Check out these jarring images of urban wildlife
/ For better or worse, we’re inching closer to our wild neighbors When Dmitry’s boat approached the small island of Kolyuchin, which had been abandoned by humans since 1992, he was surprised to spot movement in one of the houses. Binoculars revealed polar bears — over 20 in total — exploring the ghost town. Dmitry […]
TikTok’s Profile Kit is an embeddable collection of your best videos
/ TikTok videos regularly go viral off-platform. A new feature lets creators highlight a handful of videos on Linktree. Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok users will soon have a new way of highlighting their videos — and their TikTok presence — on other platforms. As part of the TikTok for developers program, […]
Fossil’s first Wear OS 3 watch is a wellness-focused Gen 6
/ Wear OS 3 and new health features are great upgrades, but it’s not sporting Qualcomm’s latest wearable chip The Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition will be the company’s first Wear OS 3 watch.Image: Fossil Hot on the heels of the Pixel Watch, Fossil has announced it’s launching its first-ever Wear OS 3 watch — […]
The Verge’s 2022 Fall Gift Guide: the best gifts for birthdays, weddings, and anniversaries
Our fall gift guide includes plenty of ideas for enjoying the turning of the season, whether you want to admire it outside or bundled up at home. The weather is getting cooler and the days shorter, which means fall has arrived, and we’re paving the road to Halloween with our spookiest gift guide of the […]
Nvidia’s “priority access” program is one way to get your hands on an RTX 4090
/ Nvidia is testing the program with a few countries and retailers Some lucky shoppers will get to buy these early.Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge In a recent post on the GeForce forums, an Nvidia community manager announced that the company is testing a new program called “verified priority access.” The program will […]
Netflix’s ad tier will cost $7 a month and launch in November
/ Starting in November, Netflix Basic with Ads will be available in 12 countries across the globe for $6.99 a month Image: Netflix Starting in November, Netflix will finally roll out its new ad-supported tier for just a few bucks a month, yet another sign that the onetime disruptive upstart streaming service has slowly become […]
Huge Elden Ring update will seemingly make players a lot harder to kill
Gaming/ Entertainment / A host of buffs combined with very few nerfs have been added to the game along with new hints of potential DLC that have been found buried in the game’s code Image: FromSoftware Elden Ring, the game that feels like it was released several years ago but was in fact launched just […]
It’s not just you — Slack says it’s having issues with threads, channels, and more
/ While it’s not a full-on work-stopping outage, Slack has been acting up on Thursday morning, making our jobs just a little bit harder No, boss, I’m not slacking… and that’s the problem.Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’ve been having some issues with Slack, you’re not alone — the service’s status page […]
Apple looks even more like a bank now that it’s adding a savings account to Apple Card
/ The new savings account will earn interest on Daily Cash rebates from purchases as well as money deposited from a linked account or your Apple Cash balance Kristen Radtke / The Verge Soon, Apple Card users will be able to open a “new high-yield Savings account,” Apple says. There’s just one hitch: Apple won’t […]
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales launches on PC in November
/ Beginning November 18th, you can swing through NYC as Miles Morales on your PC The game will be available on Steam and the Epic Games Store.Image: Sony Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PC will be released on November 18th, Insomniac Games announced on Thursday. You can preorder the game now on Steam and the […]