Experts’ judgment on the much-hyped Tesla Bot: Elon Musk speedruns robotics 101
/ Roboticists were impressed by how fast Tesla’s engineers assembled Optimus but said the machine wasn’t anything close to a breakthrough A “rough development” version of Optimus is unveiled at Tesla’s AI Day. Image: Tesla Elon Musk has finally unveiled a prototype of the much-hyped Optimus robot — a bipedal machine that the Tesla CEO imagines […]
The Supreme Court will determine whether you can sue platforms for hosting terrorists
/ Two cases will determine how far sites’ liability protections stretch Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Supreme Court will take up two cases testing legal protections for apps and websites, according to a newly released list of orders. The first case is Gonzalez v. Google, a dispute over whether sites’ recommendation systems […]
Ikea’s new Dirigera smart home hub has landed
/ The new Matter-ready, Thread-enabled smart home hub is coming next month and costs €59.99 Ikea’s new Dirigera hub is coming soon.Image: Ikea It looks like Ikea’s new Dirigera smart home hub is coming this November for €59.99 (around $59), twice as much as the existing Trådfri gateway sells for in Europe and a month […]
How to watch the Google Pixel launch event
/ The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro phones are on their way, along with an exciting new watch and maybe — just maybe — a foldable Illustration: The Verge Last May, at Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O 2022, there were hints about the company’s upcoming Pixel 7 and 7 Pro phones. Now, five months […]
The concert of the future is already happening in the metaverse
/ Nobody knows quite what live digital music looks like, but almost everyone seems to agree it’s going to be big Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge A few weeks ago, I went to a Charlie Puth concert from my computer. The concert was in Fortnite, in the new State Farm Park arena in […]
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 […]
Inside one of the world’s first human composting facilities
Rachel Gerberding has a green thumb. So when her mother died this April, Gerberding decided to compost her. Gerberding, who lives in Washington state in a house surrounded by flowers, had heard about a newly legal method to turn human remains into soil. “I was like, ‘Mom, it would be such a wonderful thing for […]
Watch the first full trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
/ A closer look at Namor and a brief glimpse of a new Black Panther The latest trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever shows a kingdom in mourning with the passing of King T’Challa (played by the late Chadwick Boseman) and opens with Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett) holding the Black Panther’s helmet. It also gives […]
Google’s Pixel 6A is $100 off right before the Pixel 7 launch
/ It’s Pixel week, and normally we’d suggest not buying a phone until all of Google’s cards are on the table. But this $100 off deal on the Pixel 6A is very good. The Pixel 6A comes in three colors: chalk, sage, and charcoal.Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Later this week, Google will […]
No Man’s Sky’s Switch launch was a chance to “focus on some of the fundamentals”
Sean Murray from Hello Games talks about bringing the game to the Nintendo Switch, as well as the other changes players can expect with No Man’s Sky’s big 4.0 update on October 7th Share this story No Man’s Sky running on a Nintendo SwitchImage: Hello Games Since its launch in 2016, there have been several […]