David Bowie's most recent and final album Blackstar is being made into a four-minute movie that's going to premiere on Instagram. Unbound: A Blackstar InstaMiniSeries will unravel over the course of 16 short episodes on the InstaMiniSeries Instagram account.The series will star T … | Continue reading
With The X-Files miniseries ending in a polarizing cliffhanger last night, series creator Chris Carter is confident his sci-fi brainchild will return. "I can tell you, almost without a doubt, we will come back," he told the New York Times. It's just a matter of when Fox can make … | Continue reading
Luxury SUVs are all the rage right now: Maserati just announced the Levante a few days ago, there's the new Bentley Bentayga, a Rolls-Royce in the works, and the Porsche Cayenne and Macan. But let's bring it back, way back, to the granddaddy of the high-end SUV market — Land Rove … | Continue reading
The funny thing about the FBI and tech writers accusing Apple of refusing to hack the iPhone as a "marketing strategy" is that siding with terrorists is a bad strategy. Apple is not doing that, of course, but to understand how the All Writs Act and custom firmware impact the secu … | Continue reading
When I reviewed Kanye West's new album The Life of Pablo last week, I wrote that the Chris Brown feature "Waves" might be the most beautiful song he's ever made. I'm out of my honeymoon phase with the album, and I still stand by that opinion. Brown turns in the best vocal perform … | Continue reading
Picture this: You're hungry, so you order some food online. But when it comes 30 minutes later, it's not being handed to you by a human. Instead, you pluck it out of a robot.It sounds weird, but some of the founders of Skype want to make it a reality. So Ahti Heinla and Janus Fri … | Continue reading
At this year's Mobile World Congress, the HTC Vive virtual reality headset has been adorned with an aggressive $799 price and a few small aesthetic tweaks to finalize its consumer edition look. It has also wowed and amazed everyone who has tried it, myself included. HTC is rapidl … | Continue reading
BuzzFeed is launching a new app today that's all about video. The app is just called BuzzFeed Video, and its interface is about as straightforward as its name — it's little more than a feed of the site's top shorts. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Ava DuVernay is adding another huge project to her slate by signing on to direct an adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time for Disney. According to Deadline, the Selma director is teaming up with Frozen writer / co-director Jennifer Lee to bring Madeleine L'Engle's 1963 fantasy classic … | Continue reading
Nespresso has quietly launched the Prodigio, a new machine for brewing its espresso capsules that connects to your phone or tablet over Bluetooth. A companion app — which is supposed to be released later this week — "allows you to brew, schedule a brewing time, monitor capsule st … | Continue reading
Samsung is today opening the doors at its long-in-the-works "technology playground and cultural destination," Samsung 837. Located in New York City's Meatpacking district (and named after its address on Washington Street), 837 isn't a retail store as we've come to expect them fro … | Continue reading
Snapchat just launched Birthday Party, a new feature in today's iOS and Android update that lets users celebrate the day of their birth with decorative snaps. If you turn on the Birthday Party feature, Snapchat will give you access to a one-day-only filter on your birthday that y … | Continue reading
SpaceX is gearing up for its next Falcon 9 rocket launch this Wednesday, which will send a telecommunications satellite into orbit for the company SES. It will also attempt to land its rocket after launch, but doesn't expect a successful recovery. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Charli XCX is releasing a new EP on Friday on her very own new label, and the projects share a name: Vroom Vroom. The British pop star worked with enigmatic producer SOPHIE on the EP's title track, which premiered on The Fader this morning. The song made its public debut in Octob … | Continue reading
It costs $799 and it can be preordered next Monday for delivery in April. It's the Oculus Rift's closest and sternest competitor, and today at MWC, it makes its public debut. The consumer edition of the HTC Vive virtual reality headset is being shown off for the first time at the … | Continue reading
Car people are just like any other obsessive. They’ll talk to you about stuff that they expect you should clearly understand as being important, even if it’s unclear to you why it might be.Right now, car obsessives are talking about the BMW M2, a high-performance derivation of th … | Continue reading
A UN panel on aviation is recommending a total ban on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft, Reuters reported Tuesday. The same group rejected a ban on battery shipments last October, but reversed course earlier this year after pilots and airplane manu … | Continue reading
Sword Art Online is an anime about massively multiplayer online virtual reality worlds, and soon it will be turned into a massively multiplayer online virtual reality game. Called Sword Art Online: The Beginning, the new game is sponsored by IBM and powered by the company's tech … | Continue reading
MasterCard says it plans to bring "selfie pay" security checks to more than a dozen countries. Last year, the company started trialling the technology — which uses facial recognition to authenticate users' identity — but now says it has firm plans to roll the feature out to users … | Continue reading
It can be thrilling to fly your drone at top speed low to the ground, but that's also asking for trouble, since accidents can be quite expensive. Owners of DJI drones, the Phantom or the Inspire, can now push the limit without worrying about covering the full cost of repairs. The … | Continue reading
Court documents unsealed today reveal thirteen different Apple devices currently subject to court order by the FBI. Twelve of the devices are listed in a filing by Apple in response to a New York district court request, while the Department of Justice mentions an additional devic … | Continue reading
Last November, Activision Blizzard — the publisher behind some of gaming’s biggest brands, like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft — announced that it was getting into mobile gaming in a big way by acquiring Candy Crush maker King Digital Entertainment for a whopping $5.9 billion … | Continue reading
It’s not every year a new Street Fighter comes along. Beside the copious updates and tweaks to keep the series fresh, last week’s release of Street Fighter V marked the first legitimate new entry in the legendary fighting franchise since 2008’s successful Street Fighter IV, which … | Continue reading
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Bill Gates says he was "disappointed" by reports that he supported the FBI in its legal battle with Apple, saying "that doesn't state my view on this." Continue reading… | Continue reading
When I visit museums I usually use a mapping app to get there, and then I’m immediately lost once I’m inside. That changed tonight, thanks to Google. At Mobile World Congress, Google and Lenovo are demonstrating a useful feature of Project Tango: indoor navigation. Google has bee … | 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.When a colleague heard I was reviewing the new Eero Wi-Fi system, aimed at covering … | Continue reading
Telltale’s video game adaptation of The Walking Dead started with a bang. While the series wasn't the studio's first attempt merge a TV-like narrative structure with an interactive game, it was by far the most successful. There was just something about its brutal world and the aw … | Continue reading
Telegram, the encrypted messaging app that launched in 2013, now has 100 million monthly active users. In a blog post announcing the milestone, the company said 350,000 new users are joining the service every day, and that 15 billion messages are sent on the app daily. Telegram f … | Continue reading
Microsoft has been refining the Start menu in each version of Windows, so it makes sense that its new HoloLens operating system will include a tweaked interface. A leaked video for a new Actiongram HoloLens app has provided the best look at the new holographic Start menu so far. … | Continue reading
PC manufacturers first started copying Microsoft’s Surface last year, building devices that act as a laptop with a detachable keyboard. While Microsoft may not have invented the 2-in-1 itself, its success with the Surface range of tablets has clearly inspired the industry. Up unt … | Continue reading
If there's one thing that Sphero's BB-8 droid has proven, it is the extreme adorableness of spherical remote-controlled bots. So when LG announced at Mobile World Congress that its flagship G5 smartphone would have an accompanying Rolling Bot that works much like a Sphero robotic … | Continue reading
Bill Gates thinks the world needs an "energy miracle" to tackle climate change, and he's optimistic about our chances. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, Melinda Gates, laid out their vision for the future today in an annual letter published by their eponymous philanthropic o … | Continue reading
If there's one thing tech enthusiasts love more than an underdog, it's an underdog with high specs. The Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition is just such a device. It's powered by the same 14nm Samsung Exynos processor as the flagship Galaxy S6. It has a 21-megapixel camera with laser-assi … | Continue reading
Google is shutting down a service that allowed web users to compare offers for car insurance, credit cards, and mortgages, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The site, called Google Compare, launched in March 2015, and is currently available in the US and the UK. … | Continue reading
Ricoh is updating its rugged action camera line with the new WG-M2. It's 40 percent lighter and smaller than the WG-M1, and it shoots 4K video at an absurdly wide 204-degree field of view. You can drop it, freeze it, and knock it around all without using a case. Ricoh will start … | Continue reading
A new TV show in the UK is bringing drone warfare to children. The game show, Airmageddon, debuted this month on CBBC, the BBC kid's network. It pits children aged nine to 14 against one another in a series of drone-related challenges, including obstacle courses, aerial challenge … | Continue reading
In addition to the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, the US government is pursuing court orders to force Apple to help bypass the security passcodes of "about a dozen" other iPhones, the Wall Street Journal reports. The other cases don't involve terror charges, t … | Continue reading
Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood is only the fictional president in Netflix's House of Cards, but it increasingly feels like the pretend politician is bleeding through into the real world. Spacey appeared in character during the Golden Globes in January, and now the Machiavellian m … | Continue reading
The tech industry has been generally supportive of Apple in its fight against the FBI's demand to unlock an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shootings, but one big name is on the FBI's side: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who seems unswayed by fears of compromised security a … | Continue reading
Microsoft is giving up on Skype Qik, the video chat app it launched just 18 months ago, because its features are already available in the full-fledged Skype app. In a post on the Skype official blog, the company confirmed that March 24th would be the last day Skype Qik would be a … | Continue reading
Nikon is launching a line of compact 4K cameras outfitted with 1-inch sensors, the company announced today. The brand-new DL Series consists of three "premium compact" cameras that all seem aimed at competing with the likes of Sony and its popular RX100 line. The new cameras cont … | Continue reading
Fitbit released its fourth quarter earnings report on Monday afternoon, beating analysts' expectations in terms of revenue, and nearly doubling its full-year unit sales from 2014.The San Francisco-based maker of digital health and fitness products raked in $712 million in revenue … | Continue reading
This may come as a surprise to some, but there are just some things that don't need to be connected to the internet. Like a toothbrush. But don't tell that to Oral-B, which debuted its latest toothbrush — the Genius — at Mobile World Congress.Unlike other electric toothbrushes th … | Continue reading
Jason Dalton, the Uber driver who shot and killed six people and injured two in Kalamazoo, Michigan Saturday had a 4.73 driver rating and had completed over 100 trips since being cleared by the ride-hail company's screening process less than a month ago, Uber said Monday.Dalton, … | Continue reading
Only a little more than a week after suing in-flight internet provider Gogo over service speeds, American Airlines has dropped the suit, according to a statement released today by Gogo. An American Airlines spokesperson confirmed that it had dismissed the suit without prejudice.A … | Continue reading
Planet Earth is returning to TV later this year, and this time, it'll be in 4K. The original 11-part series debuted in 2006 and was the first BBC nature documentary to be filmed in high definition. It helped propel HDTV's popularity, and this new season will take those stunning n … | Continue reading
Sometimes, it seems like the tech world is inexorably bending towards a future full of curved devices. At MWC in Barcelona, we saw yet another prototype display, this time from English firm FlexEnable. Now, this isn't a working device of any kind — it's essentially just a screen … | Continue reading
After Mashable reported on Saturday that Swagway advised its customers to take a break from hoverboarding, the company now says that direction was the result of a "miscommunication" and its products are safe to use. "Due to an apparent miscommunication, there have been inaccurate … | Continue reading