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
Let's hope autonomous cars like the heat.SEE ALSO: 7 people who are perfectly happy to wait 2 years for their Tesla Model 3Capitalizing on the area's opportunities for extreme temperature testing, Google announced Thursday that it is expanding its self-driving car testing program … | Continue reading
Verizon is definitely going to make a grab for Yahoo next week, and Google is weighting their options. Microsoft, however, is expected to stay out of the game. | Continue reading
Both of Alan Wake's DLC expansions are currently free on the Xbox Marketplace.You may recall that Remedy Entertainment's horror action affair became backwards compatible last month. Well now you can play both story add-ons, The Writer and The Signal, on Xbox One as well;.The core … | Continue reading
Activity trackers like Fitbit are common for monitoring steps taken and distance covered, but these devices are increasingly becoming instrumental in painting a bigger picture of overall health — and in some cases, it can even help save a life.When a 42-year-old man from New Jers … | Continue reading
We've got all the tips you need to make your own Disney park in our guide. | Continue reading
According to a new report, 76 percent of iPhone purchases in 2015 came from carrier stores — not directly from Apple. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners also says that in 2014, 65 percent of us bought iPhones via carriers. At carrier sales grew, Apple Store iPhone sales drop … | Continue reading
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is set to discuss blockchain tech at a policy meeting early next month. | Continue reading
Game of Thrones Liam Cunnigham appeared on Conan last night and brought along a little gift for GoT super fans: a clip from the new season! The clip is extremely dark (thematically, and you can't see anything), and features an out-of-focus, but extremely dead (how shocking) Jon S … | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: Missed it? You can catch our webinar on demand and learn how Q1 research shows that the venture capital landscape for martech shows no sign of slowing down. Join Ravi Belani, partner at Alchemist Accelerator, Adam J. Plotkin, partner at ff Venture Capital, and VB anal … | Continue reading
The century-old car business received a shocking jolt last week, when Tesla fans lined up outside the electric automaker’s stores to order its Model 3 sedan, hours — or in some cases, days — before its March 31st unveiling. Seven days and 325,000 preorders later, the most common … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Relive the Damian Lillard-Stephen Curry duel By Ben Leibowitz, Special to NBA.com For those who haven’t been following along, Kobe Bryant’s retirement tour with the Los Angeles Lakers hasn’t been going well. Sure, there’s the elaborate parting gifts and raucous chants from … | Continue reading
At Build 2016, Microsoft announced the Desktop App Converter, a tool that would allow developers to convert classic Windows programs into modern Universal Windows Platform(UWP) apps. A preview version is now available to download. As expected, it supports both .NET and Win32 apps … | Continue reading
The fight between the government and Apple is not over. While the most controversial case is now over, the Department of Justice keeps pushing Apple on another case. The government still wants Apple to unl Read More | Continue reading
Dark Souls is getting an official board game courtesy of Steamforged Games.The game is being licensed by Bandai Namco and a Kickstarter will launch for it later this month."As Dark Souls fans, we could not be more excited to be given the honour of developing a board game that emb … | Continue reading
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If you thought Apple’s battle with the FBI was going to end in San Bernardino, guess again. After the FBI decided it no longer needed Apple’s assistance in the Syed Farook case, it went on to offer assistance unlocking a phone in Arkansas and today informed a federal judge in Bro … | Continue reading
Finding a way for robots to mimic, or even improve upon human movement is no easy task – which is why most use wheels, tracks or some other workaround that doesn’t require a highly complex task like walking. While the two-limbed robot unveiled by Alphabet-owned Schaft today may n … | Continue reading
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As I write this, it’s Friday afternoon in my part of the world. If, like me, that means you’re looking for distractions from work, this Drone Guesser game has you covered. The game is similar to the Street View location guessing game that was popular a few years ago, but it’s ins … | Continue reading
Wavefront, a startup developing cloud-based data analytics software, is announcing today that it has hired Pete Cittadini, formerly the president and chief executive of analytics and reporting software company Actuate, as its new chief executive. Cittadini replaces Jeff Cordova, … | Continue reading
Google is currently studying Swift to take much of Java's role, but if that is the case, it’s going to be a long road to Swift dominance. | Continue reading
The long-rumored Edge of Tomorrow sequel just tapped Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse to write the screenplay, Deadline reports. Doug Liman, who directed the first Edge, is set to direct, despite some reports that Christopher McQuarrie would direct. Continue reading… | Continue reading
My biggest complaint with Tesla's Model S has always been the interior. It never matched up to its $100,000 price tag. The exterior is gorgeous, the powertrain is incredible — but the interior feels like a car that costs half as much, and is a far cry from similarly priced compet … | Continue reading
Compensation for the chief executives of the biggest U.S. companies fell more sharply last year than any year since the financial crisis. The WSJ's Lee Hawkins explains the data and reveals which CEOs received the biggest packages. | Continue reading
After using Docker in development, you might want to put your application into production. Depending on your need, you might not want to push your private Docker images for your application to the Docker Hub, but have a private registry instead. Docker has been providing the priv … | Continue reading
Here’s what happened this week in SEO. A bug was spotted in the search console, Google updated the guidelines for quality raters, and you’ll get a warning if your site isn’t mobile-friendly. | Continue reading
The government still wants into that iPhone. No, the other iPhone.The Department of Justice has formally told the courts that it still needs Apple's help to access the iPhone in a Brooklyn drug case. Back in February — when the focus was mostly on the iPhone of the San Bernardino … | Continue reading
Rumors are flying today that to nobody’s surprise, EMC and by extension its new sugar Daddy Dell are looking to dump dowdy Documentum, the company’s enterprise content management product. It’s worth noting up front that in email to EMC asking for a comment on the story, a spokesp … | Continue reading
Social media networks are providing a new avenue for the trade of illegal arms in Libya and Middle Eastern countries. Weapons like AK-47s and truck-mounted machine guns are being sold via sites including Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram, according to reports this week from BBC Ne … | Continue reading
Attorneys representing the U.S Department of Justice today submitted a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York showing that they want to move forward with their legal effort to have Apple help it unlock an iPhone — even after the government succeede … | Continue reading
Dark Souls publisher Bandai Namco has launched a clothing line promoting From Software's action-RPG series. However, it looks like this: Prep… | Continue reading
It's a glorious time. Both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have finally shipped to consumersVirtual reality, more than any other gadget, is something that you can't fathom until you put a headset on and experience the wonders of VR for yourself.HTC's making it easier for consumers t … | Continue reading
Hey, it's HighScalability time: Time for a little drone envy. Sea Hunter , 132 foot autonomous... | Continue reading
James Batchelor writing for Develop-Online polled some industry experts on the future of mobile, and what's interesting is the talk about Assassin's Creed: Identity [$4.99] is an example of a game that soft launched as free-to-play and then went paid, and is apparently doing well … | Continue reading
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we got to dive in deep with the HTC Vive virtual reality headset, we looked at an NES that was made of 24kt gold, and we reviewed Quantum Break. Happy reading, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion The DeanBe … | Continue reading
Apple has patched a major vulnerability in iMessage that allowed attackers to pull a target's message history through a bogus link. Once clicked, the link pulled data from within the iMessage application and exported it to an outside source. Apple's larger security protections pr … | Continue reading
Maybe it’s a stroke of genius, although it initially sounds kind of weird, as the good podcast sponsors over at Squarespace have just launched a club for power users of its website-building platform. Squarespace Circle has been created for customers with three or more active webs … | Continue reading
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We’re happy to be adding veteran game designer Amy Jo Kim as a lightning talk speaker for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s set for May 3 and May 4 at the scenic Cavallo Point Lodge in Sausalito, Calif. Kim will talk about helping clients find their “alpha … | Continue reading
You’ve waited long enough — the time to act is now. Like, right now.Today is the last day to get tickets to Disrupt NY 2016 at the discounted early-bird price of $1,995 per ticket, $1,000 less than the full retail price of $2,995 that takes effect tomorrow. Read More | Continue reading
Some people have a lot of free time – 1,200 people, to be exact. That’s how many humans turned up to participate in a “human mattress dominoes” record-breaking event, surpassing 2012’s record of 1,150 people. We’re not exactly sure how this got started – all we know is that there … | Continue reading