Microsoft says hackers were able to see some of its source code
As Microsoft continues to investigate the massive SolarWinds attack, the company says it has discovered that its systems were infiltrated “b...Read More
ESPN Plus is raising its annual subscription price to $59.99 in 2021
The cost for an annual subscription for ESPN Plus subscribers will increase from $49.99 to $59.99 in 2021, according to Variety. ESPN raised...Read More
Metro: Last Light Redux is free on GOG
If you’ve never gotten around to buying and playing Metro: Last Light, the remastered version is free on the GOG store today and tomorrow (v...Read More
Amazon buys Wondery, setting itself up to compete against Spotify for podcast domination
Amazon Wondery, one of the last major independent podcast networks, might soon be owned by Amazon. The companies announced an acquisition...Read More
Apple pulls iPhone app promoting secret parties during the COVID-19 pandemic
A promotional screen from Vybe’s now-defunct website. An iOS app called Vybe Together that promoted private parties during the COVID-19 p...Read More
Boston Dynamics robots take over the dance floor in latest video
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas and Spot robots can do a lot of things: sprinting, gymnastic routines, parkour, backflips, open doors to let in an ar...Read More
The Brexit deal calls for DNA profiles to use a 20-year-old email app
The mammoth, last-minute deal that will govern the United Kingdom and European Union’s trade relations going forward post-Brexit has been fi...Read More
Your car may be recording more data than you know
When we think about privacy and who can access our location data, we’re often focusing on our phones, and not on the machine that actually t...Read More
Trump administration appeals yet another TikTok ruling
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Trump administration has gained some experience losing in court recently, and has suffered se...Read More
Detailed Samsung Galaxy S21 specs leak ahead of expected January 14th announcement
The Samsung S21 and S21 Plus will likely make a formal debut in a few short weeks | Photo: WinFuture We’ll likely see a formal Samsung Ga...Read More
12 great apps for your new iPhone in 2020
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you’re lucky enough to have unwrapped a new iPhone as a holiday gift this year, you’ll pro...Read More
Warner Bros. fast-tracking Wonder Woman 3 with Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot on board
Warner Bros. Just two days after Wonder Woman 1984 hit theaters and HBO Max, Warner Bros. says it has put the third installment in the fr...Read More
New trailers: Tiger, Coming 2 America, The Little Things, and more
Denzel Washington and Rami Malek star in The Little Things | Warner Bros. So I watched Wonder Woman 1984 and I may need to watch a second...Read More
Xiaomi Mi 11 won’t come with charger after it mocked Apple for not including a charger
Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge Lei Jun, the CEO of Chinese phone maker Xiaomi, has confirmed that its upcoming Mi 11 phone will not come...Read More
Tesla’s new Boombox feature will let car owners fart at unsuspecting neighbors
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla’s new holiday update will finally give people the ability to use a new Boombox mode, which ...Read More
So you got a 5G phone, but is your plan ready?
5G in the US isn’t mind-bogglingly fast, but it is going to get better | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Your guide to the curren...Read More
10 great games from 2020 for your new Xbox
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Whether you recently bought or soon plan to buy an Xbox Series X or an Xbox Series S, or are sticking w...Read More
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro said to cost $199
The upcoming Galaxy Buds Pro collection. | Evan Blass More details of Samsung’s unannounced Galaxy Buds Pro wireless earbuds with active ...Read More
Nuro can now charge for robot deliveries in California
Nuro is now the first company in California that’s allowed to operate autonomous cars commercially (via TechCrunch). The company received a ...Read More
Samsung’s deleting ads that mocked Apple for not including a charger in the box
Photo: Samsung (via 9to5Google) Samsung has been caught deleting an ad that makes fun of Apple for not including a charging brick with th...Read More
SEC says third-largest cryptocurrency was sold all wrong
Illustration by Alex Castro Ripple, its former CEO and founder Christian Larsen, and its current CEO Bradley Garlinghouse are being sued ...Read More
Substack says readers and writers are really in charge of moderation
Substack plans to take a “hands-off approach” to determining who can use its newsletter platform and “resist public pressure” to remove writ...Read More
Facebook offered to license its network and code to avoid antitrust action
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In the wake of the groundbreaking Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Facebook, The Washingt...Read More
10 great streaming shows on Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus for 2020
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The year 2020 was when most of us went from going out with loved ones to exchanging recommendatio...Read More
Microsoft and Google join Facebook’s legal fight against infamous spyware vendor
Image by Alex Castro / The Verge A group of high profile tech companies including Microsoft, Google, Cisco, and VMWare have filed an amic...Read More
A Zoom escape button is the holiday gift everyone actually needs
Image: Staples The worst part of most Zoom meetings is the end. Not because it’s the moment when we have to lose human connection after b...Read More
Adobe releases Apple Silicon version of Premiere Pro in beta
Image: Adobe Adobe has released an Arm version of Premiere Pro for macOS, allowing owners of new Apple Silicon M1 Macs to run the video e...Read More
Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists targeted in apparent iOS spyware attack
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge 36 personal phones belonging to Al Jazeera journalists, producers, anchors, and executives were h...Read More
Stanford algorithm decided to vaccinate only seven of its frontline COVID-19 workers, out of 5,000 doses
Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images An algorithm determining which Stanford Medicine employees would receive its 5,000 initial doses of t...Read More
Here’s the never-before-seen Simpsons video game dreamt up for Sega Dreamcast
As a lowly Wired Magazine intern, one of my first assignments was reviewing 2007’s The Simpsons Game: a groundbreaking self-referential paro...Read More
Queen Elizabeth will deliver her Christmas Day message via Alexa this year, if you ask
Photo by John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images “Alexa, play the Queen’s Christmas Day message” will soon be a thing — even if you don’t ...Read More
Apple puts another supplier on probation after exploited workers smashed up a building
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge For the second time in two months, Apple is putting one of the companies it hires to build th...Read More
Members of the US Space Force will now be called ‘Guardians’
Image: United States Space Force Members of the United States Space Force will officially be called “Guardians”, according to an announce...Read More
Google now offers weekly COVID-19 tests to every US employee
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge 90,000 Google employees have just received access to free weekly COVID tests. The Wall Street Jou...Read More
Best Buy is accepting Cyberpunk 2077 returns through December 21st, even if you played it
Image: CD Projekt Red Best Buy has joined the list of retailers offering returns for copies of Cyberpunk 2077, with the company announcin...Read More
Amazon launches group video and audio calling for Echo devices
Group calling on an Echo Show. | Photo: Amazon Amazon is launching a new group video or audio calling feature for Echo devices today, jus...Read More
Sarah Cooper reflects on her whirlwind 2020 of Trump impressions
Sarah Cooper in her Netflix special, Everything’s Fine. | Photo by Lacey Terrell / Netflix Here’s what happens when a product designer be...Read More
Walmart will have the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S available online again at 3PM ET today
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you’re still hoping to secure a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X / S before the end of the year, Walma...Read More
Make the most of wearing a mask
Rexi Co’s mask with fringes. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge After COVID-19 started dominating the headlines, one of the ch...Read More
Netflix adds an audio-only mode to its Android app
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is giving viewers the chance to ignore the visuals of shows and movies entirely and go fu...Read More
Amazon’s Project Kuiper reveals design of antennas customers will use for internet-from-space constellation
A graphic showing the design of Amazon’s user antenna | Image: Amazon Today, Amazon revealed the design of the antennas its customers wil...Read More
Why Half-Life: Alyx is my game of the year
Image: Valve Half-Life 2 is one of the last things that makes me feel like a fan, and that’s why I was afraid of Half-Life: Alyx. Writi...Read More
The year Instagram became Facebook
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram spent much of the past eight years fighting to maintain its independence from Facebook....Read More
Walmart will have the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S available online at 3PM ET today
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you missed the restock of the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S at Best Buy, you have another chance at Walm...Read More
Sony’s WF-1000XM3 wireless earbuds are down to a new low price today
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge With two and a half weeks until 2020 concludes, time is running out to get your items shipped before the...Read More
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are next in line for their own Spotify-exclusive podcasts
Photo by Mark Cuthbert / UK Press via Getty Images The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan, are the next big names to commit the...Read More
Uber and Lyft roll out new benefits for California drivers under Prop 22
Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Following their victory last month in California on the Prop 22 ballot measure, Uber and Lyft ha...Read More
Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs, and other Google services hit by massive outage
Many of Google’s most popular services were hit by the outage. | Image: DownDetector Multiple Google services and websites including YouT...Read More
Snapchat is releasing Bitmoji Paint, a massively multiplayer online painting game
Image: Snap Today, Snapchat is getting a new original game called Bitmoji Paint. As the name suggests, the game involves Bitmoji — those ...Read More
New video of Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus shows thin bezels around a flat display
Random Stuff 2 Plenty of details about the Samsung Galaxy S21 have already leaked ahead of its expected January release date. But a new v...Read More
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