Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge I was quite literally riding into the sunset when I began calculating just how fast my legs would have to move in order to abandon the electric skateboard under my feet. The winding road from the High Point Lookout of Red Rock Canyon in Nevada to the bottom
Read MoreDamon Lindelof is reportedly happy with season 1, and HBO isn’t in a hurry to continue without him. Watchmen season 2 is looking unlikely after creator opts out – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is developing a new programming language but it’s not giving up its work on Rust. Microsoft opens up Rust-inspired Project Verona programming language on GitHub Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThis bright, somewhat blob-like object — seen in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — is a galaxy named NGC 1803. It is about 200 million light-years away, in the southern constellation of Pictor (the Painter’s Easel), and it was discovered in 1834 by astronomer John Herschel. Hubble Views Galaxy From Famous
Read MorePhoto by: Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images The big news yesterday is that NBC finally made its streaming service, Peacock, official. It’s coming on July 15th with a handful of pricing tiers ranging from free (with limited content) to $9.99 a month for all the Parks & Rec you can inject into your
Read MoreAlex Hern / The Guardian: Study finds the worlds’ biggest brands, including Samsung and L’Oreal, are unknowingly running ads inside climate misinformation videos on YouTube — Avaaz says firms are unaware commercials being played alongside misleading videos — Some of the biggest companies in the world … Study finds the worlds' biggest brands, including Samsung
Read MoreOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Faraday used to say: Money makes the world go around! Bitcoin price We closed the day, January 16 2020,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Last summer, with misinformation swirling about the death of Jeffrey Epstein, I joined the chorus of voices calling for an end to Twitter’s trending topics. The feature is generated by algorithms with little editorial oversight, is easily gamed by bots and bad actors, and yet continues to drive
Read More{$inline_image}I like to think that somewhere inside the bureaucratic labyrinth of Apple’s employee structure, there’s a single person with the world’s greatest job. Each year, they only have to do a single thing: Traverse the world and try to take a sick photo of a landscape for the latest macOS wallpaper. Does this job exist?
Read MoreBT is partnering with Google to launch broadband plans in the UK that come with access to the Stadia cloud gaming service. It’s a first for Europe, allowing BT to offer a free Google Stadia Premiere Edition with broadband deals direct to consumers. BT, the biggest ISP in the UK, is planning to offer the
Read MoreIt’s small, but so is its price tag, and its list of standard features is quite long. 2020 Hyundai Venue is a big ball o' value – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreThis week’s rumors and leaks bring us photos of how the phone could look. Plus, more evidence that Samsung will call this year’s flagship the Galaxy S20. Samsung Galaxy S20: Blurry leaked photos and all the rumors and specs so far – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreiRobot If you’re tired of doing all of the vacuuming around the house, iRobot’s slick Roomba S9 and S9 Plus robot vacuums are up to $300 off for readers of The Verge. The high-end S9 Plus is $1,099 (down from $1,399) until supplies last at Wellbots with the offer code S9PLUSVERGE. This model comes with
Read More{$inline_image} Sam Byford / The Verge: Renders of Huawei’s P40 Pro show a camera bump with Leica branding that has five lenses at the back and two selfie cameras at the front, but no headphone jack — Seven cameras, zero Google apps? — New renders from Evan “Evleaks” Blass give us what may well be
Read MoreSam Byford / The Verge: Renders of Huawei’s P40 Pro show a camera bump with Leica branding that has five lenses at the back and two selfie cameras at the front, but no headphone jack — Seven cameras, zero Google apps? — New renders from Evan “Evleaks” Blass give us what may well be our
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook has permanently cut the price of its Oculus Go VR headset. “Oculus Go is now priced at $149, which is equal to a $50 price drop,” the company tells UploadVR. “We are applying comparable discounts across all countries where Go is sold. Updated pricing is rolling
Read MoreSpaceX CEO wants to put a million people on the Red Planet by 2050. Elon Musk drops details for SpaceX Mars mega-colony – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe tested 5G on EE, Vodafone and O2 in five major cities across the UK. 5G in the UK: Two networks offer the fastest speed and best coverage – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: LaunchDarkly, a feature management platform for developers, raises $54M led by Bessemer Venture Partners; sources say the company is now valued at $800M+ — Deal ensures venture firm will retain a stake in the software developer now valued at more than $800 million LaunchDarkly, a feature management platform for
Read MoreMonica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and over 100 others, sign amicus brief to block Trump’s “public charge” rule which sets high bar for immigrants to get legal status — Companies across the country are trying to convince a federal judge that a new change to the U.S. immigration system would hurt innovation and
Read MoreThe Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau posts photo of the Star Wars creator meeting The Child. George Lucas met Baby Yoda and the results were adorable – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSean Endicott / Windows Central: Microsoft partners with T-Mobile to provide 4G SIM cards to students in underserved areas, announces 14 Windows 10 PCs, some cell-connected, starting from $219 — Microsoft announces partnership and new features to improve education. — What you need to know Microsoft partners with T-Mobile to provide 4G SIM cards to
Read MoreIt may seem like everybody you know gets weird about their eating every January—maybe it’s Whole30, maybe it’s a sugar “detox,” maybe it’s a wholehearted commitment to keto. What to do if you’re not on that bandwagon and it’s all a bit too much? Anti-Diet author and registered dietitian Christy Harrison has some tips… Read
Read MoreImages posted by leaker Evan Blass show a camera module on the back that may include the 10x optical zoom lens. Images of purported Huawei P40 Pro leak on Twitter – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImages posted by leaker Evan Blass show a camera module on the back that may include the 10x optical zoom lens. Images of purported Huawei P40 Pro show packed camera module – CNET Source: CNet
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