Richard Lawler 2022-07-06 14:21:35 www.theverge.com Apple is taking steps to increase security for people like journalists, activists, and politicians with a new setting in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura called Lockdown Mode. This setting hardens an iPhone,…
David Pierce 2022-07-05 17:44:43 www.theverge.com Your phone’s lock screen is the hottest new real estate in tech. Apple made the iPhone’s lock screen a centerpiece of iOS 16, giving users more control over how theirs looks and works. But…
David Pierce 2022-07-05 15:42:58 www.theverge.com Stranger Things 4, the most recent season of the hit show, just became the second Netflix show ever to surpass a billion hours viewed. Since the first installment of the season dropped on May…
David Pierce 2022-07-05 09:39:44 www.theverge.com Asus announced two new devices in its gaming-focused Republic of Gamers phone lineup, the ROG Phone 6 and the ROG Phone 6 Pro. They’re gamer phones for gamers who like to game, and the…
James Vincent 2022-07-05 05:59:19 www.theverge.com FIFA, the international governing body of association football,* has announced it will use AI-powered cameras to help referees make offside calls at the 2022 World Cup. The semi-automated system consists of a sensor in…
Andrew J. Hawkins 2022-07-04 10:11:22 www.theverge.com Chevy’s first foray into non-fungible tokens was a non-fungible dud. The automaker netted zero bids for its first NFT during an auction last month, even though the digital drawing came with a free…
Emma Roth 2022-07-03 18:14:43 www.theverge.com Twitter Blue has finally started letting subscribers on Android customize the app’s navigation bar. The feature, which was previously available only on iOS, lets you get rid of the Spaces icon that’s smack-dab in…
Cameron Faulkner 2022-07-03 11:00:00 www.theverge.com With the Kishi mobile controller that launched in mid-2020, Razer succeeded in turning phones into pseudo-Nintendo Switch consoles. It offered a clever design that sandwiched your phone in the middle of two controllers. Not…
Cameron Faulkner 2022-07-02 09:23:51 www.theverge.com The Fourth of July weekend is here, and hopefully you get to enjoy some time together with friends and family (and lots of delicious food). The Verge Deals compiled the best deals happening in…
Cameron Faulkner 2022-07-01 10:11:39 www.theverge.com Google’s Gboard keyboard app for Android is throwing a bone to people who use foldable phones (or at least, for now, to beta users of the app) with a split keyboard mode. Its aim…
Tom Warren 2022-06-30 11:00:00 www.theverge.com Samsung is launching its gaming hub for its 2022 smart TVs and monitors today. The hub brings together the best game streaming apps into a single location, with quick access to Nvidia’s GeForce Now,…
Allison Johnson 2022-06-29 14:59:22 www.theverge.com Big-sensor cameras are a bit of a white whale for smartphone imaging engineers. Even the most capable smartphone cameras use relatively puny sensors, and efforts to bring bigger sensors to the mobile form factor…
Monica Chin 2022-06-29 17:05:12 www.theverge.com If you’re an Instagram user, there’s a good chance it isn’t the only social network that you post to. The app makes it very easy to send your post to a few other social…
Justine Calma 2022-06-29 13:55:04 www.theverge.com Swiss climate tech company Climeworks announced yesterday that it has broken ground on its biggest facility yet for capturing carbon dioxide from the air. The new Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant, named Mammoth, will…
Emma Roth 2022-06-28 18:09:48 www.theverge.com Belkin’s back at it again with its funky multi-device charging stand, but this one now supports fast charging for the Apple Watch Series 7. The new BoostCharge Pro three-in-one charger offers 15W fast charging…
Sean Hollister 2022-06-28 18:50:27 www.theverge.com Did you buy one of Targus / Sanho / Hyper / HyperJuice’s nifty 100W or 65W USB-C chargers with stackable passthrough AC outlets that let you theoretically scale up to loads of powerful ports?…
Richard Lawler 2022-06-28 19:29:30 www.theverge.com Google started rolling out an updated user interface for Gmail in February that pulls Meet, Chat, and Spaces closer and applies more of its Material You styling effects. Starting today, it’s becoming opt-out instead…
Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2022-06-28 15:37:13 www.theverge.com Yesterday was a pleasant surprise on the PlayStation 5 console restock front. Sony opened up a public queue for PS5 consoles, and unlike many times before, it stayed open and viable for…
Tom Warren 2022-06-28 11:27:30 www.theverge.com Arm is announcing its new flagship Immortalis GPU today, its first to include hardware-based ray tracing on mobile. As PCs and the latest Xbox Series X and PS5 consoles are all gradually moving toward…
Richard Lawler 2022-06-28 10:22:19 www.theverge.com Last week, EA’s battle royale shooter Apex Legends launched a “collection event,” which is shorthand for a limited-time setup that is mostly about players buying a bunch of cosmetic items from the in-game store.…
Loren Grush 2022-06-28 06:13:18 www.theverge.com Early this morning, a small NASA spacecraft about the size of a microwave embarked on the beginning of a four-month-long journey to the Moon, where it will eventually insert itself into a unique, elongated…
Richard Lawler 2022-06-27 14:44:23 www.theverge.com The Supreme Court declined Apple’s bid (pdf) for a hearing over two Qualcomm patents (US Patent No. 7,844,037 and US Patent No. 8,683,362) that were part of lawsuits filed in 2017, claiming infringement by…
Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2022-06-27 15:19:41 www.theverge.com It’s that time again for another chance to buy a PlayStation 5 directly from Sony. While the console maker often sends out emails for invite-only restocks, this one’s for everyone, and it’s…
Monica Chin 2022-06-27 08:55:48 www.theverge.com Over the past few weeks, we’ve been showing you how you can run some of the benchmarks that we run in our laptop reviews to see how well your PC stacks up to others…
Chris Welch 2022-06-25 09:00:00 www.theverge.com From time to time, I’ll grab a random device out of the Verge reviews closet and spend a week or two with it. It’s mostly out of random curiosity and for the sake of…
Allison Johnson 2022-06-24 16:48:41 www.theverge.com T-Mobile’s advertising business is offering a new way for marketers to pry into your app-using habits. Ad Exchanger reports that the un-carrier’s new program is called App Insights, and it’s now fully operational after…
Jasmine Hicks 2022-06-24 14:36:11 www.theverge.com For people who love discovering new sounds, there’s an intriguing new site that collects soundscapes from around the world. The site, Earth.fm, bills itself as “Like Spotify, but for natural soundscapes.” You can listen…
Richard Lawler 2022-06-24 10:11:20 www.theverge.com We haven’t seen the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq yet, but a report from The Wall Street Journal says that while the flagship Ultium-powered electric sedan will be more than just a show car, it will…
Tom Warren 2022-06-24 05:15:04 www.theverge.com Microsoft is preparing to send reminders to Windows 8.1 users that support will end on January 10th 2023. The software giant will start sending notifications to existing Windows 8.1 devices next month, as a…
Jon Porter 2022-06-24 04:26:23 www.theverge.com Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset, which will reportedly offer a combination of augmented and virtual reality experiences, will “likely release” in January 2023, according to respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a new analyst…
Alice Newcome-Beill 2022-06-23 14:04:45 www.theverge.com Two consoles, both out to ruin your wallet Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge This story is part of a group of stories called Only the best deals on Verge-approved gadgets get the…
Allison Johnson 2022-06-23 11:06:48 www.theverge.com Samsung Australia has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a $14 million (about $9.7 million USD) fine for a misleading marketing campaign, as spotted by PhoneArena. The ads in question suggested that…
James Vincent 2022-06-23 06:00:00 www.theverge.com Instagram is testing new methods for users to verify their age, including an AI tool built by a third-party company, Yoti, that estimates how old you are just by scanning your face. Officially, you…