Image: Rene Ritchie Rene Ritchie, the former editor-in-chief of Apple-focused site iMore who has been a full-time YouTuber for the past two years, is joining YouTube as its new creator liaison, he announced on Wednesday. As creator liaison, Ritchie will serve within YouTube as an advocate for creators and work with creators to help them
Read MoreApple has released iPadOS 15.6 to the public, bringing with it the usual bug fixes and security updates.
Read MoreApple has just released iOS 15.6 to the masses. The update is rolling out now, so you should be seeing the update sometime soon.
Read MoreThe past year has seen a significant rise in ransomware attacks. Why? For a couple of reasons, really. First, if a cybercriminal wants to launch an attack these days, they don’t need cutting-edge skills and software. Instead, they can strike a deal for what is now called cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS), which allows hackers to offer their skills
Read MoreApple has released macOS Monterey 12.5. It brings fixes for what could be the final version of macOS Monterey.
Read MorePhoto by GREGG NEWTON / Gregg Newton / AFP via Getty Images NASA is aiming to launch its new monster rocket, the Space Launch System, on its first trip to deep space as early as late August, the agency announced today. NASA says it has placeholder dates for August 29th, September 2nd, and September 5th
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has reportedly internally announced a hiring freeze that will remain in place for two weeks. According to a report from The Information, Prabhakar Raghavan, Google’s senior vice president, sent out a company-wide email to inform workers about the decision. This follows Google’s announcement of a hiring slowdown
Read MoreOpenAI Those waiting for a chance to use DALL-E may soon get their turn. The powerful AI tool that generates images based on provided text will open in beta to one million users on the waitlist, OpenAI, the company that created DALL-E, announced today. Users enter a phrase or string of words into DALL-E, and
Read MoreThe Nanoleaf Lines modular smart lights give a futuristic vibe to your walls. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge After Nanoleaf’s recent announcement of the new, limited edition Ultra Black Triangles to celebrate its 10th anniversary, it’s also running celebratory deals that run until July 24th. The smart home lighting company is
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: Sequoia China raised a $9B fund, as others struggled, by realigning its investment themes with China’s “politically correct” sectors like chips and AI — Billionaire founder of powerful VC firm raises $9bn tech fund with a plan aligned to Beijing’s policy goals
Read MorePhoto by Allison Johnson / The Verge Every Wednesday and Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where our editors make sense of the week’s most important technology news. On Wednesdays, editor-at-large David Pierce leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives
Read MoreA new report claims the EU may have found more evidence reinforcing its original charges against Apple over the company’s App Store on devices like the iPhone.
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority There is apparently a Nothing Phone 1 Easter egg that brings in a music visualizer for The Glyph. Accessing the Easter egg involves the device’s codename, which is “Abra” (the Pokémon). If you have a Phone 1, it’s very easy to get this up and running. The Android operating
Read MoreSkype is packed with features like screen sharing, group video calls, call recording, and more, making it one of the best video call and chat apps. You can even use Skype to make calls and send text messages to local and international phone numbers, a feature that isn’t available with most of its competitors. However,
Read MoreDavid Pierce / The Verge: Amazon announces changes to Alexa, including developer created and recommended Routines, shopping via skills, ability to coexist with other assistants, and more — A helper that increasingly doesn’t need your help — Amazon is making a bunch of changes to the Alexa user experience …
Read MoreImage: Sony Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered from Insomniac Games is coming to PC on August 12th, and it’s going to come with a host of PC features like unlocked framerates, Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS), and ultrawide monitor support. Insomniac Games has been working with Nixxes Software to port the game to PC, and it
Read MoreImage: Faze Clan Faze Clan, one of the biggest esports companies in the world, has officially gone public via a SPAC merger with B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp. The deal values Faze at $725 million, according to Axios, which is lower than the original $1 billion valuation from when the merger was announced in
Read MoreChelsea star Sam Kerr in FIFA 23. With the 2022 edition of the Euros currently underway in a sweltering England, interest in the women’s game is particularly high right now — and EA is taking advantage with the next FIFA release. Today, the company unveiled the first trailer and gameplay details for FIFA 23, and,
Read MoreA brand new Apple store is opening in London’s Knightsbridge district on Brompton Road
Read MoreOn a Tuesday in mid-March, Jennifer Lepp was precisely 80.41 percent finished writing Bring Your Beach Owl, the latest installment in her series about a detective witch in central Florida, and she was behind schedule. The color-coded, 11-column spreadsheet she keeps open on a second monitor as she writes told her just how far behind:
Read MoreThe early days of FDM 3D printing were wild and wooly. Getting plastic to stick to your build plate was a challenge. Blue tape and hairspray-coated glass were kings for a long time. Over time, better coatings have appeared and many people use spring steel covered in some kind of PEI. There seem to be
Read MoreHistorically, the Pixel and Pixel A series have had several key differences between one another in terms of processor power, IP ratings, camera additions, and more. The Google Pixel 5a broke many of these trends, bringing greater feature parity between Google’s flagship and budget entries. A year later, the Pixel 6 is now available, and
Read MoreLooking at the wearable market today, Apple is way out in the lead with the iconic Apple Watch. It wasn’t always this way, though. Google actually beat Apple to the smartwatch game by more than a year, but lackluster hardware allowed Cupertino to lap everyone else. Google’s wearables might get much more capable soon thanks
Read MoreSurfside Girls based on the novel, will premiere on Apple TV+ on August 19
Read MoreWe as a society have all agreed to carry around tiny GPS trackers in the form of smartphones, and sometimes law enforcement uses that to track people down. Usually, police have to go through a long legal process to file a warrant, get it approved by a judge, and then serve it to whoever is
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