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Photo: Chris Welch / The Verge Verizon is continuing the rollout of its fast but spotty 5G service by bringing 5G to 13 NFL stadiums for kickoff weekend this Sunday. But the speedier network will only be available in “parts of the seating areas” and “could” be available in other parts of the stadiums. That type of hedging doesn’t exactly inspire confidence that Verizon’s 5G will let you post that touchdown celebration from the stands.5G is still in its infanc

Photo: Nick Wiegand / Instagram Apple may be warning owners of its new titanium credit card against storing the card in leather wallets for fear it could tarnish its all-white finish, but the company may have inadvertently created the perfect canvas for savvy DIYers.Twitter user Nick Wiegand clued us into this when he posted a picture this afternoon to Twitter and Instagram of his Apple Card after he sent it through a CNC machine, which is a computer-controlled machine tooling device. The resul

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't afraid to call out an error when he sees one.
Porsche unveiled its first all-electric vehicle Wednesday, the Taycan Turbo, and the performance version, the Taycan Turbo S. Since the Taycan Turbo unveiling, it's been compared to Tesla's own luxury sedan, the Model S.
The electric Porsche has two electric motors, an 800-volt battery, regenerative power, but no internal combustion engine. It's an electric car. So Musk, maker of several all-electric vehicles, pointed that o

Apple Music is getting a big expansion today with a new web interface that will let subscribers stream music directly from a browser without having to install iTunes or a separate Apple Music app. The new web interface launches today as a public beta for subscribers at beta.music.apple.com.The interface looks a lot like Apple’s new standalone Music app that the company is launching with macOS Catalina later this year, except it runs inside a web browser. Apple says that it should work in a

Motorola has a second new phone for its One series, which it announced at IFA 2019: the Motorola One Zoom. It offers four rear cameras (including a 3x zoom lens that gives the phone its name), while still hitting a fairly affordable $449.99 price point.The standout feature here is obviously the camera system, which, as mentioned, has a total of four lenses: a main camera with a 48-megapixel sensor (which shoots quad-pixel 12-megapixel stills and offers OIS), an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 3x

Move over Android Auto. In certain General Motors vehicles, the built-in infotainment system will now be Google-powered. That means Google Assistant will be the car's native voice assistant, the Google Play store will offer in-vehicle apps and tools made for a driving experience, and most importantly, Google Maps will be the system's default map.
Starting in 2021, certain Chevy, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac vehicles will have Google services baked into their infotainment systems for direction, media

Photo: Richard Foreman/ Hulu Blumhouse Productions was in the news quite a bit in August 2019 due to the uproar over the movie The Hunt. Co-produced by Blumhouse founder Jason Blum, the satirical thriller was pulled from release by distributor Universal Pictures after right-wing pundits slammed the film’s trailer, saying it appeared to endorse the idea of wealthy liberal elites stalking and killing salt-of-the-earth middle-American conservatives.
Amid the furor, Blumhouse quietly announce

Dorian is still alive and menacing.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hurricane hunters flew through Hurricane Dorian's eye on Thursday morning, revealing the "stadium-like" phenomena at the storm's core. Engineer Nick Underwood, who often captures rich cyclone footage from aboard NOAA planes, posted the video on Twitter.
Eyes are indicative of powerful cyclones (Dorian packed 110 mph maximum sustained winds as of 11 a.m. ET on Thursday). At the storm's core, violent thunder

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Lenovo was one of the first companies to build a Google Assistant-powered smart display, and at IFA 2019 it’s introducing a few new Google Assistant display options: a smaller Smart Display 7 and a pair of Smart Tab tablets that run Android, but offer enhanced Assistant integration thanks to a new Ambient Mode feature.First up is the Smart Display 7, which joins Lenovo’s larger Smart Display 8 and Smart Display 10 models. As the name implies, it offer

Image: Google Today at IFA, Google is announcing a new feature for Google Assistant: Ambient Mode. On a few upcoming Android phones and tablets, this new mode will turn those devices into something like a Google Nest Hub (neé Google Home Hub) display when docked. It will show calendar info, weather, notifications, reminders, music controls, and smart home controls. Also like the Nest Hub smart display, it will automatically show a slideshow from your Google Photos account.
It’s not

After being dethroned from the Billboard Hot 100 chart by resident "bad guy" Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X is back to prove that it's a "Panini" world, and we're just living in it.
Lil Nas X dropped the music video for his single "Panini" off of his debut EP "7" on Thursday morning. After giving us big Back to the Future 3 vibes with his music video for "Old Town Road," where was there left to go? Well, back to the future, of course. 
The video presumably takes place in the same LNXCU (Lil Nas X

Facebook and flirting: What could go wrong?
Facebook launched its dating platform, Facebook Dating, in the U.S. on Thursday. The service is opt-in, and won't match you with your Facebook contacts (unless you want it to, through its embarrassment-inducing "Secret Crush" feature).
Still, there are plenty of issues with the concept, the first of them being user error. As many have pointed out on Twitter, it seems like only a matter of time before Facebook's Boomer-aged user base accidentally reveal

Illustration by Alex Castro and Grayson Blackmon / The Verge It seems like every few days there’s another example of a convincing deepfake going viral or another free, easy-to-use piece of software (some even made for mobile) that can generate convincing video or audio that’s designed to trick someone into believing a piece of virtual artifice is real. But according to The Wall Street Journal, there may soon be serious financial and legal ramifications to the proliferation of deepfa

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Apple’s September 10th hardware event is just a few days away, and there’s lots of news and hardware to look forward to. Reports indicate that you should expect three new iPhones with the same screen sizes and resolutions as the iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max. The 2019 lineup will also likely have a different naming scheme: if one popular rumor is true, your next phone might be called the iPhone 11 Pro Max.
What else is new? There might be a lot, actual

Reductress is a well-known feminist satire site that skewers clickbait-y women’s media — popular articles include “Wealthy Friend A Totally Free Spirit” and “These Women Are Beautiful, Even Though They Are All Freshwater Catfish.” Facebook periodically tries to cut back on sensational, low-quality “clickbait” content by reducing the reach of pages that post it. Facebook is also a gargantuan platform policed by a combination of automated systems and

Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images General Motors will use Google’s new Android Automotive OS to power the infotainment systems in its cars starting in 2021, the two companies announced on Thursday. That means Google Assistant, Maps, and other automotive-approved Android apps will be available in GM’s cars via the Play Store without requiring the use of an Android smartphone.
All GM brands outside of China will offer the native automotive version of Android, which is built on Andro

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Samsung may have finally fixed the Galaxy Fold and confirmed new release dates for the foldable phone, but anyone who preordered the phone earlier this year may still be out of luck: Samsung is emailing customers to cancel all preorders while it “rethink[s] the entire customer experience” surrounding the sale of the phone, as seen in a tweets from YouTuber M. Brandon Lee and others.A Samsung representative confirmed that the company is can

TL;DR: Buy the powerful Apple Mac mini with Intel Core i5 processor on sale for $949 at Amazon. With this $150 discount, you get this compact desktop computer at it's lowest price yet. With good reason, the MacBook Pro is a favorite among anyone who wants Apple reliability, power, and portability. But there are those who need even more computing capabilities for intensive jobs. Need to render video, build apps, or create thousands of SpongeBob memes? Then take the next giant step and check

Image: Jabra Jabra’s Elite 65t true wireless earbuds were the default recommended alternative to AirPods for a long time. They were one of the first pairs to nail the basics of solid connectivity, satisfactory battery life, and good-enough sound quality. But other companies like Sony, Beats, and Samsung have managed to catch up in recent months. So it makes sense that at IFA 2019, Jabra is ready to unveil what’s next. The Elite 75t earbuds aren’t a significant change of pace f

When the Chicago Bears play the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night, it won't just kick off the 2019 NFL season. It will also introduce NFL fans at 13 stadiums to Verizon's highly anticipated 5G service. 
Not all of the following stadiums are hosting games this weekend, but they will have the service to start the season:Bank of America Stadium (Carolina Panthers) 
Broncos Stadium at Mile High (Denver Broncos) 
CenturyLink Field (Seattle Seahawks)
Ford Field (Detroit Lions)
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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge So many New Yorkers have dropped their AirPods onto subway tracks this summer that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering issuing a PSA to ask commuters not to take their AirPods on or off while entering or exiting trains, according to The Wall Street Journal.MTA maintenance supervisor Steven Dluginski says the number of lost AirPods first spiked in March after Apple released the AirPods 2, but there’s been a considerable uptic

TL;DR: Save up to $80 on the Mashable's Choice Award-winning Apple Watch Series 4 with GPS and cellular when you shop on Amazon.#TBT to a month ago when the price of the GPS-equipped Apple Watch Series 4 was slashed by $50. At the time, we thought it was an impressive bargain — not its biggest in the site's history, but still pretty decent considering fact that the smartwatch hardly ever goes on sale. (Apple's known for being stingy with its discounts, after all.)
That is, until we st

Fairy tales and horror films often share the same purpose: to provide thrills, scares, and fantasies for people living comfortable lives. But for people whose worlds aren’t already safe, they can take on a whole new meaning. They become a way to process the scariest, most unpredictable aspects of a world that’s impossible to control.
Pulling from the Latin American tradition of magical realism and influenced by Guillermo del Toro’s early work, in particular, Issa López&r

London based adtech startup Spirable has closed a £6M Series A. The round was led by Smedvig Capital, with existing backers Frontline Ventures, Downing Ventures and 24 Haymarket also participating.
The startup is one of several playing in the customized video ads space — offering a platform that simplifies and scales video ad creation by enabling brands and advertisers to combine video templates with creative and data sources to automate the creation and delivery of scores of persona

If you've been holding off on getting a new iPhone because Touch ID is gone, you might only have to wait another year.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly testing iPhone prototypes with a new version of its Touch ID fingerprint sensor that's embedded in the display instead of inside a physical home button.
The new in-display Touch ID would let "a user scan their fingerprint on a large portion of the display, and it would work in tandem with the existing Face ID system."
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TL;DR: The budget-friendly JBL Live 650BTNC noise-canceling headphones are on sale for $159.95, saving you $40.You’ve probably already got your school supplies for the new school year, but what about the nonessentials that make getting an education more enjoyable? Do you have a good pair of noise-canceling headphones to block outside sounds on your walk to campus or during late nights at the library?
If you don’t, that’s OK. There are some decently priced headphones out there.

TL;DR: Get the powerful Marshall Kilburn II portable Bluetooth speaker for $199. Since it's usually priced at $299.99, you'll be saving an impressive 34%. Since the beginning of rock and roll, you’d be hard-pressed to look behind legends the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, or the Who and not spot a few Marshall speakers amplifying their sound to masses of screaming fans. And while time has passed, Spotify now reigns supreme, and we just ended a chart-topping season of “Old

The Verge On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission fined YouTube $170 million for collecting data and targeting ads to children, an alleged violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The fine is relatively small — roughly 1 percent of the service’s annual revenue — but it comes with strict conditions that could spell disaster for the thousands of creators who are making content for children. As part of the settlement, YouTube must stop collectin

Facebook has officially launched Facebook Dating in the United States. 
In its announcement, the company explains how Facebook Dating is a completely different product from Facebook. Users who are 18 and older and have the latest version of the Facebook app will be able to set up their own unique Dating profile, completely separate from their profile on Facebook.Once set up, Facebook will suggest possible matches based on your “preferences, interests, and things you do on Facebook.&rd