This is the second year that CES has had a section dedicated to sleep tech and the gadgets that promise to make everything right with the world if you just get enough sleep. Sleep trackers, “three-in-one” kits, and a variety of headsets all dangle the possibility of better rest. … | Continue reading
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It didn’t take long for me to understand the draw of Peloton’s indoor cycling bike when I gave it a two-month try last winter. Its allure was less about convenience – any exercise equipment at home is, for most people, more convenient than going to the gym – and more about its ma … | Continue reading
After several packed days at CES, it’s time for the crew here in Las Vegas to start packing up and heading home. But not before we talk about our experiences with gadgets, robots, toys, and rides that happened here in Sin City. Here are all the things we loved (and didn’t like so … | Continue reading
I’ve been coming to CES since before The Verge even existed, and in all that time one problem has vexed consumer electronics companies trying to build the smart home. That problem is interoperability. My smart TV, your smart lightbulbs, Samsung’s smart fridge, August’s smart lock … | Continue reading
After a contentious debate, the House of Representatives has voted to extend a controversial government surveillance program that powers American spying operations, as it voted down a proposal to include new privacy measures. The debate centers on Section 702 of the Foreign Intel … | Continue reading
I thought hanging out with a Scrabble-playing robot would be a nice, chill time. I even imagined they would be useful at nursing homes, as therapy companions to elderly residents. I was extremely wrong.Scrabble bot’s official name is actually the Intelligent Vision System for Com … | Continue reading
Microsoft is testing a new feature for Skype: end-to-end encrypted chat conversations, secured using the industry standard Signal Protocol by Open Whisper Systems. The company announced the experimental feature named “Private Conversations” in a blog post today. It’ll be availabl … | Continue reading
This afternoon, the United Launch Alliance is set to launch a classified spy satellite on one of its Delta IV rockets from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This will be ULA’s first launch of 2018, and the 27th launch for the US National Reconnaissance Office, which operat … | Continue reading
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Uber employees based in San Francisco could remotely lock down equipment in the company’s foreign offices to stymie local authorities from obtaining any incriminating data, according to a report in Bloomberg. While many companies have remote “panic buttons” that shut off computer … | Continue reading
When Apple promised to replace old iPhone batteries for $29 after its slowdown debacle there was always going to be a queue for new parts. Well, for owners of the iPhone 6 Plus the queue will likely be a bit longer than expected. According to internal documents seen by MacRumors, … | Continue reading
A remastered version of From Software’s Dark Souls is heading to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 25th. In addition to general performance tweaks, the game will include the Artorias of the Abyss DLC.Dark Souls, a spiritual successor to Demon’s Souls, first … | Continue reading
South Korean officials announced today that they’re preparing a bill that will completely ban domestic cryptocurrency trading. In response to the news, the price of bitcoin in South Korea dropped by $2,000 this morning.“There are great concerns regarding virtual currencies,” expl … | Continue reading
Nintendo announced several new titles for the Switch this morning during a Nintendo Direct Mini. In addition to a new chapter of the Mario Tennis series, it’s also releasing action RPG The World Ends with You: Final Remix, JRPG Ys VIII, fighting game SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy … | Continue reading
A new bug has been discovered on devices running macOS High Sierra that allows anyone to access your App Store system preferences. The bug was spotted by MacWorld, which also notes that it’s most likely that the bug will be fixed in the next update as users running the 10.13.3 be … | Continue reading
Between the flooded booths and convention center blackouts, CES 2018 has been kind of a disaster. But for me, at least, one little gadget saved the whole thing by reminding me why the show exists in the first place. Sony is rolling back the years with Aibo, the resurrection of th … | Continue reading
Google has quietly bought a UK startup named Redux that uses vibrations to turn phone and tablet displays into speakers, reports Bloomberg. It’s not clear when the purchase was made, or for how much the company was bought, but the acquisition happened in August last year accordin … | Continue reading
It’s easy to feel jaded at an event like CES where there are countless of tech companies claiming to have the smartest and most innovative products that are, in reality, expensive and useless eye candy. So it’s heartwarming when we came across a robotic toy duck designed to help … | Continue reading
My favorite robot at CES this year has legs, but my second favorite robot is designed to minimize my own leg usage. Segway’s Loomo bot has a straightforward value proposition: you ride it like a hoverboard to the store, and then you hop off, load it up with cargo, and have it fol … | Continue reading
UK online supermarket Ocado is on a quest to automate its business as much as possible, experimenting with technology from flexible robot hands (for packing soft fruit) to self-driving delivery vehicles. Its latest robotic addition to the team is a prototype bot that’s designed t … | Continue reading
The beloved FM radio is getting a mobile revival with news that Samsung is teaming up with NextRadio to unlock the FM chips in new Samsung devices in the US and Canada. There are no hardware changes, as FM receivers are already present in most smartphones — it’s just not all smar … | Continue reading
Split-flap mechanical signs are sadly a relic of a bygone era — while the famous, clacking boards were once used in train stations the world over, advances in technology have seen most of them retired in favor of boring digital displays. But at CES 2018, split-flap displays are g … | Continue reading
Western Digital’s cloud storage devices are still vulnerable to security flaws despite patches issued to fix the bugs, the company has said in a blog post. According to the firm, future updates are being planned to patch the affected products, although it’s unclear how many probl … | Continue reading
The Internet has long been fascinated with Japan for all the wrong reasons. A country with a rich and complicated history, Japan and its people are frequently reduced to caricatures and clickbait about ninjas, outrageous game shows, animated pornography, and weird commercials. Se … | Continue reading
There are approximately one million toy robots on shelves right now that can teach kids to code. But how many let programmers control a “real” robot, without requiring them to become roboticists? Not quite enough, according to Misty Robotics, a spin-off from Sphero, which just an … | Continue reading
If you’re a regular Chromebook user and worried about the Meltdown bug endangering your data, Google has published a table on the Chromium Wiki detailing which devices are vulnerable, which aren’t, and which have been patched. You can read it in full here. If the table says “Yes” … | Continue reading
One of the longest-running fan complaints in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been the studio’s reluctance to give Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow her own standalone film, but now it looks like the studio is finally serious about making the project happen. Variety reports that … | Continue reading
In a week of weather disasters, a sprinkling of snow in the Sahara desert was an unexpected bright spot. The freak flurry covered parts of the desert with up to 15 inches of snow on Sunday, The Washington Post reports. Local photographers and satellites high above caught the crea … | Continue reading
A day after YouTube said it was looking into “further consequences” for influencer Logan Paul, Polygon is reporting that the service will be removing him from its Google Preferred ad program and is shelving Paul’s upcoming YouTube Red original video projects.The news comes in the … | Continue reading
German cryptographers have found a way to infiltrate WhatsApp’s group chats despite its end-to-end encryption. Researchers announced they had discovered flaws in WhatsApp’s security at the Real World Crypto security conference in Switzerland, Wired reports. Anyone who controls th … | Continue reading
Apple has been moving swiftly into the world of original television programming, and its latest project is a futuristic drama from the director of the Hunger Games franchise. Deadline reports that the company has placed a straight-to-series order for See, described as “an epic, w … | Continue reading
Ford made a slew of announcements this week at CES for connected cities and cloud-based transportation services, but their partnership with Waze may have the most impact on drivers right now. The automaker said Wednesday that the traffic app will work with 2018 Ford and Lincoln m … | Continue reading
We all know Twitter is a platform filled with abuse, harassment, and other modern nightmares, but it seems the people at the top are finally listening to our desperate pleas for change. Behold, Twitter posted actual evidence of its commitment to change today as part of a safety r … | Continue reading
Pimax, a Chinese startup developing an 8K virtual reality headset, came to CES this year to show off its latest prototype, the fifth in just a year since the first version was unveiled at last year’s show. After a successful Kickstarter campaign last year, one in which Pimax rais … | Continue reading
Dish announced today that it has been working on integrating Google Home and Google Assistant into its TV service, fleshing out the options for controlling a TV with your voice. A press release says the integration will work in “multiple languages, including English and Spanish, … | Continue reading
I find it hard to get on board with the idea of filling my home with smart security cameras for a number of reasons, not the least of which is privacy. But there’s one smart camera at CES this year that has a clever solution to the whole spying-on-you problem: just have the camer … | Continue reading
Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther is already set to have a huge debut at the box office in February. Fandango reports that the first 24 hours of ticket presales for the film were the largest it’s ever seen for a Marvel movie. The record was previously held by Captain America: Civil Wa … | Continue reading
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Climate change is going to cost the US billions of dollars because of extreme weather, health problems, and more — and New York City wants fossil fuel companies to help pay for it. So the city is suing BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell, the Associated … | Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz may have been one of the numerous automakers that showed up to CES to talk about voice assistants. A swath of companies came to say they’ve partnered with Amazon Alexa or added Google Assistant to their infotainment systems. But the German automaker came to Las Vega … | Continue reading
A self-driving car operated by Argo AI, a startup backed by Ford, was involved in an accident in Pittsburgh on Wednesday that sent two people to the hospital, according to The Incline. Early reports suggest the accident was the result of human error. According to The Incline:Pitt … | Continue reading
In among the deluge of CES news releases this week, one stood out to me because it made little sense: Netflix was bringing its upcoming Altered Carbon series to the big Las Vegas exhibition. How do you bring a drama series to a hardware show?It turns out, Netflix’s idea was to co … | Continue reading
Power in the North and Central halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center, which hosts CES annually, has been out for close to an hour. First reports of the power outage began hitting Twitter from convention goers starting around 11:14AM PT, and as of the time of writing, the power … | Continue reading
There are a lot of fantasy shows on TV these days, led by Game of Thrones, and while HBO’s epic of drama and dragons hogs the spotlight, Syfy’s The Magicians has quietly become one of the most consistently entertaining shows on TV. The Magicians returns for its third season on We … | Continue reading
With 125,000 residents, over 54,000 homes, 32 square miles, 750 miles of road, and three distinct downtowns, The Villages in Florida is one of the largest retirement communities in the US. It’s also been described as a raunchy, booze-filled boomtown for those who want to fill the … | Continue reading
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Silicon Valley, HBO’s comedy series about startup culture, has just received a new trailer for the show’s upcoming fifth season. The clip features Richard (Thomas Middleditch), the (mostly) lovable and bumbling founder of Pied Piper, giving his best rousing company speech: a seri … | Continue reading