Samsung’s Galaxy Chromebook hits shelves April 6th
Dieter Bohn/The Verge Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Chromebook finally has an official release date. You’ll be able to buy it at Samsung and Best Buy next Monday, April 6th, starting at $999. The device...
View ArticleHuawei says US trade ban is a ‘big difficulty’ to selling phones
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Huawei’s revenue grew by 19.1 percent last year to around $121 billion, but the company says those numbers would be far higher if the United States had not...
View ArticleSamsung offers 50-percent buy-back guarantee on the Galaxy S20
Photo by Brennan King / The Verge Samsung phones are notorious for dropping in price quickly — the S20, for example, went on sale for $200 below its MSRP within weeks of its first release. Perhaps as...
View ArticleZoom freezes features to focus on security and privacy for its 200 million...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Zoom’s recent growth has put it in the spotlight over a series of privacy and security issues, and the company is now promising to address them over the coming...
View ArticleGoogle uses location data to show which places are complying with...
Sampling of data from US report. | Image: Google Google is using location data gathered from smartphones to help public health officials understand how people’s movements have changed in response to...
View ArticlePeloton won’t stop live classes amid NYC lockdown, and now an employee has...
Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images An employee at Peloton’s New York City-based production studio has tested positive for COVID-19, the company said in a Facebook message to members late Friday night....
View ArticleBritish 5G towers are being set on fire amid coronavirus conspiracy theories
A 5G cell tower | Photo by Mikhail PochuyevTASS via Getty Images 5G phone masts are being set alight in the UK, after online conspiracy theories have misleadingly linked the cell towers to the...
View ArticleHow to stream Quibi
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Quibi is the latest streaming service to launch in an increasingly crowded market — and it might be the weirdest one yet. Instead of relying on big franchise...
View ArticleMicrosoft opens up xCloud beta registration to 11 European countries
Microsoft is starting to open up its xCloud game streaming beta to countries across Europe. The software giant originally launched the xCloud preview in the US, UK, and Korea back in September, and...
View ArticleThis photographer is taking lockdown portraits over FaceTime
Tim Dunk Lockdown has disrupted everyone’s lives to varying degrees, and wedding photographers are some of the unluckier ones in terms of the impact on their careers — there aren’t any weddings...
View ArticleMicrosoft reportedly delays Surface Neo beyond 2020
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Surface Neo, Microsoft’s dual-screen PC that runs a new operating system called Windows 10X, will miss its planned release date of holiday 2020,...
View ArticleAmazon building COVID-19 test lab for workers
Image: Amazon Amazon is building a lab to test its workers for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. It’s the latest effort by the company to protect workers who are growing...
View ArticleSquare’s Cash App details how to use its direct deposit feature to access...
Image: Square Payments platform Square is now suggesting users deposit their COVID-19 stimulus payments through its Cash App for faster and easier access to the funds, in the event someone doesn’t...
View ArticleSamsung finally killing off S Voice assistant as of June 1
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Later this year Samsung will finally kill off its S Voice assistant, which never really caught up to Apple’s Siri. A note on Samsung’s support page says S Voice...
View ArticleHidden Through Time is a relaxing yet challenging puzzle game
It can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play, we suggest video games that can be started and...
View ArticleNintendo Switch update lets you transfer game downloads to an SD card
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge The Nintendo Switch’s 10.0.0 firmware update, which is available now, adds the ability for you to transfer your downloaded games directly from system memory to an SD...
View ArticleRiot is expanding access to the Valorant beta starting today
Image: Riot Games Riot will make it easier to gain access to the closed beta of its popular new tactical shooter Valorant, the game developer announced late Tuesday. Now, not just select Twitch...
View ArticlePlayStation 5 supply is likely to be limited at launch
Sony isn’t expecting to delay the PlayStation 5 launch planned for this holiday season, according to a new report from Bloomberg, but there will likely be fewer machines available than there were for...
View ArticleThe iQOO 3 5G is a gaming phone that doesn’t look like a gaming phone
When someone says “gaming phone,” you probably know what to expect. Aggressive design. LED effects. Maybe a vent or two. The proscribed gamer aesthetic is unsubtle and, despite the widespread...
View ArticleGoogle is now listing COVID-19 testing centers in search results
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google searches for terms related to COVID-19 will now display information for more than 2,000 COVID-19 testing centers across 43 states in the US, the company...
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