I didn’t think buying a new iPad would require an advanced degree in cost-benefit analysis. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Last week, I decided I was going to buy a new iPad. There’s nothing wrong with the sixth-gen iPad I currently have, except it’s heavier than I’d like. All I want to … Read more
Honda’s power station battery slots are angled for easier access. | Image: Honda Honda delivered a new battery swapping station in Tokyo that’s looking mighty similar to the one Gogoro makes. The automaker’s new power pack exchanger lets electric motorcycle riders easily flip their depleting batteries for fresh ones instead of needing to wait around … Read more
The best way to remove plastics from the ecosystem is to make sure they never get there in the first place, and Cruz Foam is well on its way to replacing some of the worst ones out there with its naturally-derived and compostable alternative — and the company just landed an $18M series A to … Read more
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NASA said Friday that its Psyche mission (named after the asteroid the mission is targeting) has been rescheduled to October next year. The news comes just a few months after the agency announced that it would definitively miss its planned 2022 launch attempt. The delayed schedule is due to late delivery of key components of … Read more
Learn how to use Google Home Routines in your smart home. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Google Home is Google’s smart home ecosystem, where you can control all your compatible smart home devices — such as smart lighting, smart cameras, smart locks, and more. The easiest way to do this is with … Read more
The company’s financial statements showed a decline in operating revenue and income due to the crypto bear market.
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Lo, the day is upon us: Elon Musk owns the bird app and all that comes with it. Musk’s $44 billion Twitter acquisition has closed, and he fired most of the top people in charge and is now busy learning about this thing he sort of wanted, then didn’t want at all, and now has … Read more
Musk took over Twitter. We still don’t know what that actually means for free speech.
BTC’s price attempted to break out of range before retesting underlying support. Is a trend change at hand or will the price continue to consolidate?
Binance also confirmed that it helped finance Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform with $500 million.
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge I recently decided that I was going to figure out how to play custom Beat Saber tracks on my Meta Quest 2, no matter what it took. Thankfully, the free program I ended up using, called SideQuest, only took an hour or two of tinkering to get working, … Read more
The move follows that of other large corporations and payment companies including American Express.
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge It’s not just you — Instagram and Facebook appear to be completely down for some users, as indicated by reports from Downdetector.com, as well as staff members at The Verge. While not everyone appears to be affected and some people can load all of Meta’s services without an … Read more
The last week of October turned bearish for the DeFi market despite the string of hacks, as the majority of the DeFi protocols registered bullish weekly gains.
An increase in staked ETH, lucrative yield on liquid staked ETH tokens and deflationary tokenomics are possible bullish factors for Ethereum price.
Zoom Rooms will work with Google Meet devices, and Google Meet will work in Zoom Rooms — simple, right? | Image: Google Google is trying to spread its Meet videoconferencing software to more devices and to make the hardware meant for Meet more compatible with Zoom. On Wednesday, the company announced that its enterprise version … Read more
Driverless cars aren’t going to change the world. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The driverless car startups that haven’t run out of money, gone out of business, or been bought out want you to know that driverless cars aren’t going away. These companies insist that skepticism about the technology is expected but … Read more
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Meta’s Reality Labs division lost $3.672 billion in the third quarter. Some shareholders aren’t happy with the company’s oversized investment in metaverse technology.
NFT Steez chats with Web3 advocate Julie Plavnik to discuss the concepts of self-sovereignty and digital identity in Web3-based creator economies.
