Not since I fell asleep on top of my tablet watching House of Cards in bed have I laid down on top of so much technology. Testing out the Balluga smart bed — which launches today on Kickstarter — felt pretty normal until I was handed a smartphone with a connected app and told to … | Continue reading
Minecraft wants its virtual world to be a part of the summer festival circuit. Later today, the first-ever live concert will take place in Minecraft, headlined by disco-dudes Lemaitre, the DJ pair Broiler, and dance-pop duo AlunaGeorge, Norway's The Local reports. It will actuall … | Continue reading
It occurred to me while using the Nvidia Shield Tablet K1 that I couldn’t think of an Android tablet I’d rather buy.That’s not the conclusion I’d expected to reach. The Shield Tablet K1 is an extremely minor repackaging of the original Shield Tablet, which came out in 2014 before … | Continue reading
Nissan brought a substantially updated 2017 GT-R to the New York Auto Show this week, featuring more power, an updated look, and a touch of refinement inside the cabin.Basically, Godzilla is more terrifying — but also somehow friendlier — than ever.To be clear, this isn’t an all- … | Continue reading
Do you like stickers? Do you like putting them on photos you plan to share online? Twitter wants to know!The company is considering a new product it’s calling “Stickers” that would let you add images to photos before tweeting them out. (It offers something similar with its celeb- … | Continue reading
The Lego Star Wars series has a rich history that extends beyond the source material — an interpretation of the two trilogies that stays both stays true to the films while injecting innumerable visual gags. For its upcoming take on The Force Awakens, the first new Lego Star Wars … | Continue reading
Toyota today announced the Prius Prime, a plug-in hybrid version of the Prius, which I drove last year and quite liked. But the new name, quad-LED headlights, and fancy new taillight design unique to the Prius Prime suggest Toyota sees this car as something a little more than ano … | Continue reading
A new ad for LG's latest flagship smartphone, the G5, has confirmed the handset's release date: April 1st. The 15-second clip shows someone snapping one of the G5's modular components into place on the subway, ending with the strap-line: "It's good to play more." However, it's wo … | Continue reading
Welcome to Mossberg, a weekly commentary and reviews column on The Verge and Re/code by veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg, now an Executive Editor at The Verge and Editor at Large of Re/code.One day this fall, if things occur as usual, Apple will stage a big event to introdu … | Continue reading
For more than a decade, newspapers and magazines have been struggling to make up for plummeting revenues from print advertising. Web ads aren’t nearly as lucrative, and most readers aren’t inclined to shell out for access to content behind a digital paywall. Increasingly, readers … | Continue reading
Congratulations, you’ve survived the “fanboy” wars so far. You bought a MacBook for home despite needing a PC to function in the cubicle farm. You own a PS4 because you just knew that Kinect would never amount to anything more than a gimmick. And now you’ve conceded to the prevai … | Continue reading
Hoping to curtail Apple's head start in the region, Google has just announced that Android Pay is coming to the UK. The company's mobile wallet will roll out "in the next few months" — that's as specific as the blog post gets — with support for MasterCard and Visa credit and debi … | Continue reading
With almost 59,000 supposedly registered to vote, Utah's Republican caucus could have ranked as the largest online turnout for US presidential nominations ever, beating the record set in Arizona in 2000. But rather than a glimpse into the future of the democratic process in the U … | Continue reading
The new Lincoln Navigator Concept is a massive beast of an SUV. That's not surprising, given that the current Lincoln Navigator is also a massive beast of an SUV.But this concept, which is meant to give us a good idea of what the next-generation Navigator will look like, is also … | Continue reading
The Department of Defense's office of inspector general has opened up an investigation into the United Launch Alliance over "assertions" made by a former executive of the private aerospace company last week, according to a memorandum released today. The comments, made by vice pre … | Continue reading
As a millennial cliché, I do not own a car. I get basically everywhere on public transit and my own two feet (I used to ride a bike but it was stolen and I haven't bought a new one as yet). I look at a lot of our delightful car coverage, and I think, sure, fine, but do I want to … | Continue reading
The Mazda Miata has a new, hardtop brother: a targa called the Mazda MX-5 RF.In front of a packed house of journalists in a Chelsea loft, Mazda execs rolled out the car, which looks exactly like what you'd expect (only a lot, lot better) — a Mazda Miata with a hardtop, but with a … | Continue reading
Google is getting rid of the Chrome app launcher for Windows, OS X, and Linux. If you don't know what the Chrome app launcher is, well, that's basically why Google is getting rid of it.The Chrome app launcher is an icon that can sits in a computer's taskbar or dock and allows for … | Continue reading
Google has been developing a third-party keyboard for iOS that would put the company’s search engine in a highly used part of the interface, The Verge has learned. The keyboard, which incorporates a variety of search options, has been in development for months, according to peopl … | Continue reading
The large, bright spot on Ceres can be seen in the most detailed images yet taken from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which has been orbiting the dwarf planet for a year. The pictures, taken just 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface, show that the region known as Occator Crater … | Continue reading
Yesterday, the FBI made a surprising retreat in the San Bernardino encryption case, after an unnamed source revealed a new method of breaking iPhone lockscreen protections. After a hastily assembled conference call, the parties agreed to put the trial on hold until it could be de … | Continue reading
Google today updated its YouTube iOS app to support Slide Over and Split View, two integral multitasking features that let iPad owners use mobile apps more like desktop software. Slide Over, which lets you check an app briefly by sliding it onto the screen, and Split View, which … | Continue reading
Today, the Department of Justice put out arrest warrants for two hackers linked to the Syrian Electronic Army. Ahmad Umar Agha and Firas Dardar are allegedly responsible for seven extortion attacks, including attacks on a gaming company and an online media outlet. As of today, th … | Continue reading
Streaming is now the biggest revenue stream for the music industry in the US, generating $2.4 billion in 2015. The RIAA has released its report on the state of the US music industry in 2015, and streaming music has edged out digital downloads in revenue for the first time. After … | Continue reading
The Clintons didn’t try very hard to distance themselves from Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Instead, they graciously used her clout to raise money. Continue reading… | Continue reading
If SXSW has a heart, it’s somewhere on 6th Street. The historic Austin avenue becomes a 24/7 pedestrian playground during the festival’s second half, one stuffed to bursting with street musicians, enterprising vendors, and curious civilians. There’s a band inside every bar lining … | Continue reading
The life of the Wii U, Nintendo’s troubled home video game console, will be cut short. According to a report from Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Nintendo will cease production of the tablet/console hybrid in 2016. The end of the Wii U will likely align with the launch of Nintendo’s l … | Continue reading
Chevy just released a few images and a quick teaser video of its Bolt EV going through pre-production on its Michigan assembly line, one of the final steps before actual production. The Bolt is expected to be in at least some dealerships by the end of this year, promising a reaso … | Continue reading
After Disney acquired Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise, fans across the globe worried they may never see the return of universally beloved character Jar Jar Binks. Though Disney has been reluctant to provide official comment on Binks, it's rumored that the company worries hi … | Continue reading
The mobile era has not been kind to Nintendo, but things may finally be turning around. On March 19th, the company announced on Twitter that its first mobile app, Miitomo, had been downloaded by a million users in just three days. The news sent Nintendo's stock up 8.2 percent in … | Continue reading
The new model of BMW's flagship 7 Series sedan is getting support for controlling the Spotify, iHeartRadio, and Pandora apps on Android phones, making it possible to use the services through the car's user interface — no fiddling with the phone required. BMW has supported similar … | Continue reading
It is nearly Easter, and you know what that means: lots of stuff, if you're religious, and two things if you're not — ham and candy! The best Easter candy is the gross-in-concept but delightful-in-my-mouth Cadbury Creme Egg, and the worst Easter candy is the tiny eggs that you th … | Continue reading
It's not Thursday Night Football, but Amazon can now say it'll be streaming the NFL this year. NFL Films and Amazon Video have jointly announced a new show called All or Nothing, which promises a behind-the-scenes look at a single NFL team over the course of a season. Season one, … | Continue reading
For the first time ever, astronomers have captured the bright flash of a shockwave blasting out from a dying star, NASA reported. The brilliant sight, known as a "shock breakout," was seen by NASA's Kepler probe — a space telescope designed to search for planets outside the Solar … | Continue reading
Thanks to its latest update, Google Photos can now automatically compile and suggest an album of your latest photos. No longer will those dozens of photos you take on vacations that don't make it to Facebook or Instagram get lost in the depths of your camera roll.The update is ro … | Continue reading
On Thursday night at SXSW, Taiwanese rapper Dwagie performed "Refuse to Listen" to a few dozen people in a mostly empty room. It’s probably Dwagie’s most well-known song, despite the fact that only a handful of people seemed to recognize it, because it features a verse from Nas. … | Continue reading
HTC will unveil its next flagship phone three weeks from today, on April 12th. The new phone is believed to be called the HTC 10 and is supposed to be a continuation of the One line, featuring a similar design with improved specs. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Google is making a small, but meaningful name change: it's updating the Chromecast app to be called the Google Cast app. Continue reading… | Continue reading
If SXSW has become the age of Too Much Content manifested as a physical environment, you certainly don't go in looking for a single narrative and takeaways. This year's film program failed to produce one massive takeaway success story; one could hardly expect the music half of th … | Continue reading
Last night, Apple’s month-long struggle with the FBI was abruptly paused, with the FBI putting the order to compel Apple on hold until it can try out a new attack it believes will unlock the San Bernardino iPhone. If the attack works (and the FBI seems confident that it will), it … | Continue reading
Fans of webcomic XKCD will be well aware how lucidly its creator, former NASA roboticist Randall Munroe, can explain complicated ideas using just stick figures and dialogue. Well now Munroe's skills are going to be put to use in classrooms around America, with publisher Houghton … | Continue reading
Every smartwatch you’ve likely seen, whether it’s an Apple Watch, an Android Wear device, or a Pebble, has relied on a smartphone for all of its smarts. If you were to disconnect any of these devices, they become little more than standard timepieces with a little bit of activity … | Continue reading
Tesla has quietly discontinued the 10 kWh Powerwall, its larger battery pack meant to store solar energy for use during an outage. Greentech Media confirmed the discontinuation with Tesla, which essentially said that it made the decision because its smaller Powerwall is much more … | Continue reading
Uber wants to recruit a few good "white hat" hackers to comb through its code for weaknesses that could expose drivers and riders personal information. In May, the company says it will hold a bug bounty, in which self-described "security researchers" can get big bucks for finding … | Continue reading
NASA's commercial partner Orbital ATK is all set to launch its Cygnus cargo capsule to the International Space Station this evening. The spacecraft — filled with more than 7,500 pounds of food, water, and science experiments for the crew — is scheduled to take off from Cape Canav … | Continue reading
Matt McRae is fired up about remote controls. Or, more specifically, about getting rid of them.McRae is the chief technology officer of Vizio, a company that sells more TVs — and with them, remotes — than any other company in America. And he thinks remote controls are very, very … | Continue reading
Vizio wants to blow up everything you've come to expect from a "smart" TV. In 2014, the introduction of the P-Series marked the company's entrance into 4K. Fast forward to today, and Vizio sells some of the most affordable 4K TVs you can buy — and they're almost universally well … | Continue reading
Alongside the brand new P-Series announced today, Vizio also revealed that it's releasing a lineup of speakers and soundbars later this year. Just like the TVs, the new audio gear is based on Google Cast, with sleek designs that make it evident Vizio is going after Sonos' grip on … | Continue reading