Tesla: Model X and S production on track, investing heavily in Model 3
Tesla’s earnings for the second quarter of 2016 are out, and the company looks to be assuring investors that things are on track, both for the existing Model S and Model X cars and the upcoming Model 3.
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Apple's App Store has paid over $50 billion to developers
Developers have earned more than $50 billion through Apple's App Store, and that number appears to be growing quicker than ever. Apple CEO Tim Cook said the milestone followed a month of record payments in...
"July was a record-breaker" Tim Cook, Apple CEO
Moon Express becomes first private company to get US approval for lunar mission
Spaceflight venture Moon Express wants to be the first private company ever to land on the Moon in 2017 — and now the company has been granted approval by the United States government to launch to the...
Paving the way for private missions beyond Earth orbit
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Intel is working on a depth sensor for the HTC Vive
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Basis issues recall for Peak fitness tracker
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OnePlus 3 sales will be suspended in Europe and Hong Kong for a month
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GoPro Hero 5 allegedly appears in leaked video
Mossberg: TVs are still too complicated, and it's not your fault
Last Thursday, my beloved Pioneer Elite 50-inch plasma HDTV suddenly died. I had owned it for nearly a decade, and when it was new it was regarded by many as the best TV on the market. I distinctly recall...
SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance may finally compete to launch a military satellite
SpaceX and the United Launch Alliance may finally compete with one another for the military’s business. The United States Air Force is officially taking bids from launch providers for its third GPS-III...
This kind of competition is new for the Air Force
Apple Music for Android is out of beta
After months of tweaks and improvements, Apple Music has exited its extended public beta period for Android. The streaming service, which first launched in June 2015, opened to Android users back in...
Nine months later
Intel is working on a depth sensor for the HTC Vive
It's looking like virtual reality will take center stage at Intel's Developer Conference in a couple weeks. Dimitri Diakopoulos, an engineer on Intel's VR team tweeted out an image of an HTC Vive with an...
Basis issues recall for Peak fitness tracker
Basis, the fitness tracking company that l...
"You could say we've reached peak recall." Casey Newton
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Let's help Kim Kardashian replace her dead BlackBerry Bold
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The World Yo-Yo Contest live stream is this week's happiest distraction
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There's something strange about this campaign ad, but I can't quite put my gun on it
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The man who created 'this is fine' now says 'this is not fine'
Let's help Kim Kardashian replace her dead BlackBerry Bold
It's a sad day in Waterloo, folks: Kim Kardashian West, international celebrity and staunch defender of the physical keyboard's merits, has given up on her beloved BlackBerry Bold. While Kardashian has...
'I knew this day would come & to be honest I'm prepared' Kim Kardashian
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PlayStation's original series Powers has been canceled after two seasons
Sony's experiment with PlayStation-based original programming could be coming to an end with the cancelation of Powers, the service's first and only TV show. Co-creator and comic author Brian Michael...
"At least for now"
An inmate streamed on Facebook Live from Rikers Island
Facebook Live has brought live-streaming to some unlikely places, from International Space Station. Now it has found its most unexpected home of all:...
He was brandishing a blade
The World Yo-Yo Contest live stream is this week's happiest distraction
The internet is, among other things, a replacement for the outdated smoke break. We all need an occasional distraction from the daily grind, and live streams are particularly good at meeting this need....
YOYO
Microsoft's war against Chrome battery life now includes Windows 10 notifications
Microsoft decided to target Google's Chrome browser back in June with a new campaign designed to highlight how bad the browser is for your laptop battery life. While Microsoft's marketing effort was...
Redmond really wants you to use Edge
Bachelor in Purgatory: season three, episode 1
Bachelor in Paradise is a television show in which the discarded men and women from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette come to a place called "Paradise" (technically a resort in Mexico) for a second (or...
Welcome to paradise!
There's something strange about this campaign ad, but I can't quite put my gun on it
Greitens has published many YouTube videos. Here’s...
Gun: the ad
Google's latest Maps experiment turns the Himalayas into a 3D playground
One of the joys of Google's wealth of 3D mapping data is being able to explore far-flung locations from the comfort of your laptop. And the company's latest experiment takes that idea a step further: what...
Like the Magic School Bus, except you're a giant yeti
Air Force says F-35A jets are ready to fly, 15 years after ordering them
Yesterday, the US Air Force said its fleet of F-35A fighter jets are ready for battle — finally. The planes were actually ordered 15 years ago, but their development was plagued by cost...
The planes still have unresolved issues
GoPro Hero 5 allegedly appears in leaked video
A short video that was posted to Reddit this morning appears to give us our first glimpse of GoPro’s long-awaited Hero 5 camera. The video is the same kind of quick how-to that usually lives in...
It's leak season!
1Password launches individual subscriptions for $3 per month
1Password, one of the best password managers out there, is switching up its business model. Today the app's developer AgileBits is introducing a monthly subscription for individuals priced at $2.99 per...
Your first six months are free
HP executive and GOP fundraiser Meg Whitman denounces 'reckless' Trump
Meg Whitman, the CEO of HP Enterprise and a prominent Republican fundraiser, has decided to endorse Hillary Clinton and reject the "demagoguery" of Donald Trump, she said in a Facebook post last night.
Whitman rejects Trump's "demagoguery" in Facebook post
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Human trials for an experimental Zika vaccine are about to start in the US
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The trial will last two years
The man who created 'this is fine' now says 'this is not fine'
For three years, a cartoon dog has sat patiently in a house fire. He smiles as he says, "This is fine." Today, however, the dog changes his stance. Today, says the dog, "this is not fine."
The "This is...
Everything is on fire
YouTube finally integrates its ad-free subscription offering with its Kids app
YouTube Red, the subscription service released last summer, is finally being integrated with YouTube Kids. The Kids app already lets parents plunk their kids in front of the screen without having to worry...
Modern parenting
Woman accidentally shoots fiancé with flaming arrow on America’s Got Talent
A misguided flaming arrow interrupted the quarterfinals of America’s Got Talent, a network reality program comprised of Branson-friendly variety acts. Fortunately the arrow's ultimate target, Canadian...
Arrowed
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The latest Final Fantasy tries to squeeze a console-sized epic onto your phone
2016 is a big year for Final Fantasy. After a decade of waiting, fans will finally be able to play the long-standing franchise’s latest flagship title, Final Fantasy XV, when it launches next month. But...
Mobius Final Fantasy features 3D graphics and a sprawling, multi-episode story
Facebook's new hardware lab is built for Oculus and internet drones
Facebook, as one of the largest and most popular sites in the world, has a healthy amount of physical infrastructure to manage its various mobile apps and web services. Now, that collection includes a new...
Welcome to Area 404
12 lingering questions we have after watching the first season of Stranger Things
We really dug the first season of Netflix’s show Stranger Things. It’s a great mix of nostalgia for the films of the 1980s and a great story about a town getting to the bottom of a strange disappearance of...
The show left us with plenty of questions to be answered by another season
You probably missed the summer's best movie in theaters, but now it's streaming
In a summer movie season burdened by laborious franchise updates and a calendar all but void of fun, April and the Extraordinary World should have made a splash. Its synopsis is as grand and ambitious as...
An extraordinary film
BlackBerry makes its Hub software available for all Android Marshmallow devices
BlackBerry has today announced that it's making its Hub software available for all Android devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or newer. The Hub, which combines email, messaging, social networking, and...
The Fantastic Beasts sequel will hit theaters in November 2018
Even though Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a full three months away, Warner Bros. is moving quickly to get a new trilogy off the ground. The first follow-up to the wizarding world epic is now...
The next film in the franchise
ZTE is ready to hear your ideas for its crowdsourced smartphone
Earlier this year at CES, Chinese smartphone maker ZTE announced that it would be crowdsourcing suggestions for a new mobile device. Today, the company takes another step towards this goal, launching a new...
as long as they're 'realistically possible'
Watch tonight's Mr. Robot Digital After Show and meet our surprise guest at 11:13PM ET!
The next Mr. Robot Digital After Show hosted by The Verge will air tonight at 11:13PM ET, and we hope you'll join us directly following episode 5 as we talk about the show with a surprise guest! Season 2...
Dropping logic bombs
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DJI is opening an indoor drone arena for first-time fliers and professionals alike
Dronemaker DJI has already opened physical stores in South Korea, but now it's expanding its consumer outreach with its first ever 'drone arena.' The 1,395-square-meter arena will open later this...
Coming to South Korea