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Free Disney+ pilot launches in The Netherlands, here’s what it’s like

Disney+ on Android and Apple TV (background). | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge I just spent the last few minutes signing up for Disney+ and downloading apps for iOS, Android, and Apple TV. I then...

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LaCie’s fast portable SSD makes USB-C less confusing

The Rugged SSD Pro carries an IP67 rating. | Image: LaCie LaCie has a new portable SSD drive that should remove some of the confusion around USB-C connectivity. It’s called the LaCie Rugged SSD Pro...

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Music publishers say Peloton stole even more music, ask for $300 million

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has asked the courts to allow it to double its claims against exercise bike and treadmill startup Peloton,...

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Someone sent us 21 more pictures of the leaked Pixel 4 XL

The Pixel 4 XL hasn’t been able to stop leaking this week, and now we have yet another set of photos showing off the unannounced, unreleased phone. Several of the leaks we’ve seen this week have...

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You can buy vapes illegally on eBay — and these senators want the practice to...

Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A group of senators is expected to demand that eBay, Alibaba, and Craiglist explain how they plan to counter the illegal sale...

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The Blue Yeti X’s real-time LED metering sounds ideal for podcasts and live...

Blue Blue’s latest USB microphone, the Yeti X, is aimed directly at streamers, podcast hosts, and other content creators. The most visible upgrade: real-time LED metering on the microphone itself,...

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Are these the first smartwatches built around Google’s new $40 million tech?

Fossil Collider FTW7008, FTW7010, FTW7009 (from left to right). Remember how Google paid the Fossil Group $40 million for its secret smartwatch tech and R&D personnel? At the time Fossil and...

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Tesla’s Model 3 scores the company’s first top safety award from IIHS

Tesla often touts that its cars are really safe, but the company has just received a specific recognition of that safety for the first time ever: the Model 3 was just awarded “top safety pick” from...

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Bowers & Wilkins’ new noise-canceling headphones are lighter than ever

PX7 Bowers & Wilkins’ original PX noise-canceling headphones were some of the best-sounding (and expensive) around, and today the company is following that up with two new models: the PX7, an...

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To fight ‘evil’ ICE, an engineer pulled his code off Github

Immigration Silicon Valley When engineer Seth Vargo found that a company using his open-source code worked with US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, he pulled the code off Github. The company,...

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11 new trailers you should watch this week

Photo: Claire Folger / Media Rights Capital I finally got around to seeing The Farewell the other week. It’s a wonderful, funny, quiet movie that manages to do so much inside such a seemingly tiny...

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Louis Vuitton is designing new skins for League of Legends

League of Legends is taking a big step into the world of fashion. Today, developer Riot Games announced a new partnership with Louis Vuitton that will see the famed fashion house design League-themed...

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Xiaomi’s Mi Mix Alpha is almost entirely made of screen

Xiaomi’s Mi Mix series has always pushed the boundaries of phone screens and form factors, from the original model that kicked off the bezel wars to last year’s sliding, notchless Mi Mix 3. Now, just...

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Mario Kart Tour launches with subscription option priced the same as Apple...

Mario Kart Tour is finally available to download on iOS and Android today, marking the long-awaited debut of Nintendo’s kart racer on mobile devices. The release date was revealed a month ago, but...

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Android 10 Go is a faster and more secure update to Google’s lightweight OS

Image: Google Google has detailed its latest version of Android Go, its lightweight operating system meant for low-powered devices with less than 1.5GB of RAM. With Android 10 (Go Edition), Google...

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Elgato makes an extendable rigging system for streamers and creators

Image: Elgato Earlier this year, Elgato announced a lighting rig that can attach to a desk so YouTube creators, Twitch streamers, and other online content makers can more easily light their home...

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In The Irishman, Martin Scorsese finally takes the glamour out of gangsters

Photo: Netflix At the press conference following the New York Film Festival press screening of the Netflix-produced feature The Irishman, director Martin Scorsese discussed the project’s long...

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Elon Musk aims to put SpaceX’s Starship in orbit in six months

Last-minute touches are made to the Starship prototype near sunset on September 27. | Pauline Acalin SpaceX CEO Elon Musk would like his Starship spacecraft to make it to orbit in six months, he said...

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SpaceX’s massive Starship test rocket shines in Boca Chica, Texas

Stainless steel steals the show Continue reading… Source: TheVerge

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Logitech’s new mechanical keyboard lets you swap its switches as easily as...

Logitech’s latest keyboard, the Pro X Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, uses key switches that can be swapped out without you needing to desolder them. Instead, as Tom’s Hardware reports, you can extract...

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