AMD confirms it’s powering the gaming rig inside Tesla’s Model S and Model X
Remember when Elon Musk claimed you’d be able to play The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on a 10 teraflop gaming rig he’s stuffing into the new Tesla Model S and X? AMD is officially providing the guts...
View ArticleAmazon Prime Day kicks off on June 21st
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon Prime Day, the company’s annual shopping holiday, will take place on Monday, June 21st through June 22nd, the company officially announced today. The...
View ArticlePhilips Hue gets a sleeker new app rebuilt ‘from the ground up’
The Home screen of the updated Hue app. | Image: Signify The Philips Hue app is getting a big update on Thursday. The team at Signify, which makes Hue lights, has rebuilt the app “from the ground up”...
View ArticleApple’s new TV remote is great, but only when apps properly support it
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Users are complaining that the Disney Plus and HBO Max Apple TV apps aren’t properly supporting the excellent new Siri Remote. Disney Plus has yet to be updated to...
View ArticleMicrosoft says Bing’s ‘Tank Man’ censorship was a human error
On Microsoft’s search engine Bing, searching for “Tank Man,” the iconic figure from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China, turned up no image results in the United States for part of Friday....
View ArticleTwitter blocked in Nigeria after deleting a tweet by its president
Illustration by Alex Castro Twitter is suspended “indefinitely” in Nigeria, “for the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence,”...
View ArticleApple apparently has a spatial audio event right after today’s WWDC keynote
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple appears to have planned a dedicated event on Apple Music’s upcoming spatial audio feature for later today. According to a video that MacRumors says was uploaded...
View ArticleApple’s privacy-focused Private Relay feature isn’t coming to China
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s new Private Relay feature, which is designed to obscure users’ browsing data and protect their privacy, won’t be available in China, Reuters reports....
View ArticleHBO Max update fixes the worst of its Apple TV woes
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge HBO Max has updated its Apple TV app as it attempts to fix the myriad issues that have been plaguing the software since last week. The update fixes significant...
View ArticleSamsung pushes pixel size even further with new camera sensor
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung has announced a new image sensor for smartphone cameras that it says has the smallest pixels in the industry. The ISOCELL JN1 is a 50-megapixel sensor with...
View ArticleCyberpunk 2077 developer says its hacked data is circulating online
Image: CD Projekt Red Hacked data stolen from CD Projekt is circulating online, the company says. The studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 says it can not confirm the exact contents of the...
View ArticleApple rubberstamped Trump’s request to secretly scoop up data on two members...
The Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s Apple Park headquarters. | Dieter Bohn / The Verge The New York Times is reporting on a new wrinkle in the story of how the Trump administration’s Department of...
View ArticleThe five coolest games from Upload VR’s E3 2021 showcase
Song in the Smoke. Upload VR returned to E3 with its third annual showcase of the most inventive and intriguing games coming to VR. As the medium continues to mature year after year, it continues to...
View ArticleSamsung says it hasn’t decided whether to halt Galaxy S21 FE production
An alleged render of the Galaxy S21 FE. | OnLeaks Samsung has downplayed a report that claimed the company has suspended production of an upcoming phone called the Galaxy S21 FE. Korean publication...
View ArticleNetflix is producing a ‘fictionalized’ series about Spotify
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Netflix has tapped the original story of one of the music industry’s biggest startup successes for a forthcoming untitled original series. The series will...
View ArticleSony reportedly plans PSVR successor for next holiday season
Sony’s next-gen VR controllers. | Image: Sony Sony’s next-gen PlayStation VR headset is likely to come out in late 2022, according to a new report. Bloomberg’s sources say Sony is “aiming to release...
View ArticleZens’ latest battery pack can create a wireless charging sandwich
The battery pack can wirelessly charge two devices at once. | Image: Zens Zens’ new battery pack has a wireless charger on both sides, allowing you to charge two Qi-compatible devices simultaneously...
View ArticleSpotify acquires podcast discovery specialists Podz
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Spotify has acquired Podz, a startup whose technology generates preview clips of podcasts, the streaming service has announced. Unlike other services podcasters...
View ArticleGoogle may be working on an answer to Apple’s device-locating network
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google may be working on turning Android phones into a hivemind capable of finding lost devices, similar to Apple’s Find My network, according to analysis done...
View ArticleFacial recognition software used to verify unemployment recipients reportedly...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The facial recognition program used by nearly two dozen US states to to verify people seeking unemployment benefits is working inconsistently, leading to many...
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