Travis Kalanick, whose company is presently the most valuable private startup in the world, could own practically anything. Yes, granted, without an IPO, his holdings in Uber are mostly illiquid, but I'm going to go ahead and assume that he has... ways of getting cash.Rich people … | Continue reading
It happened today — four newly-discovered elements got named. They are:Nihonium and symbol Nh, for the element 113 Moscovium and symbol Mc, for the element 115, Tennessine and symbol Ts, for the element 117, Oganesson and symbol Og, for the element 118.This isn't finalized, … | Continue reading
On Monday, Google released a new version of TensorFlow that supports iOS for the first time. TensorFlow is Google's machine learning software, which the company open-sourced last November and used to power AlphaGo. Engineers at Google have been actively working on a version of Te … | Continue reading
Many Lexus owners experienced broken navigation and infotainment systems yesterday, with drivers unable to listen to music or get directions because their head units were stuck in a rebooting loop."Errant data broadcast by our traffic and weather data service provider was not han … | Continue reading
Airbnb announced a handful of updates to its rental service this morning, including a collaborative wish list feature for planning trips with your friends. Wish lists arrived back in 2012 as a way to keep track of places you'd like to stay in the future. Airbnb says more than 20 … | Continue reading
Belkin just launched what it claims to be the first USB-C car charger to support USB-PD (power delivery), and it's called "USB-C Car Charger + Cable," which I think is a great name. There are already a bunch of USB-C car chargers available; they retail for around $10 to $15, and … | Continue reading
Game of Thrones' sixth season is ending later this month, and Entertainment Weekly has confirmed its final episode is going to stretch out over 69 minutes. (Rumors regarding the meaty length of this season's final two episodes have been swirling for weeks, but HBO hasn't confirme … | Continue reading
Scientists can genetically modify organisms to see if these changes might stop the spread of diseases like malaria, Zika, chikungunya, and dengue — but those genetically altered creatures better not spread throughout the world, a panel of scientists concluded today. Continue … | Continue reading
This should go without saying, but feminism and Beyoncé are great and suggesting otherwise is a quick way to get on most people's shit list. So is being a complete asshole, but a lot of men haven't learned all of these lessons yet!To clarify the situation, dating app maker Bumble … | Continue reading
Eric Schmidt is one of the more unfiltered executives in Alphabet's ranks — so if you're going to get a straight answer on when we can truly, legitimately have a fully self-driving car pick us up at our doorstep, you'd think the answer might come from him. But at the company's st … | Continue reading
Google has added a third cellular network to Project Fi. US Cellular, the fifth-largest carrier in the country, will be available to Project Fi customers in the coming weeks, according to Google.Project Fi was announced in April of last year, and it offers a few twists on the way … | Continue reading
It's been a tumultuous few days for Nest, which saw co-founder and CEO Tony Fadell depart last week amidst swirling unhappiness about the company's product roadmap, demanding culture, and financial performance after being spun out of Google under new parent company Alphabet. That … | Continue reading
The EasiSpread has a simple goal, one that's advertised in its name — making spreading butter on toast an easy task. The knife heats up to 35 degrees within five seconds, the knife's manufacturer AGI Solutions claims. It's also rechargeable and dishwasher safe. EasiSpread sort of … | Continue reading
Last year, legislators in New York state introduced an ambitious new bill called the Fair Repair Act. The bill's measures are simple, requiring electronics manufacturers to make available the necessary information and parts to repair a device. That means when your phone or smartw … | Continue reading
After being held off the service for a little more than a month, Radiohead's new album A Moon Shaped Pool is about to land on Spotify. The band's ninth LP was originally released on its website, other digital stores, and paid streaming services like Apple Music and Tidal on May 8 … | Continue reading
Apple’s annual conference for developers, which kicks off next Monday, is normally when the company previews its newest software for iOS and Mac OS X. But this year’s WWDC isn’t just about new operating systems: starting next week and continuing throughout the fall, Apple will be … | Continue reading
You will have an opportunity to play your darkest Silicon Valley fantasies in Watch Dogs 2.Ahead of E3, video game publisher Ubisoft shared the first details and footage for the sequel to the middling open-world game. 2014's Watch Dogs allowed players to hack an alternate-reality … | Continue reading
Looking to get ahead of next week's gaming extravaganza, Square Enix today held a pre-E3 live stream dedicated to Deus Ex. In addition to revealing a new mobile "Go" title (aptly, Deus Ex Go), the developer also debuted two new gameplay trailers for Mankind Divided, the full sequ … | Continue reading
The Deus Ex series is all about exploring human augmentation, and now the minds behind the game have teamed up with a number of partners to create prosthetic limbs inspired by the game. Open Bionics, who have previously collaborated with Disney for Marvel and Star Wars-inspired p … | Continue reading
If you're having a rough Wednesday, I suggest watching Chance the Rapper's performance with Skrillex and Hundred Waters on last night's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. "Show Me Love" is an elegant and simple song about being kind to people and it is only made better by Chance … | Continue reading
BMW announced today that it has won a contract with the Los Angeles Police Department to supply 100 of its compact i3 electric cars. The initiative is a part of LA's "Sustainable City pLAn," which includes a commitment to make half of its light-duty vehicle purchases fully electr … | Continue reading
Today, Canadian artificial intelligence company Maluuba released state-of-the-art results for a type of machine learning focused on teaching computers to read like humans do. Companies like Google, Facebook, and IBM have actively been working on this area of research — known as m … | Continue reading
After the success of Hitman Go and Lara Croft Go, Square Enix has revealed its third mobile adaptation: Deus Ex Go. The game is coming this summer for phones and tablets, and it looks to follow a very similar structure as its predecessor, with cyborg protagonist Adam Jensen movin … | Continue reading
Microsoft is no longer planning to add a TV DVR feature to its Xbox One console. The software giant originally unveiled plans to add TV DVR to the Xbox One back in August, noting that the feature would arrive some time in 2016. "After careful consideration, we've decided to put d … | Continue reading
Fiat Chrysler (FCA) is eyeing a partnership with Uber to build self-driving cars for the ride-hailing startup, according to a report in Bloomberg. A deal could be reached by the end of the year, or completely fall apart in the next few weeks, the report says. Uber is said to be i … | Continue reading
Facebook and Twitter will forever be locked in a bewildering dance wherein each continually pushes itself closer and then farther away from the other. In today's news, Facebook is moving a tiny bit closer to Twitter as it tests a new posting option that makes News Feed posts much … | Continue reading
GOG, the game store formerly known as Good Old Games, is kicking off its summer sale with a two-day giveaway of classic shooter / RPG System Shock 2. If you launch GOG through its Galaxy desktop client, you can claim a copy from inside it. GOG says this is its way of getting more … | Continue reading
This weekend, I came across an animal video on Facebook that blew me away. It depicted a turtle attacking a very startled orange tabby cat.As the cat lay on the kitchen floor of some pet owner's apartment, the turtle repeatedly hit it with its head and shell. The cat, clearly ann … | Continue reading
Earlier this summer, DC Comics' bet big on a suffocatingly serious universe in the form of the much hyped Batman v Superman. The film failed to meet critical and financial expectations at the box office. Rumors have been flying ever since that the film branch of the comic book pu … | Continue reading
O.J.: Made in America is a masterpiece, as good if not better than the other critically acclaimed O.J. television miniseries, FX's American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson. The documentary is quite different than the esteemed drama, despite balancing on the same person. … | Continue reading
It's hard to convey what's going on inside a VR headset. Even if you can put a smoothed-out 2D image on a second screen for the benefit of onlookers, they won't get the sense of immersion that comes from having head-tracked screens blasting images into your eyeballs. How can you … | Continue reading
The mosquito truly is a blood-sucking machine. The thin tube the insect injects into the skin, what's called the proboscis, is actually comprised of six different needles that all work in tandem to extract blood from the body. It's fascinating and repulsive at the same time — and … | Continue reading
Chinese company Ehang caught our eye at CES earlier year, with the firm unveiling an autonomous quadcopter prototype it said was capable of ferrying human passengers without a pilot. We were wary of these unproven claims, but Ehang is obviously forging ahead with the vehicle. The … | 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.Last week, I interviewed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on stage at our third annual Code Con … | Continue reading
Remember E3 2006? Ten years ago, Microsoft shared its roadmap for the still young Xbox 360 with a list of big-name titles, including the first Gears of War, Crackdown, and Forza Motorsport 2. The Xbox 360 era was very good for Microsoft. Now that it's the underdog to Sony's massi … | Continue reading
WWDC is almost here — and this year, Apple has more to talk about than ever. That's because WWDC is Apple's software show, and Apple now has four distinct operating systems to discuss: iOS, OS X, watchOS, and tvOS.As always, bits and pieces of Apple’s plans have leaked out over t … | Continue reading
Apple introduced Live Photos with much fanfare as one of the marquee additions to the iPhone 6S, but I've never really got much out of the feature. Even when I do take a picture that could benefit from a little movement and sound, Apple's implementation is lacking; the results ar … | Continue reading
I’m just like Mark Zuckerberg. Okay, I’m not fabulously wealthy, nor do I meet regularly with heads of state. I’m also not building a Jarvis-like AI for my home. Instead, I have a nasty habit of reusing passwords, just like Zuck… and most of the internet. Continue reading… | Continue reading
If I ever have children I plan to foster good dental hygiene by telling them that teeth grow constantly, and that theirs will eventually pierce their brain from inside their own heads unless they wear them down with daily brushing. Failing that, I'll probably just wait until I ca … | Continue reading
Material Design is supposed to be the visual template that unifies Google's products, but it's taken a while to reach every part of the tech company's kingdom — especially the larger products. We saw a Material Design overhaul of YouTube last month, and it seems the company is al … | Continue reading
The French government has launched a smartphone app that would alert users to possible terror attacks and provide them with information on how to stay safe. The French Interior Ministry announced the app on Wednesday ahead of the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament, which kicks off … | Continue reading
Last year, Adidas unveiled a prototype 3D-printed sneaker made from recycled plastic ocean waste. The design was a collaboration with Parley for the Oceans, an organization that raises awareness about the environmental destruction of the oceans. Now, Adidas and Parley have launch … | Continue reading
As Google develops its VR platform, Daydream, the company is sharing clips of its virtual reality concepts and prototypes. The latest tackle the problem of how to represent users in a virtual space, with Google's engineers settling on a simple solution: googly eyes. Continue … | Continue reading
Do you cringe every time someone says "hoverboard" and mutter under your breath "Actually, it's a self-balancing scooter"? Do you believe that Elon Musk is our lord and savior sent to this earth to make our commutes faster, cleaner, and infinitely more terrifying? Do you have $10 … | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has used Twitter to respond to a Reuters report published yesterday that indicated the company was in talks with Samsung SDI to supply batteries for its car and energy storage products. Musk clarified that Tesla is "working exclusively" with Panasonic to make … | Continue reading
Drink lots of water. Keep going to yoga. Use your standing desk more often. We know these habits are good for our health, but for a long time now, one practice has proven to help us actually lose weight: weighing ourselves.I know, I know. It’s really annoying. And it can be dishe … | Continue reading
When it finally arrives, Magic Leap's augmented reality headset will look like the kind of thing Luke Skywalker would wear to practice his lightsaber skills, if a design patent filed by the enigmatic company this week is anything to go by. Other comparisons for the theoretical de … | Continue reading
Hillary Clinton is now the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, and the first woman to top a major US party ticket. The former Secretary of State is estimated to have secured the 2,383 delegates she needs to clinch the nomination, putting her well ahead of rival Bernie S … | Continue reading