The Game Awards were last night. And while we do love a pretty trophy (and are sad The Outer Worlds didn’t take top honors), there’s more to the event than pixel pageantry. Coinciding with the big day, there’s also a PC “Game Festival” going on—all on Steam—that features some great time-locked demos you can play
Read MoreWith 18650 cells as cheap and plentiful as they are, you’d think building your own custom battery packs would be simple. Unfortunately, soldering the cells is tricky, and not everyone is willing to invest in a spot welding setup just to put the tabs on them. Of course that’s only half the battle, you’ll still
Read MoreAn annoying lock screen bug has been bothering some unlucky Android users for months now, locking them out of their devices by way of a weird authentication loop. The bug has been present as far back as September, when it was originally spotted on Pixel XL devices. It remains unfixed and, worse, seems to be
Read MoreIn November, Google said that it was starting to roll out RCS Chat, the successor to SMS, as Android’s primary texting platform, and as of Monday, if you are an Android user on any carrier in the US, you should now be able to use it — though you may need to update your Messages
Read MoreThe maker of the Firefox web-browser joined other tech firms and public-interest advocates to fire their latest salvo Friday: They asked a panel of judges to rehear a case that upheld a decision by the Federal Communications Commission to repeal open-Internet rules last year. Net neutrality supporters ask court to reconsider ruling that upheld FCC
Read MorePolina Marinova / Fortune: WeWork sells SEO startup Conductor, which it bought for $113.6M, back to its management team, shuts down Spacious, which it acquired for $42.5M four months ago — As WeWork looks to sort out its future, the flashy startups it acquired are also seeking a new path forward. WeWork sells SEO startup
Read MoreWith Boris Johnson winning the election in Britain, you’ve probably seen a bunch of headlines about how Brexit is sure to happen. But it’s not that simple. Let’s break down the event and what it means for the U.K.—and what it might (eventually) mean for us in the U.S. Read more… OK, So When Does
Read MoreIllustration by William Joel / The Verge Billboard has announced that YouTube streams will be factored into the Billboard 200 albums chart starting early next year. Video streams from other platforms will also count, including Apple, Spotify, Tidal, and Vevo, and Billboard says the change will also impact genre album consumption charts, like country, Latin,
Read MorePhoto by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Amazon has been steadily growing its logistics operation over the last decade, and it now delivers more than half of all Amazon packages in the US, according to an estimate from Morgan Stanley published on Thursday and reported by CNBC. That’s a staggering increase over the course of
Read MoreFat innkeeper worms aren’t fish. They’re also not very photogenic. 'Penis fish' flood California beach and, yeah, that's messed up – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePlus: Grab an $80 discount on the new 10.2-inch model. The best iPad deals for 2019: The iPad Air now on sale for 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter a bailout by SoftBank, the shared office space company plans to sell customers more services and renegotiate leases with landlords. ‘We Trusted You’: WeWork’s Chair on Adam Neumann and the Future Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreTonight’s nearly full moon is still a visual treat in the night sky, but there’s another light show going on at the same time: the Geminid meteor shower. It’s the second-to-last meteor shower of the year. Read more… How to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreWithout evidence that another potential issue won’t cause problems, NHTSA could demand yet another recall. Another Takata airbag recall takes shape, could affect 100 million inflators – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is just days away, bringing a promised end to the nine-episode Skywalker saga on December 20th. But if you want to catch up on the earlier movies, you can pick up digital copies of Episodes 1 through 6 for the lowest price they’ve ever been: $42.99 over at the
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge When Google announced its relatively inexpensive new Pixelbook Go, it said that a more expensive Pixelbook Go configuration with a 4K screen was on the way, and that model is finally available for purchase (via Android Central). The 4K configuration is more than twice as expensive as the
Read MoreAshley Carman / The Verge: Apple Podcasts and Spotify podcasts are available through Amazon Alexa-enabled devices like Echo speakers in the US, starting today — Sad for HomePod — Starting today, Apple Podcasts is available through Amazon Alexa-enabled devices like Echo speakers. Apple Podcasts and Spotify podcasts are available through Amazon Alexa-enabled devices like Echo
Read MoreDo you love birds? Do you also not hate being outside in the cold? There’s an annual census of birds that occurs each year around this time, and in many locations there’s still time to sign up to help. Read more… There's Still Time to Join the Christmas Bird Count Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreWhen we got all excited about Apple’s new Communication Limits that allow you to restrict who your kid can talk to (and when), we didn’t realize Apple left a big loophole that makes it very easy for your crafty child to bypass these restrictions. Read more… How to Keep Kids From Bypassing iOS 13.3's Communication
Read MoreMicrosoft surprised the heck out of everyone when it revealed the name and look of its next-generation console at the Game Awards last night. Now we know that Microsoft‘s contender, formerly known as Project Scarlett, is called the Xbox Series X. But what else do we know (and not know) so far? Introducing the new
Read MoreWe caught up with Shah Selbe and Jacob Lewallen the morning after their project, FieldKit, won the Hackaday Prize. FieldKit is an open-source field-based research data collection platform. Which is basically a lot of fancy words for saying it’s a system for collecting sensor data in the field without being snagged by the myriad of
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: India shuts down internet in two states that are home to 32M people, after protests over a citizenship bill, as Kashmir shutdown continues into its fourth month — India maintained a shutdown of the internet in the states of Assam and Meghalaya on Friday, now into 36 hours … India shuts
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Game.tv raises $25M Series A led by Intel Capital for Tourney, its rapidly growing AI-powered esports platform focused on small gaming communities — Game.tv has raised $25 million in funding to build out Tourney, its AI-powered esports tournament platform for mobile games. Game.tv raises M Series A led by Intel Capital
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge Starting today, Apple Podcasts is available through Amazon Alexa-enabled devices like Echo speakers. People just have to say, “Alexa, play (insert show name here) on Apple Podcasts” to get a program. Apple Podcasts can be set as the default podcast player from the Alexa app, too, so Amazon
Read MoreA few days ago I was invited to a party. Party invites are always good, and if I can make it to this one I’ll definitely go. It’s from a continental European hackerspace, and it’s for their tenth birthday party. As I spent a while checking ferries and flights it struck me, a lot of
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