Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge There are many reasons why you might want to factory reset your smartwatch. Perhaps an update got borked during download and no amount of troubleshooting has helped. Maybe you want to upgrade to a new model and plan to gift your current watch to a friend. Apple requires…
The DualSense Edge will be released on January 26th, 2023. | Image: Sony Sony’s DualSense Edge Wireless Controller for the PS5 is now available for preorder from the PlayStation Direct website ahead of its January 26th release. The controller is loaded with additional features you won’t find on the standard DualSense, like replaceable joysticks and…
Enlarge / The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. (credit: Ron Amadeo) Hot off of releasing Android 12L last month, Samsung is shipping its first finished builds of Android 13 this week. The Galaxy S22 (regular, Plus, and Ultra) is the first phone to get the update, with carriers like Verizon listing the update as available. Samsung’s Android…
Sure, you can look at this image of macOS Ventura, but you’ll experience it more completely if you install it. Apple Apple’s latest major desktop operating system update, macOS Ventura (aka macOS 13), is available now and comes with a host of new features that will add convenience and productivity to your hours in front…
Look at all those little tentacles. Harvard Microrobotics Lab/Harvard SEAS Harvard researchers, presumably to get into the Halloween spirit of things, have unveiled a horrifying new robotic arm with tentacle fingers capable of grasping extremely delicate objects like houseplants and glassware. The engineers at the university’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)…
Disney and the BBC announced today that Disney+ will be the new exclusive home outside of the U.K. and Ireland for the hit British sci-fi series “Doctor Who.” Beginning 2023, new episodes of the series will be released on the platform in over 150 markets, including the United States. BBC will continue to host the…
I get a lot of pitch deck submissions for this TechCrunch Pitch Deck Teardown series from people who are raising friend and family rounds, and I mostly pass on them. Often, these decks aren’t very good, but it’s important to remember that they don’t have to be. For a small round (say $200,000 or below),…
Twitter staff proved to be unwavering in a response to the latest tough talk from the company’s perhaps soon-to-be-owner Elon Musk. The Tesla and Space X chief told potential investors that he’d fire about 75 percent of current Twitter employees should his takeover of the tech company go through, the Washington Post reported last week….
From computers and monitors to TVs and soundbars, here are the best deals of the day for Oct. 25: BEST AUDIO DEAL: Samsung HW-Q930B/ZA 9.1.4ch Soundbar — $949.99 $1,399.99 (save $450) BEST COMPUTER DEAL: Lenovo Ideapad 1i 14-inch HD Laptop (4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) — $99.99 $249.99 (save $150) Got holiday shopping on your mind…
Humanity has a serious space junk problem. On the evening of Oct. 24, NASA announced a maneuver to give the International Space Station “an extra measure of distance” from a fragment of debris (its size wasn’t indicated) passing just miles away. The debris comes from Russia’s dubious decision (according to top space debris experts) to…