Illustration: The Verge The Federal Trade Commission is investigating multiple crypto companies over allegations of deceptive conduct, as first reported by Bloomberg on Monday. “While we can’t comment on current events in the crypto markets or the details of any ongoing investigations, we are investigating several firms for possible misconduct concerning digital assets,” an FTC
Read MoreApple chipmaker TSMC is set to triple its investment into a new plant in Arizona, but it won’t be used to build Apple’s best iPhone and Mac chips.
Read MoreAaron Holmes / The Information: Sources: Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” combining shopping, messaging, search, news, and other services, drawing inspiration from WeChat — Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that could combine shopping, messaging, web search …
Read MoreMatt Huynh / The Verge How to Replace the Sky, a comic by Matt Hyunh. At the end of 2020, the painting software I’d used my entire professional life updated itself with a new button. Illustration of a Photoshop window, with the Sky Replacement tool selected in a menu. I made my living as a
Read MoreFilling up the heart meter gets you gifts. | Image: Carrot One of Carrot Weather’s main selling points, besides the fact that it’s a genuinely very good app for getting the forecast, is its character. The app has an “AI” that will serve up scalding insults and timely jokes alongside the “feels like” temperature (the
Read MorePhoto by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Polestar is offering an over-the-air (OTA) software update that boosts the electric Polestar 2’s performance by 68 horsepower. And rather than lock it behind an annual paywall as other automakers have done, the Chinese-Swedish company says it will only charge a one-time fee of $1,195. The upgrade adds
Read MoreThe end of the year is often a time for people to exchange presents and — of course — the rich want to buy each other the best presents. The Neiman Marcus company was famous for having a catalog of gift ideas. Many were what you’d consider normal gifts, but there were usually extreme ones,
Read MoreStarfield. (Image: Bethesda)Well, it’s finally happening. After a long period of hemming and hawing (and, to be fair, some pretty ugly economic fluctuations), Microsoft has made the decision to bump first-party Xbox game prices from $59.99 to $69.99. The change marks Xbox’s first significant price increase in nearly 17 years. Beginning in 2023, Xbox Series
Read MoreYou can use your spirit ash summons to help you in battle against other players. | Image: Bandai Namco As if there weren’t enough stuff to do already in Elden Ring, Bandai Namco announced that the open-world fantasy game is getting a multiplayer update that adds a new colosseum environment made expressly for player versus
Read MorePerfect for the holidays. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple on Tuesday announced Apple Music Sing, a karaoke experience that will be built right into the Apple Music app. With Apple Music Sing, you’ll be able to follow along with Apple Music’s real-time lyrics and adjust the volume of the vocals so
Read MorePhoto Illustration by Will Joel / The Verge The best of Bobs, the worst of Bobs. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: CD Projekt Red In a video outlining Gwent’s 2023 roadmap, the developers at CD Projekt Red shared an important if sad update: no more new cards will be released post 2023 and active support for the game will be ending. The game’s final batch of 72 cards will be released in three groups in
Read MoreImage: Crunchyroll Suzume, the next feature from the director behind Weathering With You and Your Name, is releasing internationally next April. Crunchyroll announced the news today, revealing that Makoto Shinkai’s next feature will be in theaters outside of Asia starting on April 12th (it debuted in Japan last month). Here’s the full schedule: April 12th
Read MoreFinancial Times: A look at a spreadsheet SBF used in November that lists ~500 alleged VC investments by Alameda, including in Genesis, Sky Mavis, Paxos, StarkWare, and Anchorage — A look inside Sam and Caroline’s grab-bag of crypto, etc. — As well as running a crypto exchange that didn’t exchange crypto …
Read MoreSennheiser’s audio gear is consistently excellent, and the Momentum 4 are no different. They’re also now half the price of the AirPods Max – and arguably a much better buy.
Read MoreImage: Kodiak Robotics Kodiak Robotics, the autonomous truck startup, will receive $49.9 million to help the US Army develop self-driving vehicles for reconnaissance, surveillance, and other “high-risk” missions. The Mountain View, California-based company, which primarily builds self-driving systems for freight trucks, will develop the vehicles for the US Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program. The collaboration
Read MoreWith gas prices soaring in Europe, I tried a new thermostat system that promises savings and lets you control temperature for individual rooms.
Read MoreAssassin’s Creed Valhalla is one of the games you’ll be able to play on Luna if you already own it. | Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft and Amazon will now let you play some titles you own for PC via Ubisoft Connect on Amazon’s Luna cloud gaming service, the two companies announced on Tuesday. That means it
Read MoreThe product guru made Ledger’s new hardware wallet—a tiny vault for digital cash—flashy and fun. Plus, with this gadget you’ll never get FTX’d.
Read MoreConcerns about artificial intelligence replacing long-haul drivers are not new, but the real story is more nuanced.
Read MorePhoto by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Rad Power Bikes, the number one seller of e-bikes in North America, discovers that when it comes to power, stability, and fun, three is the magic number. Continue reading…
Read MoreCredit: Rad Power The Rad Power Rad Trike is the company’s newest — and most requested — electric bike. It has a huge payload capacity of 415 pounds and even goes in reverse. It’s designed to be a true car replacement. The Rad Trike is available for pre-order now in the US for $2,499. For
Read MoreAnticipation is starting to build for AMD’s next-gen graphics cards. The company is deploying an unusual, month-long delay between the announcement and the on-sale date next week. With cards starting to be shipped to retailers, Asus has become the first company to announce specs for its offerings. It’ll be using its The Ultimate Force (TUF)
Read MoreImage: Warner Bros. Pictures You’ll have to wait a bit to see Parasite director Bong Joon-ho’s next project. The sci-fi film, called Mickey 17, will hit theaters on March 29th, 2024. The news was revealed via the briefest of teaser trailers, which shows star Robert Pattinson hanging around shirtless in some kind of tube. The
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Norwegian grocery delivery startup Oda raised ~$151M from Kinnevik and others at a ~$353M post-money valuation, down from ~$900M in April 2021 — Online grocery delivery, a booming business at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, has definitely come down to earth with the other shifts we’ve seen …
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