und faszinierenden Großstadt, die weit mehr ist als Deutschlands Bankenmetropole. In Frankfurt sind großartige Museen an der Tagesordnung, ... | Continue reading
Bild am Sonntag reports that German regulators are investigating the emissions of a Fiat model equipped with a diesel engine on suspicion that it may be evading emissions tests.The news comes as Volkswagen is just starting to deal with the fallout of the massive, global diesel em … | Continue reading
The road to practical virtual reality applications as been exhausting and there are few people who have traveled as far as Shanna Tellerman. We’re excited to announce that she will join a panel of virtual reality experts at Disrupt NY.Her latest ventures blends 3D applications wi … | Continue reading
As 2015 drew to a close, you might be forgiven for thinking the encryption debate was all talk. There had been a lot of speeches and it was clear the FBI didn’t like Apple’s default encryption system — but what could they actually do about it? They had been leaning on Congress al … | Continue reading
LeEco is one of a growing number of young Chinese companies vying for global attention, and one of its most fun (and extravagant) products is called Le Syvrac. Equal parts mountain bike and smartphone, this fiendish invention runs a version of Google's Android software on a 4-inc … | Continue reading
On April 20th, 2016, the European Commission announced that its year-long investigation of Android had led it to believe that Google might be violating European Union antitrust laws. The Commission issued a statement of objections to Google and Alphabet (Google’s parent company), … | Continue reading
Tales of Berseria, the latest in Bandai Namco's long-running JRPG series, will land in Europe and North America for PC and PlayStation 4 next spring.Berseria is notable for being the first game in 21-year-old series to feature a sole female protagonist (previous entry Tales of Xi … | Continue reading
With Windows Phone a failure and Windows 10 Mobile going nowhere fast, Microsoft's newfound mission to dominate the iPhone with its own apps continues.Microsoft's newest app is a keyboard replacement called Word Flow. The free keyboard, currently only available in English in the … | Continue reading
HTC Vive owners with iPhones can now get phone notifications in virtual reality, just like their Android-affiliated compatriots. The iOS version of HTC's Vive companion app is now available on the App Store, after making a fleeting appearance prior to the Vive's launch. The app e … | Continue reading
In the season three premiere of HBO’s Silicon Valley, former Pied Piper CEO Richard Hendricks finds himself courted by a mustache app. The recruiters from the tech startup — which is called Flutterbeam — want him for a secret project focused on 3D-holographic facial hair you can … | Continue reading
John Romero and Adrian Carmack were two of the original creators of Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, and the first-person shooter genre of games in the 1990s. Now they’re getting back together to make a new game called Blackroom in the first-person shooter genre that is now a multibilli … | Continue reading
Newegg is running a "Shell Shocker Deal" today only, where customers can nab a 64GB Nexus 6P handset and a free 11,000mAh Fremo battery pack for just $499. | Continue reading
I’ve been working in the privacy space for the last six years, and privacy never really mattered that much to me. I can’t say I was ever in the “if-you’re-not-doing-anything-wrong, you’ve-got-nothing-to-hide” camp, but I also wasn’t arms-up-in-the-air outraged that some corporati … | Continue reading
If you’re a fan of old school games but want to enjoy them without the hassle of cords and wires, today you’ll finally be able to get the best of both worlds. Analogue, maker of the revamped NES and most recently a 24-karat gold version, has collaborated with 8BitDo to create a r … | Continue reading
Ever since Nokia announced its 360-degree Ozo virtual reality camera it has positioned the system as a high-end option for Hollywood filmmakers, and today the company is announcing a partnership with Disney that should help deliver on that promise. As part of the deal, Ozo camera … | Continue reading
Analogue, the company behind perhaps the most gorgeous NES ever made, is releasing a new adapter so you can use a wireless controller with your classic Nintendo hardware. Called the Retro Receiver, the $19.99 receiver simply plugs into the controller port on an NES, letting you r … | Continue reading
Last year at CES, Sony showed off its Symphonic Light speaker, a gorgeous speaker made out of glass. Reminiscent of a lantern, Sony offered few details about the product. Now that speaker is back with a new name — the Glass Sound Speaker — and will hit the market next month as a … | Continue reading
Nobody cares when or what price you first bought Bitcoin. Many people use this as a refrain to establish their legitimacy, but it highlights a paucity of other things which to discuss. It’s an “I” centric statement that degrades the overall discussion around Bitcoin. Laughably, p … | Continue reading
The Hunger Games, Twilight, and more big Hollywood movies are now available on Steam, Valve's PC-gaming platform. Today Valve announced a deal with Lionsgate, which will bring more than 100 films to the service, and it includes some of Lionsgate's biggest franchises, like Saw, Cr … | Continue reading
At this point, Apple and Drake have something of a symbiotic relationship. When it comes to Drake, Apple has been like an art patron of yore. The company paid to make Drake's effortlessly memeable "Hotline Bling" video, his upcoming album will initially be an Apple Music and iTun … | Continue reading
Streaming TV shows can be a bit confusing for some people, and that's partly because many networks — HBO, Showtime, etc. — offer two apps for basically the same purpose. The debut of standalone, over-the-top streaming services has led these companies to present consumers with a p … | Continue reading
One of the world’s largest children’s mobile app makers, Toca Boca, whose studios have produced apps totalling over 140 million downloads, has been acquired. The company had originally operated like a startup within the 200-year old Swedish publishing firm Bonnier, but has now be … | Continue reading
When we published the first of our twice daily bitcoin price watch pieces this morning, we noted that – based on the volatility seen in the markets over the weekend – we would be a widen our standard range link in the region of $10 or $15, and in doing so, bring both our breakout … | Continue reading
Huawei macht den Sack für den Marketing-Etat dieses Jahr scheinbar großzügig auf. Für den amerikanischen Markt wurde ein neuer Werbespot für das Huawei P9 veröffentlicht, in dem Scarlett Johansson und Superman-Dars... | Continue reading
Companies like Makespace and Clutter have fully encroached upon the old-school industry of storage, but the even more ancient moving industry has been left relatively untouched. Until now. A company called Crater, founded by former Moveline employees, has created a tool called Su … | Continue reading
Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It's time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. It feels like an oddly light week this time around, something that's been happening more often than usual of late. Well, no worries, because I found a … | Continue reading
Something very unexpected has been happening in the world of broadcast television over the last few years. After decades of increasing the number of commercials shown each hour, many networks are beginning to cut back. Today NBC joined the club, announcing that it would trim the … | Continue reading
Minecraft maker Mojang has released a free new game on Steam called Crown and Council.It's a one-man creation, birthed by Henrik Pettersson in a game jam, a… | Continue reading
Plot twist: when Beyoncé told us "I got hot sauce in my bag / swag" she was not talking about a condiment. She was talking about a baseball bat, which she uses to bust up car windshields and fire hydrants and wig store security cameras, singing, "I don't want to lose my pride but … | Continue reading
Over one million users details stored by dating site BeautifulPeople.com are now accessible online, following a hack at the end of last year. While the intrusion itself isn’t news – it’s been known about since November 2015 – this is the first confirmation from a security researc … | Continue reading
Hello! Welcome to Circuit Breaker, the new gadget blog from The Verge. We're very excited to tell you all about all the gadgets that come across our desks every day, and also excited to present them all to you in a classic, reverse-chronological blog on our website. But of course … | Continue reading
It’s happening! Include Office Hours are coming to New York City. On Friday May 6 from 5-7 p.m., Susan Lyne and Nisha Dua of BBG Ventures will join TechCrunch in hosting the first ever Include Office Hours, New York Edition. Read More | Continue reading
SmartThings has hired Robert Parker away from Amazon to oversee future hardware and software development as its new SVP of engineering. At Amazon, Parker served as a director of engineering, spending five years working on a number of the company's top projects, including Alexa, t … | Continue reading
Are you struggling with writer's block? It's time to get unstuck and get back to what you do best: writing. Learn how with this step-by-step post. | Continue reading
Korea’s largest bitcoin exchange Korbit has become the country’s first startup to showcase an Ethereum wallet for users to withdraw and deposit Ether with greater convenience. Korbit first introduced Etereum trading on March 25, exactly a month ago from today. Since then, Korbit … | Continue reading
Spanish beer brand Estrella Damm is set to host a pop-up version of Barcelona's famous La Boqueria Market within London's Old Spitalfields Market. | Continue reading
Rasberry Pi's endearingly horrible 5 megapixel camera board accessory launched in 2013, was discontinued in 2014, and still haunts DIY projects to this day. Finally the Pi people are putting it out of its misery by offering a replacement: an 8 megapixel camera board, for the same … | Continue reading
May 10 can’t come soon enough. That’s when Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End comes out for the PlayStation 4. It’s one of the most anticipated exclusives yet for the successful system (which has outsold its competitor, the Xbox One). A big release like this can further cement its positi … | Continue reading
It’s no secret that it’s still hard to find good tech talent and that’s definitely the case for the kind complex and highly specialized skillset it takes to administer an OpenStack cloud. To grow this talent pool and to allow admins to show off their OpenStack skills, the OpenSta … | Continue reading
Fox News is no stranger to reporting on video games, but this may be the first time the right-wing media mouthpiece has ever called out a game for being glitchy.But that's just what Fox News anchor Tom Shillue did when he finally let out his frustrations about The Division.Shillu … | Continue reading
A smart plan of attack on how you’re going to manage the crisis means your misstep will soon be forgotten in the realm of public opinion. | Continue reading
Lyft has kicked off the next phase of its plan to raise awareness about ridesharing, and it’s targeting everyone across the U.S. The company today launched a nationwide television commercial campaign as a way to not only introduce itself to millions of potential passengers, but t … | Continue reading
Today, Dell is selling the Xbox One, one of four games, and an extra controller bundled together for just $299.99. If you’ve been holding off on buying a new console, this might just be the package that finally tips the scales.500GB Xbox One, a game, and a bonus controller for $2 … | Continue reading