Microsoft offering free repairs for mysterious Surface Laptop 3 screen cracks
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In the months since the Surface Laptop 3’s October 2019 launch, some users have reported cracks appearing on their laptop’s screen for no discernible...
View ArticleElon Musk threatens to move Tesla from California, files suit against Alameda...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After Alameda County health officials cautioned Tesla against reopening its California car factory yesterday, CEO Elon Musk tweeted today that the company would...
View ArticleQualcomm announces new Snapdragon 768G 5G processor
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The first phones with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765 processor are just starting to trickle out, but that isn’t stopping the company from announcing an upgraded...
View ArticleWorld’s longest-running cartoon switches to reruns due to COVID-19 disruption
Fuji TV The broadcaster of the world’s longest-running cartoon has said it will have to switch to reruns from next week due to disruption to production caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Sazae-san,...
View ArticleGoogle tests iMessage-like emoji reactions for RCS Messages
Users in the test can react to messages by long-pressing on them. | Image: u/radtheoristmango Google is testing a new feature in its Messages app that lets you react to messages using emoji. First...
View ArticleElon Musk’s Boring Company finishes digging Las Vegas tunnels
The Boring Company’s test tunnel in Hawthorne, California. | Image: The Boring Company Elon Musk’s Boring Company has completed digging a second tunnel underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center,...
View ArticleNintendo announces more SNES and NES games for Switch
Nintendo has announced the addition of four more games to its Switch Online subscription service. Nintendo Switch Online lets you play Switch games over the internet as well as providing a library of...
View ArticleFitbit is reportedly planning to build ventilators to help treat COVID-19...
Image: Fitbit Fitbit, which makes fitness-tracking wearables, will be shifting supply chain resources to make emergency ventilators, Fitbit CEO James Park said to CNBC. The ventilators will be used to...
View ArticleNadler calls Amazon letter to Judiciary Committee ‘unacceptable’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A Friday letter from Amazon to members of Congress looking into the company’s third-party seller practices was “unacceptable,” House Judiciary Committee...
View ArticleApple details its plan to safely reopen retail stores
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s head of retail Deidre O’Brien has posted a letter on the company’s website detailing how it plans to safely restart operations at its retail stores....
View ArticleAmericans still don’t trust self-driving cars
Self-driving cars are having a really rough time gaining our trust. This is not a total shock considering autonomous vehicles remain theoretical and elusive for most people. The limited number of...
View ArticleVivo’s next flagship has a giant gimbal-style camera lens
Vivo has started teasing its next flagship phone, the X50. A video posted to Weibo shows off the camera module, which includes a periscope telephoto, two normal-looking lenses, and one much larger...
View ArticleBuzzFeed’s quizzes get new multiplayer mode to help you socialize from home
Image: Buzzfeed BuzzFeed has introduced a multiplayer version of its classic quizzes called Quiz Party, which lets you and up to three friends complete them simultaneously in your browser. The feature...
View ArticleMicrosoft Solitaire turns 30 years old today and still has 35 million monthly...
Credit: World Video Game Hall of Fame / The Strong Museum Microsoft’s Solitaire game is turning 30 years old today. Microsoft is celebrating the occasion with a world record attempt of the most games...
View ArticleJudge approves Faraday Future founder’s personal bankruptcy plan
Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images Seven months after he filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to deal with $3.6 billion in personal debt, the reorganization...
View ArticleGoogle Messages may finally be adding end-to-end encryption for RCS
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge An analysis of the latest update to Google Messages suggests it may be moving closer to having end-to-end encryption for RCS, according to 9to5 Google (via...
View ArticleApple iOS app updates are being re-issued for unknown reasons
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If your iPhone or iPad has dozens of apps needing unexpected updates, don’t worry: you’re not alone. For some reason, Apple appears to be reissuing...
View ArticleHTC’s former CEO is making a risky bet on a new VR headset and virtual world
XRSpace XRSpace, a company led by former HTC head Peter Chou, plans to launch a new virtual reality headset later this year. The headset is dubbed the Mova, and it’s supposed to ship in the third...
View ArticleSkullcandy’s new true wireless earbuds have built-in Tile tracking
Image: Skullcandy Many true wireless earbuds now let you “find” them by either playing a sound (if they’re powered on, out of their case, and nearby) or pulling up the location where they were last...
View ArticlePhilips Hue TV sync box now supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision
Image: Signify The box that syncs Philips Hue lights with whatever’s on your TV is getting a big update today: it now supports two major HDR standards: HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. At launch, the longly...
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