Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge WeWork — sorry, The We Company — is in freefall, and has been since its disastrous attempt to go public earlier this year. The co-working company’s S-1 filing revealed a whole bunch of chicanery, mostly in service of enriching Adam Neumann, its founder and CEO. Neumann’s bad behavior,
Read MoreYou can still preorder a Premiere Edition to play shortly after launch Continue reading… Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service is coming November 19th: Everything you need to know Source: New feed
Read MoreIn more ‘Third Party Sellers Are Ruining Online Shopping and Putting Our Safety at Risk’ news, your kid’s car seat could be a fake. Read more… How to Make Sure Your Kid's Car Seat Isn't a Knock-Off Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreThe Google Pixel 4 is out. and reviews have been both exalting and somewhat tepid. In terms of flagship phone launches, the Pixel 4 isn’t revolutionary, though it improves upon its predecessors. If you upgraded already, don’t fret. The Pixel 4 has plenty of specs and features to brag about. Read more… The Best Hidden
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This week on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller welcome back Verge reporter and artist Dami Lee to discuss the biggest news that came out of Adobe Max 2019. Dami was able to attend the event focused on updates in creator software and reported
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix has announced that it’s dropping support for a number of old devices, including old Samsung and Vizio smart TVs, and first-generation Roku boxes. If you’re still using one of these devices, then from December 1st, you’ll need to either buy a new streaming box or replace your
Read MoreFrom the design and construction of skyscrapers to picking the right sofa, virtual reality is infiltrating real estate in new ways. How Virtual Reality is Augmenting Realty Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge ‘There’s opportunity for people to see the wonder in science.’ Continue reading… Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s Community of Microbes: a celebration of color and science Source: New feed
Read MoreThe new Microsoft convertible tablet is a lot more repairable, iFixit says. Surface Pro X teardown reveals a 'repair-friendly' Microsoft tablet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSolid discounts on this year’s holiday hits including Vizio TVs, the Apple Watch and iPad, the Xbox and more. Walmart Black Friday 2019: These are the best deals so far – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s nothing I like more on bright and cold autumnal days than heading down to the park and watching the robot dogs playing in piles of leaves. To hear the scuttle of their little metal legs! To imagine the joy in their tiny silicon brains! Ah, what bliss. If you’ve not experienced these delights before,
Read MoreRed Dead Redemption 2 finally released on PC this week, and things have not gone well for Rockstar. Yesterday, Samit Sarkar at our sister site Polygon reported on various technical issues PC players are experiencing, and I can confirm that I’ve seen some of them for myself over the past week. While I didn’t have
Read MoreIn a recent story for the Atlantic, staff writer Amanda Mull described two kinds of travelers: those who arrive for a flight at least a few hours in advance—and those who actively enjoy the adrenaline-fueled thrill of arriving late. Read more… How to Never Miss a Flight Again Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreEarly deals are live, and new “daily doorbusters” will be offered each day starting Nov. 11. Black Friday sales in full swing at Best Buy: Major price cuts on Apple Watch, MacBook Air and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCritics say the company isn’t doing enough to police ads. The Technology 202: Facebook under fire after ads identifying whistleblower spread on its platform Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSen. Richard Blumenthal calls on Uber and Lyft to improve safety practices and implement fingerprinting for drivers. Sen. Blumenthal calls on Uber, Lyft to share data on risky drivers, implement fingerprinting Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe video app has been a runaway success around the world. But U.S. lawmakers have recently taken a strong disliking to it. The Week in Tech: TikTok Is in Trouble Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreI’m always thrilled to get “help me out with a tech problem” letters in my inbox, and I’ve had quite a few lately related to PC upkeep—likely prompted by this Tech 911 question I answered last month. I’m back with another one today, and it’s a twist on the ol’ “How do I make something
Read MoreWe’re nearly two months out from the launch of Apple Arcade, and things haven’t slowed down much: excellent new games from well-known creators still regularly hit the subscription service. The latest is Guildlings, a quirky fantasy adventure game developed by some of the minds behind Threes and The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom, which launches today.
Read MorePhoto By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images In 2016, election infrastructure across the country was targeted by foreign actors. Some voters in North Carolina were told they already voted when they hadn’t. Russian hackers broke into two networks in Florida. And most notably, the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee left the entire
Read MoreWe’ll need “a thousand ships” to get it done, says SpaceX’s chief. He expects each Starship launch to cost just over 1% of what NASA spends. Elon Musk: Building Mars city starts with super-cheap Starship launches – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping, the holidays are drawing ever nearer, and you know what that means: It’s pie season. But pie can definitely be fickle, and tricky, and infuriating to make. You deserve an expert on pie—someone whose pies have been recommended by everyone from the Village Voice to… Read more… Let’s
Read MoreDevelopers love Python, Microsoft’s GitHub says, also revealing the site’s biggest open-source projects. Programming languages: Python overtakes Java on GitHub as Google Dart use soars Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreThe good news is that it’s only $250, but the bad news is that it’s 1:18 scale. Tesla's offering a new, more affordable version of Roadster Gen 2 – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreMuch like Facebook and its tech peers, Google struggles to spot and shield users from potentially problematic political ads — and disclose what it’s removed — with the 2020 presidential election a year away. Why did Google take action against some pro-Trump ads? It’s one of the many mysteries of its political ad rules. Source:
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