We haven't heard too much about Google Glass since the company decided to halt sales and go back to the drawing board last summer, but there have been rumors of an enterprise-focused version of the wearable. Now, it appears a pawn shop in San Francisco has gotten its hands on the … | Continue reading
As part of the newsgathering process, The Verge sends Freedom of Information Act requests, asking for documents maintained under federal law. On a good day, we get something noteworthy; it's how we got the Federal Communications Commission's emails about John Oliver, for one exam … | Continue reading
On Wednesday, San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) experienced an electrical issue that took out a portion of track, forcing the agency to use a fleet of loaned buses to transport passengers and causing massive delays. Naturally, riders took their frustrations to Twitter … | Continue reading
Netflix service has won a bidding war for the rights to fantasy cop thriller Bright, starring Will Smith, according to Deadline. Over $3 million is going to screenwriter Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra) for the script, and Netflix is setting aside $90 million to make the fi … | Continue reading
When you take photos of Rome Fortune on a busy street in Austin during SXSW, people are going to look at you. Or, more accurately, they’re going to look at him. The the 27-year-old Atlanta rapper, born Jerome Fortune, is over six feet tall, wearing a floppy hat, an aquamarine bea … | Continue reading
The Pope is on Instagram. A photo of the Pope praying was posted on his account, called franciscus, on Saturday morning, along with the caption "Pray for me" in nine different languages. In an accompanying @pontifex Twitter post, Francis said he was "beginning a new journey" on t … | Continue reading
The new Indiana Jones has a writer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, David Koepp has been brought on to write the film's script. That's either great or mildly concerning news depending on how you view it. Koepp has worked with Spielberg, who will directed this new movie, on s … | Continue reading
Google Maps for Android has a new update out today that lets you ascribe stickers to your home and work locations, as well as label other areas of interest like your local gym and favorite places to eat. The neat-looking doodles, of which there are 24 to choose from, range from c … | Continue reading
Sony may be working on a new version of the PlayStation 4 that's able to output 4K graphics for games. Kotaku reports hearing about the PlayStation 4 upgrade from several developers, who Sony has briefed on the plans. It's not stated when the upgraded PlayStation will be ready or … | Continue reading
When I caught Whitney’s performance Wednesday afternoon here in Austin, it was under the worst possible conditions. A crammed schedule and a chance at a can’t-miss interview meant the band was rushing from gig to gig, and they didn’t make it to the venue until after their schedul … | Continue reading
Tom Hanks: Oscar winner, American treasure, and all-around good samaritan. While many celebrities will use their social media followings to make a buck and shill for products, Hanks is hoping his reach can reunite owners with lost pieces of clothing.Hanks doesn't tweet much, whic … | Continue reading
As technology companies and automakers race to put a driverless car on the road, they might want to take a look at a small experiment being conducted in the Netherlands. WEpods, an abbreviation of Wageningen and Ede, two towns in the south-central province of Gelderland, will soo … | Continue reading
So you've just finished Daredevil season 2 and are looking for something else to watch — fortunately, Netflix has a pretty good suggestion. At the end of Daredevil's final episode, it's hidden a first teaser for Luke Cage, another Marvel superhero series featuring a character tha … | Continue reading
You'll never believe it, but Emily is still at SXSW in Austin, where the events have shifted from the film festival and interactive conference to the sprawling, inconcievably huge music festival. And what better time to talk about the effect music has on our brains? We've all bee … | Continue reading
Formula E, the all-electric racing series, is launching a "virtual championship" consisting of a month-long Forza Motorsport 6 eSports tournament. The competition starts next weekend and will last for four rounds leading up to the end of the series' second season in July. Gamers … | Continue reading
Simon Pegg is in talks to join the cast of Steven Spielberg's sci-fi film Ready Player One, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film, an adaptation of Ernest Cline's fiction novel of the same name, is set in the year 2044, when everyone spends a majority of their time in a v … | Continue reading
The New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) starts next Wednesday the 23rd, and while it's not the biggest show of the year, it inevitably brings a few interesting surprises: last year, for instance, we saw the debut of the lovely McLaren 570S, the launch of the incredibly expen … | Continue reading
Uber is sniffing around the German car market in search of a fleet of autonomous vehicles, according to Reuters. It is unclear whether the ride-hail company wants to purchase cars that are already self-driving or traditional cars with some autonomous features. Many German automak … | Continue reading
Just in time for his posts to be sorted algorithmically, Pope Francis will join Instagram over the weekend. A spokesman told Vatican radio this week that the pope would post his debut photo Saturday under the handle "franciscus." The spokesman did not say whether the pope would f … | Continue reading
You aren’t wrong to think of McDonald's as a sprawling American corporation peddling fatty burgers. But what if McDonalds — and its impossibly commoditized design — is also the perfect anime coming-of-age setting? Well, McDonald's new "Crew ni Narō" recruitment campaign, meaning … | Continue reading
Welcome back to The Verge’s weekly musical roundup. I’m Jamieson, I’m still your host, and I’m bringing this week’s special group of jams to you from beneath a pile of breakfast tacos and discarded brisket bits in Austin, Texas. Our music team has spent the bulk of the week here … | Continue reading
The latest trailer for the upcoming third season of HBO's Silicon Valley has arrived, and it looks as funny (and intentionally stupid) as we've come to expect. Thomas Middleditch's Richard is struggling to keep control of his company after a new CEO is brought in, T.J. Miller's E … | Continue reading
A startup in Spain has come up with a new way to grow trees from the ashes of the deceased — and to stay "connected" with them at all times. That's the idea behind the Bios Incube, the latest creation from Barcelona-based startup Bios Urn. The product, which launched on Kickstart … | Continue reading
I hate wired headphones. It's my own fault, I admit, I just really don't mix well with wires. I crumple them until they tangle and (inevitably) fray, and I remain blind to them until the moment they trip me or yank my devices off the table.I know I'm not alone — other people hate … | Continue reading
I watched John Wick for the first time a few days before GDC, specifically so I could go play a demo for something called John Wick: The Impossible Task — one of the first major VR first-person shooters. The film was such a great combination of beautiful choreography and over-the … | Continue reading
On Tuesday, Apple will facing the first major hearing in the San Bernardino iPhone case, and new details suggest the company will be speaking directly to the security issues involved. The FBI has requested an evidentiary hearing, which means the court will hear testimony from wit … | Continue reading
Hello. It's Friday. I just finished an hour long discussion about the nature of journalism on the internet that got pretty heated. The internet is exhausting — there are too many things to learn how to do. It is difficult.But the internet also gives you this: a baboon thunderstru … | Continue reading
There's a shift that happens midway through SXSW madness here in Austin — the streets get a little drunker, the jeans get a little skinnier, and the median age goes down by about a decade. Music, the original beating heart of SXSW, takes over, and the result is the largest festiv … | Continue reading
Chris Urmson, director of Google's self-driving car project, has sent a letter to US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today with a plan for selling autonomous vehicles that have no steering wheels or pedals, AP reports. The plan appears to be pretty straightforward: Urmson a … | Continue reading
Last month, an India-based mobile manufacturing company named Ringing Bells announced a series of ultra-low budget, domestically-produced mobile handsets. These new phones included India’s cheapest 4G smartphone at ₹2999 ($44.60) and a 3G model dubbed Freedom 251 priced at a jaw- … | Continue reading
Apple is just days away from unveiling a new iPhone and 9.7-inch iPad Pro, and today 9to5Mac is reporting that you can expect to pay at least $599 for the latter. The smaller iPad Pro will start at a higher price than any 9.7-inch that's come before it, but at least for that mone … | Continue reading
NPR is having an identity crisis. The media company has forbid its member stations from promoting NPR podcasts and the NPR One app, as the battle between old and new media wages inside the organization. In a new ethics policy surfaced by Nieman Lab, NPR’s vice president of news … | Continue reading
SpaceX will get back to restocking the International Space Station with its next cargo resupply mission slated for April 8th, NASA confirmed today. The company's Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 4:43PM ET that Friday. Continue reading… | Continue reading
A Fitbit, for better or worse, looks like a Fitbit. For the past seven years Fitbit’s product design has skewed toy-like, friendly, utilitarian. A Fitbit won’t be mistaken for jewelry; it’s not high-fashion, though it may try; it’s a Fitbit.But that doesn’t mean Fitbit isn’t susc … | Continue reading
The Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to 12 Android app developers apparently using controversial "SilverPush" ad software. When used, the software can detect so-called "audio beacons" inaudibly emitted by devices like televisions, giving third-party advertisers m … | Continue reading
In 1986 two aspiring documentary filmmakers took some video equipment from a local cable access channel, and headed to the parking lot of a Judas Priest show in Largo, Maryland. John Heyn and Jeff Krulik filmed the tailgating crowd as they partied, drank, and professed their love … | Continue reading
Sony has announced that a PlayStation VR "launch bundle" will be available for preorder beginning Tuesday, and it'll be priced at $499. The bundle, Sony claims, is "exclusively for pre-sale and in limited quantities." You'll be able to get it from all the retailers you'd expect ( … | Continue reading
I always get to movie theaters pretty excessively early to make sure that I get a good seat, which means that I end up watching way more pre-show ads than anyone really ought to. The occasional quizzes that pop up during these have always been one of my favorite parts — one of my … | Continue reading
MSI's latest gaming PC — the Vortex — is now shipping in the US from $2,199. It may look a little familiar, with the design taking obvious cues from Apple's "trashcan" Mac Pro, but adding the sort of aggressive stylings you'd expect from a gaming PC. This even includes strip ligh … | Continue reading
Samsung released the Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge at the beginning of 2015, and spent much of the year garnering praise for finally catching up to the quality iPhone's camera. In fact, when we put the S6's camera up against the iPhone 6S and the LG G4 last fall it was largely a draw … | Continue reading
A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three astronauts to the International Space Station this afternoon, bringing the total number of crew on board the orbiting lab to six. NASA astronaut Jeff Williams and two Russian cosmonauts, Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchini, are set to take … | Continue reading
Shazam, the popular music identification app, is announcing some deeper integration for Google Play Music users. Now, when you identify a song with the app, you'll big a big Google Play Music bar with buttons for listening, buying, or starting a radio station from the song.It's a … | Continue reading
When you think about it, Pokemon is just a series of fighting games without the violence. At their core, these games are about two creatures, each with an array of special moves, hitting each other until one of them runs out of health. Pokemon makes this process somewhat abstract … | Continue reading
It’s been three years since we awarded a Frankensteined version of the Oculus Rift our best of CES 2013 award. Now, here we are in 2016, on the precipice of virtual reality becoming a true mainstream trend. This week Sony gave us final pricing and a release date for its much anti … | Continue reading
LG and Bang & Olufsen got together earlier this year to make one of the modules for LG's new flagship smartphone, but now the companies are taking their relationship to the next level. Bang & Olufsen announced this morning that it is entering a "strategic technology partnership" … | Continue reading
LG's new G5 flagship has a unique system of modular accessories, dubbed Friends, that slot into the bottom of the phone. To expand the variety and number of these Friends, the Korean company has hosted a developer conference in Korea this week, which it will follow up with a sepa … | Continue reading
Streaming service Netflix has picked up distribution rights in America for animated feature The Little Prince, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Paramount Pictures had originally slated the title for a March 18th theatrical release, but dropped it last Saturday without any exp … | Continue reading
Crossy Road has been a smash hit and Disney wants a slice of the action. The multimedia conglomerate is teaming up with developers Hipster Whale to create Disney Crossy Road, a version of the game featuring classic Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. The title … | Continue reading