~theverge | Bookmarks (698)
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Applying the mathematical principles of Pareto to Mario Kart 8
If you’re the kind of Mario Kart 8 player who cares about winning and not just...
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Kia’s more affordable EV2 is getting ready to undercut Tesla
The Kia EV2, the automaker’s small, affordable electric crossover, has been spotted on the street in...
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Target confirms it’s all but completely ditching DVDs in physical stores
Target is scaling back the presence of physical media in its stores. A spokesperson for Target...
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How Phish turned Las Vegas’ Sphere into the ultimate music visualizer
Phish at the Sphere was always going to be wildly different compared to U2’s opening residency...
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The Hades 2 technical test is a trial in self-control
Imagine the most perfect barbecue — a prolific spread of smoked meats, all the right sides,...
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Google’s HD Chromecast is going for just $20
Almost any TV you can buy these days supports streaming in some form or fashion, but...
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Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down
Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, is shutting...
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Maybe I don’t want a Rosey the Robot after all
As a child of the 1980s, my perception of the smart home has been dominated by...
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Netflix is all about the money, not the members
Netflix is moving beyond subscriber numbers. In its first quarter earnings results released on Thursday, Netflix...
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Senate advances vote on reauthorizing warrantless surveillance program
The Senate is moving forward on a vote to reauthorize a controversial program that allows warrantless...
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Your Happy Hacking Keyboard deserves some fresh caps
Listen, I don’t want to be the guy who always posts about weird keyboard stuff. I...
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All the news on Qi2 wireless charging
The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has (finally) released the new Qi2 standard that will help new...
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Meta says Llama 3 beats most other models, including Gemini
The next generation of Meta’s large language model Llama, which releases today to cloud providers like...
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The podcast industry keeps reinventing itself
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry.Today is my last...
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The Humane AI Pin is lost in translation
Of all the things the Humane AI Pin promised, I was most intrigued by translation. In...
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You should be playing Music League
Writing about the decline of Pitchfork made me sad about the music industry — and also...
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The future of the Xbox looks a lot like a PC
When I reviewed the Xbox Series X nearly four years ago, I called the console a...
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A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App Store
Just two days after Apple removed the iGBA emulator from the iOS App Store, an NES...
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Report: TikTok’s efforts to silo US data are ‘largely cosmetic’
Since 2022, TikTok has undertaken a massive, expensive effort to silo off its US operations —...
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Motorola’s new $130 earbuds are a Bose collab
A new wooden Edge phone isn’t all that Motorola announced today. The company also introduced two...
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People are afraid of self-driving cars — can the industry change that?
Forget the fact that most autonomous vehicles operate each day safely, anonymously, and without fanfare. There...
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Take it slow in this stop-motion sci-fi adventure
Harold Halibut moves at its own pace. A point-and-click adventure built with real-world materials and then...