In May 2020, WarnerMedia launched HBO Max into a crowded streaming landscape. In spite of early struggles, the timing couldn’t have been better. When the world was stuck at home, struggling to find new sources of entertainment amid a global pandemic, HBO’s latest attempt at an app-based platform rose in the ranks alongside fellow newly
Read MoreEvery Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. This biggest tech story this week: Apple’s hardware event. Nilay, Dieter, and Verge managing editor Alex Cranz discuss everything announced at the event
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has begun to send notifications to iPhone 13 buyers, reminding them to get ready for their new handset. A settings page has also appeared in the Settings app. Tapping through has users set up iCloud for data backups. Apple wants to make sure everyone had iCloud data management enabled.
Read MoreMan who pleaded guilty in a phone-unlocking case sentenced to prison | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A man who the Department of Justice says unlocked AT&T customers’ phones for a fee was sentenced to 12 years in prison, in what the judge called “a terrible cybercrime over an extended period,” which allegedly
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Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has transitioned another of its products to USB-C. The Pad mini and Apple Watch SE are now all-in on the new connection. Only the base model iPad and iPhone remain a fan of Lightning. Don’t let us suffer, Apple. Go USB-C on all of the things already. The Lightning
Read MoreHackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys look back on a great week of hardware hacking. What a time to be alive when you can use open source tools to decode signals from a probe that has long since left our solar system! We admire two dirt-cheap builds, one to measure current draw in mains
Read MoreA screenshot of the new Riot Client. | Image: Riot Games Riot Games is perhaps best known for developing League of Legends, but in recent years, it’s added games like auto battler Teamfight Tactics and the hit shooter Valorant to its roster of titles. To make it easier to open all of Riot’s games on
Read MoreThe Backbone One is truly the first mobile gaming controller that turns your iPhone into a portable gaming console. I’ve personally never been an iPhone gamer. While I have had my interest peaked at certain titles now and again, and always WANTED to get into it, it’s always fallen apart for me when I actually
Read MoreSix months after securing a $23 million Series A round, Ketch, a startup providing online privacy regulation and data compliance, brought in an additional $20 million in A1 funding, this time led by Acrew Capital. Returning with Acrew for the second round are CRV, super{set} (the startup studio founded by Ketch’s co-founders CEO Tom Chavez
Read MoreAircover raised $3 million in seed funding to continue developing its real-time sales intelligence platform. Defy Partners led the round with participation from Firebolt Ventures, Flex Capital, Ridge Ventures and a group of angel investors. The company, headquartered in the Bay Area, aims to give sales teams insights relevant to closing the sale as they
Read MoreThe world of startups is a bit like a gold rush right now: there’s lots of money to be made, almost no rules regarding who will make or lose it, and only a few will actually see a sustained profit at the end of the day. Global venture funding hit a record high in the
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple’s iPhone 13 pre-orders are now live. Some people making purchases using Apple Card faced errors. Many people had to use another card. There was a problem… With Apple’s iPhone 13 pre-orders now open it seems that a ton of people have been hit by a strange issue that prevented
Read MorePlus: Adam Mosseri on News Feeds, remote drivers for cars, and a pickle for Greenland.
Read MoreImage: Valve Half-Life: Alyx belongs in every VR headset owner’s library of games, especially when it costs 40 percent less than usual. This game was released right at the start of the pandemic in early 2020 for $60, and while it’s worth every bit of that price, I highly suggest taking advantage of this deal,
Read MoreBloomberg: Tencent now lets WeChat users link to rival services such as Taobao or Douyin for the first time, complying with demands by Chinese regulators — – WeChat users can now link to and access Taobao, Douyin content — Move’s in response to Beijing’s call to free closed ecosystems
Read More(Photo: PC Service Dallas, via FrontPageTech)Last year, news broke of an unusual change to Apple’s support documentation. On July 2, 2020, the company warned users about closing the laptop with anything at all between the screen and the glass. According to Apple, anything with a height larger than 0.1mm, or approximately the thickness of a
Read MoreMariella Moon Contributor Mariella Moon is an associate editor at Engadget. More posts by this contributor Alphabet’s Project Taara is beaming high-speed internet across the Congo River Xiaomi launches its own smart glasses, of course Chromecasts and other devices powered by Google TV might give users access to free television channels in the future. According
Read MoreWelcome to the OnePlus 9 series update hub. Here you’ll find the latest information on updates to the OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro, and OnePlus 9R. We’ll detail the current software versions for each device and alert you if there’s a new update rolling out. OnePlus usually pushes out Oxygen OS updates to the OnePlus
Read MoreStartups are raising record sums around the world, thanks to several contributing factors. As The Exchange explored yesterday, historically low interest rates have helped venture capitalists raise more capital than ever, to pick an example. Low rates have helped startups in another manner: As yields fell for certain assets, investors chased returns by betting on
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge HBO Max has started running an enticing deal where you can pay half price for the ad-free subscription tier, bringing it to just $7.49 per month. That rate, which is even lower than the ad-sponsored plan, will be good for up to six months, after which you’ll be
Read MoreWith several new iPads on the market, choosing the right one is more complicated than ever. We’re here to help.
Read MoreBest Apple Watch yet Apple Watch Series 7 Coming this Fall from $399 Pros Larger, more advanced display New keyboard + watch faces Durable (IPX certified) Fast charging New customization options Cons Short battery life Pricey iOS only Apple Watch Series 7 is the newest smartwatch in the Apple lineup. It features the largest, most
Read MoreA particularly nasty 0-day was discovered in the wild, CVE-2021-40444, a flaw in how Microsoft’s MSHTML engine handled Office documents. Not all of the details are clear yet, but the result is that opening a office document can trigger a remote code execution. It gets worse, though, because the exploit can work when simply previewing
Read MoreNatasha and Mary Ann and Alex were all aboard this week under the guidance of Chris and Grace, which meant we had the full team. And speaking of teams, Mary Ann is joining the Friday show on a weekly basis now. She’s been a friend for years, and a colleague now twice-over for Natasha and Alex and we could not be more
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