Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge The Backbone One controller for iPhone is an awesome device. While not the first accessory to turn your phone into a little game console, of sorts, it’s the best one currently available, if you ask me. And now, as part of an Amazon Lightning Deal during Prime Day…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Great audio and sleek looks. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge While there are all kinds of deals going on during these consecutive days of Amazon Prime Day, a particular standout one to us is Sony’s WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds for $198 at Amazon and Best Buy. That’s $81.99 off the regular $279.99 price…
Bandai Namco, the game publisher behind popular titles like Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Tekken, confirmed that it was the victim of a hack. According to a report from Eurogamer, the publisher says it experienced “unauthorised access” to its “internal systems” when the breach took place on July 3rd. Reports that Bandai Namco suffered an…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has released Android 13’s fourth and final public beta today, giving brave users the chance to try out the upcoming update ahead of its official release. But, more importantly, the beta gives developers an early look at the changes that are on the way so they can…
Enlarge / Emojipedia’s sample renderings of the new emoji slated for inclusion in version 15.0 of the Unicode standard. (credit: Emojipedia) Ahead of World Emoji Day, the emoji experts at Emojipedia have compiled and published sample images of the 31 new emoji characters slated for inclusion in version 15.0 of the Unicode standard. Among the…
Enlarge (credit: Lari Bat | Getty Images) Google is closing a loophole that has allowed thousands of companies to monitor and sell sensitive personal data from Android smartphones, an effort welcomed by privacy campaigners in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision to end women’s constitutional right to abortion. It also took a further…
Wouldn’t these feel awesome right now?. Amazon If you’re over a certain age and you grew up in the suburbs, you likely have fond memories of sitting in the massage chairs at the mall. You only had a few minutes before a khaki-clad employee would come and kick you out, but those few minutes were…
Stack Commerce The average American has access to at least ten connected devices in a household. Given this statistic, chances are, you own multiple gadgets that simply cannot be accommodated by typical charging stations. This leads to the accumulation of various adapters and dongles and, worse, the dreaded cable clutter. While you can always opt to use…
Stack Commerce It’s hard to imagine that just a few years ago, you’d be hard-pressed to find a functional computer for under $1000. But now, you have a plethora of options to choose from — you just have to select which one best fits your needs. If you’re really looking to save on money, you…
What started as a pet project to electrify food trucks in the San Francisco Bay area — an enterprise inspired by the cacophony of generators that greeted Ben Parker every day during his lunch break at Tesla — has evolved into a much larger, complex and potentially more lucrative undertaking. Parker and partner Toby Kraus…