A Tesla Megapack battery is on fire at a PG&E facility in California

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A Tesla Megapack battery caught fire this morning at the local utility company PG&E’s Elkhorn Battery Storage facility in Monterey County, California, as reported by local news stations KSBW Action News 8 and KRON4. The fire started at around 1:30AM this morning, according to PG&E’s operations comm manager, … Read more

Netflix’s new Sonic show will be released this winter

Image: Netflix Sonic Prime, Netflix’s upcoming animated series about Sega’s speedy blue blur, will be released sometime in “winter 2022,” according to a new teaser trailer for the show released on Tuesday. Previously, we had known that Sonic Prime would be out this year, and now we have a slightly more specific window for when … Read more

EA is making a single-player Iron Man game

A promotional image for the new Iron Man game. | Image: EA EA is teaming up with Marvel to make a new single-player Iron Man game, EA announced on Tuesday. The game is being developed by Motive Studio, which is working on the upcoming Dead Space remake. EA is describing this new Iron Man title … Read more

Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 GPUs

Nvidia is officially announcing its RTX 40-series GPUs today. After months of rumors and some recent teasing from Nvidia, the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 are now both official. The RTX 4090 arrives on October 12th priced at $1,599, with the RTX 4080 priced starting at $899 and available in November. Both are powered by … Read more

Remote Alaskan towns are proof of concept for virtual hearing care

Photo by: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Digital health tools could help detect early signs of hearing loss and prevent further damage, a new analysis highlights. Virtual care, coupled with newly available over-the-counter hearing aids, could make it easier for people living in rural areas and far from specialists to keep their hearing sharp. … Read more

Baby Yoda is a Tamagotchi now

The Grogu Tamagotchi comes in two flavors. | Image: Bandai Namco It’s a wonder it took so long, but Grogu, better known as Baby Yoda, has now become a Tamagotchi. The virtual pet toy will let you take care of the Mandalorian’s cuter half by feeding it squid chowder and macarons, playing some mini-games, and … Read more

Nintendo is cutting off Facebook and Twitter logins soon

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nintendo is ending support for account logins and creation through Twitter or Facebook (via Eurogamer). Starting October 25th, you’ll have to log in using your Nintendo account username and password or through your linked Google or Apple account. If you’re asked to sign in again once the new … Read more

Hacker steals $160 million from crypto trading firm Wintermute

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In the latest eye-watering crypto heist, Wintermute, a market-making firm, has been hacked for $160 million, according to its CEO. Early Tuesday morning, CEO Evgeny Gaevoy posted on Twitter that the company was experiencing an ongoing hack that had drained the funds from its decentralized finance (DeFi) operations. … Read more

Spotify now sells audiobooks

Spotify is launching audiobooks within the app. | Image: Spotify There is a lot happening today, so I won’t dally. Spotify is finally launching its audiobooks feature, Adnan Syed of Serial is free, and we are opening up the Hot Pod Summit lottery. Spotify launches audiobooks in the US Spotify is bringing audiobooks to its … Read more

Here’s another example of the frustrating ‘Adobe upsell’

Adobe is under fire for removing features from it’s services. | Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Adobe has come under fire by Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of popular iOS camera app Halide, for removing Apple’s ubiquitous AirDrop sharing feature from Photoshop and disrupting his workflow. De With expressed his frustrations on … Read more

How to watch Nvidia’s RTX 40-series announcement

Nvidia’s RTX 40-series are expected today. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nvidia is getting ready to announce its next-generation GPUs today. We’re expecting to see the new RTX 40-series, and rumors suggest there could be two RTX 4080 models and an RTX 4090. Nvidia has been teasing its RTX 40-series launch for … Read more