Honda wants to use connected cars to identify hazardous road conditions
Photo by Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images Honda announced an experiment to use its cars to collect data about hazardous road conditions. Using GPS and cameras, the Japanese…
Quentin Tarantino is working on a podcast
Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images Hello! Itâs Tuesday. Have we all enjoyed And Just Like ThatâŚ, I hope? Did we all relish its podcasting angle, which has Carrie Bradshaw moving…
Ways to distinguish data science from data analysis: Top 5
Do you need a data analyst, a data scientist or both? Tom Merritt helps you know the difference between the two jobs.
Top 5 ways to distinguish data science from data analysis
Tom Merritt breaks down the differences between the two job titles and what you can expect from each.
How to install Nextcloud Hub II with Nextcloud Office
Nextcloud Hub II is here, and it’s a big improvement over previous iterations. Jack Wallen walks you through the process of installing this new release on Ubuntu Server.
Say goodbye to your favorite podcast promo codes
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Promo codes helped build an industry, now big brands are moving in FĂźm is the type of product that traditionally sells well through…
How to keep some of your Twitter data away from advertisers
Illustration by Ori Toor You canât keep Twitter out of your data completely, but you can lessen the damage In April 2020, Twitter began sharing more of your information with…
What matters about Matter, the new smart home standard
Products that are Matter-compatible will have the Matter logo on them. | Image: CSA How Amazon, Google, Apple, and Samsung will work with Matter, and which products you should buy.…
Matterâs plan to save the smart home
Matter is a new standard that promises to fix smart home interoperability â but can it deliver? The smart home should be a natural evolution of our homes, bringing better…
LastPass is going to become an independent company
LogMeIn is making LastPass an independent company. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge LogMeIn plans to spin out password management tool LastPass as a standalone company, it announced…
Algorithms that detect cancer can be fooled by hacked images
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Artificial intelligence programs that check medical images for evidence of cancer can be duped by hacks and cyberattacks, according to a new study.…
YouTube TV warns subscribers it could lose Disneyâs channels later this week
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Google has warned that YouTube TV could lose access to over a dozen Disney-owned channels later this week if itâs unable to renew…
Deplatforming Trump didnât work
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images The ex-president is as powerful as ever, and democratic erosion is accelerating Today, as the year winds down, letâs talk about what we learned in…
Oppo announces Air Glass âassisted realityâ device
Oppo has announced the Air Glass, an AR device thatâll go on sale early next year. Oppo describes the Air Glass as an âassisted realityâ product, as opposed to augmented…
Google staffs up to build OS for unknown âinnovative AR deviceâ
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is hiring an âAugmented Reality OSâ team focused on building software for an âinnovative AR device,â according to job listings spotted by…
Donât buy a monitor or TV just for HDMI 2.1 â read the fine print or you might get fooled
HDMI cable shutterstock Four years running, weâve been jazzed by the potential of HDMI 2.1 â the relatively new video connector standard that can provide variable refresh rates (VRR), automatic…
Nike just bought a virtual shoe company that makes NFTs and sneakers âfor the metaverseâ
RTFKT made these A16Z sneakers to celebrate a round of venture capital funding | Image: RTFKT One comparison Iâve heard repeatedly over the last year is that buying NFTs to…
Here are the best iPad deals right now
Select iPad models go on sale quite regularly. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge We saw some of the best iPad deals of the year during Black Friday…
It seems even Appleâs Eddy Cue canât find an Xbox without Twitter
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images More than a year after their release, the Xbox Series X and Series S consoles are still very difficult to find â and it seems…
LG made a battery-powered TV that you can wheel around on a stand
Image: LG CES 2022 is only a few short weeks away, and you can bet weâll see a ton of news surrounding the latest, flashiest TVs with OLED, Mini LED,…
SharePlay is now available on Macs as part of the latest macOS Monterey update
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple has brought SharePlay to the Mac as part of macOS Monterey 12.1, which was released Monday. With SharePlay, you can now…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 pricing starts at $39,700
The Ioniq 5 is Hyundaiâs first electric car built on the companyâs new E-GMP platform, and its price tag has finally been confirmed. A press release from Hyundai reveals that…
Google starts rolling out major Pixel 6 update with camera and fingerprint sensor improvements
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro are today receiving their most significant software update since Google released the phones in October. Last…
WhatsApp will hide your âlast seenâ status from strangers by default
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy measure that hides your âlast seenâ status from people you donât know or havenât chatted with…
Instagramâs new Reels Visual Replies are just another feature copied from TikTok
It looks familiar… | Image: Instagram Instagram has added another strikingly familiar feature to Reels: the ability to add a user comment to a video (via TechCrunch). Now, if a…
OSHA opens investigation into fatal Amazon warehouse collapse in Illinois
The Amazon distribution center in Edwardsville, Illinois was struck by a tornado on December 10th. | Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has…
Try Our Privileged Access Management Solution and Get a $50 Gift Card
Start a free trial of Secret Server, the easiest to use, enterprise-level Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution in the market. Plus, receive a $50 gift card! Start your free trial…
How to add a graphic watermark to a spreadsheet in Excel
You may already know you can add a watermark to a Word document, but you might not know that you can also add a watermark to an Excel sheet. Here’s…
Alpha Motorâs EV designs look cool, but will they ever get made?
The Alpha Motor Ace electric coupe design. | Images: Alpha Motor Corporation Alpha Motor Corporation is nominally an electric vehicle startup. It has spent the last year pumping out retro-futuristic…
Universal Control wonât be coming to macOS Monterey until sometime this spring
Appleâs Universal Control feature has been delayed again, with the companyâs website updating today to note that the drag-and-drop feature wonât be arriving until sometime âthis spring,â as spotted by…
Researchers trigger new exploit by renaming an iPhone and a Tesla
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Security researchers investigating the recently discovered and âextremely badâ Log4Shell exploit claim to have used it on devices as varied as iPhones and…
Netflix is making a live-action Mega Man movie
Video game adaptations are on a tear â we got new trailers for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and the Halo live-action TV series just last week. And of course, Chris…
The PS5 Darkplates made me want to grab Sonyâs upcoming black faceplates
My PS5 Digital Edition with the Darkplates 2.0. | Photo by Jay Peters / The Verge I now stan the PS5âs original design Sony has finally announced official PS5 faceplates…
The MacBook Air with M1 processor is back down to $800 for today only
The MacBook Air with M1 processor first debuted just over one year ago. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The MacBook Air with M1 processor, our top pick…
AWS has a sexy new modernization play â and it’s all about unsexy mainframes
Commentary: AWS announced a range of cool services at re:Invent 2021, but none more important than its Mainframe Modernization service.
Digital twins are finally becoming a reality: Is your company ready to use them?
Digital twins were once a technology of the future. Now companies are lining up to implement them so they can solve real-world problems with virtual simulations. Is it easier said…
Why Microsoft is opening up Dynamics 365 to more employees
Bringing data from Dynamics into Office 365 and Teams means everyone can understand customers even if they don’t deal with them directly.
Microsoft is now selling an Xbox Red Ring of Death poster for $24.99
Microsoft is now selling its own Xbox Red Ring of Death poster to commemorate the release of the Power On: The Story of Xbox docuseries. The six-part documentary is a…
Walmart is selling PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles at 3PM ET today
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you havenât been able to secure a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X, you might be in luck. Walmart is opening orders…
Apple releases Android app to help find sneaky AirTags
Tracker Detect works on Android 9 and above. | Image: Apple Apple has released an app called Tracker Detect, which the company says will let Android users search for AirTags…
TikTokâs 2021 music recap says itâs getting even better at creating billion-listen megahits
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok says that around 430 songs exceeded 1 billion video views on the platform this year, three times as many songs as last…
How to display version information on the Windows 11 desktop
A simple hack of the Windows 11 Registry File allows you to display OS version information directly on the desktop, which can come in handy when you’re troubleshooting.
Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series take top slots in US console sales as shortages continue
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Weâve heard you: many of you are still trying to secure a new video game system, and weâve done what we can to…
Biden launches federal effort to make online benefits less painful
White House / Flickr President Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Monday that would make it easier for Americans to access a broad swath of federal services…
Apple releases iOS 15.2 with App Privacy Report, Digital Legacy, and more
You should now be able to download iOS 15.2 | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Appleâs iOS 15.2, which includes a ton of features and fixes, has started…
AWS outage: Our bad, admits Amazon, albeit vaguely
It turns out the widespread December 7 AWS outage was caused by Amazon’s own software, and its response was hampered by ⌠its own software. What does Amazon’s postmortem actually…
$300,000 Bored Ape NFT sold for $3,000 because of misplaced decimal point
Or just right click > save image to save yourself $$$. | Image via OpenSea How much have you ever lost on a typo? Probably not hundreds of thousands of…
Zorin OS 16 Lite is an ideal desktop OS for lesser-powered systems
Zorin OS 16 Lite might the best operating system for older hardware. Find out what it’s all about so you can decide if this might be the best option to…
Microsoftâs Surface Laptop Studio is $200 off for the first time at Best Buy
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Microsoftâs intriguing Surface Laptop Studio with an articulating display and a plinth platform to keep cool is seeing its first decent price drop…
Harley-Davidsonâs electric motorcycle brand LiveWire is merging with a SPAC to go public
LiveWire, the electric motorcycle company spun out of Harley-Davidson, is going public by merging with a special acquisition company, or SPAC. The transaction will net LiveWire approximately $545 million at…
Analogue Pocket review: Game Boy games have never looked so good
A modern handheld that celebrates the classics For the last week or so, Iâve been buried in cartridges from my youth. Iâve spent hours slicing through cute blue slimes in…
Adobe launches Creative Cloud Express, a new app that simplifies its powerful editing tools
Adobe knows thereâs a bigger audience of would-be creators out there than full-on pros, so itâs launching a new app that attempts to open up some of its more powerful…
Sonyâs new PS5 faceplates come in black and colorful options
Sonyâs new PS5 covers. | Image: Sony Sony is finally announcing its own custom covers for the PS5. The console covers will be available in black, red, pink, blue, and…
Takedown notices are threatening online thrift shops â just as business is exploding
Illustration by Kristen Radtke Small businesses say their livelihoods are threatened even when they arenât running afoul of copyright claims and trademark In January 2020, Jade Myers, a successful seller…
How to sneak into a Bored Ape Yacht Club party
You need to own an NFT that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Or do you? As someone who clears out his checking account every month to pay rent, Iâve…
Peloton responds to surprise death in And Just Like That… with new commercial
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Peloton has responded to a plot-line in HBO Maxâs new Sex and the City reboot, And Just Like That…, turning around a…
Toyota is going to make you pay to start your car with your key fob
Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Toyota is charging drivers for the convenience of using their key fobs to remotely start their cars. According to a report from The…
Chris Wallace leaves Fox News to host weekday show on CNNâs new streaming service
Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images Long-time Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace is leaving the network to join CNNâs upcoming streaming service, CNN Plus, as noted in a press release…
Sony WF-C500 earbuds review: basic ainât bad
Sonyâs entry-level buds stick to the fundamentals Sonyâs new WF-C500 true wireless earbuds have an appealing price of $99.99 and come with a sleeker, more traditional design than the WF-XB700…
Tesla hit with another lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, and retaliation by management
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A second Tesla employee within one month has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment at the workplace, according to reports by Reuters and…
Install the Microsoft Teams update for Android now to fix 911 calling bug
Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Microsoft Teams has rolled out a fix for the dangerous bug that could prevent Android users from calling 911 â and…
How to stop Alexa from ruining holiday surprises
Echo smart displays â like this Echo Show 15 â can show you when your Amazon packages are arriving. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Echo smart…
DraftKings signs up real NFL players to use in âgamified NFT collectionsâ next season
New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore (24) stretches during the New England Patriots practice session in Foxborough, MA on Oct. 22, 2020. | Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via…
Halo Infinite is getting four new playlists on December 14th â including Slayer
Image: Microsoft Halo Infinite is getting Slayer, Free-For-All (FFA), Tactical Slayer (SWAT), and Fiesta playlists, according to a Reddit post from u/ske7ch343, otherwise known as 343 Industriesâ community director Brian…
Matter could bring universal casting that actually works
Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge This Amazon-led casting standard for TVs could challenge Apple AirPlay and Google Cast The new smart home standard Matter is making a lot…
Amazon Web Services says overwhelmed network devices triggered outage
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided an explanation as to what caused the outage that downed parts of its own services, as well…
Former Apple employee says she wonât withdraw her labor board complaint
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Former Apple employee Cher Scarlett says the company didnât adequately live up to its half of a settlement, so she wonât withdraw her…
Keanu Reeves doesnât get the NFT hype either
Keanu Reeves owns crypto, but thinks the concept of NFTs is just funny | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge By now, youâve probably heard of NFTs enough to…
Multiple deaths confirmed after tornado hits Amazon warehouse
Photo by TIM VIZER/AFP via Getty Images An Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois collapsed following a bout of severe weather and tornados that ripped across the Midwest and South on…
Appleâs app tracking transparency feature isnât an instant privacy button
Image: Apple A report from the Financial Times acts as a reminder of what Appleâs App Tracking Transparency settings do and do not do to protect your privacy (via Ars…
Watch these Excel pros duke it out in a financial modeling competition
Diarmuid Early competes in the second round of the Financial Modeling World Cup. | Image: Financial Modeling World Cup | YouTube Microsoft is sponsoring an esports competition with prizes totaling…
Appleâs latest AirPods are selling for just $140 at Amazon
Things have chilled out considerably this week, both in terms of how cold it has become in parts of the US and how few deals there are compared to the…
Appleâs Invasion feels like the first chapter of a sci-fi epic
Image: Apple The first season of Invasion on Apple TV Plus feels a little incomplete. Across its 10 episodes, which chart a handful of humans grappling with an alien invasion,…
Halo Infiniteâs creators say your wildest stunts are part of the seriesâ DNA
YouTuber âMint Blitzâ found a way to soar through the air in Halo Infinite. | Image: Mint Blitz on YouTube On Monday, a jaw-dropping Halo Infinite video kept showing up…
LG C1 OLED vs. Samsung Odyssey Neo G9: the perfect monitor doesnât exist
Still searching for endgame I hate leaving unfinished business, but thatâs what I did on November 27th of last year. I ended my review of the most ridiculous, most advanced…
The Matrix Awakens didnât blow my mind, but it convinced me next-gen gaming is nigh
The Matrix Awakens single-handedly proves next-gen graphics are within reach of Sony and Microsoftâs new game consoles. Itâs unlike any tech demo youâve ever tried before. When we said the…
Adam Mosseri explains how Instagram is bringing back the chronological feed
The return of a proper feed could come soon. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram head Adam Mosseri used his story to answer peopleâs questions about the…
Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now
The Echo Show 5 (left), Echo Show 8 (middle), and the Echo Show (right). | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge When it comes to smart speakers, Amazon has…
Run Linux edge applications on Windows PCs and servers with EFLOW
WSL isn’t the only official way to run Linux code on Windows systems. Find out how to take advantage of Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows.
Appleâs concessions in China reportedly include a secret $275 billion deal and one odd change in Maps
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook attends China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 | Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images Tim Cook has pushed Appleâs…
5 online brain games to help WFH employees improve mental function
Working from home has advantages, but it also can create a decline in mental health. The good news is, there are online games that can help improve mental function.
Google tells employees it wonât raise everyoneâs wages to keep up with inflation
The company wonât be doing a company-wide pay raise to match rising prices. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google parent company Alphabet announced its fifth quarter in…
Go read this story explaining in detail the scary Teams bug that blocked a 911 call
Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge Sometimes when technology bugs out, I like a good and heavy analysis on why something didnât work as intended. Mishaal Rahman, former editor…
Sony was bringing PlayStation Now to mobile phones, according to a confidential Apple presentation
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge In 2017 â long before Apple declared that cloud gaming could only exist on the iPhone if it jumped through gigantic hoops â…
OnePlus pulls buggy OxygenOS 12 update
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge OnePlus released the Android 12-based OxygenOS 12 to the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro this week, but the company has already pulled it…
Here are the best Kindle deals right now
The fourth-gen Kindle might not be Amazonâs latest e-reader, but itâs down to just $55 right now. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When it comes to…
Activision exec asks employees to âconsider the consequencesâ of unionizing
Brian Bulatao, former Trump admin and current chief administrative officer for Activision Blizzard, sent a letter to his colleagues that doesnât outright discourage them from unionizing but also kind of…
Ford reportedly delays Explorer EV in favor of Mustang Mach-E
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ford is delaying the launch of its forthcoming all-electric Explorer SUV from mid-2023 to at least December 2024, according to Automotive News. The…
âExtremely badâ vulnerability found in widely used logging system
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Security teams at companies large and small are scrambling to patch a previously unknown vulnerability called Log4Shell, which has the potential to let…
Nintendo will sell you the Switch OLEDâs dock with built-in ethernet
You can now get the Switch OLED dock without the Switch OLED | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge If youâve wanted to get your hands on the Nintendo…
âNo easy solutionâ for Tesla Cybertruckâs comically large windshield wiper, Elon Musk says
New drone footage of a prototype Tesla Cybertruck being tested on the companyâs track in Fremont, California, was published Friday, prompting Elon Musk to address the vehicleâs hilariously oversized windshield…
This is BTSâs Twitter world, and we are living in it
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartRadio The most-liked tweet of 2021 was a note from Joe Biden on the day of his inauguration. The fourth and fifth most-liked tweets…
Peloton really wants you to know that what happened to Big isnât because of its bike
A Peloton Bike was at the center of a shocking plot twist in HBOâs Sex and the City reboot. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The punches…
AWS has gone down before, as have other providers; Fastly has lessons to share from its own outage
Fastly’s mid-2021 outage took some huge sites offline. Its Chief Product Architect Sean Leach shares why he thinks outages continue to happen, and how to reduce your own risks.
New social media transparency bill would force Facebook to open up to researchers
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing | Photo by Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images A bipartisan group of US senators have announced a new bill that…
Tesla leak reveals all-in-one âSuperhornâ for Model 3 and Y
Image: Tesla Tesla may be adding new hardware components to its upcoming 2022 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles â including a new all-in-one âSuperhornâ that combines a horn, alarm,…
Meta adds Quest 2, Portal, and Ray-Ban Stories updates to its bug bounty program
Meta added some hardware products to its bug bounty program | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook parent company Meta is adding updates to its bug bounty program…
Moderna data shows mRNA isnât a quick fix for the flu vaccine
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The first data from clinical trials of Modernaâs mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine, released by the company Friday morning, were underwhelming â a finding…
Mercedes-Benz fixes error that let drivers watch TV while in motion
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Mercedes-Benz has fixed a server issue that made it possible to browse the internet and watch TV on the 56-inch âhyperscreenâ in the…
5 steps to help your users get started with Google Workspace
A walk-through of the basics will help new employees get set up to use Google Workspace on a Windows or macOS system. Here are some areas to cover that will…