BlackBerry Sells Mobile and Messaging Patents For $600 Million

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: BlackBerry is adding another sad chapter to the downfall of its smartphone business. ...

Leatherface refuses to be canceled in Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s first trailer

Netflix/Legendary All Texas Chainsaw Massacre ’s Leatherface has really wanted deep down is to be unbothered by the outside world and le...

The latest iPad Air is selling for its lowest price ever

Save $100 on the iPad Air | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The 2020 model of the iPad Air has been discounted to its lowest price ever...

Sony Buys 'Destiny' Game Developer Bungie for $3.6 Billion

Sony Group is purchasing Bungie, the U.S. video game developer behind the popular Destiny franchise, for $3.6 billion to bolster its stable ...

MLB The Show is making its Nintendo Switch debut on April 5th

MLB The Show made its debut on Xbox last year , and it’s now making its way to the Nintendo Switch. MLB The Show 22 will be released on A...

XKCD’s Randall Munroe announces What If? 2, with more scientific answers to life’s most absurd hypothetical questions

XKCD creator Randall Munroe has announced his latest science book : What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetic...

Can AI Help Us Reimagine Chess?

Three research scientists at DeepMind Technologies teamed up with former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik to "explore what variati...

Spotify finally responds to Joe Rogan controversy with a plan to label podcasts that discuss COVID-19

Spotify will now add COVID-19 content advisories to podcast episodes that discuss COVID-19 following criticism of the platform’s handling ...

Why Is a Harvard Astrophysicist Working With UFO Buffs?

Science magazine checks in on the new "Galileo Project" from controversial Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb. It's searching for evi...

Intel Fails To Get Spectre, Meltdown Chip Flaw Class-action Suit Tossed Out

"Intel will have to defend itself against claims that the semiconductor goliath knew its microprocessors were defective and failed to t...

Live-action Halo TV show release date revealed in new teaser

Screenshot via Halo on Paramount Plus A new teaser for Paramount Plus’ live-action Halo series reveals the long-awaited show’s release d...

'The Dark Side of Cobalt, the Digital Age's Miracle Metal'

The Toronto Star just published a searing excerpt from the book Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower — written b...

After 56 years, SEGA Officially Sells Off All Its Arcades

There may still be cabinets in rows with flashing lights and electronic sounds — but Polygon reports a historic change in the world of video...

T-Mobile will reportedly fire corporate employees who aren’t fully vaccinated by April 2nd

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile will fire corporate employees who aren’t fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by April 2nd,...

Domestic Extremists Have Plotted to Disrupt US Power Grid, DHS Bulletin Warns

CBS News reports that foreign cyberattackers aren't the only potential threat to America's electrical power grid: Domestic violent e...

As Chile Drafts New Constitution, 'Citizen Proposals' Urge Free Software and User Freedom

The nation of Chile "is in the midst of governmental changes," writes the Free Software Foundation, "and with these changes c...

The IRS is reportedly looking for ID.me alternatives amid privacy concerns

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are reportedly looking for alternative...

Waymo Sues State DMV To Keep Robotaxi Safety Details Secret

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Los Angeles Times: Waymo, the driverless car company operating an autonomous taxi fleet in San ...

Watchdog closes probe into Ubisoft Singapore and will not take action

The Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices’ case is closing its case. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge...

US lawmakers probe into crypto mining companies’ energy use

Whinstone CEO Chad Harris poses for a portrait in a room with Bitcoin mining machines during a tour at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining faci...

Apple Finally Removing Python 2 In macOS 12.3

Apple will no longer bundle Python 2.7 with macOS 12.3, according to developer release notes for the upcoming software update. MacRumors rep...

How to use Slack channels

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Slack, the instant messaging app of choice for many companies, has probably become a bigger part ...

The Crypto Selloff Wiped $7 Billion Off Corporate Balance Sheets

At least 26 public corporations are holding bitcoin on their balance sheets, according to data compiled by cryptocurrency analytics firm Coi...

Hyper Scape gets no-scoped

Image: Ubisoft In a move no one saw coming because not that many people were playing the game in the first place, Hyper Scape , Ubisoft’s...

Microsoft is making its Xbox subscriptions more flexible after UK regulator steps in

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is making its Xbox subscriptions a little more flexible after a UK regulator raised con...

Booby-trapped Sites Delivered Potent New Backdoor Trojan To macOS Users

Researchers have uncovered advanced, never-before-seen macOS malware that was installed using exploits that were almost impossible for most ...

DeepDotWeb Co-admin Sentenced To 8 Years in Prison

One of the two administrators of the DeepDotWeb portal was sentenced this week to 97 months in prison for receiving money from illegal dark ...

DeepDotWeb operator sentenced to eight years for money laundering

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In the culmination of a two-year legal process, the former operator of dark web index site DeepDo...

FCC Approves Internet 'Nutrition Label' Proposal

The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve a proposal that would require internet service providers to shar...

ID CEO Backtracks on Claims Company Doesn't Use Powerful Facial Recognition Tech

Identity verification company ID.me uses a type of powerful facial recognition that searches for individuals within mass databases of photos...

Galaxy S22: What to expect from Samsung’s February Unpacked

A leaked image, apparently of Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra. | Image: evleaks (Twitter) The Galaxy S22 will likely be the main event, but w...

Thousands of TracFone users saw their numbers ported to other carriers without their consent

Verizon owned TracFone said attackers gained access to customer accounts | Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket vi...

Uber sued for $63 million by man who was paralyzed in a crash

Uber faces a negligence lawsuit from a Massachusetts man left paralyzed in a crash | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A Massachuse...

Tech giants call on SCOTUS to let EPA regulate CO2 emissions

The Appalachian Electric Power coal-fired Big Sandy Power Plant is seen June 3, 2014 in Cattletsburg, Kentucky.  | Photo by Luke Sharrett/G...