Photo Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge; Getty Images Retro Pod played right into TikTok’s love affair with the iPod. From demos of defunct Minis to outfits showcasing Shuffles as hair clips, an app turning your iPhone into an iPod was naturally going to be a hit. When Retro Pod started making the round
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Read MoreThe release of Final Fantasy 14 in 2021 was such a success that even digital copies of the game ran out. In addition to the shortage, long queue times and servers’ inability to manage many players further marred the launch. It’s the kind of success to which game developers all aspire! However, the shortage revealed
Read MoreSridhar Natarajan / Bloomberg: Sources: Goldman Sachs’ Platform Solutions lost ~$2B in 2022, mostly due to the Apple Card and Goldman’s installment-lending platform GreenSky — Three months after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. carved out a new division to house what’s left of its once-ambitious foray on Main Street …
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Images A judge rejected Elon Musk’s request to move his upcoming securities fraud trial out of San Francisco, Bloomberg reports. Musk had argued that the jury pool from the city would be biased against him. Musk is facing a civil trial next week stemming from a
Read MoreThe new tabs are here. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter’s new For You tab, which rolled out to iPhones and iPads on Tuesday, is now appearing on desktop web browsers. The For You tab is the TikTok-inspired name for Twitter’s algorithmically curated “Home” tab, and on iOS, it’s now the default
Read MoreAdobe Creative Cloud opts all users into Content Analysis by default, which has many creators upset. Here’s how to opt out.
Read MoreYou can currently buy the AirPods Max for $479.99 instead of $549. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge With more people working from home than they used to, owning a good pair of noise-canceling headphones has become more appealing than ever. However, they can be expensive and difficult to shop for due to
Read MoreSadly, the usual CO2-powered suspects in the DIY laser cutter market are woefully incapable of cutting metal. Sure, they’ll cut the heck out of plywood and acrylic, and most will do a decent job at engraving metal. But cutting through a sheet of steel or aluminum requires a step up to much more powerful fiber
Read MoreThe Robert Noyce Building in Santa Clara, California, is the world headquarters for Intel Corporation. This photo is from Jan. 23, 2019. (Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation) (Photo: Image: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation)Intel has a lot of lakes in its CPU roadmap, so it can be a challenge to keep them all straight. It’s currently offering Raptor
Read MoreJust because you’re a monk doesn’t mean you can’t use CAD. The Carmelite monks of Wyoming are building a grandiose Gothic Monastery, and it’s awe inspiring how they are managing to build it. https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Carmelite-Gothic-Church1.mp4 The Carmelite monks needed a new, larger monastery to house their growing numbers, and found a parcel of land near Meeteetse
Read MoreWall Street Journal: YouTube is testing a hub of free, ad-supported streaming channels with select media partners, looking to compete with Roku, Paramount’s Pluto TV, and Fox’s Tubi — Tech company’s effort could rival Roku, Fox in fast-growing area of streaming business — Created with sketchtool. — 1x
Read More(Credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (Credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Dish Network and an environmental group have become unlikely allies in a new court case. Both Dish and the International Dark-Sky Association have filed lawsuits in the US demanding the FCC rescind the licenses it recently granted to SpaceX for its second-generation
Read MoreThe Verge: After criticism, YouTube plans to change a policy announced in November that limits ads or demonetizes a creator’s video if they swear in the first 15 seconds — The tirade’s timing was deliberate, meant to test the company’s updated “approach to profanity” that it announced in November …
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority LG Electronics has issued a recall for 52,000 TVs sold between March and September 2022. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says the recalled TVs present a serious tip-over and entrapment hazard. The problem appears to stem from the stands used for the TVs. If you own
Read MoreNorma, Pugsley, and Barney. | Image: Netflix Though Hamish Steele’s Dead End: Paranormal Park was one of the better animated series to hit Netflix last year with its two back-to-back seasons, the streamer’s decided not to bring it back for a third season. In a Twitter post, Steele explained today that while he’s known for
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge To quote a worn — but occasionally true — saying from Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” The popularity of Airbnb and other informal rentals has coincided with the increased production of cheaper hidden cameras, making it increasingly likely that
Read MoreEven for those with paraskevidekatriaphobia, today is your lucky day as Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Staff Writer Dan Maloney sit under ladders with umbrellas while holding black cats to talk about the week in awesome hacks. And what a week it was, with a Scooby Doo code review, mushrooms in your PCBs, and the clickiest
Read MoreWhat will Apple unveil at WWDC 2023? When will it take place? Everything you need to know about WWDC 2023 is here.
Read MoreWriter Warren Lapine’s latest project is a collection of letters Roger Zelazny wrote to his friend Carl Yoke.
Read MoreThe Pixel 7 Pro (left) and Pixel 7 (right) support Clear Calling as of December’s feature drop. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge You probably haven’t been on the phone with someone who’s using a serger sewing machine. I have, and I’m here to tell you it sounds like talking to someone
Read MoreMeaghan Tobin / Rest of World: A look at China’s global satellite internet ambitions in competition with Starlink, including homegrown startups that experts say will ultimately be state-owned — A constellation of companies has sprung up in recent years to power China’s satellite internet plans.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Galaxy S22 Ultra is currently the most powerful flagship Samsung offers, but that’s not the case for much longer. The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is set to debut this February 1, packing quite a few improvements under the hood. What’s new with the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and
Read MoreChristina Ricci and Elijah Wood in season 2 of Yellowjackets. | Image: Showtime Showtime hasn’t been shy with teasing the return of Yellowjackets, but now, we finally have a good look at season 2 of the show thanks to a fresh teaser. It’s brief, clocking in at just over a minute, but there’s a lot
Read MoreThe operational, cultural, and fiscal benefits of having women on any team have been well-documented. So, why is the tech world still lacking women along so many rungs of the corporate ladder? The answer: Most tech leaders simply aren’t doing as much as they should to make attracting, hiring, and retaining women employees (and leaders) a
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