Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge MoviePass is back, kind of. Starting today, you can sign up to be on a waitlist to become a MoviePass subscriber, and if you want to, you should move quickly since the waitlist will only be open for five days. The new MoviePass is scheduled to launch around…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Walmart can deliver your groceries to your garage. | Image: Walmart Walmart is expanding its Walmart Plus InHome program, adding Chamberlain’s myQ smart garage door controller technology to its list of in-home / in-garage delivery partners. Starting in September, Walmart Plus InHome delivery customers can have their groceries securely delivered into their garage if they…
You can save up to $150 when you buy Google’s latest mesh router system. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Tired of your Wi-Fi slowing down depending on where you are in your house? It might be a good idea to extend your Wi-Fi coverage, especially now that we’re currently seeing some excellent…
Helicopters in Microsoft Flight Simulator. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is adding helicopters and gliders to Microsoft Flight Simulator on November 11th. The 40th Anniversary Edition of the game will be available free to existing owners or Xbox Game Pass members and includes helicopters and gliders for the first time since 2006. “In addition to the…
Enlarge / One camera’s on the user; the other’s facing the desktop. (credit: HP) Companies haven’t paid all-in-one (AIO) PCs a lot of love lately. Exciting AIO releases in the US are few and far between, and ever since Apple discontinued the 27-inch iMac, there has been somewhat of a gap for users seeking the…
Enlarge (credit: HP) HP announced a 31.5-inch monitor today at its Amplify partner conference that’s aimed at workers with data-heavy setups and strong image quality needs. The 4K resolution HP Z32k G3 claims to be the first monitor to use an IPS Black panel along with a Thunderbolt 4 USB-C port. Dell was the first…
Enlarge / Wanna buy one of these in many parts of the world? Starting today, that’s gonna cost you a little bit more. (credit: Sam Machkovech) In the early hours of Thursday morning, Sony announced massive news for its PlayStation 5 console family. Around the world, console prices are going up. The price hike for…
Enlarge / Lori Garver, right, and NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden did not always work well as a team. (credit: NASA) Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver published a book earlier this year, Escaping Gravity, that tells the tale of her nearly three decades in US space policy. Garver played an important and at times controversial role in…
Drives in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and all over the state of California could be buying all electric vehicles by 2035. Deposit Photos The California Air Resources Board is expected to vote today on strict a strict set of rules that will ban the sale of new gasoline powered cars by 2035. In an interview…
Headroom, a startup developing AI-powered software to make meetings ostensibly more efficient, today announced that it raised $9 million in funding led by Equal Opportunity Ventures with participation from Gradient Ventures, LDV Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, and Morado Ventures. CEO Julian Green said that the proceeds will be put toward product development and expanding the company’s…