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Hate is a strong word, but it’s more than appropriate when it comes to these mobile UI and UX strategies. With over 50 percent of website traffic now originating from mobile, businesses need to try harder when it comes to converting smartphone users who have a much lower conversion rate. Remember that some of these strategies are bothersome even on a desktop browser, but can often be detrimental to mobile users. 1. Intrusive pop-ups and interstitials Ethan Zuckerman claims to have wr

Nintendo is adding a new layer of security to its online accounts: users can now enable two-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized access.To enable the authentication method, users are prompted to download Google Authenticator, which will provide them with a code when logging in.The move is long overdue. Sony implemented two-factor authentication last year after a number of hacks that compromised user details, while other companies such as Steam and Microsoft have utilized the system for

For the first time, the federal government has officially informed states that their election systems might have been targeted by foreign actors. The Department of Homeland Security told Congress this summer that it suspected that 21 states were targeted, but it wasn’t until Friday that they told local election officials, according to the Associated Press.In June, DHS Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity and Communications Jeanette Manfra told a US Senate Intelligence Committee t

I feel like I'm going to be the last person on Earth to get Instagram's archive feature. All my friends have been able to hide their old photos for months. Most got the tool way back in June when Instagram announced that the feature would accompany its 10.21 release for iOS and Android. But not me.
Instagram's first tests of the features go back even further; some Verge staffers saw it on their accounts in late May. Archiving lets users choose posts to take off their grid. Instead of deleting th

Every time I think of Michel Gondry, I have this picture in my mind of the absolute weirdest stuff from The Science of Sleep and just get immediately turned off. It all seems so ridiculous out of context that I forget how well it can all add up in the actual moment.
Mood Indigo, which came out in the US in 2014, was one I had kind of written off. But I rented it last weekend and remembered just how great Gondry's strange styles and animations and turns of plot can be.
The movie is worth watching

The iPhone 8 has finally arrived, and iFixit got a jump on its teardown of the updated device by traveling to Sydney, Australia to pick it up a bit early. Its examination of the phone shows that while it’s similar in some respect to the iPhone 7, you really want to make sure that you don’t break that glass back.Apple claimed that the glass in the phone’s back is really strong, but now that it’s out in the hands of users, we’ll get a good idea of how durable it reall

This week, we rounded up some exciting deals on everything from gadgets to laptops to cameras — including the super cute Elago Apple Watch stand. It’s now $9 on Amazon, and my colleague Nick Statt mentions that it’s the only smartwatch stand you’ll ever need.
Our favorite deal of the week is the 1More headphones. The brand (via Amazon) is giving The Verge readers an exclusive 20 percent discount on two of our favorite models, the Triple Driver and Quad Driver in-ear headp

It’s an old question: should designers code? And it gets a lot of people riled up whenever brought up in a conversation. So, why are we still talking about it? Well, there’s a few reasons as to why, but it’s mostly because of the reality that, now more than ever, companies are searching for designers that understand HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Hold on.. so does that mean I need to learn coding now too, on top of my design qualifications? Not exactly, but there’s defin

Nintendo will issue a new update to its iOS and Android game Super Mario Run on September 29th, which will include a new world, mode, and playable character.The update will introduce a new mode called Remix 10, which randomly splices together 10 sections from the game’s various levels in quick succession and rewards players with rainbow medals. Completing the various stages will allow players to rescue Princess Daisy and subsequently play as her throughout the rest of the game. Players wil

This spring, genealogy service Ancestry.com was accused of secretly claiming rights to users’ DNA sequences. The company quickly changed its policy, denying any wrongdoing. But it was only the latest reminder of broadly companies can “own” information like biometric details, mental engagement, and even ideas. And it’s the kind of dangerous intersection of intellectual property rights and personal freedom that’s at the heart of Autonomous, the engaging debut novel of

As I think about the parallels between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and technologies that have had an impact on their marketplaces, I often come back to the analogy of hybrid and electric cars. People who buy those cars may have a basic understanding of how the technologies work, but most tend to focus on the benefits that come with an investment in the technology, notably spending less on gas while also helping to save the environment. For today’s consumers, it’s not necessarily th

For the latest Google Doodle, the search giant is honoring an award-winning chemist whose research in organic chemistry had a profound impact on how plants are used for medicinal purposes.This award-winning chemist also happened to be a woman. Asima Chatterjee was the first female scientist to earn a doctorate in science from an Indian University. (Because women can do science too, Google memo dude.)
The design of the Google Doodle is striking. It’s been transformed into a skeletal formula

Football players are lashing out at Donald Trump after the president went on an extended rant about athlete activism at a rally Friday night.
Trump called on NFL owners to fire players who kneel or otherwise protest during the national anthem and encouraged fans to boycott the league.
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"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the f

If you watched just the first few minutes of Lady Gaga's new Netflix documentary "Gaga: Five Foot Two," you'd be forgiven for thinking she's only a pampered pop star who has her every need met with a snap of her fingers.  
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In the opening scene, Gaga strolls through her luxurious Malibu estate in a revealing body suit and sweats. She feeds pieces of chicken to her adorable dogs. She eats food someone el

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Protecting Rainbow Land and bringing color to the universe is a full-time job in itself, but those of us without a Color Belt to lend us magical powers have to go to work every dayThis Rainbow Brite-inspired keyboard is your secret weapon to defeating the King of Shadows — or at least the King of Boredom.
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PSA for business owners (current or future): If you've played Sims before, you'll remember having them talk in the mirror to increase charisma. While we're not sure that talking to yourself is such a great way to up your social interaction game, Sims was right in that nonverbal communication is a huge deal — especially in the business world.
Mastering the art of body language can actually

As I hate bugs with every cell of my body, it’s rare that a bug story makes me feel toasty inside. But thanks to Sophia Spencer, an 8-year-old girl who adores bugs, I’m slightly reconsidering my revulsion. See, Sophia just got an author’s credit in a scientific journal called Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
Sophia had been made fun of for even being interested in bugs. Other kids called her weird. She didn’t know any other girls who were interested in bugs

The Wu-Tang Clan and pharma bro saga continues.
On the new Wu-Tang track "Lesson Learn'd," Inspectah Deck raps, "my price hikin' like the pills Martin Shkreli sell," calling out the pharmaceutical executive-turned-convict, who recently had his bail revoked after offering his Facebook followers a $5,000 reward for a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair.SEE ALSO: Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli trolls journalists in the most menacing way
Pharma bro and Wu-Tang go way back. 
It all started back in 2015,

The Wu-Tang Clan and pharma bro saga continues.
On the new Wu-Tang track "Lesson Learn'd," Inspectah Deck raps, "my price hikin' like the pills Martin Shkreli sell," calling out the pharmaceutical executive-turned-convict, who recently had his bail revoked after offering his Facebook followers a $5,000 reward for a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair.SEE ALSO: Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli trolls journalists in the most menacing way
Pharma bro and Wu-Tang go way back. 
It all started back in 2015,

Tali is back and this time she puts her own feminine spin on "Link" from classic Legend of Zelda series.
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At the Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn, fans have gathered to enjoy a weekend of friends, fun, and video games at 'ESL One' New York, a professional 'Counter-Strike: Global Offensive' tournament featuring eight of the best teams in the world.
Esports events are definitely a recent phenomenon, pulling diehard fans away from their PCs and into the seats of major sports venues around the world. Read more...
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Star Trek has sustained a seemingly endless amount of discussion for nearly half a century now. And the newly announced spin-off After Dark will continue that tradition for the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery series.
Following in the footsteps of Nerdist host Chris Hardwick — who practically invented the aftershow with The Talking Dead, Talking Bad, and Talking Saul — After Trek will be hosted by fellow Nerdist Matt Mira. (We're assuming Chris Hardwick could not host because he wa

More than 17,000 feet below the ocean's surface, there now lies the "most technologically advanced subsea cable," providing up to 160 terabits (Tbps) of data per second — beating Google's alternative, now poorly named, "Faster." The cable is the handiwork of Facebook, Microsoft, and Spanish telecommunication company Telxius. 
Construction on the cable, which stretches 4,000 miles from Virginia Beach, Virginia to Bilbao, Spain, began in August 2016. Microsoft announced its completion o

Many people will be negatively affected if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. That much has been obvious for a while now.
What you may not have thought of, though, is that an entire industry could suffer.
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Most comic creators, if not all of them, are independent contractors, which means that they rely on ACA for their health care. Writer Van Jensen, who has written James Bond and The Flash comics, rea

Imagination Technologies, the UK-based chip maker that used to provide Apple with its mobile graphics components, has agreed to sell itself to Canyon Bridge, a Silicon Valley-based private equity firm backed by the Chinese fund Yitai Capital. The news, first reported today by the Financial Times, comes nearly six months after Apple, Imagination’s biggest customer, announced that it would no longer require the company’s services. Canyon Bridge is paying £550 million ($743.2 mill

Germany heads to the polls on Sunday and, as the country's election quickly approaches, signs of a giant Russian effort to sway voters are vanishingly small.
Russia-linked hackers actually launched their most obvious cyber assault on Germany more than two years ago, which was thought to be just the start of a coming onslaught on German election integrity. But there are currently few signs that the country has achieved anything like the success it had in the U.S.
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The latest trailer for the upcoming game Souther Park: The Fractured But Whole is a direct reference to Kanye West's video game project called Only One, which is about his mother going to heaven.
In the trailer above, the green fish that the player character and Seaman come across is a stand-in for West, who was parodied in a 2009 South Park episode as singing a song called "Gay Fish," where he raps about having sexual relations with male fish. The fish in the trailer asks the player character