• Google News discontinues ‘print replica’ PDFs of magazines

    Google News discontinues ‘print replica’ PDFs of magazines
    Stop me if you’ve heard this, but: Google is discontinuing a product. This time, it’s the print replica magazines in Google News, which are the PDF versions of print pages you could view on phones or via desktop. However, pinching the view on your phone screen to read a PDF of a print magazine page apparently didn’t catch on, and I’m as astonished as you are.Android Police reported that Google sent an email to current magazine subscribers to inform them of the change, eff
  • Mike Bloomberg has spent nearly $15 million to be in your Google search results

    Mike Bloomberg has spent nearly $15 million to be in your Google search results
    Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images The 77-year-old former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is running for president, on a centrist-friendly platform that’s mainly premised on beating incumbent Donald Trump. What makes Bloomberg’s campaign stand out, however, isn’t his positions: it’s how much he’s spending to get his message out. Google “impeachment,” for example, and you’ll probably get an ad at the top of the page that promot
  • This wireless power startup says it can charge your phone using only radio waves

    This wireless power startup says it can charge your phone using only radio waves
    Image: Guru True wireless power transmission, without cords or charging mats, has been a white whale for the technology industry for decades. But a new startup based out of the California Institute of Technology claims it’s figured out how to pull it off in a way that is small, cheap, and efficient enough to be commercialized. Called Guru, the company has built a wireless charging system that transmits electricity using high-frequency radio waves, specifically the millimeter wave (mmWave)
  • 8BitDo’s tiny $20 keychain controller is now available

    8BitDo’s tiny $20 keychain controller is now available
    8BitDo, which is known for its high-quality third-party controllers and its retro-inspired designs, is launching a tiny, keychain-sized Bluetooth controller called the Zero 2. It’s compatible with Windows, macOS, Raspberry Pi, Android devices, and both the Nintendo Switch and the Switch Lite. The controller, which was first teased last summer at E3, is now available to purchase for $20 and it comes in pink, yellow, and turquoise. Unfortunately, it seems the retro Nintendo finish from last
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  • How to Make a Tree With Fractals

    How to Make a Tree With Fractals
    A physicist dilates on the delights of nature’s intricate geometry.
  • The best tech of CES 2019: what happened next?

    The best tech of CES 2019: what happened next?
    Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Taking stock of last year’s big announcements and experimental products Continue reading…
  • How Iran's Hackers Might Strike Back After Soleimani's Assassination

    How Iran's Hackers Might Strike Back After Soleimani's Assassination
    From data-destroying wipers to industrial control system hacking, Iran has a potent arsenal of cyberattacks at its disposal.
  • Today’s deals include the Apple HomePod, Microsoft Surface Go, and Samsung Galaxy phones

    Today’s deals include the Apple HomePod, Microsoft Surface Go, and Samsung Galaxy phones
    Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge The holidays and big sale seasons are over, but that doesn’t mean that all of the deals are gone. While many items are no longer for sale, or now cost more than they did during Black Friday, there are still a few great deals on the internet. We’ve rounded them up for you here.Photo by James Bareham / The Verge
    Apple’s HomePod is on sale for $189.88 at Other World Computing, down from its list price of $299. This is the lowest price we’v
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  • Now the Courts Will Decide Whether Uber Drivers Are Employees

    Now the Courts Will Decide Whether Uber Drivers Are Employees
    A California law aimed at requiring gig economy companies to classify workers as employees took effect Jan. 1. That hardly settled the matter. 
  • Apple now lets you engrave a poop emoji on your AirPods case

    Apple now lets you engrave a poop emoji on your AirPods case
    Apple has long offered the option to engrave text on select products purchased through its online store. And now, you’re able to engrave emoji onto the company’s AirPods cases, too (via MacRumors).
    Apple only lets you engrave a limited set of emoji, but there are some pretty fun options, including the fist bump, all of the Zodiac animals, and the poop emoji. Here are all of the emoji that you can engrave:
    Unfortunately, Apple won’t let you engrave both text and emoji on your Ai
  • Xiaomi says issue that showed strangers’ images on Nest devices is identified but not fully resolved

    Xiaomi says issue that showed strangers’ images on Nest devices is identified but not fully resolved
    Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Images of strangers on a Xiaomi camera’s stream to a Google Nest Hub were due to a “cache update,” Xiaomi told The Verge. The company added that it has fixed the issue, but Nest integration remains suspended until the “root cause has been completely solved.”
    As first reported by Android Police, a Reddit user posted images he said came from his Xiaomi Mijia 1080p Smart IP security camera when he tried to stream from the camera to a G
  • Australia Is Blazing Into the Pyrocene—the Age of Fire

    Australia Is Blazing Into the Pyrocene—the Age of Fire
    Australia’s bushfires have scorched millions of acres, putting millions of people at risk. Welcome to the hellish future of life on Earth.
  • Apple sues security vendor for DMCA violations

    Apple sues security vendor for DMCA violations
    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple is suing an iOS virtualization vendor called Corellium for trafficking under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Apple initially sued the company for copyright infringement in August, alleging that Corellium’s virtualization of iOS was violating Apple’s ownership of the code. The more recent filing expands the case, alleging that Corellium’s sale of the virtualization software counts as trafficking in copyright-protected g
  • Apple files new DMCA charges against security vendor

    Apple files new DMCA charges against security vendor
    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has filed Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) trafficking charges against Corellium, a security vendor offering virtualization tools for iOS. Apple initially sued the company for copyright infringement in August, alleging that Corellium’s virtualization of iOS was violating Apple’s ownership of the code. The more recent filing expands the case, alleging that Corellium’s sale of the virtualization software counts as trafficking
  • Amazon employees who spoke out about climate change could be fired

    Amazon employees who spoke out about climate change could be fired
    Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images At least two Amazon employees pushing for the company to take stronger action on climate change received notices from their employer warning that they could be fired for speaking to the press. The workers are part of the group Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, which published a letter last April calling on the e-commerce giant to adopt a company-wide plan to address climate change. The letter was signed by more than 8,700 employees.
    The Washington Post repo
  • Beeple on creating a zombie Mark Zuckerberg and flesh-eating Baby Yoda to examine the times

    Beeple on creating a zombie Mark Zuckerberg and flesh-eating Baby Yoda to examine the times
    Mike Winkelmann works in a room with side-by-side 65-inch TVs constantly tuned to CNN and Fox News and on computers that are suspended above a bathtub because their 12 combined graphics cards generate too much heat. It’s an odd setup, but perhaps it speaks to the increasingly bizarre and post-apocalyptic artwork that Winkelmann has been putting out recently. “This year, in particular,” Winkelmann says, “I’ve decided I’m just going to do whatever I want.”
  • How to watch the 2020 Golden Globe Awards online

    How to watch the 2020 Golden Globe Awards online
    Photo by: Todd Antony/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Awards season is kicking off this Sunday, January 5th, with the 77th Golden Globe Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The Golden Globes, hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, are seen as an indicator of how the rest of the awards ceremonies, particularly the Oscars, might play out. Unlike the Oscars, the Golden Globes cover both film and television.
    Streaming is an important theme going into this round of a
  • Win a mystery bag to celebrate the launch of Processor, a new newsletter from Dieter Bohn

    Win a mystery bag to celebrate the launch of Processor, a new newsletter from Dieter Bohn
    Photo by Avery White / The Verge It’s a new year, and CES 2020 is about to start, bringing with it a whole bunch of new gadgets that you’ll probably want to buy. But you know what’s better than buying new stuff? Getting new stuff for free!
    We here at The Verge would like to help: we’ve filled a mystery bag full of cool gadgets and gizmos that we’ll be giving away to one lucky reader to celebrate the launch of Processor, Dieter’s newly revamped newsletter.Subs
  • What the hell is Samsung’s ‘artificial human’ project?

    What the hell is Samsung’s ‘artificial human’ project?
    For the past few weeks, a Samsung subsidiary named STAR Labs has been teasing what it calls “Neon” — an “artificial human” that will be unveiled at CES 2020 next week.But what exactly is Neon, and what is an artificial human? So far, we have very few official details, but most signs point toward the release of some sort of digital avatar technology: a realistic CGI human that users can interact with. It could be used for entertainment purposes or by businesses to cr
  • The first anime season of the 2020s starts the decade off strong

    The first anime season of the 2020s starts the decade off strong
    The new decade is starting with over 35 new anime shows, and more than 15 continuing from 2019. In order to help you weed through all of these shows, I’ve put together a list of six that stand out as being the most interesting, whether you are a newcomer or long-running anime fan. Most of these shows are available for viewing internationally the day after they air in Japan, thanks to streaming services like Amazon, Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix, and Hulu.
    Besides the series included bel
  • Samsung announces the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite

    Samsung announces the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite
    S10 Lite After weeks of rumors and leaks, Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite ahead of CES 2020. The two phones are budget versions of its popular 2019 flagships, and promise to bring premium features from those high-end phones down to an affordable price point.
    Both phones feature a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED Infinity-O Display at 2400×1080 resolutions, with a center-mounted hole punch front-facing camera, feature 4,500mAh batteries, and either 6 or 8GB of RA
  • Segway's S-Pod Brings the Hoverchairs From 'WALL-E' to Life

    Segway's S-Pod Brings the Hoverchairs From 'WALL-E' to Life
    You'll soon be able to scoot around town—at 24 mph—without even having to stand up.
  • Segway’s newest self-balancing vehicle is an egg-shaped wheelchair

    Segway’s newest self-balancing vehicle is an egg-shaped wheelchair
    Segway’s newest self-balancing vehicle won’t require you to stand up. Dubbed the S-Pod, the new egg-shaped two-wheeler from Segway-Ninebot is meant to let people sit while they effortlessly cruise around campuses, theme parks, airports, and maybe even cities — all of the same places you’d expect to see one of the company’s iconic (if still a bit dorky) stand-up vehicles.The S-Pod is powered by basically the same gyroscopic self-balancing technology as a traditional
  • Segway-Ninebot unveils an electric kick scooter with cruise control

    Segway-Ninebot unveils an electric kick scooter with cruise control
    Images: Segway-Ninebot Segway-Ninebot has unveiled a handful of new electric kick scooters ahead of next week’s annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including one that the company claims is the “most compact, lightweight, and energy-efficient kick scooter ever introduced to navigate a city environment.”That new $799 e-scooter, called the Air T15, is different from the ones that Segway-Ninebot provides to the e-scooter-sharing services around the world in that it does
  • Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages

    Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages
    Exhausting, expensive, and exclusive, these conferences needs to be modernized. The future of science depends on it.
  • Samsung’s Odyssey G9 curved gaming monitor is a 49-inch QLED monster

    Samsung’s Odyssey G9 curved gaming monitor is a 49-inch QLED monster
    Samsung Odyssey G9 CES 2020 hasn’t started yet, but Samsung is already getting started with a pair of new QLED gaming monitors that look to check nearly every spec box, led by the absolutely massive 49-inch Odyssey G9, Samsung’s curviest screen yet.The Odyssey G9 isn’t the first curved gaming display from Samsung, nor is it the first 49-inch one, or even the first at such a high resolution (that honor goes to last year’s CRG9). But the Odyssey ups the specs in nearly eve
  • Nanoleaf’s smart lighting system learns, senses, and reacts to needs

    Nanoleaf’s smart lighting system learns, senses, and reacts to needs
    Nanoleaf’s interactive Hexagon Unified Light Panels are coming this summer. | Image: Nanoleaf Nanoleaf is stepping beyond decorative light panels with a new smart lighting system. Nanoleaf says its new Learning Series “intuitively learns, senses and reacts to users needs” without relying upon voice or manual controls thanks to the company’s U-IQ sensors and algorithms. The company is also announcing a release date for the interconnecting hexagon light panels first announ
  • Kohler puts an Alexa-enabled smart speaker in a showerhead

    Kohler puts an Alexa-enabled smart speaker in a showerhead
    If you like to listen to tunes in the morning then Kohler has just the over-the-top product for you: a portable smart speaker with built-in Alexa that slots right into your showerhead.That means you can ask Alexa to cue up your favorite playlist, find the latest news, or order more shampoo, all without leaving the comfort of your shower. In fact, why not just stay there for the rest of the day? It’s cold outside and you’ll only have to work if you leave the house. “Alexa, drown
  • Tesla sold more cars in 2019 than in the previous two years combined

    Tesla sold more cars in 2019 than in the previous two years combined
    Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Tesla sold 367,500 cars in 2019, a new record for the company, according to figures published to its website early on Friday morning. While that’s on the low end of the 360,000 to 400,000 vehicle estimate the company offered up at the beginning of 2019, the Silicon Valley automaker still delivered more cars in 2019 than it did in the previous two years combined, all thanks to the popularity of the Model 3 sedan.
    The new delivery record helps cap what
  • Gadget Lab Podcast: CES 2020 Preview

    Gadget Lab Podcast: CES 2020 Preview
    The Gadget Lab crew discusses what they expect to see next week in Las Vegas: facial-recognition tech, 5G everywhere, and self-driving scooters galore.
  • JLab announces $29 pair of true wireless earbuds

    JLab announces $29 pair of true wireless earbuds
    Image: JLab JLab’s latest pair of true wireless earbuds, the JLab Go Air, are some of the cheapest we’ve ever come across from a named brand. They cost just $29, which is cheaper than replacing the battery in a single AirPod, or the same price as replacing a damaged AirPod under AppleCare+. The JLab Go Air’s specs aren’t terrible either; you get 5-hours of battery life out of a single charge, and their case gives you an extra 15-hours. They support Bluetooth 5, and Engad
  • TikTok's First Transparency Report Doesn't Tell the Full Story

    TikTok's First Transparency Report Doesn't Tell the Full Story
    The app says it didn’t receive any requests for user information from China during the first half of 2019. That might not reassure skeptics.
  • This Week’s Cartoons: Social Drones, New Year’s, and Phantom Clicks

    This Week’s Cartoons: Social Drones, New Year’s, and Phantom Clicks
    ABC. Always be clicking.
  • Google’s identity crisis is deepening

    Google’s identity crisis is deepening
    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The biggest tech news yesterday is that the former Google human rights chief says he was “sidelined” over the proposed, censored Chinese search engine known as “Dragonfly.” Ross LaJeunesse, the executive, knew how to ensure his story would make an impact. He spoke with The Verge’s Colin Lecher and many other media outlets, published a Medium post with frankly shocking details, and dominated tech news all day. Good. His story
  • '1917' Is a Movie That Feels Like a Videogame—in a Good Way

    '1917' Is a Movie That Feels Like a Videogame—in a Good Way
    Director Sam Mendes' World War I epic is edited to look like one continuous shot. The strange thing is, that totally works.
  • This AirPower clone is now available to buy

    This AirPower clone is now available to buy
    Image: Zens The Zens Liberty, a Qi wireless charging pad which bears more than a passing resemblance to Apple’s cancelled AirPower charger, is now available to order for January delivery. The Liberty includes 16 overlapping charging coils which allow you to place your devices anywhere on its surface to charge. $139.99 (€139.99) gets you a model with a fabric surface, while the $179.99 (€179.99) edition comes with a glass surface to let you see all the charging coils contained wi
  • OnePlus’ Concept One smartphone has a ‘disappearing’ camera

    OnePlus’ Concept One smartphone has a ‘disappearing’ camera
    The rear of the OnePlus Concept One and its ‘disappearing’ camera array.| Image: OnePlus OnePlus has announced new details of its Concept One smartphone, a prototype device that the company will be unveiling in full at CES 2020 next week.The Chinese phonemaker has been teasing the Concept One since December, with some speculating that it could be the firm’s first foldable. But the actual unveil is a bit less exciting, with OnePlus tweeting that the main features of the Concept
  • LG unveils eight ‘Real 8K’ OLED and LCD TVs ahead of CES

    LG unveils eight ‘Real 8K’ OLED and LCD TVs ahead of CES
    Image: LG LG has announced eight 8K TVs, ahead of CES. There are two OLED models which are 77 and 88-inches big, and six LCDs measuring between 65 and 75-inches. LG is yet to announce pricing or availability information for any of the sets, but it’s keen to emphasize that they’ll all offer “Real 8K,” in what appears to be a shot across the bow at Samsung and its recently announced certification from the 8K Association.
    The announcement marks a continuation of LG’s
  • OnePlus Concept One: Details, Specs, Disappearing Camera

    OnePlus Concept One: Details, Specs, Disappearing Camera
    The phone uses electrochromic glass to pull off its vanishing act. Just don’t expect to get your hands on one anytime soon.
  • Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G phones in 2019, beating expectations

    Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G phones in 2019, beating expectations
    Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G phones in 2019 between the Galaxy S10 5G and the Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G, the company announced today, marking better than expected sales for devices supporting the next-generation mobile standard.While 6.7 million devices may not sound like a lot in the grand scheme of the phone market, it’s better than expected — at IFA 2019, Samsung had only sold 2 million 5G devices, and only expected to sell 4 million total by the en
  • Movies are already disappearing from Disney+

    Movies are already disappearing from Disney+
    Disney+ just launched in November, but some movies are already disappearing from the service, as reported by Polygon. For example, the three Home Alone movies were available when Disney+ launched, but the first Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York were removed from Disney+ yesterday, the first day of the new year.
    Movies going away from Disney+ kind of goes against the idea you might’ve had that it would be the place you could find everything Disney-related forevermore. (And you w
  • Building climate-saving tech digs up new problems

    Building climate-saving tech digs up new problems
    The solar power and electric vehicles we need to stop the climate crisis pose a different threat to people and the environment: a boom in mining. Moving away from fossil fuels depends on tech like batteries and solar panels that can provide alternative forms of energy. But digging up the raw materials can undermine human rights and destroy fragile ecosystems. As governments and industries try to tackle climate change by building up renewable energy, they’ll need to consider other problems
  • The Marvel Cinematic Universe Will Have a Trans Character ‘Very Soon’ 

    The Marvel Cinematic Universe Will Have a Trans Character ‘Very Soon’ 
    The studio's head honcho, Kevin Feige, confirmed that one of the films he's currently working on will feature a trans character.
  • The Marvel Cinematic Universe May Have a Trans Character ‘Very Soon’

    The Marvel Cinematic Universe May Have a Trans Character ‘Very Soon’
    The studio's head honcho, Kevin Feige, reportedly said one of the films he's working on will feature a trans character. But he may have been misunderstood.