The Nothing Ear Stick earbuds and their cylindrical charging case. | Image: Nothing A little over a year after Nothing announced its debut pair of true wireless earbuds, the Nothing Ear 1, it’s following them up with the Nothing Ear Stick. The new earbuds are less of a successor and more of a stripped-down alternative,…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple just launched new ad placements on the App Store, and developers aren’t happy with the types of ads surfacing beneath their apps. As spotted by MacRumors, several app developers have pointed out that ads for gambling have started appearing in the “You Might Also Like” sections beneath…
The Pixel Watch’s bands are easy to swap once you get the hang of it. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge The Google Pixel Watch is a nice lookin’ smartwatch that borrows a lot of design cues from the Apple Watch. That includes its proprietary strap mount, where you can slide bands in…
Photo illustration by William Joel / The Verge, Image CryptidCoin Ever since the word “crypto” became shorthand for cryptocurrency, NFTs, and Web3 stuff sold in Super Bowl ads or discussed in dinner table conversations, it has overshadowed another community living outside of the blockchain world. Cryptozoologists have been using the word “crypto” to talk about…
Image: CD Projekt Red The Witcher series is returning to its roots. CD Projekt Red announced that one of the many new Witcher projects it’s working on, which includes a brand-new trilogy, is actually a remake of the first game. Dubbed with the codename “Canis Majoris” — which is in line with CD Projekt Red’s…
Hotline Miami. | Image: Devolver Digital A look back on the impact of Dennaton’s indie classic 10 years later Continue reading… Read More
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Elon Musk has confirmed on a video call with his advisers that he intends to close his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on Friday, potentially bringing an end to the turbulent acquisition process, according to people briefed about the matter. In another sign that the deal will close by the end…
Enlarge / SpaceX’s Falcon 9 B1067.2 and Crew Dragon spacecraft at LC-39A in advance of the Crew-3 mission that launched for NASA in November 2021. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) NASA obligated $2.04 billion to SpaceX in fiscal year 2022, which ended last month, according to new federal procurement data. For the first time, the amount paid…
Asset management firm Stone Ridge has launched a startup accelerator, In Wolf’s Clothing (Wolf), that will be dedicated to growing Bitcoin-focused applications, the team exclusively told TechCrunch. The program will bring four cohorts per year, each consisting of about eight to 12 teams, or about 30 to 50 founders, to New York City from around…
Over the last decade or so, content management systems have evolved from monolithic systems managed by IT to a set of services made available to developers through an API. The more modern approach separates the presentation layer on the front end from the management on the back end. Today, Acquia, the company behind the open…