Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In an email early Wednesday morning, billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk gave the remaining employees at the company an ultimatum. They can stay and sign on to a “hardcore” culture of “long hours at high intensity” or leave. Employees have until 5PM ET today to fill out an … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sonos is preparing a wave of premium new home speakers for release next year, as The Verge has exclusively reported. But that’s familiar territory for the company. As it turns out, Sonos also has its eye on several new product categories. Four of them to be specific. According … Read more
Arc’s sidebar is much more than a bunch of vertical tabs. | Image: Arc / David Pierce Arc isn’t perfect, and it takes some getting used to. But it’s full of big new ideas about how we should interact with the web — and it’s right about most of them. Continue reading…
Microsoft’s “holiday” packaging for the Xbox Series S. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is dropping the price of its Xbox Series S console to $249.99 for the holidays. The new promotional price starts today and includes special holiday-themed packaging. It’s part of a series of Black Friday deals from Microsoft that includes up to $300 off … Read more
There are some nice new features coming to Google Maps. | Illustration: The Verge Google is adding another big new augmented reality feature to Google Maps that lets you learn more about what’s around you just by looking through your phone’s camera. The feature, which Google calls Search with Live View, shows you things like … Read more
Old skewl meets new skewl with Google 3D and AR shopping. | Image: Google It’s now possible to use Google search for more than just Taylor Swift ticket queries: starting today in the US, the search engine will use augmented reality to help you find the perfect pair of shoes from the comfort of your … Read more
Motional Motional, the autonomous vehicle joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, is bringing its robotaxis to Los Angeles, where they will be available to hail through the Lyft app. The service is comprised of Motional’s fleet of Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicles, which will be fully autonomous at the time of launch and not require … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is tweaking Android to offer a new prompt in the face of software crashes that reminds you to update your damn apps. “Update the app to fix crashes,” the prompt says, according to Esper’s senior technical editor Mishaal Rahman. “The app stopped working, but the latest update … Read more
The two computing tech giants will collaborate to create “one of the most powerful AI supercomputers in the world.” | Image: Nvidia / Microsoft Nvidia has announced a “multi-year collaboration” with Microsoft to build “one of the most powerful AI supercomputers in the world,” designed to handle the huge computing workloads needed to train and … Read more
Erik Carter for The Verge The Verge and Consumer Reports collected 22,000 internet bills to find out how Americans are getting online. They paint an ugly picture. Continue reading…
Pokémon Go developer Niantic has unveiled its latest tech demo showing off what it thinks could be the future of augmented reality gaming. The trailer, which apparently depicts “actual headset gameplay” shows a handful of players wearing AR glasses as they interact with shared virtual objects, including game elements as well as more practical virtual … Read more
A trainer riding Koraidon, one of the new additions to Pokémon Violet and Scarlet. | Image: Nintendo The latest Pokémon release is a big, expansive adventure that also pushes the Nintendo Switch to its limits. Continue reading…
Blizzard Blizzard will suspend games in China because it can’t reach an agreement with its licensing and publishing partner NetEase, it said in a press release. World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Overwatch 2, Starcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo III, and Warcraft III: Reforged won’t be available in China after January 23, 2023. Blizzard will suspend … Read more
A longstanding criticism of the pro phones is that it takes forever to get data off of them. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The iPhone 15 Pro models are in line for a massive upgrade to their wired transfer speeds with the switch to USB-C, according to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. … Read more
Qualcomm has announced a new subbrand of CPUs for its Snapdragon family of products, called Oryon. The new CPU will be released in 2023 and available to manufacturers to use in devices such as Windows PCs, smartphones, and other applications. The company announced the new CPU at its Snapdragon Summit on Wednesday, but provided few … Read more
It’s a very new look for Apple’s online portal to your documents, pictures, and more. Apple has updated iCloud.com to make the site look and feel significantly more modern, adding widget-like tiles that show you information from photos, notes, mail, and more (via MacRumors). It’s a big change from the previous version of the site, … Read more
This is a photo of Aoki performing in Las Vegas, not at the Amazon event. | Photo by David Becker/Getty Images Amazon may have just confirmed that it would be laying off employees, but it seems to still have room for a Steve Aoki concert. On Wednesday evening, the superstar DJ performed a live concert … Read more
Image: Toyota Toyota’s Prius has long been the ugly duckling of the eco-car market, but the automaker is finally delivering a version that’s easier on the eyes. The redesigned fifth-generation 2023 Prius was just revealed in Japan, with a sportier coupe-like look to hide that it’s still a four-door compact with hybrid and plug-in hybrid … Read more
Samar Haddad / The Verge With iOS 16’s overhaul of lock screen customization, Apple introduced a feature that lets you choose a shuffling set of pictures for your wallpaper. I was recently reminded of this feature thanks to a tweet from @cabel, and I’ve used it to make my lock screen a rotating gallery of … Read more
COURTESY OF NETFLIX Spacefaring bounty hunters tend to be known for living for themselves, but the hero of Netflix’s upcoming animated series My Dad the Bounty Hunter from executive producers Everett Downing and Patrick Harpin is very much a family man who loves his kids even though they might end up getting him killed judging … Read more
You won’t be seeing the FTX logo on TSM’s jerseys. | Image: TSM The esports giant TSM FTX is suspending its blockbuster sponsorship deal with the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange and is dropping FTX from its name. “After monitoring the evolving situation and discussing internally, we’re suspending our partnership with FTX effective immediately,” TSM wrote on … Read more
No need to pull out your phone to join a voice server. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft announced it’s starting to roll out the Xbox November update, which adds the ability to connect to Discord voice channels straight from your console, a new Captures app, and several other improvements. Before, if you wanted to join a … Read more
Image: Linktree Linktree, a popular tool used to link out to additional social channels and websites, is adding a way for users to monetize the content they share on their page. The new Payment Lock feature announced today will allow creators to put a paywall in front of certain content, like digital files, links to … Read more
Starting January 16th, Airbnb guests will need to verify their identities in order to book stays in its top 35 countries and regions. | Image: Airbnb Airbnb is cracking down on parties booked through its service and will require that all guests in top countries verify their identity for a booking to be successfully completed. The … Read more
Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Apparently, Elon Musk doesn’t want to be CEO of any company. Or so he claimed in testimony at a trial Wednesday challenging his giant compensation package at Tesla. Musk, who is the CEO of multiple companies, including most recently, Twitter, was answering questions from lawyers representing Tesla when … Read more
Image: Evernote Evernote is getting a new owner. In an announcement on Wednesday, the note-taking app announced that it’s getting acquired by the Italian mobile developer Bending Spoons in a transaction that’s set to take place early next year. As part of the acquisition, Evernote will join Bending Spoons’ existing lineup of apps, which includes … Read more
A black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) takes flight in an urban flying fox roost in Queensland, Australia. | Image: Pat Jones Stressed, hungry bat populations are linked to growing cases of an emerging zoonotic disease in Australia, new research finds. The bats have learned to adapt to more persistent food shortages by roosting closer to … Read more
MLS Season Pass is coming soon. | Image: Apple Apple and Major League Soccer will launch their dedicated soccer streaming service, MLS Season Pass, on February 1st, 2023, Apple announced on Wednesday. The service will cost $14.99 per month during the season or $99 for an entire season, and if you have an Apple TV … Read more
Illustration: The Verge If you’re subscribed to Google Fi’s Unlimited Plus plan, you can now enjoy an extra perk in addition to unlimited data: one year free of YouTube Premium. Starting today, new and existing members enrolled in Google Fi’s premium plan won’t have to pay the $119.99 annual fee for one year of the … Read more
Promotional art for League of Legends. | Image: Riot Games Ubisoft and Riot Games are teaming up on a new research project that’s intended to reduce toxic in-game chats. The new project, called “Zero Harm in Comms,” will be broken up into two main phases. For the first phase, Ubisoft and Riot will try to … Read more