Five years ago, a 38-year-old woman was enjoying an outdoor concert with her family with one of her twin infants in her arms. In the week prior, it had been windy and rainy, but today, the weather was nice, and the concert was crowded. Without warning, a 270-year-old tembusu tree fell on the woman, pinning
Read MoreThe Dyson Zone will initially release in China in January 2023 before being made available for US preorders in March. | Image: Dyson Dyson has released additional details for its Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones, the company’s first audio product we got to test earlier this year. On a new webpage dedicated to the unreleased headphones,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge AI is in at the moment. Everyone is talking to ChatGPT like it’s an AOL chatbot circa 2001, and everyone else is happily handing their pictures over to Lensa so they can see what they’d look like rendered by an artist’s pen. The picture thing has struck me
Read MoreA close-up image of a silicon mono-crystal. Silicon is a crucial component in AI. | Image: Catherine Breslin / Better Images of AI / Silicon Closeup / CC-BY 4.0 Researchers talk about the ‘capability overhang,’ or hidden skills and dangers, of artificial intelligence. As the technology goes mainstream, we’re going to discover a lot of
Read MoreThe Maxwell has a more subdued design than Audeze’s previous gaming headset, the Penrose. | Image credit: Audeze While Razer, Logitech, and other companies are working on their 2023 gaming headsets, Audeze has announced its new Maxwell wireless model that starts at $299 with support for PlayStation, Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, and mobile — everything
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google is merging the team it has working on the navigation app Waze into the same group that oversees Google Maps, the company has announced. The Wall Street Journal reports that the move is not expected to mark the end of Waze as a separate service, and
Read MoreLauren Forristal / TechCrunch: Cameo launches Cameo Kids, with personalized videos from popular animated characters like Thomas the Tank Engine, Blippi, and CoComelon’s Nina, for $25 to $30 — Cameo today launched Cameo Kids, its new video messaging service that features personalized videos from popular animated characters …
Read MoreBlockchain application has now reached a pinnacle point, as industries, including the likes of banking, financial services, governance, insurance, media, and supply chain management, among others, now realize the capabilities blockchain holds. The now widespread adoption of blockchain applications in some of the world’s most lucrative industries comes as no ordinary occurrence. The inception of
Read MoreThere are a lot of fantastic wireless speakers on the market. Here are our favorites and top picks of the year.
Read MoreIKEA has announced the new SYMFONISK Floor Lamp Speaker, a new addition to its lineup of Sonos-powered smart lamps.
Read MoreTwitter will charge iPhone users more for Twitter Blue when it relaunches, all because it doesn’t want to give Apple a cut of sales.
Read MoreThese favorites from the second half of the year teach us about Ukrainian and Chinese-American cuisines, cocktails, and sourdough loaves.
Read MoreYou can read ebooks, write notes, or mark up PDFs on this new slate, but your wallet will feel a lot lighter.
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Here at The Verge, we are just as eager to take advantage of sales and other good deals as anyone else (more so, perhaps, since we do have a slight interest in cool new stuff). What with inflation and all, the name of the game this year has
Read MoreCredit: Motorola Motorola has announced the latest addition to its budget-friendly lineup. The Moto G Play (2023) has 32GB of storage, a 16MP triple camera, and a 90Hz display. The Moto G Play (2023) is available in the US and Canada on January 12. Motorola has a wide range of handsets that span the budget-friendly
Read MoreThe iOS 16.2 update will bring 5G support to iPhones in India when it arrives later this month.
Read MoreElizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: A look at CoinDesk’s blockbuster Alameda scoop, which led to FTX’s collapse and bankruptcy, and its negative impact on CoinDesk parent Digital Currency Group — What happens when a story has impact? … Depending on how you look at it, this is either a cautionary tale about how small …
Read MoreCredit: Netflix Netflix Christmas movies are becoming more and more of a tradition for people who love to binge-watch holiday films. Indeed, the streaming service has a ton of original and exclusive Christmas movies to stream, and more are being added for the 2022 season. But which of the Netflix Christmas movies are the best?
Read MoreTony Romm / Washington Post: A profile of incoming GOP House majority whip Tom Emmer, a rare crypto advocate who has developed close ties to the industry in a skeptical Congress — Tom Emmer had a message: Embrace cryptocurrency, and the campaign checks would soon follow. — It was August 2020, and the Minnesota congressman
Read MoreThe discount only applies when you bundle the company’s latest smart bulbs and select items. | Image: Philips Hue Whether you’re looking to decorate your home with colorful smart lights or shopping for that perfect holiday gift, Philips Hue lights are popping with color, decent brightness, and broad compatibility with voice assistants. They tend to
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Spotify is arguably the king of music streaming services right now, but then, so was Napster once. It isn’t the only excellent audio streaming service out there, and it might not even be the best for you. We’ve decided to take a look at the best Spotify alternatives currently
Read MoreYou’ve activated my… Reddit trading card! | Card images: Reddit It’s app recap season once again, and Reddit is getting in on the moment with its second annual personalized recap. This year, your recap will include an autogenerated trading card that represents you and your Reddit experience in 2022. Like other recaps, Reddit’s features a
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: a letter by Foxconn founder Terry Gou to China’s leadership, sent over a month ago during unrest in Zhengzhou, helped accelerate looser COVID-19 rules — Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou warned that the government’s strict policies would threaten its position in global supply chains
Read MoreInbar Preiss / The Block: European Commission proposes rules requiring all digital asset providers report transactions of EU-based clients to tax authorities, starting on January 1, 2026 — – Companies offering EU residents crypto services will need to report on transactions to tax authorities.
Read MoreGoogle launched the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro in October and pushed a small security patch with some bug fixes in November. Now, the latest Google phones are getting their first major Feature Drop update with enhanced call quality, a free VPN, and more. It’s a big patch, but you can download and install
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