Half-Life was Valve’s first major game release, and it catapulted the company to the top of the gaming industry. Today, Valve runs the Steam gaming platform where you can purchase all its titles, as well as games from almost every other publisher. And you can still play the 1998 version of Half-Life if you so
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: MWC Barcelona, arriving next week, feels more Europe-focused, with expected launches of Chinese phones already available in China and unlikely to come to the US — In less than a week, some of the world’s biggest mobile players will be crowded into the Fira de Barcelona convention center …
Read MoreRolex didn’t set the blueprint for analog dive watches, Blancpain did. To mark its 70th anniversary, the brand has dropped a new Tech model.
Read MoreIllustration by Brian Scagnelli / The Verge Last April, 27-year-old Nicole posted a TikTok video about feeling burned out in her career. When she checked the comments the next day, however, a different conversation was going down. “Jeez, this is not a real human,” one commenter wrote. “I’m scared.” “No legit she’s AI,” another said.
Read MoreSupantha Mukherjee / Reuters: Memo: Ericsson plans to lay off 8,500 of its 105K+ employees, or 8% of its staff; in December, the company said it would cut costs by ~$880M by the end of 2023 — Telecom equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) will lay off 8,500 employees globally as part of its plan to cut
Read More(Credit: AMD) AMD and Nvidia have come under fire for their respective GPU prices. Both companies have only launched high-end cards and they’re understandably pricey. Still, not everyone can pay $800 or more for a GPU. The remedy to this situation is a midrange model, but neither company has revealed plans for those yet. It’s
Read MoreWhile I’ll be upgrading to a Pro Max model this year, this is why I’d still be tempted for a 15 Pro mini if one ever appeared.
Read More(Credit: NASA)Venus is considered Earth’s twin due to its size and composition, but the conditions on this world could not be more different. The choking, scorching environment on Venus has killed every probe that attempted a landing in mere minutes, but NASA is planning a new mission to Venus that will last a bit longer.
Read MoreAlphabet is shutting down its Everyday Robots project — another casualty of job cuts at Google’s parent company and the latest in a long list of failed hardware ventures. According to a report from Wired, Everyday Robots will no longer exist as a discrete team at the tech giant. “Everyday Robots will no longer be
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Plus LumaFusion comes to Android and ChromeOS, and PlayStation holds another trailer showcase. Continue reading…
Read MorePhoto by Emme Hall for The Verge Electrified powertrains are not favored by many fans of rock-crawling, off-roading events like California’s King of the Hammers. But Keith and Melissa Silva pushed themselves and their rig to the limit at this year’s Every Man Challenge. Continue reading…
Read MoreBuzzwords drive the IT industry—always have and always will. This holds true whether you deal with structured programming, object-oriented programming, client/server, distributed objects, enterprise application integration, data warehousing, and service-oriented architecture. Now it’s cloud computing with all its related buzzwords. We tend to chase the hyped trends. This industrywide practice drove me to coin the
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 lineup is coming, but what about the biggest, most powerful model? Here’s everything we know about the iPhone 15 Pro Max so far.
Read MoreA new report says Apple VR will be followed by two new options in 2025, a high-end and low-end version.
Read MoreHUAWEI is back with another pair of solid headphones. This time we’re looking at the HUAWEI FreeLace Pro, the company’s sporty neckband-style wireless earbuds. Following their launch in September, HUAWEI FreeLace Pro are available in Europe, where they sell for €119.
Read MoreCredit: Motorola/Bullitt Motorola and Bullitt Group have launched the Motorola Defy 2 and CAT S75 smartphones with built-in two-way satellite messaging. The phones have the exact same harware but are available in different regions. Motorola has also announced a compact satellite link device that gives any Android and iOS device satellite connectivity. Motorola and Bullitt
Read MoreQualcomm used an Android phone to generate an AI image in under 15 seconds. The task was completed on-device without an internet connection. The company used a phone powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Stable Diffusion. Qualcomm has demonstrated the ability for Android phones to generate AI images within seconds using simple text
Read MoreEverything you need to know about Find My and how to use the Find My Network.
Read MoreIf you wanted to try Google Pixel’s Magic Eraser, you now don’t need to go out and buy one.
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Google is running tests that block access to news for some Canadian users in response to a new bill that could force it and other large platforms like Meta’s Facebook to negotiate deals with news publishers to pay them for content, Reuters reports. The tests will reportedly impact less than four percent
Read MoreSince Russia’s full-scale assault began, Ukraine’s railways evacuated 4 million people and brought 300 foreign delegations to Kyiv.
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority MediaTek revealed it’s working on IoT-NTN and NR-NTN satellite chips. Both chips will be based on an open standard rather than a proprietary solution. The chips will be standalone offerings that can be added to any 4G or 5G device. At MWC 2023, chip manufacturer MediaTek will be showing
Read MoreSometimes a project needs to go big, and [Evan and Katelyn] threw portability to the wind to build the “world’s biggest” laptop. Stretching the believability of “bigger is better,” this laptop features a 43″ screen, an enormous un-ergonomic keyboard, and a trackpad that might be bigger than your hand. Not to be outdone by other
Read MoreBloomberg: The US says the focus of its $39B chip making fund, a part of the $52B CHIPS Act, is on strengthening national security, not subsidizing struggling companies — As President Joe Biden’s administration prepares to accept requests for $39 billion in funding to jumpstart US production of microchips …
Read MoreImage: Eli Ade Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut feels like an experimental remake of Rocky V that finally lets Adonis Creed step outside of his mentor’s shadow. Continue reading…
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