Image: Netflix The first music video from Heartsteel, Riot Games’ new virtual boy band starring characters from League of Legends, is here. The video, for the band’s first song, “Paranoia,” has a slick look that harkens back to the awesome art style of Arcane, Netflix’s animated series set in the League of Legends universe. While
Read MorePhoto by Tom Warren / The Verge Nvidia is rumored to be preparing Super versions of some of its RTX 40-series cards, including an RTX 4080 Super with 20GB of memory. VideoCardz reports that hardware leakers have been teasing out information about possible RTX 4080 and RTX 4070 Super cards recently, with reliable hardware leaker
Read MoreChainalysis: From July 2022 to June 2023, the US led the world with $1T+ in “value received on chain”, but most stablecoin inflows to top services went via non-US exchanges — This post is an excerpt from our 2023 Geography of Cryptocurrency Report. Download your copy now!
Read MoreLaser printers today are cheap and readily available. But in 1976, they were the height of printing technology. The IBM 3800 was the $175,000 printer to have in that year. (Video, embedded below.) But you couldn’t have one on your desktop. Even if you could afford it, the thing is the size of a car,
Read MoreThe espresso 15 is a stunning portable display, and comes with some great accessories — but you’ll have to pay the premium to get one in your bag.
Read MoreLevel Lock has launched a new Wi-Fi bridge for its “invisible” smart locks that pack all their tech into the deadbolt. But apparently, there’s no room in there for Matter or Thread. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge On October 16th, smart lock maker Level announced a new Wi-Fi bridge for its
Read MoreA “Together Towards Zero” projection during the Volvo AB news conference at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany, on Monday, September 19th, 2022. | Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 130 companies, including Volvo Cars, Ikea, Unilever, Nestlé, and AstraZeneca, signed a letter calling on governments to adopt a global
Read MorePhoto Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge│Art by Junji Ito│Original story by Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama It’s been an interesting year for fans of Junji Ito. 2023 will be bookended by animated adaptations of the famed horror master’s work; it started with Netflix’s anthology in January, while Adult Swim’s take on Uzumaki is
Read MoreWith the EL6, this Chinese automaker dreamed of drivers swapping their batteries instead of charging them. But the West is nowhere near ready for an overpriced EV with a $600 version of Alexa.
Read MoreJay Goldberg / Digits to Dollars: How Qualcomm is tech’s “problem child”: a tense relationship with Apple, sued by Arm, investigated by regulators, disagreements with Google over Pixel, and more — Almost from the moment of its birth Qualcomm had to fight the world. It is hard for us to understand today …
Read MoreUntil we get some official stills of Amazon’s Fallout series, we’ll have to rely on games like Fallout 4 (pictured) to get us in the mood. | Image: Bethesda / The Verge Amazon has yet to release a public trailer for its highly anticipated Fallout series, but at least we now know when it’ll arrive
Read MoreUmar Shakir / The Verge: Amazon rolls out passkey support on iOS and the web, letting users log in via their devices’ biometrics, and says support for Android is “coming soon” — Amazon’s rolling out passkey support for its online site and mobile shopping apps. Customers can log in to Amazon using …
Read MoreSmartwatches are a battleground these days, with smartphone manufacturers vying to have the prettiest, sleekest, and longest-lasting device on the market. Meanwhile, DIY efforts continue to improve in sophistication as better components become available. [Rocky Bergen’s] Arduwatch is a particularly appealing design study, with such visual flair that we’d love to see it become a
Read MoreMayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: Google proposes “IP Protection” for Chrome, an opt-in feature that masks IP addresses via proxy servers for “qualifying traffic”, rolling out in stages — Google is getting ready to test a new “IP Protection” feature for the Chrome browser that enhances users’ privacy …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The next big Snapdragon chip headed to Android phones is likely to be announced this week — and details have leaked early revealing a heavy focus on AI. According to MSPoweruser, Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will support some handy and creative AI camera tools, including the
Read MoreByron Kaye / Reuters: Microsoft plans to spend $3.2B to expand its AI and cloud in Australia over two years, aiming to boost computing capacity by 250% and train 300K Australians — Microsoft (MSFT.O) said it will spend A$5 billion ($3.2 billion) expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing abilities …
Read MoreImage: Insomniac Games Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has become the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios title in the 24 hours following its release, Sony announced on Monday. The game sold over 2.5 million copies in just one day. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was developed by PlayStation Studios’ Insomniac Games. As the fastest-selling first-party PlayStation title, it dethrones God of
Read MoreIf you grow up around a working blacksmith’s forge, there are a few subjects related to metalwork on which you’ll occasionally have a heated discussion. Probably the best known is the topic of wrought iron, a subject I’ve covered here in the past, and which comes from the name of a particular material being confused
Read MoreRafly Pratama / MSPoweruser: An internal Qualcomm document details the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, including support for new AI camera tools, like removing objects and expanding photos — Qualcomm will soon release its latest flagship mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which will enable generative AI …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating the range of Tesla’s electric vehicles after reports surfaced that the company was relying on exaggerated numbers. In documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tesla said that it had “received requests for information, including subpoenas from the DOJ,
Read MorePush Square: Sony says Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 sold 2.5M copies in the first 24 hours after its October 20 release, becoming the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever — Over 2.5 million copies in 24 hours — Well, it looks like Sony’s got another blockbuster on its hands.
Read MoreSamrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters: EngageSmart says Vista Equity Partners plans to take the payments software vendor private for ~$4B, or $23 per share; EngageSmart raised $378M in its 2021 IPO — Payments software vendor EngageSmart (ESMT.N) said on Monday it would be taken private by Vista Equity Partners for about $4 billion …
Read MoreThe social future is more open and connected — but what are you supposed to do with it? | Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody. Continue reading…
Read MoreHayden Field / CNBC: Databricks plans to acquire enterprise data firm Arcion, which raised $18M+, for $100M; Databricks raised $500M last month and bought MosaicML for $1.3B in June — – Databricks agreed to acquire Arcion, an enterprise data company, for $100 million on Monday, including incentives …
Read MoreThese buds are even cheaper than they were during the recent Prime Day. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Amazon’s second-gen Echo Buds may not be at the top of the pack for the best earbuds you can get in 2023, but they’re quite good when they can be had for a song.
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