Image: Square Enix A slightly embarrassing leak from IGN Southeast Asia tipped fans off that a new Final Fantasy XVI trailer might be dropping today, and here it is. The four-minute-long trailer titled “Ambition” doesn’t reveal too much new information regarding the next entry in the 35-year-old series, but hot damn, does it look cool. … Read more
Laura Normand / The Verge For a guy who once said he wasn’t going to be on many future earnings calls, Elon Musk has a hard time staying away. Last night, Tesla reported its third quarter earnings, and Musk was front and center, making boastful claims about his company’s future (bigger than Apple and Saudi … Read more
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Want the spookiest smart home on the block? Here’s how to get a creepy yet cool setup using smart speakers, smart lights, and video doorbells. Continue reading…
Chloë Grace Moretz in The Peripheral | Image: Sophie Mutevelian / Prime Video The new adaptation waters down the book’s bite in favor of more straightforward action Continue reading…
Google is pushing harder than ever to make RCS the norm. | Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Google announced a number of updates to its Messages app on Thursday, including an in-line reply feature for responding to individual messages and the ability to star or set a reminder on a text. Some of … Read more
Intel takes the PC performance crown back from AMD thanks to big multithread performance gains and boosts to gaming and creator apps Continue reading…
GIF: DirecTV DirecTV is introducing a new feature today it calls SignalSaver, which is designed to preserve TV reception even during times of satellite interference. Available at no extra cost to residential DirecTV subscribers with an internet-connected set-top box, SignalSaver automatically prompts you to switch from a satellite signal to internet-based TV when an interruption … Read more
What if you didn’t need the internet to find code to copy and paste? | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Stack Overflow is trying to make sure that its repository of programming knowledge, stored in the form of millions and millions of questions and answers, is available even to people without internet access. … Read more
That looks like a totally normal and fun building to explore. | Image: Epic Games Alan Wake Remastered is launching Thursday on the Nintendo eShop, just in time for any pre-Halloween gaming. Developer Remedy Entertainment and publisher Epic Games had announced that the psychological thriller would be released this fall but, at the time, didn’t … Read more
Image: Reincubate Camo’s new version 1.9 update can turn your smartphone into an untethered webcam. The camera utility software, one of the earliest around to convert iOS or Android devices into a computer webcam, can now connect via Wi-Fi in addition to the previous USB plug-in requirement. It’s a great time for Camo to release … Read more
Concept artwork of the now-cancelled “Feral Queen” character. | Image: Tony Sart The makers of Fallout: London, an ambitious mod for Fallout 4 set in everyone’s favorite post-apocalyptic hellscape, have announced they’re cutting two characters based on the late Queen Elizabeth II and then-Prince Charles. The announcement was initially made on Twitter on September 8th … Read more
Image: WB Games The new open world action game has shades of Arkham, but is let down by performance issues Continue reading…
DaVinci Resolve will be availabe for iPad users by Q4, 2022. | Image: Blackmagic Design Creatives and filmmakers rejoice: the iPad will soon support DaVinci Resolve following an official announcement from Blackmagic Design, the company behind the popular video editing software. Both the free version of DaVinci Resolve and the premium DaVinci Resolve Studio ($295 … Read more
Ian McKellen as Gandalf | Image: Warner Bros. For reasons that only Warner Bros. Discovery can truly know, the multimedia entertainment giant has partnered with Web3 firm Eluvio to release The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in its entirety as a set of NFTs meant to kick off the “WB Movieverse,” … Read more
Cherry’s new MX Ergo Clear switch. | Image: Cherry For its latest mechanical keyboard switch, German manufacturer Cherry has taken inspiration from a popular modification of one of its existing switches. The new MX Ergo Clear was announced by the company in a press release this week, but the design dates back to a DIY … Read more
Customization, even if your phone has limited hardware. | Image: Google Google has announced that over a quarter of a billion devices that people use each month are running Android Go edition, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory. However, the new version that Google announced on Wednesday, Android 13 Go, will … Read more
Image: Konami After rumors and leaks, including an early morning flub that revealed today’s entire showcase lineup, Konami has finally officially shared its plans for the Silent Hill franchise. During today’s showcase, which was presented as a livestream but ended up being a 48-minute-long video, we saw news of a remake, a new movie, an … Read more
Netflix has signaled that it has bold ambitions beyond mobile gaming. | Image: Netflix Netflix just announced that it’s ‘seriously exploring’ cloud gaming. Could it succeed where Stadia failed and beat Microsoft in cloud gaming? Continue reading…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is making Discord voice calls way better on Xbox soon by removing a big annoyance. You won’t have to use a phone to connect to Discord voice chats anymore in an upcoming update, allowing Xbox owners to connect directly to calls in servers. This will make it … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amid ongoing supply chain constraints, production delays in China, and increasing competition from the legacy auto industry, Tesla just reported its third-quarter earnings (PDF), in which the company said it earned $3.3 billion in net income on $21.4 billion in revenue. That represents a 56 percent increase year … Read more
Image: Second Dinner I love Marvel Snap for one very specific reason: the games are short. I’m a lover of collectible card games — Magic: The Gathering, specifically. But I know when I sit down to play a game, I have to be prepared to give up a significant portion of my time. As a … Read more
Pinterest’s TikTok-esque Idea Pins will now feature popular music. | Image: Pinterest Pinterest is doubling down on its TikTok-style video feature by adding more music options through deals with record labels. The company announced deals today that will allow Pinterest users to add popular music to their video posts, called Idea Pins. The record labels … Read more
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Ever since a system update released over two months ago, some owners of the Sonos Arc and Sub have complained about reduced performance from their pricey home theater devices. This thread on the company’s forum is a good chronicle of the frustrations. Customers noticed that the Arc had … Read more
Sofia Wylie as Agatha, Michelle Yeoh as Professor Anemone, and Kerry Washington as Professor Dovey. | Image: Gilles Mingasson / Netflix So long as there are literate young people trudging their way to school every morning, there’s always going to be an appetite for stories asking “what if the educational system, but magical?” That’s exactly … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Forget your peaceful Uber ride — the ride-hailing service just announced it’s testing in-car tablets dedicated to displaying ads during your trip. The company’s, thankfully, not rolling out the program widely yet; it’s only piloting it in San Francisco and Los Angeles to start. So far, Uber says … Read more
Quiet, console. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft has released software updates for the Xbox Series S and X and the Xbox app for iOS and Android that bring some quality-of-life improvements and small tweaks that you may notice the next time you go to play a game. If you have your … Read more
Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images The US Department of Energy is awarding $2.8 billion in grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to shore up domestic battery manufacturing and mineral production, the White House announced Wednesday. The Biden administration is also launching a new government-wide initiative to strengthen supply chains to support … Read more
GIF: Adobe I’ve never been a Photoshop person. Some of my Verge colleagues — particularly on our excellent photo and art team — have often used Photoshop in combination with Lightroom when working on images for the site. But I’ve always done my best to stick with Lightroom all by itself among Adobe’s apps. Other … Read more
Solar panels are seen on houses in Gaj, Poland on April 4th, 2022. | Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty Images Since war broke out early this year, roughly a quarter of the European Union’s electricity has came from wind and solar, a new report finds. That’s a record-setting number, and the … Read more
While designed for the Ultra, these new compass features work on the Series 6 or later. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Apple did a lot of work prepping new features for the Apple Watch Ultra. That includes redesigning the Compass app in watchOS 9 to include waypoints — points of interest — … Read more