DJI denies that it’s discontinuing its iconic Phantom drones
See the picture at the top of this post? I don’t need to tell you that’s a DJI Phantom, because you already know. It’s an instantly recognizable, practically prototypical drone design that’s attracted...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Hope Chest: which character do you most need to see survive?
Game of Thrones has never been about giving readers or viewers what they most want. Its author and screenwriters prefer to build fan expectations, then overturn them for narrative impact and,...
View ArticleApple has edged out a number of third-party screen time and parental control...
Following the introduction of Apple’s iOS Screen Time feature, a number of app developers who created screen-tracking and parental control apps have been asked to change their products, or have been...
View ArticleOvercast introduces new clip-sharing feature
Overcast is one of the best podcasting apps out there, and it’s introducing a new feature that should make it even more useful to listeners: the ability to share clips of episodes to share online. The...
View ArticleDaenerys vs. Cersei: who has the resources to win the final game of thrones?
Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones, season 8, episode 3, “The Long Night.” As we head into the second half of the final season of Game of Thrones, our heroes have braved one of two large wars that...
View Article5 pieces of Game of Thrones history that paid off at the Battle of Winterfell
HBO’s Game of Thrones is a dense series with a huge weight of history behind its story. So in practically every episode, something happens that could use a little explanation. Every week, The Verge...
View ArticleSamsung says Galaxy S10 sold better than the company’s plummeting profit...
Samsung Electronics warned investors it was going to make a lot less money this quarter, and sure enough, the company just reported first-quarter earnings that show profits slid 60 percent compared to...
View ArticleEnergizer’s 18,000mAh phone-battery monster is an Indiegogo flop
The Energizer name figured prominently at Mobile World Congress this year, courtesy of a prototype Android smartphone that was about an inch thick, consisting mostly of a giant battery. The 18,000mAh...
View ArticleApple Pay is coming to New York City’s MTA transit system this summer
It’s been nearly two years since we wrote that New York City would finally be upgrading its transit system to take “tap-to-pay” contactless payments, but Apple’s Tim Cook says it’s finally coming true...
View ArticleHuawei’s phone sales are ballooning while Apple and Samsung’s slump
IDC and Strategy Analytics have released their latest smartphone shipment numbers, and the clear winner of the last few months has been China’s Huawei, at the expense of incumbent global leaders...
View ArticleNetflix got Quentin Tarantino to turn a movie into a miniseries — should we...
Quentin Tarantino has brought an “extended version” of his controversial roadshow western The Hateful Eight to Netflix, but not the way you’d think. It’s a miniseries composed of four 50-minute...
View ArticlePixel 3a price leak suggests it’ll be $399 and up
Google’s all-but-official budget smartphones, the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL, will cost from $399 and $479 respectively, according to the YouTube channel This is Tech Today. Both prices are for the 64GB...
View ArticleDetective Pikachu review — an absurdly silly, wonderful ride
As a piece of storytelling, the live-action Pokémon movie Detective Pikachu fails spectacularly. Warner Bros. has the impossible task of trying to make the film appealing and likable for a movie-going...
View ArticlePixel 3A leaks at Best Buy, confirming 6-inch screen for XL model
The unannounced Google Pixel 3A XL has been spotted at a Best Buy in Springfield, Ohio. Android Police reports that both the “Purple-ish” and “Just Black” models of the phone were on display, and that...
View ArticleThe company that dashed our sapphire-covered iPhone dreams is being charged...
In 2014, it looked like Apple was poised to do for sapphire what it had done for aluminum — turn an exceptionally useful but difficult-to-machine raw material into a selling point for its flagship...
View ArticleFortnite’s volcano has erupted, destroying Tilted Towers
One of Fortnite’s most iconic locations is no more. Today, after a few weeks of teasing, the Fortnite volcano has finally erupted, and it has taken out various parts of the island. Most notably,...
View ArticleRead a comic about the history of biological warfare from the author of World...
Today is Free Comic Book Day, and if you can’t make it to your local comic store, there’s one book that you can find online: Germ Warfare: A Very Graphic History, written by Max Brooks, the author of...
View ArticleLore of Thrones: the history behind Tyrion’s ‘five kings and queens’ dig at...
HBO’s Game of Thrones is a dense series with a huge weight of history behind its story. So in practically every episode, something happens that could use a little explanation. Every week, The Verge...
View ArticleApple to be formally investigated over Spotify’s antitrust complaint, says...
The EU is preparing to launch a formal antitrust investigation against Apple following Spotify’s official complaint, reports the Financial Times. Spotify claims that Apple uses its App Store to stifle...
View ArticleMicrosoft is going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10
Microsoft has surprised many in the Linux developer community in recent years. Surprises have included bringing things like the Bash shell to Windows, or native OpenSSH in Windows 10, and even...
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