Deck out your new Oculus Quest 2 with discounted accessories
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge During the Christmas holiday, it was easy to pick up on the theme on Twitter that many of you either bought or…
10 great games for your new gaming PC
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Armies, aliens, automobiles, the legendary mascot of the Xbox, and more Getting a new gaming PC is a bit like opening Pandora’s…
This ambitious smart ring hopes to one day monitor chronic illnesses
The Movano Ring is a smart ring with medical ambitions | Image: Movano The Oura Ring isn’t the only smart ring on the block anymore. For CES 2022, health tech…
LG Display shows off a versatile lineup of transparent OLED screens at CES 2022
The OLED Shelf displaying a piece of art. | Photo by LG Display LG Display has come up with more uses for transparent screens with its innovative new concepts that…
Control is free for one day on the Epic Games Store
The Epic Games Store is offering Control for free as part of its 15 days of free games promotion — the game is only available for free until December 27th…
Apple reportedly hires away Meta’s AR public relations head
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has reportedly hired Andrea Schubert, Meta’s communications and public relations lead for its augmented reality (AR) products, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark…
Tesla owner blows up Model S instead of footing $22,600 repair bill
A Tesla Model S strapped with dynamite. | Screenshot from Pommijätkät via YouTube When faced with a repair bill that costs half of what you paid for your car, do…
10 great apps for your new 2021 iPhone
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge New phone, new start So, you just unwrapped a shiny new iPhone this holiday season. A new year is around the corner.…
Diya restaurant
Diya is the first Indian restaurant at the luxurious Al Hazm mall. Indian fusion cuisine with a twist. The weather is perfect for comforting Indian food and we enjoyed a…
9 great Android apps for your new 2021 Android device
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge A privacy-minded roundup of apps, including a self-care penguin Congratulations on your new Android device! After going through all the legalese to…
Nintendo Switch eShop is down for some on Christmas Day
Photo by James Bareham / The Verge As kids and adults alike flock to the Nintendo eShop, eager to spend the gift cards they found in their stockings, that excitement…
8 great games for your new 2021 Xbox
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Many of these games play well on Series S, too The latest generation of Xbox consoles recently celebrated their one-year birthday, though…
8 great games for your new 2021 PlayStation 5
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge If you’re lucky enough to have one, that is The PlayStation 5 was released in November 2020, but it’s still incredibly hard…
The global version of Steam appears to be banned in China
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Steam Global seems to have been banned in China, according to a report from TheGamer. Only the Chinese version of Steam remains accessible…
10 great games for your new 2021 OLED Switch
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge The best games to play together or alone The recent release of the Nintendo Switch OLED has many people rediscovering their love for…
UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL ART COMPETITION
Sultan of arts Participation In The Competition Prerequisite for the participation Registrations will start from Sep 15, 2021 Multiple applications for the same competition will be rejected All the fields…
Best Sunset and Shisha spot at The Pearl- GOURMET DISTRICT
One of the best kept secrets is out! Enjoy one of the most beautiful sunset views and shisha at Gourmet District at The Pearl. I spent the evening with friends…
CES 2022 loses Microsoft in Las Vegas over COVID fears
Microsoft is the latest company to drop a physical presence at CES, as the increased prevalence of COVID-19 spooks exhibitors. It joins a growing list of major companies ditching the…
Apple must let dating apps offer alternate in-app payment options, says Dutch regulator
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple must allow dating app developers to offer non-Apple payment systems for in-app purchases or face a hefty fine, according to a detailed…
Google faces nearly $100 million fine in Russia over failure to delete banned content
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A Russian court has fined Google $98 million over its failure to remove content deemed illegal in the country. The 7.2 billion rouble…
An app gave crucial seconds of warning before a major California earthquake
Photo by Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images An early-alert system designed to give people crucial seconds of warning before earthquakes lived up to its promise on Monday. It buzzed through…
PSA: You’ll miss 25 minutes of The Expanse’s final season if you don’t pause it
If you’re a fan of The Expanse, like me, you’re probably wondering whether its final six episodes — currently airing each Friday through January 14th — are enough to wrap…
Sex ed info on TikTok shows gaps in traditional education
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Teens and adolescents might be turning to TikTok to learn about sex when their typical sex education isn’t sufficient. But the videos on…
8 great TikTok accounts from 2021 to follow
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Put these great creators into your algorithm Maybe you’re new to TikTok, or perhaps you’ve been on the app for a couple of…
The gadgets we broke
The Verge has smashed a bunch of phones… and other things This holiday season, let’s talk about the gadgets that are no longer with us anymore — not because they…
TikTok sued by former content moderator for allegedly failing to protect her mental health
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A former content moderator for TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the platform, alleging that parent company ByteDance provides inadequate safeguards to protect…
Tesla update lets drivers turn their cars into megaphones
Photo by Chukrut Budrul/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images As part of its annual holiday software update, Tesla has released a new feature that lets drivers turn their cars into megaphones.…
Intel apologizes to China for following US sanctions targeting Xinjiang ‘genocide’
China accounts for a quarter of Intel’s global revenue. | Credit: Xing Yun / Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images Intel has issued an apology to partners and customers in China…
10 big data and analytics resolutions for 2022
Like all technology, big data is continually evolving — and the start of a new year is a good time to take stock, seek areas of improvement and pursue new…
CES 2022 organizers insist in-person events will go on even as more exhibitors pull back
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The pace of companies announcing they will forego the in-person parts of CES 2022 has only increased in the last 24 hours,…
Samsung is launching its first HDR10+ gaming displays
Redout 2 playing on an unnamed HDR10+ gaming display | Image: Samsung Samsung has announced its first displays that will support the HDR10+ Gaming standard, an expanded games-focused version of…
The best deals on 4K TVs
LG’s A1 OLED is now available starting at just $799.99, making it one of the most affordable OLEDs to date. | Image: LG There are a lot of 4K TVs…
Tesla will stop letting people play games in cars that are moving
Tesla says it’ll turn off its Passenger Play feature with an update. | Image: The Verge Tesla won’t let people play video games on its cars’ built-in display while in…
Anker’s four-port 120W power brick is built for the USB-C warrior
The Anker 547 Charger has four USB-C ports, with one that’s able to pump out 100W. | Image: Anker Anker’s newly available 547 Charger may be a power brick to…
Google Calendar tasks and events: What is the difference between these features?
Jack Wallen explains how Google Calendar tasks and events differ and why you might benefit from using both features.
What are People Chips in Google Sheets?
Learn how People Chips make it easy to connect Google Sheet cells to your contacts.
Amazon UK has had Xbox Series X consoles in stock all day
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge We’ve been keeping an eye out for end-of-year next-generation console drops in the US, and despite exceptions like a recent PlayStation 5 sale…
CES 2022 loses another key exhibitor as Intel pulls out of in-person show
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge CES 2022’s exodus of exhibitors over rising COVID-19 concerns continues, with the latest withdrawal coming from Intel. The company typically has one of…
Amazon’s nationwide NLRB settlement makes it easier for workers to organize
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon has reached a nationwide settlement for six National Labor Relations Board cases, agreeing to notify workers of their rights and let workers…
The massive Odyssey G9 gaming monitor is down to its lowest price at B&H Photo
Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge With the current end-of-year promotion happening at B&H Photo, you can get the massive Samsung Odyssey G9 gaming monitor for its lowest price…
Where is Spotify HiFi?
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge 2021 will have been the year that Apple finally embraced lossless music streaming and prices for hi-fi listening came down at Amazon and…
Take a look at this delicious lickable screen to see the future we knew was coming
See the menu. Taste the menu. | Image: Meiji University If you’ve ever thought, “This 4K HDR OLED TV is great, but I sure wish it tasted better when I…
All the news from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope mission
After decades of work, the launch is here On Christmas Day, NASA is slated to launch one of its most anticipated spacecraft in decades: a next-generation observatory dubbed the James…
Our favorite apps, games, and entertainment from 2021 for all of your new tech
Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Our staff lists their choices for the best of the year It’s been a difficult year, and with the appearance of the…
11 great shows and movies from 2021 to stream on HBO Max
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Follow the white rabbit It’s the end of year two of the pandemic and many of us staying inside — both to avoid…
Alexa is nagging you more because Amazon knows you don’t care about its new features
“By the way, I’m much more than just a voice-activated timer.” | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge If you regularly use an Alexa device, you’ve probably been upsold…
Huawei’s foldable P50 Pocket has a circular external screen that’s perfect for notifications
Huawei has officially announced the P50 Pocket, a clamshell-style folding smartphone that has a circular, 1-inch external display for quick access to notifications and widgets. The device launches in China…
First super fast PCIe 5.0 SSDs teased ahead of CES
Adata teases first PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSDs. | image: Adata Samsung and Adata are both teasing PCIe 5.0 SSDs ahead of January’s big CES event. With read/write speeds up…
Apple closes several stores due to COVID-19 outbreaks, encourages online shopping
Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images Over the last couple of weeks, several Apple Stores around the US have closed due to rising COVID-19 infections among staff members, and a report…
LG Display brought a reclining curved OLED throne to CES this year
Image: LG Display Would it even be a tech tradeshow without a new throne? 2020 brought us the scorpion chair, 2019 gave us the “fully-immersive” toilet, and attempts to encase…
Amazon workers in Staten Island refile union petition
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York, have refiled a union petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), NLRB press secretary…
Top picks 2021: Four tech books TechRepublic recommends
As our tech-driven world accelerates year after year, so does the number of books that attempt to explain its history, its present state, and how it can be used more…
How to visualise security and threat information in Microsoft Power BI
Want a custom security dashboard to bring together data from multiple places? Microsoft Power BI can do that and help you spot what’s changing.
HBO Max 2022 trailer offers a peek at Westworld and its new Game of Thrones spinoff
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge The WarnerMedia-owned platform HBO Max packs a lot in its two-minute 2022 preview reel, introducing a number of lower-profile Warner Bros. films making…
Jack Dorsey’s hot Web3 takes are apparently too much for Marc Andreessen to handle
Who knew that leaving the top spot at Twitter could make someone a more interesting follow? The co-founder and (for the second time) former CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey recently…
How to get the most out of your Pixel’s Now Playing feature
The other day, I was watching the documentary The Beatles: Get Back, which flashes on the screen the names of the songs being played and happened to miss the identification…
Zombie brand RadioShack is launching a crypto market for ‘the older generation’
RadioShack, the venerable retailer relaunched as an online-focused brand in 2020, now wants to chart a future as a cryptocurrency exchange. Earlier this week, the company announced RadioShack DeFi (short…
GameStop will have PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X bundles in-store on December 23rd
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Much like last week’s in-person restock of the PlayStation 5, GameStop is once again hosting another day of in-store new console sales. This…
Top 5 things to know about data lakehouses
Tom Merritt explains how a data lakehouse tries to give you the best of both a data warehouse and a data lake.
Data lakehouses: Top 5 things you need to know
How is a data lakehouse similar to a data warehouse and a data lake? Tom Merritt answers that question and more in this brief overview about data lakehouses.
You can now take Zoom calls from your Amazon television
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon launched its own branded Fire TV television sets last month with attractively low price tags for a large, if underwhelming, 4K screen…
Level’s planning a very visible keypad for its very invisible smart locks
Image: Level Level teased a new keypad product on its website today (via HomeKit News) that will give owners of the company’s elegant and discreet Level Touch smart locks another…
Amazon briefly banned itself on Twitch after rogue host exposed herself on air
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a weird internet mix-up, it looks like Amazon briefly suspended its Spanish-language Prime Video Twitch channel on Sunday after a host exposed…
PSA: you can now buy a Nintendo Switch OLED or an Xbox Series S without the hassle
The object of your desire can now be yours (if it’s a Nintendo Switch OLED). | Image: Nintendo When the Nintendo Switch OLED Model launched in the fall, it immediately…
Asus Zenbook 14X OLED review: a cool but impractical laptop
You can get a better OLED notebook for less money Zenbooks of this size are all usually a pretty similar deal — if you’ve used one, you’ve used them all.…
The Xbox Series X is available at Best Buy right now
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft’s Xbox Series X keeps coming and going, but the next-gen console remains tricky to get a hold of. We just saw it…
3 quick Mac maintenance tips for business professionals
Year-end Mac maintenance is always a good idea for your work laptop or desktop, but the 2021 holiday season is full of distractions. These quick steps will help keep your…
Fedora Kinoite: A fascinating take on the operating system
Fedora Kinoite is a great start for a desktop that could be ideal for business use cases, if it can only overcome one glaring caveat.
Amazon reinstates mask mandate for warehouse employees as omicron threat looms
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon’s warehouse employees across the US will once again have to wear masks, according to an internal notice obtained by CNBC. The company…
Tesla investigated over reports drivers can play its video games while vehicles are moving
The NHTSA is investigating Tesla vehicles that allow games on their touchscreens | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US government says it is investigating more than half…
The green Apple Watch Series 7 has hit a new low price of $339
The Apple Watch Series 7 and its larger screen has a full keyboard for tapping and gesture swiping. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge It’s beginning to look…
Zillow adds support for iOS 15’s SharePlay, so you can look at homes together from your studio apartments
Zillow Have you ever wanted to aimlessly scroll through Zillow and admire all the heinously expensive houses that you’ll never be able to afford thanks to the skyrocketing price of…
Apple’s 3 biggest losses of 2021
With new Apple Silicon, iPhones, iPads and Macs earning rave reviews and record sales, Apple spun a great 2021. But there were still a few hiccups. Here are Apple’s three…
Costco members can order the Xbox Series X right now
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Xbox Series X console has remained hard to come by, and with the holidays looming the window to get one in time…
Former Google and Meta executive launches at-home COVID-19 test
Detect A new medical testing startup called Detect began selling at-home molecular COVID-19 tests through its website last week. The company also announced its CEO — Hugo Barra, a former…
8 great shows and movies from 2021 to stream on Hulu
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Here’s what to stream over the holidays When reuniting with loved ones for the holidays, a post-festivities, good old-fashioned movie night may be…
T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet: I tried it, and it tried me
Is cellular good enough for a home internet connection? I was interested in T-Mobile’s Home Internet service from the first time I heard about it: it’s $50 (a price that…
Amazon’s AWS logs third outage this month, affecting Slack, Epic Games Store, Asana and more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon’s crucial web services business AWS is experiencing problems today, with issues affecting services like Slack, Imgur, and the Epic Games store for…
Elon Musk: metaverse isn’t ‘compelling’ and Web3 ‘more marketing than reality’
Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images The metaverse and Web3 are two trends supposedly set to revolutionize the digital world. But the richest man IRL, Elon Musk, is…
Honor teases its first foldable, the Magic V
Former Huawei sub-brand Honor has teased the launch of its first foldable smartphone, the Honor V. An image shared on its Weibo and Twitter accounts teases the design of the…
TCL resumes selling its Google TVs after rolling out software fixes
Image: TCL After briefly halting sales of its 6-Series and 5-Series Google TVs due to sluggish, buggy software, TCL this evening announced that the TVs are back. “Recent software updates…
Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now
The Apple Watch Series 7 is one three models Apple continues to sell. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Thinking about picking up a new Apple Watch? It…
CES 2022 starts to fall apart as T-Mobile and others bail on in-person conference
Amelia Holowaty Krales Another year, another gigantic tech tradeshow that looks like it may be falling apart as the COVID-19 pandemic continues — now that T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert, one…
Intel will put unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Intel has reportedly notified employees that anyone who remains unvaccinated will need to get the COVID-19 vaccine or submit an exemption by January…
LG’s new 16:18 monitor looks like a multitasking powerhouse
Image: LG Are monitors with traditional aspect ratios just not getting the job done for you? LG might have the answer. Today the company has announced what it touts as…
Android’s future: 11 predictions for 2022
Jack Wallen dons his mysterious prognostication cap and predicts how the upcoming year will unfold for Android.
White House says it will set up a website to distribute 500 million free COVID tests
President Biden details plans to make coronavirus tests easier to find amid the surge of the omicron variant. | Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Biden said today that Americans…
Scammers steal $150K worth of crypto from NFT project with Discord hack
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Buyers hoping to get a limited-edition NFT from Fractal, a new marketplace for game item NFTs, were given an unpleasant and costly surprise…
TSA checkpoints will start supporting Apple Wallet IDs in February
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When Apple introduced its updated Apple Wallet in June, the company said it was working to ensure you could use it to…
Tesla rewarding timely holiday travelers with free supercharging
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales Tesla announced an early Christmas present for all those pre-dawn road trippers: free vehicle charging at certain Supercharger locations if you get there before 10AM…
Google Voice now lets you set custom rules for phone calls
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google Voice now lets you create rules that dictate how the service responds to incoming calls from specific contacts. And yes, this includes having…
Ad board tells Mint Mobile it should stop abusing the word ‘unlimited’
Mint Mobile says it will comply with the board’s decision. | Image: Mint Mobile The National Advertising Review Board has denied Mint Mobile’s appeal defending its use of the word…
Meta releases newsletter platform numbers, and it’s good news for Substack
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A new blog post from Meta marks the six-month anniversary of its newsletter publishing platform, Bulletin. Amid its plugs for the writers who…
New analysis further links Pegasus spyware to Jamal Khashoggi murder
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge New forensic analysis indicates that representatives of the United Arab Emirates government installed Pegasus spyware on the phone of Hanan Elatr, wife of…
Adidas and Xbox teamed up on one more console-themed sneaker, which is on sale now for $140
Adidas Forum Tech Boost Series X | Image: Microsoft Adidas and Microsoft have collaborated on three different pairs of shoes this year to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Xbox, and…
Jack Dorsey says VCs really own Web3 (and Web3 boosters are pretty mad about it)
“Habenero” Jack Dorsey did some spicy tweets last night. The Twitter founder and Block CEO tweeted out some thoughts on crypto and “Web3” that managed to exasperate some of the…
How to display seconds in the Windows 11 system clock despite Microsoft’s wishes
Microsoft decided to block a Registry File hack that allows users to display seconds in the Windows 11 system clock. Now to get seconds to display, Windows 11 users have…
DuckDuckGo is working on a privacy-focused desktop browser
Image by DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo, the company best known for its privacy-focused search engine of the same name, is working on a desktop browser that should bring the same focus on…
Merry Christmas: The Boston Dynamics dog has learned how to be Solid Snake
It’s been spotted. | Original image: Boston Dynamics Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics has released a holiday video featuring its dog-like Spot robot, and it’s turned out as creepy as ever. The…