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Sidewalk Labs will be folded into Google as its CEO steps down for health reasons. | Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff is stepping down…

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Peter Membrey, chief architect of ExpressVPN, remembers vividly seeing the news of the Log4j vulnerability break online. “As soon as I saw…

This Echo Show on the wall is the fairest of them all, but it’s not that smart The original idea for Amazon’s Echo Show was a large, screen-based device that…

Success! You just installed the last Google Toolbar. | Screenshot by Umar Shakir / The Verge I was lost and in search of myself after hearing the devastating news on…

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple is reportedly working to design more chip components in-house, with the company said to be establishing a new office with the aim…

Illustration by Richard Parry Clever gift ideas to satisfy the pickiest of dads It’s not an easy task to do holiday shopping for the people who you’re closest to, especially…

Courtesy of Netflix Once the holidays are over, and the Home Alone marathons are done, you might be looking for something a little gloomier to watch — and it looks…

A Waymo vehicle apparently struck a pedestrian in Lower Haight in San Francisco | KWillets on Reddit A Waymo autonomous vehicle struck a pedestrian in San Francisco Wednesday night, according…

The Buds Z2 in black and white. | Image: OnePlus OnePlus’ latest pair of true wireless earbuds are the $99 OnePlus Buds Z2. They’re double the price of the $49.99…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge With time ticking away before shipping deadlines put a stop to your online holiday shopping, Google is highlighting a few new Chrome features…

Final Fantasy XIV’s latest expansion pack launched this month. | Image: Square Enix Square Enix has temporarily halted sales of Final Fantasy XIV’s Starter and Complete editions, in an attempt…

Apple’s second-gen AirPods are just $89.99 right now at Amazon. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple’s AirPods are always a popular gift, but they can be…

South Korean automaker Hyundai is used to making machines that move, but the company is now tackling the problem of mobility on a much smaller scale than usual. Instead of…

Spotify Spotify is coming for Apple Podcasts’ star rating system with one of its own. The company announced today that it’s launching a five-star rating system for podcasts. Listeners will…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok is changing its For You Page algorithm to prevent users from seeing too many similar videos that could be harmful when viewed…

Xfinity Video Doorbell | Image: Comcast For customers who’ve chosen to trust Comcast with their home security, it’s adding a new Xfinity Video Doorbell that pops up a notification both…

By most any measure, 2021 was a good year for Apple. The company succeeded on many fronts, and three new products stand out as particularly important accomplishments. including the iPhone…

One of the emerging areas of AI use in corporations is to assist in human decisions. But is it ready, and are the decision-makers ready for it?

If you’ve never backed up your MySQL or MariaDB databases, now’s the time. Jack Wallen shows you how to back up that data and restore it, in case your website…

HP and Lenovo are aiming higher with their latest tablet Chromebooks If you go looking for a new Chromebook, you’ll find a lot of traditional clamshell laptop designs and some…

Image: Nvidia Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service got a huge upgrade this October with its RTX 3080 tier. “Nvidia just kicked Google’s butt,” I declared at the time. My…

It’s that time of the year — when you get free gifts in Fortnite. Developer Epic Games has detailed this year’s big holiday event, where players have two weeks’ worth…

The decentralized storage rewards miners for finding space for customer data and aims to secure “humanity’s information.”

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Look, nobody is happy about the current state of new consoles and their availability. While the hunt for a good deal is something…

The P50 Pocket appears to have a small external circular screen. | Image: Harper’s Bazaar China Huawei is set to announce a new foldable phone later this month called the…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok is testing a new piece of desktop streaming software called TikTok Live Studio that lets users broadcast live footage from games and…

Ford is launching a new project to help its commercial customers switch to electric vehicles by selling them EV charging installation equipment and software management tools. The automaker says it…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Uber Connect, the ride-hail company’s same-day courier service, is expanding to more cities. It’s also getting a few new features to make sending…

Adidas’ NFT-exclusive hoodie. | Image: Adidas Adidas is getting into the NFT game. The apparel company is launching a line of NFTs on Friday, called Into the Metaverse, which will…

Image: CD Projekt Red Last week, we reported that game developer CD Projekt was negotiating to settle a class-action lawsuit over the infamously botched launch of Cyberpunk 2077, a game…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit announced late Wednesday that it has started the process of taking the company public, by filing a confidential S-1 with the Securities…

The Nintendo Switch OLED model boasts a vibrant, 7-inch display and slate of minor upgrades. | Image: Nintendo The Nintendo Switch was, like most consoles during the pandemic, once in…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A ransomware attack is disrupting operations at many major companies, and some workers are concerned that it could affect their last paychecks before…

DirecTV’s satellite and Stream services are getting price increases in January — hikes that the company attributed to rising programming costs as well as “higher-than-normal inflation across our suppliers.” Beginning…

Photo by Tayfun CoÅkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Apple has indefinitely delayed the date which corporate employees will have to return to the office, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and…

The New York City skyline seen from the Summit One Vanderbilt observation deck on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. | Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Big Apple just became the…

Photo by Hulu Hulu has finally given us a glimpse of Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes in its own take on the real-life Silicon Valley drama. The Dropout is a…

Season 2 of Ted Lasso ended on something of a dark note, but everything is all nice and friendly again in a new holiday short. It’s called “The Missing Christmas…

Warp Speed Worm is an AR filter for Instagram and Messenger and has tenuous connections to 5G at best. AT&T has re-imagined the classic Snake game in a new, interactive,…

Illustration by Richard Parry Great gifts don’t always require you to splurge Even though many of us are better off in some ways than we were in 2020, we’re still…

Consumers and businesses still need to process in-person transactions. Luckily, there are tools designed for contactless/touchless POS purchases to protect the health of employees and customers.

Illustration by Richard Parry Gift ideas that go beyond the flower bouquet If you were to ask your mom what she wants for the holidays, she’ll likely tell you “nothing”…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Intel made its first statement on the metaverse on Tuesday — its first public acknowledgement of that sometimes-nebulous future of computing which promises…

Apple’s Swift Playgrounds 4 is upon us. Announced earlier this year at Apple’s WWDC, the new app allows users to develop apps for iOS and iPadOS directly on an iPad.…

Image: Amazon When Amazon’s cloud gaming service Luna launched last October, the fact it ran on Windows set it apart. Unlike Google Stadia, it wouldn’t necessarily need to convince developers…

If you manage your Linux servers with Cockpit, Jack Wallen has a cool trick that can make your admin life considerably more efficient.

Spatial Spatial, an early player in virtual reality workroom apps, is changing its focus to virtual art galleries showcasing non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. The company announced the news yesterday alongside…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has closed three of its retail stores following increased COVID-19 exposures and cases among employees, according to Bloomberg. The stores, which are…

Photo by Amanda Lopez for The Verge The Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses are getting the ability to let you send and receive Facebook Messenger messages right from your face, according…

Photo by Nvidia Nvidia has teamed up with Warner Bros. Pictures and professional PC builders to deliver three custom gaming rigs that embody The Matrix — and it’s giving them…

Long before the metaverse became the premier destination of tech companies and newlyweds, there was Minecraft. It is a platform that started as a video game about dodging explosions from…

The FCC wants to update its emergency alert system | Illustrator by Alex Castro / The Verge The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing new rules for emergency alerts to…

Just don’t put NFTs in it. | Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft announced that a remake of the original Splinter Cell is in the works, and it’s promising to both keep the…

Illustration by Richard Parry Help your loved ones stay healthy and happy with gifts suitable for all budgets There’s nothing quite like a global pandemic to remind you how true…

Here it is. | Dell Dell has shown off a new concept device that (let’s be honest) may never actually come out — but it’s a lot of fun to…

Chicory: A Colorful Tale. Nintendo closed out the year with its final Indie World Showcase, and the 20-minute-long event revealed a nice mix of games coming to the Switch, including…

Illustration by Richard Parry Spruce up your digs with some clever gadgets Home is what you make it, so why not make it as awesome as possible? Sometimes, that can…

A mood-setting novelty speaker that doesn’t slouch on sound Every so often, you get a reminder that Weird Sony is still alive and well. The company might be releasing best-in-class…

The GMC Sierra Denali full-size pickup truck is going electric. The automaker teased the first image of the upcoming EV much in the same way it did with the Hummer…

Illustration by Kristen Radtke Six people died in an Amazon warehouse collapse — why were they there at all? The tragic collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois during…

Image by Dell Dell’s vision for the future of webcams, the Concept Pari, isn’t the kind that stays glued to the same spot on top of your monitor — it’s…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has updated a webpage on its child safety features to remove all references to the controversial child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection…

Photo by Alex Burstow/Getty Images I didn’t think I’d spend the first two hours of my morning listening to people place orders at an imaginary McDonald’s drive-thru. And yet that’s…

Positioning headings in the left margin of a Microsoft Word document isn’t an intuitive task, but doing so will really help them stand out.

The Logitech G604 was originally available for $99.99 but is currently discounted to $44.99 at Amazon, the lowest price we’ve seen for this versatile, MOBA-oriented mouse. The G604 features a…

The Dell XPS 13 is one of the best laptops for high school and college students. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Shopping for a laptop can…

Illustration by Richard Parry Cross some names off your list without spending a mint It should go without saying, but the best gifts aren’t always the most expensive. There are…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon Web Services barely finished the postmortem on last week’s incident that interrupted deliveries and shut off feeds from security cameras, and now…

Asus puts a workstation’s power in a small, pretty package “OLED screens in affordable machines” has been the running theme of the laptop market this year. Between Lenovo’s 13-inch Chromebook…

Image: Disney Plus Apple users will now be able to stream thousands of movies and series on Disney Plus with friends and family. Apple started rolling out its anticipated SharePlay…

This automated remediation tool creates online versions of runbooks and can record debug sessions to capture best practices.

You can become an NPC in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 thanks to NFTs. | Image: GSC Game World S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl is one of the bigger releases of 2022, and…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The same thing happens every year. Things get busy with work, school, and life in general until you’re suddenly up against the clock…

As the trial of Elizabeth Holmes comes to a close, many questions have surfaced about what — or who — enabled Theranos to rise to such heights. As charismatic and…

Jack Wallen shows you how to install software with the help of Ubuntu Linux and a well-designed app store.

It didn’t have to be like this The Amazon Halo View looks like a Fitbit and acts like a Fitbit, and if that’s all it did, that would’ve been fine.…

Mind-mapping software allows you to brainstorm more effectively, as well see problems and solutions more clearly. If you want your productivity to skyrocket, check out this mind-mapping tool.

The Analogue Pocket. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Analogue Pocket, a modern handheld console that can play old Game Boy cartridges, already supports Nintendo’s classic 1998…

Microsoft is a planning to make its Windows Terminal the default command line experience in Windows 11 next year. While Windows 11 currently supports setting Windows Terminal as default, the…

After teasing its first folding phone last week, Oppo is revealing the Find N in full today. Oppo’s chief product officer Pete Lau told reporters in a briefing that the…

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon has introduced a new novelty voice for Alexa this festive season: Santa Claus. After enabling the skill with the command “Alexa, enable…

Tonight we headed to Aqua lounge to celebrate a dear friend, @24hrfoodies birthday. I was looking for an outdoor spot to chill, has relaxed vibes, offers shisha, gorgeous views, outdoor…

It has been a long year and it is time to spoil yourself or a loved one. @jwdoha has curated the perfect pamper package this December at QUAN SPA. Experience…

Qatar National Day is a national commemoration of Qatar’s unification in 1878. It is celebrated annually on the 18th of December in Qatar. Qatar comes alive in the weeks leading…

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google employees who haven’t been vaccinated could be put on forced leave and then let go from the company if they fail to follow…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Huawei was involved in building technology for labor and reeducation camps, as well as surveillance systems in China’s Xinjiang region, according to PowerPoint…

Illustration by Richard Parry Gifts for the aspiring and established content creators From YouTube to Twitch to TikTok, or everyday photography, videography, and podcasting. To some degree, everyone is a…

Illustration by Richard Parry A collection of our favorite games and gadgets For better or worse, all of our recent time indoors has turned many of us into gamers and…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Six more women who work at Tesla’s Fremont, California factory and service center have filed lawsuits against the company, according to a report…

IBM and Samsung have announced their latest advance in semiconductor design: a new way to stack transistors vertically on a chip (instead of lying flat on the surface of the…

The TVision Hub offers 4K streaming and ships with a voice-control remote | Photo: T-Mobile T-Mobile’s TVision streaming service was not long for this world, but its name lives on…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram has reportedly climbed to 2 billion monthly active users, that is according to anonymous employees who broke the news to CNBC. The…

Climate change continues to create “cascading disruptions” in the Arctic as the region experiences rapid warming, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) writes in its 16th annual Arctic Report…

Qubes OS defines itself modestly as “a reasonably secure operating system.” It might actually be one of the safest operating systems, often used by pros who are most concerned with…

Jack Wallen shows you how to create a new scrum with the Taiga platform to take project management to new heights.

Illustration by Richard Parry Great gifts to outfit the home office of a working professional Many of us have been working from home for more than a year and a…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today in federal court, a judge said she will deny the state of California’s attempt to intervene in the $18 million settlement between…

SiriusXM, along with its subsidiaries Stitcher and Pandora, are being sued by Deaf advocates | SiriusXM SiriusXM is facing a lawsuit from the National Association for the Deaf (NAD) and…

A screenshot of the Sonic 1 title screen opened in the Tesla web browser (the game is not available yet) | Image: The Verge (By Umar Shakir) Sega is bringing…

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a major boon for accessibility, Twitter is now rolling out automatic captions for videos, the company announced Tuesday. Auto captions will be…