The US base at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti in January 2017. Felix Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images Rising tensions between the US and China have led to diplomatic spats and military encounters. But in Djibouti, where US and Chinese bases are a few miles apart, their troops are generally getting along. “Although we…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Brittany Chang/Insider A luxury campground chain using Airstream trailers as hotel rooms is doubling its properties in 2023. Autocamp will open four sites in North Carolina, Texas, California, and Utah to round out 2023 with nine open properties. Autocamp’s bookings boomed throughout 2022 as travelers have flocked to unique accommodations. Out with the conventional hotel,…
Twitter now has an exact start date for its trial against Elon Musk over his attempt to withdraw from his $44 billion purchase offer. The Vergenotes Delaware Court of Chancery Judge Kathaleen McCormick has scheduled the lawsuit’s trial for October 17th. The courtroom showdown will last the promised five days, wrapping up on October 21st….
We saw a number of gadgets go on sale this week as July comes to a close. Both Amazon’s Echo smart speaker and the Echo Show 5 have been discounted, with the Echo now down to the same price as it was on Prime Day earlier this month. The Apple TV 4K is nearly $50…
Framework sold its eponymous laptop on the promise that end users should feel comfortable enough to fix almost any hardware problem themselves. Replacing a component shouldn’t be the reserve of dedicated service professionals if all you need is a T5 screwdriver and patience. When the company released its new 12th-generation Intel Core mainboards, it couriered…
Twitter has been testing out a few experimental features lately, including tweets that can be co-authored by two accounts and an AIM- or MySpace-style status label. For its latest trick, Twitter is toying around with a way for people to pack a single tweet with multiple images, videos and GIFs. “We’re testing a new feature…
Following an extensive report into the development of Rockstar’s hugely anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 earlier this week, a few additional claims have surfaced, giving a clearer indication of just how ambitious the project was originally planned to be. Rockstar finally confirmed development on GTA 6 was “well underway” earlier this year, and while official…
Seen your phone’s signal bar flutter between 4G LTE and 5G but not sure what the difference is? In this guide we’ll explain everything you need to know about 4G including how fast it is, how it differs from 5G and when it first launched. What is 4G LTE? 4G LTE the third-generation wireless broadband…
If you want to get to grips with the latest clever camera trick from the Google Pixel series, just follow our handy guide. It’s always highly frustrating when one of your pictures is photo-bombed, with an unwanted guest or object in the background that you’d prefer not to be there. That’s why Google introduced Magic…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Every Wednesday and Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where our editors make sense of the week’s most important technology news. On Fridays, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel, editor-at-large David Pierce, and managing editor Alex Cranz discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and…