As first reported by The Verge yesterday, Google's monthly self-driving car report for February — published today — offers details of the very first collision involving one of its cars that it's responsible for. Fortunately, it was a relatively minor crash, caused when one of Goo … | Continue reading
There won't be a new Disney Infinity game in 2016 — but there will still be a lot of new Disney Infinity content coming. Since its debut in 2013, the toys-to-life series has seen a new release every year, with each new game introducing a new Disney property. The first game mashed … | Continue reading
Are you in the market for a car that has charm, panache, old-school design, and zero emissions? Allow me to present the Morgan EV3. It's an all-electric version of the wonderful Morgan three-wheeler.With a 20kWh lithium battery, the 64-horsepower, 1,100-pound trike can get from 0 … | Continue reading
NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin $20 million to design a new series of supersonic aircraft. Known as "low boom" flight demonstration aircraft, NASA hopes these quieter "X-planes" will pave the way for the reintroduction of commercial supersonic flights. Charles Bolden, the admin … | Continue reading
Pebble today is dropping the price of its Time and Time Round smartwatches to $149.99 and $199.99, respectively. This is a $50 drop from the prior prices, and matches some of the time-limited promotions Pebble has done in the past. The Time Steel is remaining at $249.99.The new p … | Continue reading
Brazilian federal police have detained a Facebook executive over a legal dispute concerning information from Facebook-owned WhatsApp, according to a Reuters report now confirmed by Facebook. Continue reading… | Continue reading
A report released by Senate Republicans claims that the White House made a significant effort to influence the FCC and steer chairman Tom Wheeler to pass net neutrality rules that President Obama wanted. The inquiry was conducted by the majority on the Committee on Homeland Secur … | Continue reading
Rock Band 4 could be on its way to the PC later this year — but only if developer Harmonix is able to crowdfund the money necessary for the port. Today the studio launched a campaign on Fig hoping to raise $1.5 million over the next 35 days; Harmonix says the full cost to develop … | Continue reading
Today, the House Judiciary Committee takes on the encryption issue, hearing testimony from both the FBI and Apple in the midst of a controversial and closely watched trial. Called The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans' Security and Privacy, the hearing will hear testimony … | Continue reading
Congress is starting to address the legal fight between Apple and the FBI. A bill introduced today would create a "National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges," assembling experts from the technology and law enforcement communities to produce a report on encryption … | Continue reading
One way Chris Rock proved how much Hollywood needs black actors on Oscar night was with an extended clip showing what some of last years best movies could have been like if they employed actors of color. For Joy, Rock had Whoopi Goldberg, in a janitor’s jumpsuit, interrupt the sc … | Continue reading
Steve Ballmer's career has had many highlights. He rose from early employee to CEO of one of the most influential companies in the world. He oversaw the launch and rise of successful businesses... | Continue reading
Tidal has let go of its CFO Chris Hart and COO Nils Juell, the company confirmed to The Verge. The news of their terminations was originally reported by the Swedish news site Breakit and Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv. Breakit reports that Hart was let go after a dispute a … | Continue reading
You'd think after seeing the latest Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Koenigsegg have to offer I would be feeling jaded by this point, but Aston Martin's DB11 has me thrilled and excited all over again. Unlike the extraterrestrial supercars unveiled earlier in the morning, the DB11 is wi … | Continue reading
After a year filled with space veggies, microgravity water ping pong, and gorilla invasions, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is at long last coming home today. Yesterday, Kelly handed over command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut Tim Kopra in preparation for his de … | Continue reading
Scientists have, for the first time, identified specific genes linked to graying hair, eyebrow and beard thickness, and unibrows, in a study of the genomes of more than 6,000 Latin Americans. The findings could help reconstruct what a person looks like from their DNA — useful in … | Continue reading
When The Verge began covering “drones” three years ago, we got a lot of grief about using that word: drone. These were just remote control toys, they couldn’t fly themselves! When drones got smart enough to navigate using GPS, and to follow people around, the naysayers pointed ou … | Continue reading
Microsoft is adding several highly requested features to the Xbox One in the next system update. Available to preview members today, the next Xbox One update will allow console owners to buy and play Xbox 360 games. While Microsoft added backwards compatibility last year, Xbox 36 … | Continue reading
French synth wizard Anthony Gonzalez is releasing Junk, his newest album as M83, on April 8th. It's Gonzalez's first major release since recording the soundtrack for the Tom Cruise sci-fi movie Oblivion in 2013, and it's the first M83 album since 2011's double LP Hurry Up, We're … | Continue reading
Dieselgate is still hurting Volkswagen, and as time goes on, the symptoms are getting stranger. A random guy wearing a Volkswagen uniform got on stage during the German auto giant's Geneva Motor Show press conference Tuesday, carrying a "cheat box" prop that he placed underneath … | Continue reading
Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey are officially heading up the forthcoming film adaptation of Stephen King's fantasy-horror series The Dark Tower. King confirmed the casting on Twitter this afternoon, putting a cap on months of speculation regarding the actors' involvement. Elb … | Continue reading
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is returning to Earth tonight, wrapping up a 340-day-long stay aboard the International Space Station. It's the longest amount of time an American astronaut has lived in space, says NASA. The extended stay is part of the space agency's One-Year Mission, … | Continue reading
When he was still a student at the University of Southern California, Sam Rosenthal started working on a game about building a house of cards. It was inspired in part by the Radiohead song "House of Cards," which Rosenthal felt sounded "like a gentle plea to knock down a structur … | Continue reading
It’s easy to see why PC makers are targeting gamers — what other consumer demographic is willing to pay high prices for premium Windows hardware? But the problem with PC gamers is that many of them don’t need PC makers to assemble components for them, since you can get better res … | Continue reading
My colleague Adi Robertson, I recently learned, is a fan of oddball transportation. On our work trip to the Sundance Film Festival, she gleefully introduced me to the funicular, a small and nicely furnished box that travels up and down a cliffside on a steel track, like a rollerc … | Continue reading
Panorama, a one-of-a-kind celebration of music, art, and technology, is coming to New York City this summer, and The Verge is the official media partner of its inaugural year. Presented by the people behind Coachella and the New Orleans Jazz Fest, Panorama will feature headlining … | Continue reading
We're very pleased to announce that The Verge is partnering with the Panorama music, art, and technology festival on July 22nd to the 24th at Randall's Island Park in New York City. Headlined by artists like LCD Soundsystem, Kendrick Lamar, Alabama Shakes, and The Arcade Fire, Pa … | Continue reading
Microsoft's Xbox chief Phil Spencer has hinted that the company will offer optional hardware upgrades for the Xbox One in the future. Speaking at an Xbox spring showcase event last week, Spencer revealed that Microsoft plans to make the Xbox One more like a PC. "We can effectivel … | Continue reading
Microsoft is planning to launch a free Forza game on Windows 10 this spring. Forza Motorsport 6: Apex will debut in the Windows Store as a slimmed down free-to-play version of the racing game available on the Xbox One. It's part of a broader effort by Microsoft to invest heavily … | Continue reading
This is a big moment for the Xbox One. Microsoft has spent the better part of the last three years rebuilding its brand as a gamer-centric, consumer-friendly company willing to do whatever it takes to win back its lost loyalty. Now the console’s future is tied to a bold vision th … | Continue reading
If there is one thing I know to expect from the Dark Souls series, it’s that nothing is ever as easy as it seems. And that’s as true as ever in the first half hour of Dark Souls 3. I’ve just pulled a sword from the chest of Iudex Gundyr, a faceless knight twice my size, and the w … | Continue reading
Neato's robotic vacuum can now be controlled with a smartwatch, thanks to an app update announced today. The automatic update allows smartwatch users to start, stop, and receive notifications from Neato's Botvac Connected vacuum, a Wi-Fi-connected Roomba competitor that uses lase … | Continue reading
Nearly every one of the world's largest technology companies is trying to figure out how to let computers understand human speech, but a Santa Clara-based startup may have just cut its way to the top of the field. Hound, as its app is called, is a voice-powered digital assistant. … | Continue reading
There are few car badges in the world with deeper history than Aston Martin's DB line, made most famous by James Bond's beautiful, tricked-out DB5 in 1964's Goldfinger. Now, there's an all-new DB ready for its debut: the DB11, complete with a 5.2-liter twin-turbocharged V-12 that … | Continue reading
The Power Rangers movie is inching closer to reality, more than a year after Lionsgate announced plans to reboot the popular 1990s franchise. Production on the Dean Israelite film began yesterday in Vancouver, the studio announced this week, and its cast is now fully fleshed out. … | Continue reading
Probably the wildest thing about Bugatti's new 1,500hp super sports car is that it's not alone in being able to produce that much power. There's also the Koenigsegg Regera. This car was one of the stars of 2015's Geneva Motor Show and it returns today in an even more splendorous … | Continue reading
Sony's next major update to the PlayStation 4 will include the ability to stream games to a PC or Mac. Firmware version 3.50 is currently in beta testing, and includes the Remote Play feature. Beta testers aren't able to test it just yet, but Sony is promising it "soon." The upda … | Continue reading
Sony confirmed yesterday that it’s discontinuing shipments and sales of the PS Vita TV, the microconsole/set-top box hybrid known as PlayStation TV in the West. Although the decision came sooner than I might have predicted years ago, it isn’t a surprise. PlayStation TV is yet ano … | Continue reading
2016 would have been the year of the 100th birthday of Lamborghini founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, and the storied Italian carmaker is celebrating the occasion with an extremely limited edition of 40 Centenario hypercars. This one-off design is built around a carbon fiber monocoqu … | Continue reading
The husband of a woman who survived the San Bernardino shooting has expressed his support for Apple in its ongoing standoff with the FBI. In a letter to Judge Sheri Pym, Salihin Kondoker said he initially felt that Apple should unlock an iPhone owned by one of the shooters, as th … | Continue reading
The Bugatti Chiron is ready to claim the title of world's fastest car, declared Bugatti President Wolfgang Durheimer at the unveiling of the car today at the Geneva Motor Show.Though the Chiron is electronically limited to 261 mph in road mode, with all the restrictions lifted th … | Continue reading
Facebook's Moments app was introduced last June as an easier way for people to share photos with their friends. Now a new update has widened Moments' scope, adding support for video, as well as pictures. The app — available on iOS nd Android — scans through your smartphone's phot … | Continue reading
Unfortunately, it turns out that IBM isn't working on a full-on Sword Art Online MMO with Watson, SoftLayer, and virtual reality technology combining to render your own body in the game. News to that effect circulated last week, but as Road to VR points out, it was a misunderstan … | Continue reading
Against all the advice of cyberpunk movies, dystopian novels, and general common sense, we humans are still going out of our way to antagonize the robots we create, kicking them, pushing them over, and knocking their favorite boxes out of their robo-hands. But at least when we re … | Continue reading
A man taking the HIV-prevention pill Truvada has contracted HIV, marking the first reported infection of someone regularly taking the drug, according to researchers. The report, from the Maple Leaf Medical Clinic in Toronto, says that a 43-year-old man who had sex with other men … | Continue reading
A Rolls-Royce can be customized — made bespoke, in RR-speak — in a nearly infinite number of ways.From custom paint and leather colors to the starlight headliner (which can be built to illuminate the night sky of a particular day and time), nearly anything is possible. But someti … | Continue reading
Scientists say they’ve confirmed that the Zika virus can cause Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare but severe neurological disorder that kills 5 percent of people who develop it. Authorities in countries with a Zika outbreak should make sure they have enough intensive care beds to de … | Continue reading
Last night, deep inside Verge’s Oscars HQ, the staff shared their thoughts and feelings during the telecast of the 88th annual Academy Awards. Nothing inspires a healthy dose of shouting at the TV like the Oscars, and last night's show was full of enough surprises and oddities to … | Continue reading